Thispractice-ledresearch project arosefrommyexperiencesattheAustralianSynchrotron, whereI undertookartistresidenciesin2007and2010.TheAustralianSynchrotronisacircularparticleaccelerator,216 metresincircumference, whichacceleratessubatomicparticlestoalmostthespeedoflight.Theenergy producedbytheacceleratorisusedtoprobematterattheatomicscale.Duringmyresidenciesinthis laboratory, IrealisedIhadinterrelatedquestionsregardingfundamentalaspectsofparticlephysics, interms oftheoryandexperiment, andanother, deeperquestionabouttherealityofthesubatomicrealm.Iconcluded myresidencies, butthesequestionsremainedunanswe