Reality Looks Back

Overview

Fascinated by the mysteries of quantum mechanics, director Anne Jeppesen reflects on their implications for everyday life. For if the state of particles is only certain when observed, what does that mean for the adjacent room? Jeppesen imagines clouds of particles that are “shaking, glitching, tinkling, dancing, jumping” until she looks at them: “When I observe [...], reality changes from clouds of possibility to fact.”