CERN
About this Series
The CERN series is an extension of the ongoing dialogue between art and science, turning towards the frontier of particle physics. With a visit to CERN in Geneva in January 2012, Miller interviewed physicists and photographed the massive particle detectors. Using the Large Hadron Collider, physicists accelerate particles in the quest to understand the fundamental building blocks of matter. The search for the Higgs Boson and the mysteries of quantum mechanics was the focus at CERN. The physicists’ chalkboards covered in equations and the towering detector machinery were the source images for this series. The importance of data as a cultural paradigm shift and scientific visualization is an aesthetic language. CERN was the opportunity to explore matter at its most elemental to make art about things that cannot be seen.