- Sept. 10, 2026, 3:30 pm US/Central
- Art Gallery WH2XO
Visualizing the Unseen: The Quantum World
* Exhibition dates: Tuesday, Sept. 1 – Monday, Nov. 30
* Reception: Thursday, Sept. 10 from 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Why is the quantum world so hard to picture — and could artists help us imagine it?
The quantum world doesn’t behave like the world we experience every day.
In our daily lives, things seem definite — a light is either on or off. But in the quantum world, particles can exist in multiple states at once. A qubit — the basic unit of quantum computing — can be both “on” and “off” at the same time until it is measured.
So how do you draw, paint, sculpt, or photograph that?
Quantum physics can describe these ideas with precise mathematics, but they are difficult to translate into images we can easily understand. Visualizing them using everyday thinking is like trying to imagine a color you’ve never seen.