I was told the large stainless steel fabrication that is the centerpiece of this sculpture is a Beam Halo Trimmer. It was a spare device from the Tevatron. Because it was a spare it was never installed as part of the 500K devices in the Tevatron. Being a spare it was never irradiated.

As a side note, I find that the number of 500K devices needing to work together perfectly within the Tevatron to be a staggering example of something akin to magic, a statistical impossibility.

The stainless steel fabrication of flat wire was originally a drawing of The Angel of the Apocalypse’s head. It was a musing upon the particle tracks as photographed in the Bubble Chamber. I replaced it in the fabrication of the Angel and repurposed it here.

The Shaman and his Assistant appearing in the magic lantern slide are expressive of a magic all their own and just as significant in their culture and lives in Tibet circa 1880.

It’s not all Smoke & Mirrors.