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.

'A shot in the Dark' is currently on display in a dedicated exhibition space in the Foyer of the TUM Physics Department in Garching since May 2023. It can be visited on workdays between 9:00 and 17:00. The exhibition will close at the end of October 2024.