In a spin: the new quantum-inspired artwork will go on display at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow on 20–29 October. (Courtesy: Gregor Harvie)

Scottish artist Gregor Harvie has created a new artwork to mark 100 years since Erwin Schrödinger published his famous equation that governs how the wave function of a physical system changes over time.

Dubbed Superposition , the piece has been created in collaboration with the quantum theory group at the University of Glasgow.

The installation explores two of features of quantum physics: superposition and entanglement.

It does so via 16 aluminium panels that each have hundreds of holes drilled through them, forming complex patterns.

One side is white while the other is coloured and when someone approaches, the panels begin to spin at 400rpm so that their forms “dissolve into shifting three-dimensional illusions”.

The panels are arranged in eight pairs and the stopping positions of the panels are random but over time seven pairs show the same side as…