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HYBYCOZO (Yelena Filipchuk and Serge Beaulieu)

HYBYCOZO is a collaborative installation art collective made up of Serge Beaulieu and Yelena Filipchuk. Their work consists of larger-than-life geometric sculptures with patterns that draw on inspirations from mathematics, science, and natural influences. Much of their artwork acknowledges diverse influences in pattern making and design. The sculptures celebrate the inherent beauty of geometric form and pattern. The goal of the composition is to harmonize the experience of sculpture, light, and shadow.

Our inspiration for the sculpture came from our studies in particle physics. We found great resonance with the concept that, ''The universe is pure geometry — basically, a beautiful shape twisting around and dancing over space-time."

HYBYCOZO

They have permanent public sculptures globally from Dubai to Istanbul, Florida, Las Vegas, Nevada, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Upcoming artworks are slated for the US embassy in Ankara, Turkey as well as the new California State building in Sacramento.

HYBYCOZO writes, "For us, hearing Garret Lisi’s explanation of the nature of particles in the universe and building the undeniable connection between geometry, pattern, and form revealed a fundamental truth to us as artists. Of course, the underlying structure of the universe would be beautiful to us.

Whether E8 will form the basis for the grand unified theory will be up to the LHC and other physicists to figure out. What remains, however, is HYBYCOZO's journey to illustrate and demonstrate scientific and mathematical concepts through art. We hope to add to our own understanding of the universe, as well as increase awareness of some innately beautiful concepts in science and math. The very first pattern we developed, Trocto, is a representation of E8 and the metaphysical or 'sacred symbol,' Metatron's Cube.

To those inclined to believe in 'sacred geometry,' Metatron's Cube is a symbol from which all five of the platonic solids can be drawn. It is found as far back as the 7th century BC in the Temple of Osiris in ancient Egypt, in Roman mosaics, and in Islamic girih tilings.

The most interesting correlation here is that the Platonic solids embody the five exceptional Lie groups.

The question of why our universe should be controlled by the E8 structure is not one that Lisi tackles. 'I think the universe is pure geometry — basically, a beautiful shape twisting around and dancing over space-time,' says Lisi. 'Since E8 is perhaps the most beautiful structure in mathematics, it is very satisfying that nature appears to have chosen this geometry.'

If you're a rational person, you have to be reinforced in your belief that these mathematical structures are bound to be important in physics. Mother Nature recycles robust mechanisms — and "critical points" (conformal theories) — at many places (other systems naturally flow to them) and it would be silly not to use these things at the fundamental level."

To learn more about HYBYCOZO and to see more of their work, please visit their website, or you can find them on Instagram.