Serena Scapagnini: The Space Beyond: Superposition

This video is an excerpt from the full documentary The Space Beyond - This chapter was supported by the Yale Quantum Institute.

Serena Scapagni, 4th Yale Quantum Institute artist in residence, documented her collaborative work with quantum physicists to create Superposition: A series of floating installations in New Haven.

Superposition shows three site-specific installations on the Yale campus conceived by Serena Scapagnini, in collaboration with YQI researchers during her year-long residency. This triptych displays Serena’s research on the nature of memory, integrated by the reflections on quantum memory, to face the internal system of nature itself. Heavily inspired by nature, the work grows like a Fibonacci sequence with each new location.

Inspired by Schrödinger’s cat states, it highlights the fascinating quantum phenomenon of superposition—where particles or light exist in multiple states simultaneously, such as being in two places or moving with two distinct momenta at once. Superposition creates intricate interference patterns, the hallmark of quantum mechanics, and Serena's work vividly showcases these patterns. She also explores how these patterns are disrupted by undesired interactions with the environment.

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