Previous Events
This page archives the presentations, lectures, and research seminars by team members on black holes, black boxes, and their photographic histories, thus celebrating scientific, artistic, and cultural engagement with some of the most fascinating objects in our universe.
moderated by dr. Eszter Polonyi
moderated by dr. Eszter Polonyi
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The Image Tactics of Black Holes: Moving Photographs Beyond Data
CAA Conference Presentation Date: February 18–21, 2026 Location: CAA 114th Annual Conference, Hilton Chicago Chair: Jennifer MarineAdam Nadel: Who’s Afraid of Electrons? Alexander Betz, University of Arkansas: The Delayed Rays of a Star: An Ontological Expansion of Photography in Nuclear DetonationsRachel Hutcheson, Rochester Institute of Technology: Rethinking Photography: Spectral Events and…
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Black Hole | Black Box: Limits, Opacity, and the Unknown Across Art, Science, and Media
Date: March 19-20, 2026 Location: Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max Planck Institute for Art HistoryVillino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rome (Public event without registration) Speaker: Dr. Eszter Polonyi This conference examines limits, opacity, and the unknown by bringing together two notions from very different domains: the black hole of astrophysics and the black box of…
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Black Holes and «One Hundred Thousand Suns»
Seminar and workshop Date: Nov. 27, 2025, Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rome and online Location: Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max Planck Institute for Art History, Rome Speakers: Dr. Eszter Polonyi, Dr. Sašo Grozdanov, and Rohini Devasher In this interdisciplinary seminar, an artist, a historian and a physicist come together to…
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Ecology and Performing Arts
Black holes in the arts and beyond Symposium // Ecology and Performing Arts Date: October 9-10 Location: Amfiteater Journal of Performing Arts Theory, Slovenian Theatre Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia Speakers: Asist. dr. Eszter Polonyi and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sašo Grozdanov Short abstract: This talk examines how artists, scientists and critical thinkers…
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Data Black Holes Versus Data Clouds
Notes from the Extradate Era Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2025 Time: 12.30–12.50. Location: Avditorij Narodne galerije, Ljubljana 1000 The lecture is part of the Sixth International Scientific Conference of the Department of Theoretical Sciences, UL ALUO Speaker: Asist. dr. Eszter Polonyi, UL FMF, UL ALUO, Kunstuniversität Linz In 2005, two…
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WHAT IS A PHOTOGRAPH?
Lecture // We are excited to announce the inaugural lecture of the Black Hole Photography Lecture Series next week Wednesday. Date: Wednesday June 11, 2025 Time: 11-12 Location: Large Lecture Hall, Erjavčeva ulica 23., ALUO, Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana 1000. SPEAKER: Jennifer Marine, MA, University of Virginia, Art History “In 2019, astronomers captured…
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Black holes, the edge of knowledge, and what is knowable:
Past lessons and future challenges Date: 17 November 2025, 2:15 p. m. Location: J19/F1, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Jadranska ulica 19, Ljubljana Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sašo Grozdanov Black holes are probably the most fascinating objects in nature. Their study places us at the frontier between known and unknown…
