First installation
Quantum Putt
exploring general relativity and orbital mechanics through curved spacetime through mini-golf
Leave your putter behind and embark on a cosmic mini-golf journey in Quantum Putt. Try to launch your ball into the black hole, controlling its orbit by warping the fabric of spacetime itself. On the way you can briefly visit planets, navigate and slinghshot through the spinning binary star system, and even take a detour through a wormhole.
Background
Quantum Putt was commissioned as part of Smash Putt 2025 by Base Camp Studios. The brief was to build an original take on a mini golf hole. I was inspired by the concepts of general relativity, and particularly the classic demonstrations of the curvature of spacetime, and proposed a course where the player would have to pilot their golf ball through space using orbital mechanics.
The completed course featured reactive lighting and sound design, and used a range of custom-built electronic and pneumatic mechanisms for interactivity.
We built the exhibit over the course of several months between the end of 2024 and February 2025, and it was a part of Smash putt until May 2025.
Credits
Quantum Putt was a joint project by artists and makers from Seattle Makers: myself, Lilia D, Peregrine C, Levi O, Brian G, and Martin I