Superposition

‘Superposition‘

The box is closed. That’s the problem.

This piece references Schrödinger’s paradox of superposition—the idea that something can exist in multiple states at once until it is observed. His cat, sealed inside a box, is both alive and dead simultaneously. It was never meant to be taken seriously. Schrödinger himself rejected it outright: “I don’t like it, and I’m sorry I ever had anything to do with it.”

And yet, here we are.

A statement is fixed to the surface: “There is a cat in this box.”

It reads as fact. It behaves like truth. It proves nothing.

Constructed from Corten steel and stainless steel, the object is solid, resolved, and final.

The contents are not.

Without observation, the question remains suspended—unanswered and unanswerable:

Is there really a cat in the box?

(No cats were harmed during the making of this artwork, neither real nor imaginary… at least not in this instance of reality)

This work comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.