{"product_id":"superposition","title":"Superposition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Superposition‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe box is closed. That’s the problem.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 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.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd yet, here we are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA statement is fixed to the surface: “There is a cat in this box.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt reads as fact. It behaves like truth. It proves nothing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConstructed from Corten steel and stainless steel, the object is solid, resolved, and final.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe contents are not.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithout observation, the question remains suspended—unanswered and unanswerable:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIs there really a cat in the box?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(No cats were harmed during the making of this artwork, neither real nor imaginary… at least not in this instance of reality)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis work comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Acolyte Instruments","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43057897898193,"sku":null,"price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/1837\/3073\/files\/BBF50ACC-6D87-40F7-859E-C4002EFE4DB8.png?v=1776042242","url":"https:\/\/acolyteinstruments.com\/products\/superposition","provider":"Acolyte Instruments","version":"1.0","type":"link"}