washingtonpost.com:
When
Jim
Sanborn shows you his latest art, the jaw drops.Over a
three-year period Sanborn has created a fully operational
electrostatic particle accelerator.Throw the switch and 1
million volts of juice start flying down the tube. X rays zip
off in every direction. Deafening zaps fill the air, and bolts
of lightning spark around the metal sphere. Hunkered down in
his lead-lined control booth, Sanborn can turn on his Geiger
counters, turn up the power—and split the atom.More
impressive yet:
Terrestrial Physics, as the new installation is
called, is possibly the most substantial work of art to come
out of Washington since the 1950s.
