Event Horizon

Kamil Adam Hassim speaks about his practice at the intersection of art, frontier science and Indigenous knowledge systems. Drawing on the process behind his work ‘Event Horizon’ (2026), he discusses how scientific, cultural and Indigenous epistemological frameworks shape both his worldview and artistic practice. Kamil also shares insights into L-Infinity, his Southern Africa-based research framework for experimental inquiry. 

Mentioned in this episode: 
European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) 
Southern Africa Large Telescope (SALT)  
The Bleek and Lloyd Archive 
Greek origin of the word technology 
Alan Moore on the relationship between magic and literature  
'Cosmotechnics' (Yuk Hui, 2021)
Worldviews and connection between universe and self for the /Xam  
‘The Three-Body Problem’ (Liu Cixin, 2006) 
Square Kilometre Array (SKA)
‘Event Horizon’ exhibited at JCAF (2026)  
Faraday cage  
Carlo Rovelli on entropy 
Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity   
Polynesian Wayfinding 
L-Infinity project To find out more about Kamil’s work, follow him on Instagram @kosmothestarkid 

Music for the JCAF Knowledge Talks podcast was commissioned by JCAF.
‘INGWENYA’, performed by the Afrikan Freedom Principle, led by Mandla Mlangeni, © MM Publishing.

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