Inspired by the deep expanse of darkness and silence that the artist experienced on his first visit to the Karoo, ‘Event Horizon (Event Horizon)’ is simultaneously an exploration of the universe and the inner self. Indigenous cultures of the Karoo linked the stories of the sky and outer space with inner space and the human spirit. This way of imagining did not separate the sky from the Earth or human consciousness but observed all as being part of the same universal continuum.

Kamil Adam Hassim is a trans-disciplinary artist and musician, expressing himself through making instruments, film, installations, digital art, sound, music, optics, performance and painting. His current projects explore how our relative cultural paradigms influence the ways in which we interface with the universe and the kinds of information that become activated through these perspectives. Hassim’s work is enriched through partnerships with scientists and engineers, notably those from the team behind the SALT telescope. He is currently an artist in residence at the South African Astronomical Observatory and is one of the recipients of Connect South Africa, with Swiss artist Ian Purnell. They joined a dual residency at CERN, and in the array of astronomy observatories across South Africa, at SAAO and SARAO.