%0 Journal Article %A Conference, Transdisciplinary image %A Henschke, Chris %D 2018 %T Nature of / and the Apparatus %U https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Nature_of_and_the_Apparatus/6104678 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.6104678.v1 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/11133119 %K Contemporary art %K particle physics %K experimentalism %K inter-disciplinary practice %K Art %K Design %X In this paper I present aspects of my practice-based research, which focuses upon my cross-disciplinary collaborations undertaken with particle physicists working at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). This research led to the production and exhibition of a series of audiovisual artworks that engage with the philosophical, epistemological, and material aspects of particle physics. Issues arising between theory and experimentation – in terms of observation and measurement. My inquiry into the philosophy of particle physics has been framed largely through the epistemology of quantum physicist Niels Bohr. I discuss Bohr’s insights regarding nature and apparatuses, which I frame in the concepts of technological agency developed by contemporary scientific philosopher Andrew Pickering. Through my interactions with both physicists and apparatuses, I have produced artworks which express and question the limits of, and relationships between the subatomic and macroscopic universe, and the tensions and connections between art science. %I figshare