LAS Art Foundation presents Laure Prouvost WE FELT A STAR DYING,
a newly commissioned art installation at Kraftwerk Berlin that explores quantum phenomena and their sensitivity to cosmic and planetary forces.
2025 marks a century since quantum physics became established and today its applications are predicted to enact a paradigm shift in our world. WE FELT A STAR DYING follows Prouvost's rare access to a quantum computer and is born out of two years of research and development with philosopher Tobias Rees and scientist Hartmut Neven at Google Quantum AI. Their conversations and experiments helped shape this original and interdisciplinary new work.
In Berlin, the result is a multi-sensory and immersive environment, includ- ing video developed with a quantum computer, as well as sound, scent and sculptural elements tuned to the highly sensitive and unpredictable char- acteristics of quantum computers. The project merges Prouvost's playful and intuitive approach with the counterintuitive logic of quantum physics and represents a new line of enquiry in the artist's oeuvre. Presented over 3,500 square metres (37,600 square feet) of former power station Kraft- werk Berlin, the commission offers a dynamic reflection on technological development today.
Laure Prouvost's new commission launches LAS Art Foundation's Quan- tum programme, which includes further installations, a public symposium and publication, and runs through to 2026.
