»In Quantum Dawn or Transcending Political Anxiety – (Non)Data Traps (2023), Igor Štromajer establishes a humorous dialogue by placing twenty mousetraps in the atypical exhibition space of GT22. Mousetraps everywhere, but not for mice. Like the miniature servers in their cages, the mousetraps are miniature terrariums with bio- and electronic parts (chips, cables, computer parts), and the artist questions our position in relation to the predicaments of new technologies. The term ‘quantum dawn’ also refers to a series of cyber-security exercises that allow financial institutions and the sector as a whole to practice and improve coordination with key industry and government partners to keep the financial market functioning in the event of a systemic cyber-attack. On the other hand, the term ‘non-data’ does not mean that there is no data, but is a physical term and is used in quantum physics to refer to another state of data, as every data has its opposite, i.e. non-data.«

— Irena Borić, curator

https://intima.info/2023/11/01/qd