RESONANCE@Fermilab

An  Augmented Reality [AR] exploration in light, sound and space

Resonance is a Mixed Reality installation by the STEMarts Team, directed by Fermilab guest artist Agnes Chavez, in collaboration with guest composer Mischa Zupko and a team of creative coders and Fermilab physicists. This exhibit draws from the artist/composer physics research at Fermilab, bringing together concepts from quantum physics, neutrino physics, sound resonance, and augmented reality (AR) to explore how invisible forces shape the universe.

As Fermilab guest artist, Chavez in collaboration with Roy Macdonald and Remy Dumas, focused on how the neutrino particle is studied through detectors like ICARUS and Super Kamiokande, exploring these phenomena through the lens of quantum field theory. Zupko, as Fermilab guest composer in collaboration with Brad Robin, investigated the acoustic phenomenon of ‘Sympathetic Resonance’ and its parallels to the resonance peaks used in particle detection, creating conceptual bridges between music and physics. STEMarts artist/instructor, Ian Harrison worked with his team of STEMarts interns to create a generative AR installation called Oscillating Flavors in Time, visualizing the movement of neutrino particles from Fermilab in Chicago to the DUNE detector in South Dakota. Students were part of the Google Code Next course and a custom STEMarts course led by Ian where they learned about neutrinos and created their unique generative visualizations using p5.js. 

Thanks to Google Code Next for sponsoring the Google course which laid the foundation for the student work. Thanks to Fermilab, NEA, NMarts, MAE Foundation and QuarkNet for supporting this initiative.

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