do you read me?! invited us to have a Science Poems event at their shop in Berlin on August 5. The evening included a performative presentation of the Science Poems book by us and Anna Mikkola, Martti Kalliala‘s chemistry sound art piece for the Science Poems exhibition as well as NH4Cl + C2H5OH drinks. In September, Science Poems will go to London. …(more)

Inspired by two of my favourite thinkers, artist Yoko Ono and physicist Richard Feynman, this article is an experiment in physics and event scores. It quotes Feynman’s enchanting stories about a teeming nano-world for a 1983 BBC interview Physics is fun to imagine, recontextualising some of his thoughts as proposal pieces in the spirit of Grapefruit, an artist’s book by Ono.

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This is a mini catalogue of OK Do’s Science Poems exhibition, launched at the 0fr gallery, Paris, in June 2010. The exhibition will travel around the world in the form of the Science Poems book and small-scale displays. Welcome to our next Science Poems party in Helsinki on July 10 from 6 pm onwards at Napa Gallery (Eerikinkatu 18)!

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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)

OK Do met Marc-Olivier Wahler, the director and curator of Palais de Tokyo, to talk about his recent exhibition trilogy in the intersection of science and imagination, and about practices of curating and interpretation. We also asked him to name the 3 most interesting areas or concepts in which art and science meet. Wahler’s 1–3 list links to our forthcoming Science Poems exhibition and publication. …(more)

OK Do met with chef Jouni Toivanen from the Helsinki-based Michelin star restaurant Luomo for a cooking lesson in molecular gastronomy. We prepared green tea ice cream. …(more)

The Science Poems mix sets out to explore the sound of science and the science of sound. The playlist ranges from sonic experiments and musical inventions to sounds and music deriving from science. But while science can be described as a systematic knowledge-base or a prescriptive practice, best sounds don’t usually make any sense. So listen, let dopamine set the mood and get lost in science. …(more)