Shortlist S.A.A.D (Spooky Action At Distance) Personal Work: Experimental

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DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JULIAN C STEINER

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SHORT SYNOPSIS THE TERM “SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE” WAS FIRST USED BY ALBERT EINSTEIN TO DESCRIBE THE STRANGE PHENOMENON OF QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT. IN QUANTUM MECHANICS, PARTICLES CAN BECOME ENTANGLED, MEANING THEIR PROPERTIES BECOME CORRELATED IN A WAY THAT CANNOT BE EXPLAINED BY CLASSICAL PHYSICS. THIS CORRELATION REMAINS EVEN WHEN THE PARTICLES ARE SEPARATED BY LARGE DISTANCES, LEADING TO THE “SPOOKY” IDEA THAT ENERGY AND MASS CAN BE CONNECTED THROUGH AN UNCERTAIN FORCE.

THE CONCEPT OF ENTANGLEMENT CHALLENGES OUR TRADITIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF CAUSE AND EFFECT AND RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF REALITY. IF PARTICLES CAN INSTANTANEOUSLY AFFECT EACH OTHER DESPITE BEING SEPARATED BY VAST DISTANCES, DOES THIS MEAN THAT TIME AND SPACE ARE NOT AS FUNDAMENTAL AS WE THOUGHT? DOES THIS IMPLY THAT THE UNIVERSE IS CONNECTED BY A DEEPER AND MORE PROFOUND UNDERLYING REALITY?

THE DISCOVERY OF ENTANGLEMENT HAS LEFT US WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS, LEADING US ON A PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN. IT FORCES US TO CONFRONT OUR LIMITATIONS, TO CHALLENGE OUR BELIEFS AND TO WONDER ABOUT THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE. IT MAKES US QUESTION WHETHER THERE IS A HIDDEN ORDER IN THE UNIVERSE, GUIDING US TOWARDS A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR PLACE IN THE COSMOS.

EXTRA CREDIT 1 HAIR & MAKE UP: CLAUDIA FISCHER

EXTRA CREDIT 2 MODEL: LISA PHILANDER VIA PMA MODELS

EXTRA CREDIT 3 GAFFER: PETER ASSMANN

EXTRA CREDIT 4 1AC: ELIAS MÜLLER