Gravitational Wave
Optical Lens, He-Ne Laser, Projector, Documents
2021
Gravitational waves are 'ripples' in space-time that transport energy from the distant universe for hundreds of millions of years to earth, and were detected by LIGO scientists. What it changes is the space itself, not mass or movement. When we apply the theory of gravitational waves on how we perceive space, supposed that if space is changeable, and if perceptual experience and space are placed together, what kind of question will be disclosed?
Space is absolute, relative, and perceivable, and it is part of the space-time correlation in the theory of relativity. Gravitational waves are the energy released at the moment of a black hole or neutron star collision. Scientists search for disturbances in space with the principles of interference. Since the first discovery of gravity waves in 2015, the scientists have detected gravity waves passing through the earth for more than ten times. This normal phenomenon in the universe causes the space we are in to shake slightly every once in a while.
Just like LIGO’s L-shaped detection arm. In this work, the artist reassembled the experimental apparatus to create the wave Michelson Interference that reflects the shaking of the perceptible space, accompanied by real-time projection data analysis, which builds a certain perceptual relationship between spatiality and physical space. Along with the nature of space revealed by physics, the perceptible spatial experience transforms, reconstructing a kind of spatiality like the "epistemological break" proposed by Gaston Bachelard. When physics once again takes a step forward to challenge the essence of space, and general relativity accurately describes the original appearance of space and time, if we return to discuss people’s direct experience on site, will it interweave with the physical theory and uncover a field of space that has not yet been described?