2021/07/26 by Jim Madsen, Madsen, Jim, Laurent Mulot +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2108.01687
openalex publication_date 2021/07/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present an overview of the art project Aganta Kairos (To Fish the\nMetaphysical Time). This project celebrates the neutrino, the ghost particle,\nwhich scientists consider a cosmic messenger and the artist regards as a link\nbetween people who care about their relationship to the cosmos and question\ntheir origins. The artwork is based on a performance of celebration and seeks\nto build a human community that encompasses different knowledge domains and\ninterpretations of the universe. This intersection of knowledge is realized\nduring the performance of placing a plaque, held with witnesses, and during\nsubsequent exhibitions. Images, sounds, videos, and sculpture testify to the\ndiversity of approaches to questioning our origins, ranging from traditional\nwestern science to ancient shamanism. The sites were selected for their global\ncoverage and, for the South Pole, Mediterranean, and Lake Baikal, their\nconnection to ongoing neutrino experiments. In December 2020, a plaque was\ninstalled at the South Pole IceCube Laboratory, the seventh and final site. We\nprovide examples of images and links to additional images and videos.\n