Beautiful Workings (2025)
Photography credit George Torode
When I first learned about superposition, I felt that I finally had the right language to explain how my migrant identity, and other identities, all co-existed within me. In autumn 2024 I set out to interview quantum physicists who identified as migrants to see whether aspects of their research resonated with their complex sense of identity as well. Instead of a clear answer, I found stories that danced between disciplines, defying expectations and confronting assumptions. This resulting installation is a love letter to both the scientific and artistic research process, bringing together poems I wrote during the residency alongside images, notes and memories which map my journey through the world of quantum.
Beautiful Workings was developed as part of Studio Quantum, a quantum artist-in-residence programme by Goethe-Institut London in partnership with King’s College London and Science Gallery London. It is on display at Science Gallery London as part of their Quantum Untangled Exhibition until 28 February 2026.
Credits
Artist - Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan
Interviewed scientists - Clelia Altomonte, Dr Ivette Fuentes, Margarita Khokhlova
Studio Quantum London Research Liason - Professor James Millen
Visual Arts Consultant - Kerrie O'Leary
Poem Editor - Rosamund Taylor
Photographers images used in piece: majority artist's own, Anne Tetzlaff, Kerrie O'Leary, Ife Osunkoya
Sound Design for audio - Aodh O'Sullivan
Beautiful Workings was developed as part of Studio Quantum, a quantum artist-in-residence programme by Goethe-Institut London in partnership with King’s College London and Science Gallery London. It is on display at Science Gallery London as part of their Quantum Untangled Exhibition until 28 February 2026.
Credits
Artist - Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan
Interviewed scientists - Clelia Altomonte, Dr Ivette Fuentes, Margarita Khokhlova
Studio Quantum London Research Liason - Professor James Millen
Visual Arts Consultant - Kerrie O'Leary
Poem Editor - Rosamund Taylor
Photographers images used in piece: majority artist's own, Anne Tetzlaff, Kerrie O'Leary, Ife Osunkoya
Sound Design for audio - Aodh O'Sullivan
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