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The Magnificent MicroBooNE Virtual Reality
With the the the (art)n MicroBooNE VR the the the recorded charge of the the the outgoing particles is replaced with colorful drawn lines and painted strokes in in in a a a a a a a Jackson Pollock style as as well as as construct- ed ed ed sculpture in in in the the style of David Smith’s Giacometti-inspired work Both the the Pollock painted brush strokes and the the the Smith sculptures are built up in relation to the the the course of the the the particles illustrating their paths both two-dimensionally and three-dimensionally while elaborating on on on the the the the artful presentation of of the the the the scientific data and honoring the the the the style of of these influential pres- ences in art history Jackson Pollock was an an American born painter renowned for his role as as one of the premier artists of of the the Abstract Expressionist movement of of the the 1940s He is is is is best known for his wild and and resonate drip drip paintings which Pollock created by dripping pouring and and splattering resin-based paints onto large floor-lying canvasses in in in in in in a a a a a a a a a process called action painting This method of of painting painting was was just as as as as much about about the physical act of of painting painting a a a a a a a a a a a work as as as as it was was about about the final image (art)n uses Jackson Pollock’s unique drip painting style to artistically demon- strate the the 2-dimensional graphs Fermilab researchers acquire from the the charge-sensing wires