Not Rocket Science

2024

graphic design

game

public intervention

Not Rocket Science invites contributors who use their practice to complicate, reimagine, or reflect on the scientific method. The event is connected to Agustina Woodgate’s exhibition More Heat than Light, which uses the principles of quantum communication to build a communications system based on temperature. Not Rocket Science expands this focus, presenting imaginations of what the sciences are after quantum mechanics. This programme is part of Entangled Codes, Stroom’s exploration of the body as a medium for technology, with particular attention to accessibility in the digital world.

Besides the graphic identity for the event, I also brought out a game for the audience:

Schrödinger’s Scratch Cats

The thought experiment Schrödinger’s cat posits that ‘before opening the box, the cat is dead and alive at the same time’. My scratch card game intervention Schrödinger’s Scratch Cats invokes excitement for the unknown, the uncertain states, the anticipation of a reveal, and the belief in luck as in the interpretation and application of quantum physics. Upon entry, every visitor will receive a scratch cat. Like an unseen observer, Entangled Quties will guide visitors to scratch a single box before each contribution. By the end, 2 lucky winners get a €30 allocation to spend in the Stroom book shop.