The principles of quantum mechanics, the study of energy and matter on the subatomic scales, are difficult for the human mind to understand. We are accustomed to reasoning the world on a scale where classical physics is an adequate approximation. But quantum physicists deal with nature in a counter-intuitive way; taking it as absurd as it is, and being concerned with multiple realities. I think I know what they’re talking about, because I have seen glimpses of parallel universes, within the ordinary, stretching my concepts of time and space. …(more)
Berlin
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Science Poems
Many worlds
By: Jenna SutelaDiary Series: Science Poems / 01-06-2010 -
Making Places
Mail from BLESS – Paris and Berlin
Articles Series: Making Places / 18-10-2009Dispersed in Paris and Berlin, Ines Kaag and Desiree Heiss of the conceptual fashion label BLESS always talk about their work together. We learned this when we asked to interview both of them face to face, yet separately, with the same questions, since Jenna happened to be in Berlin and Anni in Paris at the time. Their kind refusal was explained by the fact that BLESS is something between the two, and therefore they don’t do interviews alone. So, we ended up in an email conversation with the twosome on the issues of identity and privacy as well as working together from two different cities. …(more)
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Making Places
Dance around the subject – Momus on place and the creative process
Articles Series: Making Places / 11-09-2009I recently met with Nick Currie aka Momus, a Scottish writer, design journalist and musician who has lived in London, Paris, New York, Tokyo and now Berlin. Exploring his “inner Scotlands” as well as the country’s current efforts towards independence, he just released a book on one hundred and fifty-six Scotlands, which currently do not exist anywhere. …(more)