Quantum Sensation – EN | Caroline Delétoille

QUANTUM SENSATION

Atoms and memory

Can you see me? (“Atomic Girl”), 2025
Installation. 16 digital paintings, pigment prints on plexiglass, 29.7 x 21 cm.
Furniture, LED panels, wired circuits, frames, wood, painted steel structure.. L.150 x l.50 x H.200 cm

A table / Tomography of a memory, 2025
Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm

A table / Tomography of a memory, 2025
Oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm

A table / Tomography of a memory, 2025
Oil on canvas, 81 x 100 cm

A table / Tomography of a memory, 2025
Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm

A table / Tomography of a memory, 2025
Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm

A table / Tomography of a memory, 2025
Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm

A table / Tomography of a memory, 2025
Oil on canvas, 74 x 106 cm

A table / Tomography of a memory, 2025
Oil on canvas, 83 x 83 cm

A table / Tomography of a memory, 2025
Oil on canvas, 75 x 108 cm

Atoms trapping! (530 nm), 2025
Oil on canvas, 81 x 100 cm

The researcher’s desk, 2025
Various abjects from laboratories and the artist’s studio.
Wood, plexiglass, painted steel structure.
L.120 x l.80 x H.115 cm

Coffee counts, 2025
3 digital photographs, pigment prints on Hahnemühle paper,
27 x 19 cm (2) et 42 x 29,7 cm, wood frame, 50 x 70 cm

Draw me an intrication, 2025
Assemblages of 5 pencil and graphite drawings, 14 x 23 cm (x4) and 17.5 x 25.2 cm,
created by quantum researchers (date unknown) and the artist.
Frames with plexiglass backing

Cristal crafting, 2025
Oil on canvas, 18 x 13 cm

Lab tidbits, 2025
Installation. Acrylic and graphite on original draft paper mounted on linen canvas, variable sizes.
Wood, painted steel structure.. L.300 x l.50 x H.195 cm

Quantum Sensation – Atoms and memory

A source of fascination for some and a source of fear for others, quantum physics explores particles that lie beyond the reach of our senses, challenging our intuitions and our imagination. While it helps explain our world, it also reveals a hidden side imbued with mystery. For one year, I immersed myself in this universe through collaborations with laboratories in France and Canada. This project reflects on that quantum journey, weaving together atomic noise, memory, reconstruction, and the daily life of the laboratory.

This project, under the patronage of UNESCO, received support from the Nicéphore Niépce Museum of Photography, Sorbonne University, the Collège de France, PSL University, the Henri Poincaré Institute, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the City of Paris, the Île-de-France Region, the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR), the University of British Columbia (Vancouver), and the Embassy of France in Canada.

Tomography of a memory recollection

Like memories, our understanding of quantum objects depends on the way we interact with them. They change as we observe them. Whether memories or atoms, reconstruction resembles a puzzle pieced together from fragmented observations. What reality lies behind this world that we are constantly reconstructing through our own perception?

“We must clearly understand that, when it comes to atoms, language can only be used in the way it is used in poetry.”
Niels Bohr

Movie about the project, coproduction Convergences Créations and Unexpected Films

Around the project, site autour du projet de recherche-création