Quantastic Comics. Journeys of discovery into the strange world of quantum physics

Featuring works by: Aike Arndt, Larissa Bertonasco, Jeff Chi, Hamed Eshrat, Nathalie Frank, David Füleki, Tim Gaedke, Thomas Gilke, Jens Harder, Eva Hartmann, Claus Daniel Herrmann, Henry Holland-Moritz, Michael Jordan, Berrin Jost, Johannes Kretzschmar (Beetlebum), Axel Kuckuk (Cuculum), Katharina Netolitzky, Lisa Neun, Felix Pestemer, Jutta Pilgram, Barbara Schunk, Dirk Schwieger, Tine Steen, Burcu Türker, Kristian Ujhelji, Dominik Wendland, Anne Zimmermann

To mark the 100th anniversary of quantum theory, ELINAS, the Erlangen Centre for Literature and Natural Sciences, in collaboration with the Department of Physics at FAU Erlangen, invited comic artists to engage in an artistic-scientific dialogue on quantum physics. There were no limits to artistic freedom, though dialogue with experts in quantum theory was a prerequisite. The result is 27 perspectives on the diversity of quantum physical phenomena, which explore the infinite realms of possibility and potential for entanglement between art and science – whether in superhero or fantasy stories, as fantastical journeys into quantastic worlds, or as visual metaphors for quantum theory. Thus, the exhibition explores points of uncertainty in both art and physics with creative virtuosity: art and science intertwine to form a mutually illuminating dialogue.