Description
Entanglement is an interactive installation that consists of two identical neon signs each measuring 182 x 38 cm. The signs simply say the word "Entanglement" a term used in quantum physics to describe the strange property exhibited by two particles that behave as one. The two signs are to be placed in two separate rooms, even if they are in different cities. Under each sign there is a normal light switch that turns it on and off. However, the light switches are also linked through two computers connected to the Internet. In this way the neon signs automatically write email to each other so that they are both either ON or OFF and never independent. This means that for example, the neon will turn ON at a strange time, as someone on the other side of the world just switched his or her copy of the entangled pair ON.

Year of creation
2005
Technique
2 Neon signs, 2 light switches, 2 computers connected to the Internet.
Edition: 5 copies + 1 AP.
Dimensions
183 x 38 cm (72 x 14.75 inches)

Exhibitions
• Haunch of Venison Gallery, NYC 2008
• Volta, Guy Bärtschi, Basel, June 2006.
• ARCO, bitforms gallery, Madrid, February 2006.
• Dataspace (curator: Priamo Lozada), Laboratorio Alameda, Mexico, December 2005.
• Art Basel Miami, OMR Gallery, December 2005.
• Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, November 2005.

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer — concept, direction
Conroy Badger — programming
Guy Bärtschi — production support
Natalie Bouchard — production support