Bundanon

Jon Butt’s practice engages an ongoing conversation around deep time, the weirdness and wonder of material realities and the hidden energies under the surface of the everyday. His works often co-opt the opposing forces of scientific research and poetic intuition to better comprehend the mysterious and incomprehensible. Working through video, images, sound, sculpture, and site response, he draws upon science knowledge, speculative fiction, google rabbit holes and experimental processes to inform the questions that surround his work.

In Residence at Bundanon

The µ Muography device is an experimental DIY particle detector, built in the artist’s studio during Melbourne’s lockdown over 2020/2021. Engineered using open-source plans, modified electronics and hand-built circuitry, the device detects high speed cosmic particles (muons) as they rain down to earth, translating the resulting data as visual artworks. Jon will use the Bundanon residency to develop a new set of experimental sound scores and further cultivate the installation language for upcoming exhibition and performance programs.