Laure Prouvost at LAS Art Foundation awarded S+T+ARTS Prize 2025
11 June 2025
Sensing Quantum at LAS Art Foundation has been awarded the S+T+ARTS Prize 2025 featuring Laure Prouvost's WE FELT A STAR DYING. S+T+ARTS is an initiative of the European Commission to foster alliances of technology and artistic practice that effectively implement European policymaking to nurture innovation and that benefit the art world as well.
LAS Art Foundationʼs Sensing Quantum is a long-term artistic research initiative that explores the intersections of quantum science, technology, philosophy, and contemporary art. One century after the emergence of quantum physics—and in a moment when its applications are predicted to have profound effects on many sectors—the program fosters interdisciplinary collaborations, aiming to translate complex quantum principles into immersive and thought-provoking experiences.
The initiativeʼs first iteration takes shape in Laure Prouvostʼs multi-sensory installation WE FELT A STAR DYING, presented at Kraftwerk Berlin from 21 February through 4 May, 2025. For this commission, the artist plunged into the counterintuitive logic of quantum physics, and the technologies emerging from it. She asked: “what might it feel like to sense reality from a quantum perspective?” Prouvost worked with philosopher Tobias Rees and scientist Hartmut Neven to explore quantum computing and its links to the universe.
The project’s title, WE FELT A STAR DYING, highlights quantum computers’ sensitivity to factors like heat, vibration, and cosmic radiation. Drawing together video, sound, sculpture, scent, and light, the installation unfolds as a fluid entity tuned to the sensitive and unpredictable characteristics of quantum systems. Lyrical and surreal, it weaves direct experimentation with a quantum computer into a wider reflection on what it means to open oneself to the quantum realm. Co-commissioned by OGR Torino, the installation is presented at their venue from autumn 2025.
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Image: Laure Prouvost, WE FELT A STAR DYING, 2025. Installation view at Kraftwerk Berlin. Commissioned by LAS Art Foundation, OGR Torino © 2025 Laure Prouvost. Photo: Andrea Rossetti
