Painting the Invisible – How Artists and Scientists are paving the path for NFTs in film and painting with Christian Hook

Jamil chats with Christian Hook to learn more about this remarkable new collection. Christian enlisted the help of a number of scientists specialising in theoretical physics, physiology, sensory perception and more.

How Artists and Scientists are paving the path for NFTs in film and painting, Christian Hook

A series of paintings by acclaimed Gibraltarian artist Christian Hook has been hailed as a landmark step for art and science in a new documentary which airs on Sky Arts later this month.

Experimenting with thermal imaging cameras, monitoring brain activity, and discussing concepts from synaesthesia to entropy, Hook builds a collection of portraits which he describes as a vehicle through which he has been able to show his findings and ‘paint the invisible’.

For this remarkable project, Christian enlisted the help of a number of scientists specialising in theoretical physics, physiology, sensory perception and more. Together they explored and broke down a series of ideas and discovered that artists and scientists have more in common than they thought. With their collaboration, Christian has embarked on his greatest challenge yet – Painting the Invisible.

This new collection from Christian Hook redefines the concept of portraiture, reflecting his search for new ways to express the essence of his subject by communicating what is unseen as well as what is seen.

“I was on the beach looking at the night sky and had a small epiphany…” Christian Hook. Knowing that what he saw was millions of light-years away set Christian thinking about time and space and the connections between them. The intriguing idea that what we see differs from what is real made him wonder about ways in which to uncover other layers of reality with a combination of science and imaginative interpretation. The result is a truly extraordinary series of paintings, examining the relationship, history and emotional connections of a loving couple and attempting to
convey these invisible attributes in their portraits.

After reading The Order of Time by theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, Christian was struck by the beauty and poetry of the science. When they met, artist and scientist discovered they shared the belief that science, poetry and philosophy are all valid ways in which to both look at reality, and to see beyond what is visible. Carlo described how the universe is made up of interactions and relationships between atoms so reality is not made by objects, but by the way objects interact with one another, and the blurring that occurs between the imaginary constructs of past and future.

Painting the Invisible – How Artists and Scientists are paving the path for NFTs in film and painting with Christian Hook

https://www.clarendonfineart.com/news/christian-hook-painting-the-invisible/

Bio: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/artists/christian-hook

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The Painting the Invisible artwork images that are exclusively exhibited at Clarendon

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