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