Diogo da Cruz: 'A shot in the dark nights of absence'
Art & Science in the TUM Physics Department (on display from 23.05.2025 - 16.12.2024)
The sculpture 'A shot in the dark' by Diogo da Cruz is inspired by the CRESST experiment and was exhibited in the Physics Department from May 2023 until December 2024. (Photos: Constanza Meléndez)
The art installation `A Shot in the dark' was, as the 'Radio Amnion' project, a direct offspring of our students' art projects initiated in 2018. Inspired by the visit to the Laboratori Nazionale del Gran Sasso, during which he got to know the CRESST experiment, the Munich-based Portuguese artist Diogo da Cruz applied for a renowned Portuguese art prize with an idea for an art installation that revolves around the experiment to search for dark matter.
As one of three finalists, he received a realization grant for exhibiting the artwork `A Shot in the Dark' at Serralves Museum, Porto, in 2019. The installation interprets the CRESST experiment for the direct search of dark matter as a new type of photographic camera. Also, it reflects on the overarching general difficulty of discovering absolute truths.
