Quantum Computers & Art

Quantum Computers & Art / Arianna Crippa, Yahui Chai, Omar Costa Hamido, Paulo Itaborai, Karl Jansen - Photo: Ars Electronica / Magdalena Sick-Leitner

Deep Space 8K

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Quantum Computers & Art

Arianna Crippa (IT), Yahui Chai (CN), Omar Costa Hamido (PT), Paulo Itaborai (BR), Karl Jansen (DE)

How can quantum computers create new art? This presentation explores quantum painting and music, among other projects, introducing key quantum concepts and showing how quantum science enters creative practice. Quantum Transformations features three oil paintings shaped by quantum data, while a demo of reveals how quantum hardware data maps into sound and visuals.

Ars Electronica Center, Level 0, Deep Space 8K
Fri 5. Sep 2025 14:00 – 15:00

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  • QC-PAINT

    QC-PAINT is a collective composed of both artist-researchers and physicists with the common interest of exploring Art and Science with quantum computing. Their work emerges from the intersection of physics, quantum computer science, music, interactive installation, and traditional oil painting. QC-PAINT members are Arianna Crippa (IT physicist, painter) Yahui Chai (CN physicist) Omar Costa Hamido / OCH (PT artist, technologist) Paulo Itaborai (BR physicist, artist) Karl Jansen (DE physicist).

Credits

We acknowledge the use of IBM Quantum services for this work. This work is supported with funds from the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg within the Centre for Quantum Technologies and Applications (CQTA). This work is funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Frame-work Programme (HORIZON) under the ERA Chair scheme with grant agreement no. 101087126. During the execution of the project A.C. was supported in part by the Helmholtz Association — “Innopool Project Variational Quantum Computer Simulations (VQCS).” During the execution of the project O.C.H. was supported by the European Project IIMPAQCT, under grant agreement Nr. 101109258 (DOI 10.3030/101109258).

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