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May 2004 New works by Rebecca Diederichs, Gordon Hicks and Sally McKay in collaboration with Corinna Ghaznavi Three
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Neutrinos are tiny particles that rarely interact with other matter. Making their way through the entire universe, masses of neutrinos pass through it, the earth, and our bodies in a constant stream that carries them along their way. Neutrinos are invisible, yet pervasive. In order to find out more, three artists went underground to visit the SNO (Sudbury Neutrino Observatory) laboratory and talk to some of the world's top physicists and engineers. At SNO the scientists, physicists and engineers have designed, constructed, and then sealed off an immense ball of heavy water to record the passage of neutrinos through space and matter. They wait hours, even days, for a passing neutrino to trigger a flash confirming its existence onto their apparatus. The results of this study, taking place 2.5 kilometres underground, were momentous: neutrinos, it turns out, have mass and display three distinctive flavours as they zip along. Contemplating the conceptual and practical approaches with which physicists and artists construct worlds, make the imagined tangible, and suggest alternative possibilities, artists Sally McKay, Gordon Hicks and Rebecca Diederichs have taken the study of neutrinos as a common starting point. The artists, later referred to as Agents S, G, and B, are building a collaborative, heuristic project euphemistically nicknamed "the black box." The project requires strict adherence to protocols and, due to its highly classified nature while still in progress, requires that viewers sign a non-disclosure waiver. Agent X, otherwise known as curator Corinna Ghaznavi, will administer this process so as not to contaminate results. In addition to the black box, each of the agents are developing independent projects that are currently in various stages of experiment and design. Works in progress will be presented for observation, feedback and discussion.
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