About the film

How do we make sense of the world around us? THE UNIVERSE IN A GRAIN OF SAND is a meditation by the award-winning filmmaker/physicist Mark Levinson (PARTICLE FEVER) on how both scientists and artists use their understanding of nature to create new tools and representations to probe the deepest mysteries of the universe. Juxtaposing momentous scientific revolutions with the works of over forty artists– from Picasso to Hilma af Klint, from Richard Serra to Stan Brakhage and Refik Anadol – the film celebrates the transcendent power of the human imagination.