Quanta Forms
2026. Drawings on paper and video animations.
In this project, Paolo Cirio, in collaboration with mathematicians Kilton Hopkins and Milanthi Sarukkali, gives artistic form to quantum computation. The project includes artworks on paper, artifacts, and videos that illustrate the mathematics of quantum information science. In an artistic form, with little use of numbers, the project explores a new form of
Quantized Math Art. This series of artworks, tilted
Quanta Forms, comprises drawings and animations representing prime‑number probability distributions, quantum‑feedback waves, periodic entanglement patterns, superposition of dimensions, and other principles of quantum physics. The final artworks,
Quanta Forms, are visually striking compositions of geometric shapes with intersecting circles, waves, and cubes that through minimal and complex diagrams reveal the interdependence of quantum elements.
The group operates as citizen scientists, policy advocates, and creative mathematicians. Using only pencils on paper, Kilton works with his rounded diagrams and colorful grids, while Milanthi draws visualizations of her research and they iteratively refine the emerging works. Ultimately, Paolo composes their works together for a larger public and the scientific community. Hopkins is a creative mathematician focused on cybersecurity and former director of the Level IoT Program at Northeastern University. Sarukkali holds a PhD in Mathematics and is a consulting actuary focused on climate change. Inspired by quantum mechanics, they aim to make its mathematics creative, simpler, and inclusive to ultimately revolutionize mathematics and its current limitations through a playful quantized form of math.
Selected shows and presentations history
EMAP, residency and lecture at IMPAKT media art center, 2026, Utrecht - Netherlands
| Drawings of the Quanta Forms artworks |
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