Event Horizon

Event Horizon––whose title comes from the astronomical term which defines the theoretical point of no return associated with black holes––is a single channel audiovisual piece that explores the bending of light as a signifier of the colossal and divine within space and art. Simulated stars and nebulas drift and come into contact with an unseen force resulting in a light bending effect known as gravitational lensing. Gravitational lensing is closely associated with black holes or nearby galaxies and occurs when the space around an object bends the light surrounding it. The perceptual phenomenon of light bending, while ephemeral, is something that can be measured. In black holes, the event horizon can often represent the threshold of that which is knowable and that which is unexplored. These instances of light bending remind us of the distance between us and both the invisible and immense––the perpetual point of no return. Event Horizon collapses the central black hole structure associated with light bending to focus on the moving light that signals the unknowable.

Diana Rojas is an interdisciplinary artist whose research explores human attempts and desires to engage with the invisible and sublime through installation, video, sound, and sculpture. Informed by her interests in philosophy, history, physics, and material science, she approaches the role of technology in art making as a catalyst for larger conversations on existence, consciousness, and metaphysics. Her work, which exists physically and virtually, has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Rojas was born in Mexico and currently studies, and teaches at the University of North Texas, where she is a graduate student in New Media Art.