Humans are energy fields. The distinguishing feature which makes humans (or any form of life) special is the energetic relationships between the atomic materials from which we’re made.

Microscopically, the movement of atoms depends on the energy fields that they experience from the atoms that surround them. The ‘Hidden Fields’ project arose from a simple idea: I know that atoms move because of the energy fields they experience… So if I could somehow model myself as an energy avatar, would it be possible to step into an atomic simulation, and use my field to influence atomic motion?

‘Hidden Fields’, is based on the same mathematics, models, and algorithms that molecular physicists use to model how atomic liquids behave. So if you watch the Hidden Fields performance and see a performer’s energy avatar interact with the atomic simulation, you are in fact watching an entirely rigorous physics simulation, in all its chaotic beauty. And this is in fact our best guess of how atoms would actually move if you could see them with your eyes.

The artistic leap which makes Hidden Fields possible is the decision to render the human form as an energy avatar with a scale similar to that of the simulated atoms. But even this is less of a leap than it seems: in actual fact, humans are energy fields. We are special not as a result of the atomic materials from which we’re made (the molecular and atomic building blocks that make up our bodies basically reflect the abundance of the atoms and molecules on the planet earth: mostly water, some carbon, nitrogen, a smattering of trace metals). The distinguishing feature which makes humans (or any form of life) special is rather the energetic relationships between the materials from which we’re made.

The images in the gallery in fact reflect various levels of rigorous scientific insight, making the question of whether they are ‘scientific’ an interesting one.