Nancy Burson

Nancy Burson’s Quantum Observation Videos are one-minute recordings of energies, captured in complete darkness during moments of joy with friends and family. Grounded in scientific observations that photon behavior is altered through acts of observation, these works bring attention to forms of energy that typically remain imperceptible.

Rooted in Burson’s three decade engagement with perceiving and translating these energies through drawing and painting, this video practice continues her effort to render phenomena that exist beyond conventional visibility. Over the past few years, new approaches have produced especially vivid and expressive results that more closely align with her observed experience – now presented as unique 1/1 video works on the Ethereum blockchain.

The videos are closely linked to photon-based phenomena observed while documenting Burson’s Quantum Entanglement paintings, where colors appear to shift, pulse, or flash in both daylight and darkness. She refers to this process as photon-ography – the convergence of light (photons) and digital imaging technologies. As with much work engaging perception as medium, the experience is inherently subjective; viewers often report differing color interpretations even when observing the same recording.