AmyGoodChild

Amy Goodchild is an artist based in London. She uses code and other technology to create art which explores generativity, group experience, and interaction.

"Considering the rule-based nature of algorithms has led me to consider the rule-based nature of the universe. Complexity emerges throughout nature from simple rules. I question whether anything exists outside of a ruleset, or if all existence can be considered an algorithm."

“In a universe without meaning, we constantly strive to find it. This search is something I find absurd, liberating and joyful. While a computer has no innate sense of what a human might consider meaningful, it's possible to create algorithms that create art that seem imbued with meaning.”

If light, which is generally a wave, can also sometimes be a particle - then can matter also be a wave? Louis De Broglie suggested this idea, which is supported by performing a double slit experiment with matter particles and producing an interference pattern that indicates wave behaviour. Performing the experiment with one particle at a time also produces an interference pattern, implying the particles create interference with themselves. One way this could be possible is if the particle travels infinite potential paths simultaneously, super positioning itself in many places at once. If one electron can be in infinite places at once, is it possible that all electrons are that same one? More than thinking everything is connected, can we go one further and think that everything is the same thing?

'Matter Waves' super positions connections between constellated nodes, spreading them out through space in multiple ways - this series is an aesthetic exploration of these ideas.

matter Waves #66

matter Waves #206

MATTER WAVES