A Theory of Everything
6 Glass wind chimes: 5 Standard Model Lagrangians of Particle Physics and Einstein’s field equation for gravity
2024, glass wind-chimes with laser etched bamboo
Michael WHITTLE
Lagrangian provided by Thomas D. Gutierrez
6 Glass wind chimes: 5 Standard Model Lagrangians of Particle Physics and Einstein’s field equation for gravity
2024, glass wind-chimes with laser etched bamboo
Michael WHITTLE
Lagrangian provided by Thomas D. Gutierrez
About the Artwork:
The Standard Model of particle physics is a theoretical framework that describes three of the four known fundamental forces (electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions, but not gravity) and classifies all known elementary particles. It was developed throughout the latter half of the 20th century by many scientists worldwide.
Published as an Appendix in Nobel Laureate Martinus Veltman book Diagrammatica in 1994, Thomas D. Gutierrez decided to write out the equation in it’s entirety as PhD student in 1999, and later revised it in 2023. For this project, a series of 6 Japanese glass wind chimes have been created, 5 containing the Lagrangian of the Standard Model of particle physics, and one containing Einstein’s Field Equation for Gravity, which remains to be incorporated in to the Standard Model.
The Standard Model of particle physics is a theoretical framework that describes three of the four known fundamental forces (electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions, but not gravity) and classifies all known elementary particles. It was developed throughout the latter half of the 20th century by many scientists worldwide.
Published as an Appendix in Nobel Laureate Martinus Veltman book Diagrammatica in 1994, Thomas D. Gutierrez decided to write out the equation in it’s entirety as PhD student in 1999, and later revised it in 2023. For this project, a series of 6 Japanese glass wind chimes have been created, 5 containing the Lagrangian of the Standard Model of particle physics, and one containing Einstein’s Field Equation for Gravity, which remains to be incorporated in to the Standard Model.
Michael WHITTLE:
Michael Whittle is an artist and researcher specializing in Diagrammatology, the study of diagrams. He previously qualification and training as a Biomedical Scientist, before changing subject to study fine art. His artistic practice incorporates images, ideas, and data from science, as well as dialogues with scientists about their research interests and motivations. Recent projects include ‘Butterfly on the Sun’, a large-scale installation for the 2022 Changwon Sculpture Biennale developed in consultation with astrophysicist David Hathaway of NASA’s Ames Research Center. In 2023, Whittle co-founded ‘Pollen’ with artist-technologist Atticus Sims, an AI-powered creative studio in Kyoto, Japan. He is currently Associate Professor of Contemporary Art in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Macau.
Michael Whittle is an artist and researcher specializing in Diagrammatology, the study of diagrams. He previously qualification and training as a Biomedical Scientist, before changing subject to study fine art. His artistic practice incorporates images, ideas, and data from science, as well as dialogues with scientists about their research interests and motivations. Recent projects include ‘Butterfly on the Sun’, a large-scale installation for the 2022 Changwon Sculpture Biennale developed in consultation with astrophysicist David Hathaway of NASA’s Ames Research Center. In 2023, Whittle co-founded ‘Pollen’ with artist-technologist Atticus Sims, an AI-powered creative studio in Kyoto, Japan. He is currently Associate Professor of Contemporary Art in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Macau.
Thomas GUTIERREZ:
Thomas D. Gutierrez is a particle and nuclear physicist with interests in rare event physics and
quantum foundations. He is a member of the active CUORE and developing CUPID experiments.
These international projects, located at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy, are primarily
designed to look for the forbidden nuclear process of neutrinoless double beta decay to
investigate if neutrinos are their own antiparticle. This provides insight into the origins of neutrino
mass and the observed particle-antiparticle asymmetry in the universe. He is also passionate
about undergraduate education. As a Professor of Physics at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and
with generous funding from the National Science Foundation, he has spent a career providing
formative research opportunities for students in cutting-edge science with CUORE, CUPID, and
other projects.
Thomas D. Gutierrez is a particle and nuclear physicist with interests in rare event physics and
quantum foundations. He is a member of the active CUORE and developing CUPID experiments.
These international projects, located at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy, are primarily
designed to look for the forbidden nuclear process of neutrinoless double beta decay to
investigate if neutrinos are their own antiparticle. This provides insight into the origins of neutrino
mass and the observed particle-antiparticle asymmetry in the universe. He is also passionate
about undergraduate education. As a Professor of Physics at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and
with generous funding from the National Science Foundation, he has spent a career providing
formative research opportunities for students in cutting-edge science with CUORE, CUPID, and
other projects.
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