CIESLIKIEWICZ Jan

Null hypothesis

Pologne

2017Jury

The modern world rejects randomness. It strives for understan- ding and predictability that give an illusion of control. Things are explained away with little room for doubt. Yet, the natural state of the human psyche and existence as a whole, our “null hypothesis”, are subject to confusion and uncertainty. This series refers to one of the most important methods of analysis used in various elds of study, from psychology to physics. In null-hypothesis testing, it is usually presumed that given observations result purely from chance, whereas the alternative implies in uence by a non-random cause. The aim of the method is to reject the null hypothesis, and thus prove – with certainty beyond reasonable doubt – that the random explanation is false, and the hypothesised non-random one is true.

Laureate of the Tribew award 2017.
Download for free his portfolio published by Trivew in the digital art book collection, ARTYbook on  http://artybook.fr/catalogue/jan-cieslikiewicz/

 

 

With the support of the Polish Institute in Paris

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About the artist

Jan Cieślikiewicz is a Polish photographer living and working in New York. He graduated from the International Center of Photography of New York in 2013. He also obtained a degree in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 2003. He was a national swimming champion in Poland and worked for six years as a trader in Wall Street.