--- title: "Physics is Funny" description: ""Physics is Funny" captures a playful moment from a train ride to London, where the artist watched their children giggling at a small ball bouncing around" lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "legalName": "Mathematics of Self Ltd.", "alternateName": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "logo": "https://sentient.art/sentient-art-logo-dark.png", "founder": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yifat Davidoff" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#website", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "name": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "description": "Sculpture editions and unique artworks by Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff — where art meets science.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org" } } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebPage", "name": "Loading edition…", "description": "Loading edition details", "url": "https://sentient.art/edition/physics-is-funny", "isPartOf": { "@type": "WebSite", "name": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "url": "https://sentient.art" } }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "legalName": "Mathematics of Self Ltd.", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "logo": "https://wdrxdfvnnrdahkzifhxs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-assets/site-settings/logo/1779723800851-m6hr4e-Original-Sentient-Logo-Black.png", "founder": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yifat Davidoff" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#website", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "name": "Official Site: Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "description": "Art born from science. Jonty reveals hidden forces of reality through works that make perception shift. Everything is not as it seems.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org" } } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "VisualArtwork", "name": "Physics is Funny", "url": "https://sentient.art/edition/physics-is-funny", "image": "https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/edition-images/edition-954a89af-905d-4561-9324-568acf67ceed-compressed-1779669534745.jpg", "inLanguage": "en", "dateCreated": "2011", "artMedium": "Semi-Transparent Resin", "artworkSurface": "30w x 25h x 4d", "description": "\"Physics is Funny\" captures a playful moment from a train ride to London, where the artist watched their children giggling at a small ball bouncing around because of the train’s movement. Made from a special see-through resin, the sculpture reflects not just the erratic bounce of the ball but also the pure joy in the children’s laughter.When you shine a light behind the sculpture, the children’s happy faces appear, suggesting that if we look at science and its serious rules in a certain, unexpected way, we can find lightness and humor there too. In the simple, joyful play of children and a wandering ball, the artist reminds us: physics can be funny, and sometimes the biggest scientific surprises come from the most straightforward, innocent moments.", "creator": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz", "sameAs": "https://sentient.art/about" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dr. Yifat Davidoff", "sameAs": "https://sentient.art/about" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "sentient.art" } ], "isPartOf": { "@type": "CollectionPage", "name": "Unique" } } ] --- [ The Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff ](/) [ The Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff ](/) [](/ "Home") ![sentient.art](/sentient-art-icon.png)![sentient.art](/sentient-art-logo.png)![sentient.art](/sentient-art-logo-dark.png) # Physics is Funny Edition:  Unique Year:  2011 Dimensions:  30w x 25h x 4d (cm) Materials:  Semi-Transparent Resin ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Physics is Funny, Semi-Transparent Resin, 2011](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-954a89af-905d-4561-9324-568acf67ceed-compressed-1779669534745.jpg?width=1600&quality=85&resize=contain) ## Related concepts - [Perceptual Illusion as Medium](/concepts/perceptual-illusion-as-medium) - [Optical Illusion Sculpture](/concepts/optical-illusion-sculpture) - [Observer-Dependent Reality](/concepts/observer-dependent-reality) - [Optical Illusion](/concepts/optical-illusion) - [Anamorphosis](/concepts/anamorphosis) - [Science Art](/concepts/science-art) - [Anamorphic & Illusion Art Editions](/concepts/anamorphic-art-editions) ![Physics is Funny — Wax\_Lyrical\_Jonty\_Hurwitz\_9.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/954a89af-905d-4561-9324-568acf67ceed/1762442949963-0-Wax_Lyrical_Jonty_Hurwitz_9-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Physics is Funny — Wax\_Lyrical\_Jonty\_Hurwitz\_5.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/content-assets/954a89af-905d-4561-9324-568acf67ceed/1762442954963-4-Wax_Lyrical_Jonty_Hurwitz_5-web.jpg) ![Physics is Funny — Wax\_Lyrical\_Jonty\_Hurwitz\_8a.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/content-assets/954a89af-905d-4561-9324-568acf67ceed/1762442951240-1-Wax_Lyrical_Jonty_Hurwitz_8a-web.jpg) ![Physics is Funny — Wax\_Lyrical\_Jonty\_Hurwitz\_6.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/content-assets/954a89af-905d-4561-9324-568acf67ceed/1762442953240-3-Wax_Lyrical_Jonty_Hurwitz_6-web.jpg) ![Physics is Funny — Wax\_Lyrical\_Jonty\_Hurwitz\_2.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/954a89af-905d-4561-9324-568acf67ceed/1762442958100-7-Wax_Lyrical_Jonty_Hurwitz_2-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Physics is Funny — Wax\_Lyrical\_Jonty\_Hurwitz\_7.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/954a89af-905d-4561-9324-568acf67ceed/1762442952118-2-Wax_Lyrical_Jonty_Hurwitz_7-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Physics is Funny — Wax\_Lyrical\_Jonty\_Hurwitz\_4.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/954a89af-905d-4561-9324-568acf67ceed/1762442955905-5-Wax_Lyrical_Jonty_Hurwitz_4-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Physics is Funny — Wax\_Lyrical\_Jonty\_Hurwitz\_3a.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/954a89af-905d-4561-9324-568acf67ceed/1762442957020-6-Wax_Lyrical_Jonty_Hurwitz_3a-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) "Physics is Funny" captures a playful moment from a train ride to London, where the artist watched their children giggling at a small ball bouncing around because of the train’s movement. Made from a special see-through resin, the sculpture reflects not just the erratic bounce of the ball but also the pure joy in the children’s laughter.When you shine a light behind the sculpture, the children’s happy faces appear, suggesting that if we look at science and its serious rules in a certain, unexpected way, we can find lightness and humor there too. In the simple, joyful play of children and a wandering ball, the artist reminds us: physics can be funny, and sometimes the biggest scientific surprises come from the most straightforward, innocent moments. 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