
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
Screenings
2026 Montreal Independent Film Festival, Canada
2026 SCINEMA International Science Film Festival, Australia
Winner, Best Experimental Film
2026 Labocine’s October Issue: EXPERIMENTS
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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