Solid Void makes visible the invisible. Neutrinos: ghost particles that could unlock the secrets of the universe.
Right now, there are more than ten billion of these little particles passing through the tip of your finger. However, they don't interreact with us at all, as if our solid bodies are a void. They are abundant in the universe but their purpose is still unknown.
For Vendel & de Wolf, the starting point was the frightening realisation they both shared as children when they learned that the world is made up of particles. As adults, that fear transforms into a fascination and curiosity for physics and the universe.
The Amsterdam duo imagines the invisible particles as they randomly pass through a piece of matter. They fly though a cube made with a hundred slats of aluminium interwoven with lines of aquamarine light.
Typical in much of their light artworks is use of programable LED strips. Whether an enormous bonfire, falling starts or a swirling black hole, the physical LEDs, each digital, come together to represent something natural. And that's achieved through the randomness of the programming. Each strip is independent, operating at its own intervals and speeds, resulting in a composition that is just as uncontrollable as the neutrinos themselves.
With every generation there is something new to understand about our universe. The developments in the sciences contribute to the ever-growing book of knowledge about the world around us. But that first step is wonder and imagination. Solid Void is one such imagination, an attempt to grasp the yet ungraspable.
