Gravity Lab Residency - part 1

I have been working with The Gravity Lab in Nottingham University this year as part of a residency programme that enables me to visit the lab and engage weekly with a group of scientists working on experiments that try to visualise intangible phenomena in the universe.

An experiment within the lab uses vibrations in water to investigate the early universe. Looking at resonant frequencies and using the reflection of light to vastly magnify small changes means very tiny disturbances can be detected. By modelling these reflections it is hoped that the process can be reversed, thereby the nature of the surface of water can be deduced from images of the reflection. In this way a new kind of detector could be made that could investigate the early universe from signals that can still be detected.

I have been working with scientists to recreate, adapt and test new ways of working with this experiment. In the studio i've been creating version of their experiment at larger scales. Using visible light rather than lasers a different kind of image can be created. I am working towards an exhibition that puts the viewer into an experiment simulating the early universe.