Particle Paradise or Lilith Looking for a Particle of Another Charge	By Patricia Olynyk and Dante Amidei

Dan originally contacted Patricia because the geometric diagrams behind the forms in her work reminded him of the way mathematics underpins physics. After much discussion about particles, symmetries, portals, and prints, it became clear that the collaborators shared a concern with and recognition of the relation and connection of abstract structure and natural forms. As particle physics investigates the nature of nature so this piece addresses the nature of human matter at varying levels. By spinning the center portion of Lilith's torso, the viewer can reveal fleshy, visceral or particle anatomy. Patricia Olynyk teaches in the School of Art and Design. She received her M.F.A. with Distinction from the California College of Arts and Crafts and continued her study of papermaking and printmaking as a Monbusho Scholar and Tokyu Foundation Research Scholar at Kyoto Seika University in Japan for four years. Patricia's mixed-media collages and sculptural work focus on a variety of themes, ranging from an investigation of the structure of natural forms and theories of symmetry and mathematics bound in nature, to Eastern philosophy and mythology. She is involved in several collaborative projects, including the Spacetime collaboration and a virtual reality installation scheduled to open at the Media Union in 2002. Dan Amidei grew up in Chicago, got a BS from MIT in 1978 and a PhD in elementary particle physics from Berkeley in 1984. Since 1984, he has worked in the CDF collaboration, first as a postdoc at the University of Chicago, then as a Scientist at Fermilab, and now as a Professor at Michigan. CDF is a large general purpose detector to record the results of proton-antiproton collisions at 2.0 TeV, in the Fermilab Tevatron. These are the highest energy particle collisions achieved to date in the laboratory, probing distance scales 10,000 times smaller than the nucleus and recreating conditions that existed a fraction of a second after the Big Bang. Phenomena at these scales are part of the ultimate building blocks of the world, and the mathematical description of these phenomena has the elegance and symmetry of art, as appropriate for a description of the Fundamentals. Dan lives with his family in Ann Arbor, and commutes regularly to the experimental site at Fermilab.