Art Intervention and Screening at the Media Art Nexus Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 24 April 2021
Going beyond the limitations of classical logic, this film uses images as poetry to represent the quantum world. Using cultural icons to create visual metaphors to explore and discover to communicate quantum physics’s counterintuitive and contradictory beauty.
READ ON SUBSTACK: Rethinking Quantum Realities by Mark Chavez with a Decolonial Perspective
Quantum Logos is an immersive, reactive audio-visual experience that explores the fundamentals of quantum theory through cultural archetypes. Using cutting-edge real-time animation techniques, we attempt to shed new light on fundamental natural phenomena, confirming scientific observations that raise questions about the nature of existence. The works were first shown in 2019 in Linz, Austria, at the Ars Electronica Festival Deep Space 8k Theater as an immersive projection on a 16 x 9-meter wall, accompanied by a 16 x 9-meter floor projection with interactive laser tracking.
The animation was also adapted for large-scale LED media display (15m by 2m) in public at the Nanyang Technological University Singapore and screened in April 2021.
Credits: Director and Animation by Mark Chavez (US), Executive Producer Ina Conradi (SG), Music by EGON (US), Sci-Art producers Bianka Hofmann (DE), Bob Kastner (AU)
Press
” You understand nothing when it comes to quantum physics? Don’t worry, you’re not alone! The Quantum Travelers are using artistic means to get to the bottom of this difficult matter with their Deep Space project “Quantum Logos” at the Ars Electronica Festival. We talked to the Quantum Travelers and experienced what awaits us at the Ars Electronica Festival.”
Quantum Logos – An artistic Approach to Quantum Physics
Ars Electronica Blog | Sep 4, 2019 | by Magdalena Sick-Leitner | Reading time: about 6 minutes
Ars Electronica Blog | Sep 4, 2019 | by Magdalena Sick-Leitner | Reading time: about 6 minutes
Screenings & Awards
| The 20th Urban Mediamakers Festival (UMF), Gwinnett County, Atlanta, GA, US,11-24 October 2021 https://www.umff.com/index.html https://umff.com/umff-schedule.html Experimental Animation Award Winner 20 years old film festival |
| Toronto Independent Film Festival of CIFT! 2021 https://cyrusmonthlyfestival.com/?fbclid=IwAR0zSvsYY-bRG4SWLdeuA6lGJmtW3hqTpIdYroM-aQPjPtStqMJy1zzDico |
| Rotterdam Independent Film Festival (Riff), Netherland. https://riffestival.com/, 15 June 2021 |
| New York Istanbul Short Film Festival (NISFF) http://www.newyorkistanbulshortfilmfestival.com/ |
| Beyond the Curve International Film Festival, (BCIFF), Paris, France, 2021, Certificate of Excellence for Quantum Logos (vision serpent) (Feb/March) https://www.bciff.org/official-selection-feb-march, |
| 4th New Delhi Film Festival – NDFF, Animation Short, Total number of films: 174 from 41 Countries (Out of 837 films from 60 Countries) 26-28 03.2021 Organized by Jaipur International Film Festival http://jiffindia.org/delhi/ |
| The Best of animation around the world from the WILDsound Festival and Latino Feedback Film Festival, Yonge-Dundas Square (YDS), Toronto 21.03.2021 |
| Beyond the Curve International Film Festival (BCIFF), Paris, France, 2021, Certificate of Excellence for Quantum Logos (vision serpent) (Feb/March) https://www.bciff.org/official-selection-feb-march, |
| 5th International Fine Arts Film Festival, Santa Barbara, CA, (US), 15.03.2021 Official Selection Experimental 2021,https://internationalfineartsfilmfestival.com/experimental-5th-season https://internationalfineartsfilmfestival.com/experimental-1 There are 104 films in the 5th IFAFF Season. There are nearly 30 countries represented; 12 judges split the viewing to choose winners. |
| Latino FEEDBACK Film Festival Los Angeles, November selected, 19.11.2020 Screening 1 January 2021 Audience feedback: https://vimeo.com/519818900 https://latinofeedbackfilmfestival.com/2021/02/09/director-biography-mark-chavez-quantum-logos-vision-serpent/ https://latinofeedbackfilmfestival.com/2021/02/09/short-film-quantum-logos-vision-serpent-11min-usa-animation/ |
| 6th Official Latino Film and Arts Festival, Palm Desert, CA, (US) 27-30.10.2020. Official Selection: Experimental or Animation, http://officiallatino.com/ |
| Flixze Film Festival, Panama City Beach, Florida, Florida, 20.10.2020 Finalist – Animation |
| The 13th Annual Mosaic World Film Festival, Nordlof Center Rockford, IL. (US) 18.09.2020,100 filmmakers from over 50 countries http://mosaicfilmfest.com/index.php/2020-mwff-experimental-film-showcase/ |
| Monthly Indie Shorts. Online Film Festival, (US) August 2020 Official selections http://monthlyindieshorts.com/official-selection-august-2020/ |
| Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival, Malibu, CA, (USA) , virtual event due to COVID,31.08.2020, Award Winner Best Animation Quantum Logos (vision serpent). 2020 Third Quarter, A division of West Coast International Link Laurel https://www.malibuinternational.org/accolades running since 2010 |
| Synergy Film Festival, New York, (USA), Best Experimental Film, 20 August 2020, https://www.synergymotion.com/2020-winners-and-selections |
| New York Animation Film Awards Festival (NAAFA) 2020, NY (USA), virtual event COVID 3.08.2020, -NYAFA is a film festival established and managed by the film industry professionals of Cinematography Awards Foundation – CAWARDS.ORG. http://cawards.org/ Semifinalist for Best Original Score in Animation http://nyafa.com/ |
| Imagine Science Films & Labocine.com, December Issue (#53) “Science for Nanos” 06.12 2020–3.01.2021, https://www.labocine.com/issues/science-for-nanos Imagine Science Films has run an annual science film festival in New York since 2008. It also hosts a series satellite events worldwide and serves as a major venue for the release of new and experimental works bridging the worlds of science and film. |
| International Beyond Film Festival Special Edition Climate Change, Special Screening at the Artist for Future, German Premier, Z.K.M. | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany, 25 July 2020, https://www.beyond-festival.com/en/art/artists/ina-conradi-mark-chavez/. |
| The Flight Deck Film Festival. New York City, (US), 25.06.2020, https://flightdeckfilm.wixsite.com/mysite. |
| Ars Electronica Festival 2019 Out of the Box. Deep Space 8K, Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria. 8 09.2019, |
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