“A Human Laboratory” is an ongoing visual arts project that explores the many relationships between the artist’s camera and the contemporary scientific techno-instrument. It employs photographic theory, media theory, the philosophy of science and practice-led research to document and explore elaborate scientific experiments. It is particularly interested in complex experiments where researchers are asking questions that are difficult to articulate and whose ramifications are yet unknown. Experiments such as the search for dark matter, understanding the mysteries of quantum mechanics and modelling complex climate change call for creativity and ingenuity, but also require cultural and artistic investigation, which is often considered “after the fact”. What can artists contribute in such curious spaces?