Neutrino Ensemble: Free video installation in DAC Passage
Exhibition
Aug 17 - Oct 22, 2023
Neutrino Ensemble in 2023 was a free video installation on LED screens in DAC Passage facing the harbour. The film by Cecilia Bengolea translated neutrino motion into choreography and was made with astrophysicists from DARK at the Niels Bohr Institute.
Free entry
You could find the free video installation in DAC Passage towards the harbor.
In 2023 you could experience the video installation Neutrino Ensemble, a film by the Argentine artist Cecilia Bengolea, created for the exhibition Yet, It Moves! at Copenhagen Contemporary. The video installation was also one of four installations in the Copenhagen urban space.
The film took us on a journey into the world of neutrinos, the smallest and most abundant particles in the universe. Bengolea created a spectacular visual interpretation of the particles’ movement, as if they were dancers in an ensemble.
By transforming cosmology and astrophysics into a dance, Bengolea connected performance with scientific disciplines as a method for studying anthropology, musicology, and cosmology. The choreography featured the renowned performer Michelle Lámy, dancing and moving atop an experimental fountain designed by astrophysicist Thierry Foglizzo, simulating the attractive movements between massive stars, colliding, and creating the particles from which humans – and everything – are made.
The film was created in collaboration with astrophysicists from the DARK research center at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen and with Thierry Foglizzo at CEA-Saclay.
The film installation was displayed on LED screens in the DAC Passage as a collaboration between BLOX and the Cultural Quarter.
You could visit the exhibition Yet, it moves! at Copenhagen Contemporary until December 30th, 2023.
Other video installations could be experienced at Sifs Plads, Refshaleøen, and Peblingesøen.
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What was Neutrino Ensemble?
Neutrino Ensemble was a free video installation in DAC Passage, based on a film by Argentine artist Cecilia Bengolea.
When could visitors experience Neutrino Ensemble at DAC?
The installation ran from 17 Aug to 22 Oct 2023.
Where was the video installation shown, and what was the cost?
It was shown on LED screens in DAC Passage facing the harbour, with free access.
What is the film about?
The film visualised neutrinos—the smallest and most abundant particles in the universe—as a choreographed ensemble, linking cosmology and astrophysics with performance.
Who was involved in making the work?
The film was made with astrophysicists from DARK at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen and with astrophysicist Thierry Foglizzo (CEA-Saclay), and the choreography features performer Michelle Lámy.
What should I know if I only read one thing?
Neutrino Ensemble (17 Aug–22 Oct 2023) was a free Bengolea film shown on LED screens in DAC Passage and formed one of four video installations in Copenhagen’s public space.