Lightcurve

BACKGROUND Presented by the prestigious International Symposium on Electronic Art 2013, the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) and the Powerhouse Museum this exhibition provides a snapshot of the diverse research of artists and scientists in the Synapse program 2008-2012. The works in Lightcurve are part of Henschke's ongoing art and physics collaboration. CONTRIBUTION This animation is a subjective interpretation of the heart of the Australian Synchrotron. It formally suggests the device and utilises synchrotron light. However it does not seek to illustrate or define the exact properties of the synchrotron, it is a concrete abstraction, expressing Henschke's research around perceptions of physics and the complexity and obscure nature of the synchrotron. The viewer sees the inside and outside simultaneously, with no apparent end, as the video is an endless loop. This perhaps communicates a different understanding of what for many is unknowable, even among the scientists at the synchrotron. The visual experiment becomes a visual analogy of the limits of understanding of science in contemporary society. SIGNIFICANCE Others shown included Keith Armstrong, Lawrence English, Kirsty Boyle, George Poonkin Khut and Erica Seccombe. Synapse is an initiative of ANAT and the Australia Council of the Arts to support collaboration between artists and scientists, Henschke's Synapse residency was at the Australian Synchrotron.