Entangled Visions
Exploring Quantum Visualizations in Culture, Dissemination, and the Arts
December 2-5, 2025 (OsloMet)
The OsloMet Quantum Hub is happy to announce a workshop to explore the fascinating intersections of quantum science, philosophy, dissemination, and the arts. It will take place at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), campus Pilestredet, from the 2nd to the 5th of December 2025 (mid-day to mid-day as indicated in the schedule below.) Make sure to check out the book of abstracts (version 5, updated 30 Nov.) which also contains some practical information about the venue.
Sign-up
Please sign up for the workshop using this link.
Please sign up for the concert Quantum Loops, Broken Symmetries using this link. This concert is a joint venture where the OsloMet Quantum Hub and the the Entangled Visions workshop are part of several organizers. Correspondingly, a limited number of seats are reserved for the participants of our workshop. This is why you need to sign up.
If you are one of our contributors, you do not have to sign up.
Do note that in case the number of people signing up should exceed the number of participants we can accommodate, we may decide to give priority to those who will participate through the entire workshop. Should this affect your participation, we will, of course, notify you in due time.
Background and topics
The year 2025 has been declared the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology by the United Nations General Assembly to promote international collaboration while marking the 100 year anniversary of the scientific theory of quantum mechanics.
The OsloMet Quantum Hub aims to bring together people with an interest for quantum technology and quantum science. We want to reach out – also beyond the traditional scientific compounds – to disseminate the beauty and the importance of quantum science.
This workshop will feature presentations from leading researchers and artists on the role of visualization within quantum physics and its connection to philosphy, dissemination, and the arts, as well as in popular culture. Presentations may feature visually appealing scientific results and illustrations, but will suppose little to no previous knowledge of the formal theory of quantum physics from the audience. Other topics include fundamental philosophical questions that are unanswered by the axioms of quantum physics; dissemination of quantum physics to students and the general public, in particular the role of visualization; and quantum physics and technology in the arts and popular culture.
Schedule
| Time | Tuesday, 2 Dec. Location: P48 S141 |
Wednesday, 3 Dec. Location: P48 S141 |
Thursday, 4 Dec. Location: P44 V130 |
Friday, 5 Dec. Location: P44 V130 |
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| Chair | Sølve Selstø | Sergiy Denysov | André Laestadius | |
| 09:00 | Chad Orzel Union College Many Worlds, Many Stories |
Stefano Calzati Independent Visualizing the Quantum Ecology: Sensing across Sights, Imaginations, and Design |
Marina Otero Verzier Harvard University Building for Quantum |
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| 09:45 | Stefan Küchemann LMU Munich Learning about Quantum Technologies using Games: Interactive visualizations and the role of AI |
María Castellanos & Alberto Valverde Open University of Catalonia The Limits of Causality: A Research through Artistic Practice |
Maria Emine Nylund & Benedikt Mithassel SINTEF Quantum Computing: Human Interactions at Every Layer |
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| 10:30 | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 | Eduardo Reck Miranda University of Plymouth Quantum Loops, Broken Symmetries: The Science Behind the Music |
David Young Art as Gateway: Quantum Beyond Expertise |
Michael Cuffaro LMU Munich Framework Fundamentality |
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| 11:45 | Maria Mannone National Research Council of Italy, ICAR-CNR / University of Potsdam Qubits and Quartets: memory, CubeHarmonic, neural activity, and voice |
Henrik Zinkernagel University of Granada Aesthetics in quantum physics: Motivation, meaning and education |
Vidar Skogvoll University of Oslo Quantum physics in superhero movies – who got it right? |
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| Registration 12:30–13:10 |
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| Tanja Storsul Pro-rector research and development, OsloMet Welcome and Introduction 13:15–13:30 |
Lunch break 12:30–13:30 |
The Organizing Team Closing Ceremony |
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| Chair | Trine Krigsvoll Haagensen | Kristin Bergaust | Vegard Falmår | |
| 13:30 | Anders Kvellestad University of Oslo Quantum iconoclasm: quantum interpretations and the pictures they break |
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay University of Bergen Dhvāni/Atomspheres/Datafiction |
Khrystyna Gnatenko Ivan Franko National University of Lviv Quantum Music and Networks: From Algorithms to Art |
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| 14:15 | Dr Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin Quantum Mechanics and Avant-Garde Music: Shadows of the Void |
Audun Skau Hansen Myreze Can you touch a wavefunction? |
Renate C.-Z.-Quehenberger Institute for a Global Sustainable Information Society, GSIS “Let me be the Bride of Science” |
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| 15:00 | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | |
| 15:30 | Paul Thomas UNSW Sydney | Art & Design Concerning the Quantum in Art |
Caterina Benincasa Joint Research Centre, European Commission Curating art-science collaborations for creative innovation |
Fundamental problems and possible approaches to teaching and learning quantum physics
in two parts: Berit Bungum Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU Fascination and frustrations in learning quantum physics in schools and university and Ellen K. Henriksen University of Oslo Approaches to quantum literacy in the age of quantum computing |
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| 16:15 | Paul Thomas UNSW Sydney | Art & Design Quantum Drawing Workshop: The Role of the Observer |
Aurora Del Rio Aalto University Archetypes of Entanglement: Alchemical Imaginaries and Spiritualism in Quantum Theory and Art |
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| Evening | Mingling and visuals Food and drinks will be served 18:00–19:00 Festsalen, P52, OsloMet Pilestredet 52, 0167 Oslo |
Eduardo Reck Miranda & Victoria Johnson Concert: Quantum Loops, Broken Symmetries 18:00–19:00 Salen, ZEB Building, University of Oslo Sem Sælands vei 2, 0371 Oslo |
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| Dr Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin Concert 19:00–20:00 Festsalen, P52, OsloMet Pilestredet 52, 0167 Oslo |
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(Last updated 30 November 2025.)
Please see the book of abstracts (version 5, updated 30 Nov.) which also contains some more practical information about the venue.
Concerts
We are very proud and honored to be able to present no less than two quantum-related concerts in our program:
Tuesday December 2nd, Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin will give a piano concert.
Wednesday December 3rd, Eduardo Reck Miranda will, in an event hosted jointly with researchers at the Department of Musicology at the University of Oslo, present music pieces he has composed making active use of quantum computers. Read more about it here.
Both these esteemed musicians will also provide presentations during the regular part of the program.
An alternative poster session
Many scientists are used presenting their results in the form of a poster – usually with graphical elements such as figures, charts and plots. Often such graphical material may have some kind of aesthetic appeal in their own right. We encourage participants and audiences to send us such visualizations; illustrations they have produced with some kind of quantum relevance. This could be one that has emerged from a simulation, an experimental setup. Or it could be an illustration meant to explain some model, or it could be produced with a purely pedagogic intention.
We will make a selection the illustrations we find the most relevant, interesting or appealing, print them and display them – as a rather alternative “poster session”.
Please send your contribution no later than noon Tuesday November 18th by e-mail to Sølve Selstø. Make sure to send your graphical material in high resolution, if possible as vector graphics. Also, include a title and a brief account for the what graphics represent – be it an illustration, a photo, a plot or something else.
Contact
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the organisers.