Contatto EM – Electromagnetic Contact

2017 · Spazio Curva Pura, Rome

With Gulia Liusikova

In Contatto EM – Electromagnetic Contact K. Lious and her mother, Gulia Liusikova, gave their own visionary reading of a ‘theory of everything’, touching on quantum mechanics, general relativity and string theory. They imagined an electromagnetic contact between the elements that make up the known universe.

The works start from the graphic representation of Maxwell’s equations, which unify electric, magnetic and optical phenomena. One wall of the gallery stood for matter, with works on paper, the other for antimatter, with works on zinc. At their meeting point a flaming heart, carnal and alive, stood for the human soul.

In a separate room a modular installation took up string theory and sound through Lissajous figures, curves traced by parametric equations that can be read as the graphic form of musical harmony. An audio-video performance by Valerio Monopoli set the electromagnetic waves of light alongside sound waves.

Contatto EM, six panels — Gulia Liusikova and K. Lious
From *Contatto EM*, 2017
Modular installation, six panels

Contatto EM, work on cut paper — Gulia Liusikova and K. Lious
From *Contatto EM*, 2017
Works on cut paper

Zinc plate beside its print — Gulia Liusikova and K. Lious
From *Contatto EM*, 2017
Zinc plate and its print

Audio-video performance by Valerio Monopoli.