Decoherence

When you measure a particle, you can only look at one property at a time. Three pairs of the sculptures represent three different properties, or in other words, three different measurable observables. The first pair of sculptures is connected by the same weight, which represents the mass of a particle. The second pair is connected by similar form, which represents the spin of a particle. The third one is connected by the touch-light relationship that represents the energy of a particle. These three pairs also represent entanglement. When we measure one property of a particle, we can see the effect on the other particle that is how we know that they are entangled. This series of sculptures were exhibited in UNSW Galleries in 2014 and in Pine Street Galleries in 2015. The creative project Entanglement was implemented in collaboration with Dr Simon David Burton.