The Visual Collider: Artist book and projection by Nina Czegledy and Marcus Neustetter :: January 7, 2010; 6:30 pm :: Space on Dobbin, 50-52 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn, New York.

On November 29, 2009, billions of subatomic particles were smashed together in nano-seconds. This occurred in Switzerland, inside the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, designed to mimic the first moments of the Big Bang. Thousands of scientists worked for decades to achieve this scientific spectacle, “challenging those who seek confirmation of established knowledge, and those who dare to dream beyond the paradigm.” Inspired by a lecture on the LHC, artists Nina Czegledy and Marcus Neustetter set out to create a visual collider for the images and impressions they produce individually.

The Visual Collider premiered in September 2009 at the Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Vela Luka, Croatia. The Visual Collider, like the LHC, can produce data through reaction, some of which is measured and some of which we cannot comprehend or express.

At Space on Dobbin, Nina Czegledy and Marcus Neustetter will present the artist book of The Visual Collider, accompanied by a superimposed projection that collides Czegledy and Neustetter’s imagery.

At the LHC, every function, including research, development and production, is based on principles and systems. Though our method, in contrast, is spontaneous, immediate, and intentionally unsystematic, there are significant junctures, including our interest in the intersection of arts, science, and technology. Scientific investigations explore the unknown for unexpected revelations. As artists, we often work with the bizarre, and travel towards unpredictable destinations, just as, in science, unexpected results, including happy accidents, often lead to significant solutions or theories. In our “Visual Collider”, we each present in juxtaposition raw, everyday objects and spontaneous moments, snatching and smashing them together, just as the Hadron Collider collides a myriad of particles in a fraction of a second.

The Visual Collider image sets, each derived from our own source material, traverse cultural, political, and personal boundaries. During the journey of collision, we cross time and space, bracketing generations and spanning continents in a never-ending conceptual loop. In the process, we invite viewers to develop their own hypothesis, their own “collider” of the project. — Nina Czegledy and Marcus Neustetter

Marcus Neustetter’s residency in New York was made possible by The Ampersand Foundation (TAF)

Directions to Space on Dobbin:

By subway:

– In Brooklyn:

The”G” subway is close by: the nearest station is Nassau St. Walk on Nassau St. towards the park (south) from Manhattan Ave. Next cross street is Lorimer, where the McCarren Park begins on the left and a gated square is in the middle where Nassau & Bedford converge. Stay to the right hand side of this square. Pass Lorimer, then Guernsey then turn right onto Dobbin Street. 50-52 is halfway up on the right hand side – – a yellow stucco 2-story building.

– From Manhattan:

Take the “L” subway to the first stop in Brooklyn: Bedford Ave. Come up to the street at the Bedford end of the station to the corner of Bedford & N. 7th St.

Make a right (go north) on Bedford. Continue on Bedford through the park (which starts at N.12th St.) After passing the school on the left side, turn left through a small square. Across the street from the back of the school is Dobbin St.

50-52 is halfway up on the right-hand side – a yellow stucco 2-story building.

By car:

– In Brooklyn:

BQE until McGuinness Blvd./Humboldt Ave. exit. The down-ramp will fork: stay on the left side and cross under the highway to McGuinness Blvd. Six blocks until Norman Ave. Make a left. 6 blocks until Dobbin St. Take a left. 50-52 Dobbin is halfway up on the left side – – a yellow stucco 2-story building.

OR

Get over to Bedford Avenue…via Eastern Parkway or however you want. Left on Bedford Avenue and follow it all the way north: The street dead ends at Manhattan Ave. Make left & go one block. Make left onto Norman Ave. Go 3 blocks and make a left on Dobbin St.

50-52 is halfway up on the left side – – a yellow stucco 2-story building.

– From Lower Manhattan:

Take right side of Williamsburg Bridge. Broadway exit is immediately at the end of the bridge. Make right exit and then immediate right onto Broadway. 2nd right is Bedford. Go on Bedford under the bridge and continue north (for circa 20 blocks). At N.12th there are tennis courts, then a school on the left (you’re close). The street dead-ends at Manhattan Ave. Make left & go one block. Make left onto Norman Ave. Go 3 blocks, make left on Dobbin St. 50-52 is halfway up on the left-hand side.

– From Long Island:

Take the Grand Central (or the Long Island Expressway) to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE). Stay on it through Queens; Cross the Kosciuscko Bridge into Brooklyn; 2nd exit after bridge is Metropolitan Ave. Down ramp to light. Make a right onto Union, stay on it through 2 lights, Left on North 12th Street. 3rd cross street is Berry, Make right. Straight passing Dobbin St. Make left onto Guernsey for one block. Left onto Norman Ave. one block and left onto Dobbin Street. 50-52 Dobbin is halfway upon the left side.

– From Westchester:

Get yourself to the Major Deagen going south. Follow highway to exit for the Triboro Bridge; Cross bridge and stay on the Grand Central to the 2nd exit (not far) which is the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE). Take the BQE thru Queens, over the Kosciuscko Bridge & take the 2st exit after the bridge: Metropolitan Ave. exit. Down ramp off highway., Bottom there’s a light. Turn right onto Union. Straight through 2 more lights, and make a left onto 12th Street. Straight – 3rd block & stop sign is Berry St. – Make a right. 5 blox, pass Dobbin. Make left on Guernsey St. until Norman Ave. Make a left. 1 block until Dobbin St. Make a left. 50-52 Dobbin is halfway upon the left side. 2 story yellow stucco.