'The Neutrino Passoire' is an arts & science performance conceived by Mairi Pardalaki at the invitation of particle physicist Kostas Nikolopoulos.
It recounts the journey of the neutrino, the elusive particle born in the sun, and follows its journey through space. Passing through all matter, the neutrino constantly oscillates between three states, three "flavours". This is how it reaches the Earth and us humans. Representing matter, and human bodies in particular, as sieves through which neutrinos constantly pass, the show questions the limits we create with the outside world. Is that boundary our skin? The neutrinos are a pretext for questioning the notion of borders - of all kinds.
For his work on "The Neutrino Passoire", Kostas Nikolopoulos received the European Research Council's (ERC) 2020 Award for public engagement.
An idea by Mairi Pardalaki
Following the invitatino of Dr. Kostas Nikolopoulos, University of Birmingham
Collaboration Dr. Dimitris Varouchas - CNRS researcher, Université Paris-Sud, Dr. Iro Koletsou - lecturer at Université de Savoie
Text Mairi Pardalaki, Hélène Gautier
Following interviews with Sebastien Descotes-Genon - Director of Laboratoire de Physique Théorique CNRS & Paris-Sud, François Le Diberder – Particle physics researcher at Université Paris-Sud, Yasmine Amhis – Researcher at Université Paris-Sud, Joao Coelho - Researcher at Université Paris-Sud, Mathieu Bongrand – Particle physics researcher – Université Paris-Sud
Choreography and performance Mairi Pardalaki, Fanny Travaglino, Agathe De Wispelaere
Costumes Sophie Manac'h
Video animation Marcel Reinhard
Stage technician Mathieu Minot
Photos Heïdi Marier
Production Berdahi, Compagnie Ahtenysti
Coproductions Université de Birmingham dans le cadre du programme européen CREATIONS , La Diagonale de Paris-Saclay, Université de Savoie Mont Blanc
With the support of Labex -P2IO, Adami pour la captation audiovisuelle
Performed at
Bramall Music Building, Birmingham (UK) / 2016
Les Capucins, Brest (FR) / 2016
MAC Arts Center, Birmingham (UK) / 2018
Fête de la Science, Paris (FR) / 2019
Festival Curiositas, Orsay (FR) / 2019
Fête de la Science, Annecy (FR) / 2020 & 2022
INSPE Normandie, Rouen (FR) / 2022
Swiss National Science Foundation, Bern (CH) / 2022