M Gallery, CICA Museum
April 30 – May 4, 2025
2025.4.30 – 5.4
Quasicrystals
This series explores the mysterious world of quasicrystals—structures that defy traditional crystallography by following precise mathematical logic until, suddenly, the pattern breaks and predictability disappears. Quasicrystals bring together themes of subconscious ideas, the supernatural (as seen in their discovery within a meteorite), and hard science (such as ongoing research at CalTech using impact simulations on copper-aluminum alloys). The work draws from speculative thinking and archiving practices through transcripts, interviews, visual data, sound recordings, and video collaborations with DJs and producers. The phrase “eyn chaya kao”—“There can be no such creature”—captures the essence of this phenomenon that challenges our understanding of space, time, and form.
Irene de Boer (b. 1994, Delfzijl) lives and works in Amsterdam, having grown up in the farmlands and the gas-mining epi-centre of the Netherlands. After completing her Master of Arts in Painting at the Frank Mohr Institute in Groningen in 2018, she continued her studies at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and Otis College of Art and Design in the USA. De Boer collaborates with professionals in Material Culture, Art History, and Organic Material Science, bridging elements of subcultures, pop culture, and street culture. Her work merges contemporary techniques with traditional media, exploring how patterns originating in nature are adopted into culture and how synthetic elements of culture evolve into artificial nature. Her works are often characterised by an optimistic, playful, and nostalgic feel.
