The Department of Physics and Astronomy Artists-in-Residence Program began in 2016 and provides undergraduate and graduate students in the University of Pittsburgh’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences an opportunity to embed themselves in a Department of Physics and Astronomy research lab or group to envision and produce a response that connects to the scientific research.
Here at Pitt, quantum scientists are making exciting discoveries alongside artists and musicians every day, making quantum physics an endeavor that crosses disciplinary boundaries and truly engages “All of Pitt.”
Exciting Artist-in-Residence Projects Include:
Featured on our homepage, Sofia Sandoval worked with Dr. Jeremy Levy’s research group to conduct her own experiments creating 'nano' sketches. The prints created by the artist are analogous repetitions of the process done in the lab repeated within the etching studio or are manipulated snapshots of the experimental process itself in the lab.
This creative project consists of seven musical reflections on the phenomenon of quantum entanglement created by Mark Micchelli, a pianist and composer based in Pittsburgh.
Fascinated by the way dark matter shaped the creation and evolution of the universe, architecture students Jack Eschmann and Richard Trevino brought over spatial design techniques to create an engaging sculpture that captures these concepts of dark matter in the universe.
The poem sequence by Kay Henderson features a family of subatomic particles decaying into other lighter particles. Kay listened for sonorous phrases during group meetings to create her lyrical exploration project.