Lecture on my recent practice as an artist collaborating with scientists. The talk centred on the artwork An Early Universe, an installation created in collaboration with the Gravity Laboratory at the University of Nottingham.

For the last year I have been working alongside scientists taking an active part in the experimental process to investigate the early universe using analogue systems. The creation of the artwork and the experimental scientific process were intimately connected, the science affected the art and in return the art affected the science. An Early Universe offers a glimpse into the first moments after the Big Bang, recreating the extreme dynamics when waves and oscillations shaped the cosmos. The rippling water at the heart of the installation serves as an analogue for the early universe, drawing on the shared mathematical principles that govern both the water’s surface and the early cosmos.