The Quantum Canvas: Superposition, Entanglement, and the Future of Non-Deterministic Generative Art

Stefan Bastel

This paper introduces a non-deterministic model of time as a three-dimensional structure comprising past, present, and future. The present is described as a superposition of all causal futures, with weights evolving deterministically, while the collapse into a single future remains non-deterministic. This model naturally resolves the EPR paradox by introducing a shared present for entangled particles, eliminating the need for non-locality or hidden variables. The framework is consistent with quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and relativity.

Alain Lioret

Jui-Ting Lu, Henrique Ennes, Chih-Kang Huang +1 more

Quantum brushes are computational arts software introduced by Ferreira et al (2025) that leverage quantum behavior to generate novel artistic effects. In this outreach paper, we introduce the mathematical framework and describe the implementation of two quantum brushes based on variational quantum algorithms, Steerable and Chemical. While Steerable uses quantum geometric control theory to merge two works of art, Chemical mimics variational eigensolvers for estimating molecular ground energies to evolve colors on an underlying canvas. The implementation of both brushes is available open-source at https://github.com/moth-quantum/QuantumBrush and is fully compatible with the original quantum brushes.

Andrés Felipe Ortiz, Владик Крейнович

Many practical systems are non-deterministic, in the sense that available information about the initial states and control values does not uniquely determine the future states. For some such systems, it is important to take quantum effects into account. For that, we need to develop non-deterministic versions of quantum physics. In this paper, we show that for non-deterministic versions of quantum physics, we cannot require superposition principle -- one of the main fundamental principles of modern quantum mechanics. Specifically, while we can consider superpositions of states corresponding to the same version of the future dynamics, it is not consistently possible to consider superpositions of states corresponding to different versions of the future.

Amber Scoon

Jonito Aerts Arguëlles