Water Street Studios’ First Solo Show Explores ‘Self’ Through Science
Meghan Moe Beitiks giddily explained neutrinos to three small boys on Saturday night at Water Street Studios where the artist opened her solo show, “Observations of Final States in Interactions.” The boys shared Beitiks excitement for a few minutes before quickly getting distracted; the idea of subatomic particles is a heady one.
The show, the gallery’s first solo exhibit, is a lot to take in at first glance. Chalk drawings of equations on painted doors, windows and desks, projections of changing images on the walls, and a long, paper graph “hitmap” all absorb the senses. All the work not only explores identity and self, but it opens up communication between the layperson and the physicist, who is studying and being studied.
Beitiks, along with curator Ross Jordan, does a nice job of putting the works in context – especially with the inclusion of a small room adjacent to the large gallery space that is painted bright, glossy white with the re-imaginings of Fermilab physicist Sam Zeller’s drawings, quotes from author David Galin, and a video featuring footage of an interview with Zeller and Galin on the idea of self.
It doesn’t take long for visitors to also feel like they are part of the exhibit: neutrinos constantly oscillating and changing.
Read more about the exhibit here.
“Observations of Final States in Interactions” runs at Water Street Studios, 160 S. Water St. in Batavia, through March 8, 2015.
