electron_matter



2026
Experimental Film

Made with Touchdesigner
Commisioned by Labocine and Simons Foundation

Co-directed by Yan Shao and Olivier Gingras
Sound design by Xuanqi Liu
How can one represent a quantum material? How can an electron, a fundamental particle with its own energy, freedom, and uncertainty, shape solid matter and its emergent properties? This film is a visual abstract journey from a single electron to a collective quantum state. Alone in a sea of vacuum fluctuations, an electron is both wave and particle. It emits and absorbs photons, encounters other electrons, and often binds to nuclei. Atoms form a lattice, propagating electrons influence its vibrations, and pairs form and synchronize, forming a coherent state such as a superconductor. In matter, electrons matter.












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