Australia’s seminal art journal, Art + Australia, will explore the conjunction of art and science in its next issue, Event Horizon #52.6, which will be released in August. The publication will coincide with a three day Event Horizon Symposium hosted by the University of Melbourne’s Centre of Visual Art (CoVA) and the Science Gallery Melbourne, 17-21 August.
The Symposium will bring together artists, physicists and cultural theorists to discuss what an ‘event horizon’ is, across topics ranging from black holes, dark matter, tipping points and new horizons. The symposium will take place virtually, across two days, 17 & 18 August with two live plenary sessions on Friday 21 August via Zoom.
Keynote speakers will include:
- Professor Elisabetta Barberio, School of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne; Director, Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics;
- Professor Alan Duffy, Lead Scientist at the Royal Institution of Australia
- Dr Ryan Jefferies, Creative Director, Science Gallery Melbourne
- Dr Edward Colless, Editor, Art + Australia journal & A + a publications, School of Art, Victorian College of Arts, University of Melbourne.
