{"id":19916,"date":"2026-10-22T16:37:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/?p=19916"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:19:40","slug":"ent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/?p=19916","title":{"rendered":"slimeQrawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libby Heaney, slimeQrawl\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YUbsDsUzYUk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Libby Heaney, <em>slimeQrawl<\/em>, 2023. Three channel video projection, no sound, 14:22 min.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My practice <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">explores the inherently nonbinary and hybrid concepts and temporalities of quantum physics. I combine diverse media such as virtual reality, video games, and moving image with cutting-edge technologies like AI and quantum computing, and traditional media such as watercolor<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> glass<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Together these media create a dreamlike aesthetic, asking philosophical questions about the nature of reality while remaining very human\u2014intimate and embodied.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Quantum-inspired monsters, hybrids, slime, and other fluid forms are recurring motifs, entangling personal narratives and emotional landscapes with the impact of the exterior realm. Spanning the organic, the mechanical, and the human, my practice continuously seeks to expand the possibilities of the individual and the collective through the irrational magic of quantum, while critically queering capitalist uses of technology.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">slimeQrawl<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> invites the viewer to explore our quantum future\u2019s impact on human and non-human bodies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:280,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:4278190080,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">slimeQrawl<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> is a hypnotic, dream-like video suggestive of quantum interspecies entanglement. It combines quantum computing, CGI and filmed footage and delves into the intricate entanglements between various forms of machines, life, matter and the quantum world.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:280,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:4278190080,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Slime is a reoccurring motif in my work, characterizing the unstable nature of all things and the self. Slime becomes a symbol of potentiality, transformation and the blurred boundaries between the animate and inanimate, between life and death. slimeQrawl therefore invites us to reconsider our understanding of the individual and the potential for new types of interspecies interconnectedness.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:280,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:4278190080,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">I use my self-written quantum video editing technique that leverages the power of IBM\u2019s quantum computer to layer and remix videos following the intricate relations of quantum entanglement, which results in a blurry, non-binary way of seeing the world abundant with new possibilities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:280,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:4278190080,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Through this process, the combined videos of slime, human and non-human bodies melt in and out of one another, oozing across three screens, at times conveying impossible hybrid creatures and at others emerging as familiar forms. This technique transcends the boundaries of conventional step-by-step video editing to open up the queer, non-binary, and posthuman possibilities of quantum.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:280,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:4278190080,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">slimeQrawl<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> was commissioned by Shoreditch Arts Club, London.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:280,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:4278190080,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">It has been exhibited at Shoreditch Arts Club, London; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hek.ch\/en\/program\/events\/quanten-suppe-book-launch\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Quantum Soup<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, HEK, Base<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">l, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libbyheaney.co.uk\/ooze-machines-solo-show-at-brighton-festival\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ooze Machines<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Phoenix Art Space x Brighton Festival, Brighton and Frist Museum, Nashville. It will appear at Media Majlis<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Doha and Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania in 2027.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW202181686 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW202181686 BCX0\">Editor\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202181686 BCX0\"> note: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YUbsDsUzYUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW202181686 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW202181686 BCX0\">slimeQrawl<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW202181686 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202181686 BCX0\"> will be available on <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW202181686 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202181686 BCX0\">Art Journal Open<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW202181686 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202181686 BCX0\"> for a full calendar year, after which point the video will be replaced by a video still.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW157852664 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/libbyheaney.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW157852664 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW157852664 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\"><strong>Libby Heaney<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW157852664 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW157852664 BCX0\"> is an award-winning working-class artist who holds a PhD in quantum science. She is the first artist to work with <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW157852664 BCX0\">one of IBM\u2019s publicly available <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW157852664 BCX0\">quantum comput<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW157852664 BCX0\">ers<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW157852664 BCX0\">, beginning in 2019. She has had solo exhibitions in the UK, Europe, and United States, and her work has been shown at major national and international collections and events, including at Tate modern; Max Ernst Museum, Bruehl; Sonar Festival, Barcelona; and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW157852664 BCX0\">ArtScience<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW157852664 BCX0\"> Museum, Singapore. She is the winner of the Lumen Prize in Immersive Art, Falling Walls Art Science Award<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW157852664 BCX0\">, was<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW157852664 BCX0\"> nominated for the STARTS prize in 2022. In October 2025, Heaney held a solo show at Orlean House Gallery, London, responding to paintings by J. M. W. 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