Quantum Drawings

2021 - present

This project interrogates quantum computing — a technology in early development — by building intuition through aesthetics rather than mathematics. The works are based on actual data from quantum computers — specifically, the values of entangled quantum bits and the noise generated during decoherence, when quantum states collapse back into classical reality.

The drawings emerge by applying different visualization parameters to quantum data. By varying these settings, the work searches for visual patterns and structures within quantum behavior, revealing how quantum systems exist in multiple states simultaneously. The work develops non-mathematical intuition for quantum phenomena through direct engagement with computational output.

There’s an additional layer: quantum computers are expected to break the cryptographic systems securing blockchain technology. These drawings, many minted as NFTs, exist on infrastructure that quantum computing may eventually render insecure - a temporal paradox inviting reflection on technology undermining its own foundations.

The phases below trace the development of visual methodologies for organizing quantum data, investigating how aesthetic systems might establish meaning within the fundamental uncertainty of quantum measurement. (Presented below from newest to oldest work.)