What is it?

Inspiration for WALT Art comes from the WALTA physics project. Extremely high energy particles enter our atmosphere and collide with other particles, spawning clusters of energized daughter particles. The particles are presumed to be billions of years old and perhaps are generated when a galaxy collapses.

The collision events are rare and the particles so highly energized they inspire investigation. To study particles penetrating our atmosphere, researchers use lucite which has been coated with material that "scintillates" when it is hit by a particle of energy.

We are creating an interactive art installation illustrating the randomness and size of the events -- including art pieces based on the luminous properties of the scintillating lucite. We'll play with light and time to create an environment which makes the viewer want to know more.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Grant proposal

Even a project based on recycled components can find itself needing a material that can't be found through recycling. Such is our need for certain parts of our installation.

So we spent our most recent workday writing a grant proposal to SAMI, the Science and Math Institute at Bellevue College.

Writing can be exciting stuff, but alas, no pictures to post of us pulling our hair out.
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