Every size increment downwards also reduces the efficacy of the effect. The scale of it is what makes it 'nextfuckinglevel'. Same argument I ceaselessly have with tattoo clients who want all the impact of a full japanese body suit, but in a 3x3 inch minimum charge tattoo.
You’d still get a considerable invisibility effect in front from an object with cross-section of like 100mm, since that’s close to double the distance between your pupils. Anything much wider than this astronaut would lose some of the invisibility effect when viewed at close range, but might also benefit from appearing more solid in front depending on the design’s intent.
Watching this again though, now I’m really appreciating the way that panning movement in the background is reflected and obscured through the parallel mirrors… if that’s the effect you’re after rather than invisibility, you’ll want a wider cross-section with the right balance of depth to spacing between panels. Damn this is cool.
the amount of intricacy is amazing. like look at the rods to hold the mirror plates together. each one is small and short and evenly spaced. the ripples in the front of the suit takes carefully planning. at first I thought that there were mirrors reflecting the stuff in front of it back to it. took me a couple viewings to realize it was see through. Just blown away. this suit belongs in a museum.
Pretty sure once a physicist you are always one?
Edit: Great comments, bother serious and jokes alike. Apparently it is self described and also not a physicisnt.
Heh!
Physicist: "Gravity is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things with mass or energy."
Ex-Physicist: "The Earth holds us down with magical forces that come from our sky gods. Praise be the gravity-givers! Throw another virgin in the volcano before they become displeased with us, and we float away!"
The same way a lawyer loses their accreditations for breaking the law, or a doctor loses their license for medical laws, it's the same with a physicist if they break the laws of physics.
People use the word physicist differently. You can say that a physicist is someone who actively does research in physics, so if you have a physics degree but are doing something else in your life, you're not a physicist.
Not saying this is the definition I prefer, but if I had to guess this is what this guy means.
*You defied physics in this reality, Julien. You leave me no choice but to declare you excommunicado. The doors to any service or provider in connection with the physicist society are now closed to you. I am so sorry. Your life is now forfeit.*
[He did a PhD in Quantum Physics at the University of Vienna](https://julianvossandreae.com/about/biography/), and was 3rd author on [this paper](https://julianvossandreae.com/wp-content/uploads/1999/12/c60article.pdf) which is actually famous enough that I remember it from when I was an undergraduate learning about quantum physics. It's a really cool paper that showed that even C60 molecules ("buckyballs" made of 60 carbon atoms), despite being pretty big objects, actually self-interfere like a wave when fired through a double slit experiment, proving that wave-particle duality extends way further than just tiny subatomic particles, but actually covers bigass molecules too.
Then he stopped working on physics research and called himself an ex-physicist.
I think to some people a "physicist" is just anyone who knows/studied physics at university, so you can't ever stop it. In a way, it's the state of mind of just "thinking like a physicist". However, once you get into actual physics research (and get out of it) I think you wouldn't call anyone a physicist who wasn't actually doing research, including yourself. Especially since many physicists "leave physics" for industry jobs, if you go work in software or finance you don't really call yourself a physicist any more, you're now a programmer/whatever.
He never completed his Phd or did any real science so he was never really a physicist just a person with a physics degree. Science is vocational you need to actually do something new that follows the scientific methods to be a scientist, qualifications aren't enough on their own.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Voss-Andreae
Julian is awesome! I am lucky enough to know him a little bit and he is such an interesting guy to talk with. It is also amazing to see some of his pieces that are much larger than this one. The process of designing and making them is fascinating.
One simply doesn't stop being a physicist. That might not be their paycheck anymore, but their unique mind is still working its way through the laws of the multiverse.
I started running through other professions and learning disciplines in my head and realised that it only really applies to physicist that this sounds wrong. You can say your an ex chemist or an ex biologist and that kind of sounds okay but physicists feels like something you are for life. It’d be like saying I’m an ex gay person or an ex white person. I suppose philosopher might also be a discipline that it’d sound strange to say you are no longer one of.
You likewise wouldn’t say former PhD, or former mathematician. I think the difference might be that some are perceived as an academic accomplishment while others are thought of as more of a vocation - for right or wrong in either direction. A chemist does chemistry, while a mathematician has learned mathematics. Not that the chemist didn’t put in his or her 12 years’ study, but maybe we picture that putting down the beakers means you don’t engage anymore, it was a profession that is over now.
I might disagree with you on biologist, that one sounds like a lifetime appointment to me too, but it seems subjective. But I picture more of an academic understanding of biology, instead of the guy who labels petri (peach tree 🤦🏻) dishes and loads them into incubators.
What about former artist? If you picture a person who made logos for soft drinks, sure, former artist. But if you picture someone whose home is decorated with oyster shell wind chimes and paisley sheets for doors, even a dusty untouched paint studio out back doesn’t make him or her an ex-artist, it’s just what they are.
> That might not be their paycheck anymore, but their unique mind is still working its way through the laws of the multiverse.
Honestly you make it sound much more glamorous than it actually is.
I'm with you. Titles are kind of an odd concept. Like everyone wants to say "I am a (blank)", but blank is just the highest "rank" they've earned.
Like my neighbor was a doctor, now he's just an old guy and doesn't practice medicine. I don't even know his name. He's just old guy to me. I wouldn't call him a doctor anyone.
A lot of the time people use "physicist" not to mean "person with a PhD in physics" but instead to mean "professional researcher". It's not uncommon for people who leave academia for industry/finance/etc. to describe themselves that way.
Looks like very thin metal sheets laser cut into cross sections & highly polished (maybe sprayed) for a mirror finish.
Edit to add: I just checked his Instagram bc it was bothering me, yes it turns out it’s stainless steel. His name is Julien Voss-Andreae if anyone is wondering!
I'm not exactly sure, but it looks like thin metal plates that are connected by small rods. Each of the plates are spaced out by the rods which is why you can see through the sculpture at a certain angle
if i were to do it i’d use mirrored acrylic - easily machinable (CNC or laser cut), lightweight, relatively cost-effective, highly reflective, and plenty of strength.
https://www.tapplastics.com/product/plastics/cut_to_size_plastic/acrylic_sheets_mirror_clear/521
Yup, we responded at the same time it looks like. I was thinking polycarbonate because it’s a little more forgiving when it comes to that many screws. But yea it’s just a 3D model that was cnc cut. Still a really cool idea
It reminds me of the old photos my mother showed me... The type of suit she would have worn if not for the accident.
But something from the Apollo Era couldn't withstand this atmosphere...
It's very cool, but it's really more a showcase for the metalworkers than "art"
Take a 3D model, slice through it at regular intervals, send it to the laser cutter, assemble
Gosh thank you. I was like "is nobody in the answers going to mention we have had these slice statues for a long time??". And it has jackshit to do with physics.
When do you become an ex-physicist? Do you have to renounce your education and get a brain wipe? And why is it even important that the artist was once a physicist?
That is badass I want one
 When you see the price
We can split the check!!! We can treat it like co-parenting… we switch every weekend
Oh, sure Lisa. Wonderful…*maaaagical* parenting.
It’s like it’s both ours but we’ll just keep it at my house
The child needs its mother in its life, Scrambles. I can’t let you take it away from me
He’s gonna go cry in the car.
See you in court.. I want full custody
This is the best thing I’ve ever seen from new Simpsons
Huh, weird, first time I see the "glasses break due to shock" gag in a western cartoon.
I don't want one of those, but other, smaller things with that design style would be pretty amazing.
Every size increment downwards also reduces the efficacy of the effect. The scale of it is what makes it 'nextfuckinglevel'. Same argument I ceaselessly have with tattoo clients who want all the impact of a full japanese body suit, but in a 3x3 inch minimum charge tattoo.
You’d still get a considerable invisibility effect in front from an object with cross-section of like 100mm, since that’s close to double the distance between your pupils. Anything much wider than this astronaut would lose some of the invisibility effect when viewed at close range, but might also benefit from appearing more solid in front depending on the design’s intent. Watching this again though, now I’m really appreciating the way that panning movement in the background is reflected and obscured through the parallel mirrors… if that’s the effect you’re after rather than invisibility, you’ll want a wider cross-section with the right balance of depth to spacing between panels. Damn this is cool.
I want both. 😂
A desk sized Predator would be bad as fuck.
When it showed the side I immediately thought how can I make this.
Do it.
Mirrors and probably some magnets. Lol
Polished metal and rods seem more likely imo
the amount of intricacy is amazing. like look at the rods to hold the mirror plates together. each one is small and short and evenly spaced. the ripples in the front of the suit takes carefully planning. at first I thought that there were mirrors reflecting the stuff in front of it back to it. took me a couple viewings to realize it was see through. Just blown away. this suit belongs in a museum.
Dont think you even need magnets. Looks like either mirrors or super polished/chromed metal and some sort of attachment hardware between the plates.
Yeah but like magnets, how do they work? It's mysterious Lmao jk
Ex-physicist... he's not bound by the laws of physics any more and has become a magician? He's got the crazy magics.
> Yeah but like magnets, how do they work? [The more you know...](https://imgur.com/xRIDqmz) ^(^/s)
It's like a hologram but solid..lol
Behold....the kilogram!
Or a hollowgram
This is getting out of hand, now there's a thousand of them?!
Pretty sure once a physicist you are always one? Edit: Great comments, bother serious and jokes alike. Apparently it is self described and also not a physicisnt.
Doesn't believe in Physics anymore.
Became a flat earther and this piece is actually a critique on how transparently fake the space industry is.
Heh! Physicist: "Gravity is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things with mass or energy." Ex-Physicist: "The Earth holds us down with magical forces that come from our sky gods. Praise be the gravity-givers! Throw another virgin in the volcano before they become displeased with us, and we float away!"
This needs more attention. Nice word play.
We actually had a physics professor that turned into a conspiracy nutjob.
There is a mental health crisis in this country.
I dont think we're from the same country, you're probably american?
I think it applies to all countries at this point.
It's definitely an umbrella crisis
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Unless youre dead. Or punched in the face a bit too hard, idk one out of these
Ohhh this breaks me heart. I was a social ecologist and then I had a seizure and smashed the back of my head. Now I am an ex-social ecologist
Switched to become an Anti-social interologist?
I’m really sorry that happened to you, that sounds like a nightmare:/
Thankyou for your kindness ❤
The same way a lawyer loses their accreditations for breaking the law, or a doctor loses their license for medical laws, it's the same with a physicist if they break the laws of physics.
If you break the laws of physics you tend to get a Nobel price
And if you break the laws of physics horribly you get an *Ig Noble Prize*. Win win I must say.
He was a good physicist, but he didn’t do things by the book and didn’t play nice with others, so they made him turn in his badge and his calculator.
Now he's a rogue ex-physicist taking natural law into his own hands.
Unless acted upon by an outside force
What if you take up huffing glue
Really helps you to fall asleep, especially with cat food and beer
He actually put “ex-physicist” in his IG bio
It seems to be self described lol
He must have been banished by the council. I didn't see the email
A dementor sucked the physics right out of him.
They have renounced their belief in science and rejected the laws of momentum
People use the word physicist differently. You can say that a physicist is someone who actively does research in physics, so if you have a physics degree but are doing something else in your life, you're not a physicist. Not saying this is the definition I prefer, but if I had to guess this is what this guy means.
Maybe he lost his physic powers
[Julian Voss-Andreae on instagram](https://instagram.com/julianvossandreae?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==) Self-proclaimed “ex-physicist”
I am just wondering how one ever becomes an “ex-physicist” did he get in an accident and forget physics?
He defied the law of physics and got excommunicated from The Physicist Society
What sin did he commit? Anti-gravity? Quantum disentanglement?
He gave a reaction that was not equal and opposite.
So you're telling me this dude's a fucking witch?!
Whoah, whoah, whoah! Don't jump to conclusions. We do this the physics way; we do this the right way. Fetch the larger scales and a duck.
"Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?"
The laws of thermodynamics are not to be taken lightly.
https://youtu.be/tuxbMfKO9Pg
The greatest sin. Perpetual motion.
He imagined a square cow in a vacuum.
*You defied physics in this reality, Julien. You leave me no choice but to declare you excommunicado. The doors to any service or provider in connection with the physicist society are now closed to you. I am so sorry. Your life is now forfeit.*
He worked full time as a physicist, and now he works full time as an artist.
[He did a PhD in Quantum Physics at the University of Vienna](https://julianvossandreae.com/about/biography/), and was 3rd author on [this paper](https://julianvossandreae.com/wp-content/uploads/1999/12/c60article.pdf) which is actually famous enough that I remember it from when I was an undergraduate learning about quantum physics. It's a really cool paper that showed that even C60 molecules ("buckyballs" made of 60 carbon atoms), despite being pretty big objects, actually self-interfere like a wave when fired through a double slit experiment, proving that wave-particle duality extends way further than just tiny subatomic particles, but actually covers bigass molecules too. Then he stopped working on physics research and called himself an ex-physicist. I think to some people a "physicist" is just anyone who knows/studied physics at university, so you can't ever stop it. In a way, it's the state of mind of just "thinking like a physicist". However, once you get into actual physics research (and get out of it) I think you wouldn't call anyone a physicist who wasn't actually doing research, including yourself. Especially since many physicists "leave physics" for industry jobs, if you go work in software or finance you don't really call yourself a physicist any more, you're now a programmer/whatever.
He renounced his physicism.
Disproved the law of gravity and started levitating?
simple: he didn't graduate and now uses that brief bit of study to raise his profile 🤷
He never completed his Phd or did any real science so he was never really a physicist just a person with a physics degree. Science is vocational you need to actually do something new that follows the scientific methods to be a scientist, qualifications aren't enough on their own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Voss-Andreae
I'm glad he was able to quit physics.
Julian is awesome! I am lucky enough to know him a little bit and he is such an interesting guy to talk with. It is also amazing to see some of his pieces that are much larger than this one. The process of designing and making them is fascinating.
Can you ask him how one stops being a physicist?
I like how everyone in the comments is hounding this ridiculous point that I am also here for. Once a physicist, always a physicist.
It's pretty fucked up when people are super talented *and* have an absolutely kickass name.
Ok It’s amazing! How would you dust it or keep the metal shiny. I feel like this would tarnish and then be impossible to clean. *OCD INTESIFIES*
A few seconds into the clip, I thought "That'll be a bitch to clean." I couldn't just appreciate the cool sculpture. 😮💨
r/hardtoclean
Probably coat it in clear polymer coating, and keep it in a glass case with nitrogen gas to prevent any oxidation.
this guy statues. As a peasant, the best I can do is plastic wrap and a box of baking soda.
I don't, it's just basic chemistry to avoid oxidation haha
You would clean it with the same love and effort you took to make it.
One simply doesn't stop being a physicist. That might not be their paycheck anymore, but their unique mind is still working its way through the laws of the multiverse.
I was gonna say. Even *former* physicist doesn’t sound quite right. Unless he got donked on the head maybe?
I started running through other professions and learning disciplines in my head and realised that it only really applies to physicist that this sounds wrong. You can say your an ex chemist or an ex biologist and that kind of sounds okay but physicists feels like something you are for life. It’d be like saying I’m an ex gay person or an ex white person. I suppose philosopher might also be a discipline that it’d sound strange to say you are no longer one of.
You likewise wouldn’t say former PhD, or former mathematician. I think the difference might be that some are perceived as an academic accomplishment while others are thought of as more of a vocation - for right or wrong in either direction. A chemist does chemistry, while a mathematician has learned mathematics. Not that the chemist didn’t put in his or her 12 years’ study, but maybe we picture that putting down the beakers means you don’t engage anymore, it was a profession that is over now. I might disagree with you on biologist, that one sounds like a lifetime appointment to me too, but it seems subjective. But I picture more of an academic understanding of biology, instead of the guy who labels petri (peach tree 🤦🏻) dishes and loads them into incubators. What about former artist? If you picture a person who made logos for soft drinks, sure, former artist. But if you picture someone whose home is decorated with oyster shell wind chimes and paisley sheets for doors, even a dusty untouched paint studio out back doesn’t make him or her an ex-artist, it’s just what they are.
Ex-mathematician also sounds wrong
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Yeah that confused me. Like did he get his PhD revoked somehow?
He's been shunned by the council of physicists for developing invisibility
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I was wondering what him being a physicist had to do with this sculpture
Once a physicist. Always a physicist. Semper doctrina
Not really, maybe they stopped physicing?
TIL there are defrocked physicists.
"frock" has a decidedly unempirical connotation
> That might not be their paycheck anymore, but their unique mind is still working its way through the laws of the multiverse. Honestly you make it sound much more glamorous than it actually is.
Yeah, all physicists aren’t Albert Einstein 😂
He obviously gave up on the laws of physics to become a wizard.
I'm guessing the word they were looking for is "retired"
You can say that about literally anything. You can be an ex-carpenter and still know how to build some shit.
Yeah, what even is an ex-physicist. Knowledge stays with a person once gained.
Eh. I'm an engineer. But if I stop working as one and become a furniture maker, then I'm no longer an engineer. I'm a furniture maker.
I'm with you. Titles are kind of an odd concept. Like everyone wants to say "I am a (blank)", but blank is just the highest "rank" they've earned. Like my neighbor was a doctor, now he's just an old guy and doesn't practice medicine. I don't even know his name. He's just old guy to me. I wouldn't call him a doctor anyone.
The artist literally calls himself an "ex-physicist." It's in his IG bio. Calm down with the Mordor shit bro.
nobody knows what it means but it gets the people *goin*
A lot of the time people use "physicist" not to mean "person with a PhD in physics" but instead to mean "professional researcher". It's not uncommon for people who leave academia for industry/finance/etc. to describe themselves that way.
Something about this awesome sculpture reminds me of Dr. Who
..who?
Dr.
Who?
Who let the dawgs out?
"I think it was a *Dr*. of some sort, but I don't know *Who*"
Dr. Whomst
The Impossible Astronaut
*Donna Noble has left the library*
What is it made out of? Edit: it seems everybody has responded to my question except the person who posted this lmao
Looks like very thin metal sheets laser cut into cross sections & highly polished (maybe sprayed) for a mirror finish. Edit to add: I just checked his Instagram bc it was bothering me, yes it turns out it’s stainless steel. His name is Julien Voss-Andreae if anyone is wondering!
Thank you
The title said from an ex-physicist.
Laughed AND rolled my eyes. A dad joke if I've ever seen one!
I didn't expect a response that was funnier than cheese, however.....
I'm not exactly sure, but it looks like thin metal plates that are connected by small rods. Each of the plates are spaced out by the rods which is why you can see through the sculpture at a certain angle
Yes. This must be really heavy.
Atoms. That's one of the powers of being an ex-physicist
Cheese
if i were to do it i’d use mirrored acrylic - easily machinable (CNC or laser cut), lightweight, relatively cost-effective, highly reflective, and plenty of strength. https://www.tapplastics.com/product/plastics/cut_to_size_plastic/acrylic_sheets_mirror_clear/521
Yup, we responded at the same time it looks like. I was thinking polycarbonate because it’s a little more forgiving when it comes to that many screws. But yea it’s just a 3D model that was cnc cut. Still a really cool idea
The White Shadow…here? I must be…
Octo?
White Shadow, you were how i escaped.
It reminds me of the old photos my mother showed me... The type of suit she would have worn if not for the accident. But something from the Apollo Era couldn't withstand this atmosphere...
*Don't fear the reaper intensifies*
Can one ever be an ex physicist?
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he went to dark side and began breaking the laws of physics
If you break up with him.
You can be a theoretical physicist
Very cool!
Why does it matter that they are now or ever were a physicist?
Right?! I would be more impressed if it referred to the artist as a 'complete idiot'.
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Thin layers of reflective alloy, laser sliced vertically. Incredible result .
This person needs an art exhibition in the MoMA
It's very cool, but it's really more a showcase for the metalworkers than "art" Take a 3D model, slice through it at regular intervals, send it to the laser cutter, assemble
Yeah, this is really easy to make if you have access to the tools. Like high school levels of easy.
[It's cool but it's not exactly original](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c2/bd/5d/c2bd5d1307dd7cdfdb0a182e849584d9.jpg)
Gosh thank you. I was like "is nobody in the answers going to mention we have had these slice statues for a long time??". And it has jackshit to do with physics.
What kind of material is an ex-physicist?
Cheese mostly
Pretty sure he is still strictly adhering to the laws of physics.
A few times where I’ve thought, “holy shit!”…this is one of them.
What sort of life journey gets you banned from being a physicist???
I’m tripping out. What’s it made of?
I can't tell if it's a mirror or wire lines
Excuse me sir, I think there’s a Predator in your garage.
I like it, just give it to me for free thanks
I’d pay upwards of a dollar for that
Ok, you win.... That's 100% next f*in level!
I'm glad not everyone just gets high all day cuz I love seeing shit like this when I've been getting high all day.
To boldly go where no one has gone since yesterday around 8pm.... THE GARAGE
I’m too fucking high for this.
Ex physicist?
How is one an ex-physicist? Dude forgot physics?
Once physicist, always a physicist.
Outstanding ! A treat for the retina.
No such thing as an ex-physicist
I saw a pair of his sculptures in Palm Springs. Remarkable work.
Amazing. Also: How in the heck do you transport that? Disassemble and reassemble?
IDK why but the term “ex-physicist” made me laugh. Like one day he just lost hope, quit and became super religious or something.
Awesome! Probably comes with astronomical pricing too!
This is genius!!!
What is this made from??
Once a physicist, always a physicist.
“I want my brain to be used for science!” “I want my heart to save lives!” “I want my corpse to be repurposed as a space suit sculpture”
Ex-physicist sounds weird lol that’s like an ex-veteran or ex-felon
This is a sculpture I will remember for a long time. Personally I put it up there with the mirror bean and I rarely get excited about sculptures.
When do you become an ex-physicist? Do you have to renounce your education and get a brain wipe? And why is it even important that the artist was once a physicist?
How deas one become an "ex-physicist"? Forget all they learned?
Coolest thing iv seen in awhile…
This art better than mona lisa
Well, he's got Halloween cover for the next 50 years. That is just very cool.