Opening on October 18th — with a reception from 6-9 PM — and running through March 2026, Quantum Lens is an immersive Mixed Reality artwork exploring quantum technologies in three chapters:
These three unusual quantum phenomena cannot be witnessed with the naked eye. By using Mixed Reality as a symbolic lens, Quantum Lens aims to open a window to the unseen.
Created in collaboration with leading quantum scientists across the UK, this six-month art & science collaboration invites the public to poetically experience three virtual sculptures alongside immersive film — bridging quantum science, data, storytelling, and immersive art.
Commissioned as part of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025, this artwork is realized by Studio Above&Below and was envisioned for the public exhibition Cosmic Titans: Art, Science and the Quantum Universe, organized by Lakeside Arts, University of Nottingham. It was a collaborative project produced with the Virtual & Immersive Production Studio and ARTlab Nottingham.
Concept & Development: Studio Above&Below
Technical Development & Programming: Studio Above&Below
Sound design: Einar Fehrholz
CGI support: Axel Schotermann
Studio Above&Below is a UK-based art and technology practice founded by Daria Jelonek (DE) and Perry-James Sugden (UK) after graduating from the Royal College of Art. Their work combines Mixed Reality experiences (XR), digital art, and data in order to grow potential connections between humans, machines, and the environment — working towards preferred future interactions with our surroundings. Believing in research-based art, Studio Above&Below often works with science, technology, communities, and ecologies to push the boundaries of digital media for future living. Established in 2018, over the last years, the duo has created groundbreaking large-scale public artworks using advanced technologies with live data inputs in order to make invisible phenomena visible and give our environment a voice to express itself.
The duo’s work has been exhibited internationally at institutions such as the Royal Academy, V&A London, Photophore during the Venice Biennale, London Design Festival, MEET Milan, UCCA Shanghai, WRO Biennale, SONAR+D Barcelona, Hyundai Motor studio Beijing, and NRW Forum Düsseldorf.
