Michaelson Drawing Category
Supernova in the Sky by Anika Goel, University of Kansas
Indian-born artist and scientist, Anika Goel is a fourth year undergraduate senior at The University of Kansas, completing a double major in Visual Arts and Astronomy with a minor in Art History. Having a strong background in fine arts, Anika enjoys exploring the unseen colors of nature hidden behind the seen matter through a surrealist composition in their work. Being an astronomer, Anika also likes to portray their curiosity for the abstract essence of the universe in their multimedia works.
My artworks are meant to be perceived by the subconscious. One of the ways I achieve this in my work is to highlight the colors found in nature and the universe. For a large majority of people, including myself, space is the ultimate escape, it is explored out of pure enjoyment and curiosity, and thus provides for an excellent all-encompassing medium to hold the weight of the complex human heart. It brings an element of surrealism to my artwork which ties it closer to being a dreamy complexity.
Supernova in the Sky, 9in x 12 in, Collagraph on Paper is a piece of work that invites the viewers to learn and admire astronomical phenomena beyond the Earth. A supernova is a giant catastrophic explosion which destroys a star at the end of its massive life. An eruption so colossal that even a naked eye could spot one happening millions of miles away. In the summer of 2022, I got the opportunity to intern for the Space telescope Science Institute and I worked on the spectroscopy of type 1bn supernova 2020nxt. This experience really brought out my admiration for these objects and since then I have been using them more often in my artworks.
Giovanna Truong, Yale University
Sabato Writing Category
Ethan Kimelheim, University of Delaware
We Make Time = We Make Space
‘How is it that a person can run out of space
Space we know is an endless place
Minkowski proposed that space and time are the same
And this theory of space-time reflects our cosmic domain
If the saying “we make time” has any traction
We cannot ignore a transitive action
So if we can make time, we can also make space
And thus, we cannot run out of space in this case’
Bhavya Pardasani, University of Illinois
Peek-a-boo
this is the story of my play date,
a millennium long date
it was a starry void
(only you know if it was day/night)
when i heard the final call
“it. moon you’re the keplerfully
play date of it. earth.”
i wanted to whine, deliver
a few centuries short rant
about our universal
ancestors playing cupid with
a nanosecond-old but your greenish
blues had captured me from
first sight
my world’s been revolving
around you since my embryo
days. anyway i swirl
anyway i twirl, my craterous
eyes only have you
in my north-south
east-west sight.
your children use me
to serenade their lovers,
and here i revolve
elliptically in and out
of your hindsight
i have seen you wax,
seen you wane,
sometimes gibbous,
sometimes crescent.
but when you are new
your beauty astounds me.
(you might have donned
the invisibility cloak
but your children
meander around like
fireflies that crave
my whole attention)
then why am i known
as the white orb full
of craters, and a thief
that shines brightly
on your crush’s
borrowed light?
despite my existence
you have been having
play dates with it.sun
(who is an eight-timing
bastard with no shade).
i have been your loyal
revolver since millenniums,
then why is it.sun
the center of your universe?
why do i feel like the third
ball in this elliptical love
triangle? am i even good
enough to be a hindrance
in your play dates
with your crush?
Maybe i am meant
to be the pasty white
weirdo with big dark
zits (i’m in my teenage,
what did you expect?)
who comes out at night
to pervertedly say
Peek-a-boo.
Huygens Photos Category
Zhiwei Huang, University of Surrey
The photograph captures the beauty of sunflower oil droplets stabilised by Tween 20 in water. The striking contrast between the yellow and grey droplets is particularly eye-catching. The yellow droplets, which are sunflower oil dyed with beta-carotene, stand out against the background and add a vibrant pop of colour to the image. In contrast, the grey droplets are undyed sunflower oil, adding depth and interest to the composition. Overall, this image perfectly captures the technical aspect of the process and the beauty of the final product.
Schrödinger Category
Sophie Gresty, University of Liverpool
Lego art. Image of ATLAS event with 4 pileup vertices in 7 TeV collision made out of Lego, for wall art (65cm by 104cm).
Lydia Dixon, University of Surrey
Crochet blanket containing key words from Lydia’s placement year.