A lecture and discussion series as part of the collaboration between the Technical University of Munich, the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, and Haus der Kunst on Astrophysics and Art.
November 24, 2025
6:30 PM – Get-together with light drinks and snacks
7:00–8:00 PM – Theorien ausstellen?
With Christian Sicka (Curator of Astronomy, Planetarium, Deutsches Museum, Munich)
How can abstract ideas from cosmology and particle physics – by definition immaterial – be experienced spatially? This very question of translating scientific content into tangible forms is addressed in the lecture ‘Theorien ausstellen?’ ('Exhibiting Theories?') by curator Dr. Christian Sicka. Building on the historical development of the projection planetarium and selected examples from his curatorial practice, Sicka’s lecture will examine the social role of the Deutsches Museum at the intersection of culture, education, and technology. A Q&A session will follow the presentation. The event will be conducted in German.
December 15, 2025
6:30 PM – Get-together with light drinks and snacks
6:45–8:45 PM – Telling Stories, Making Worlds
With Ruth Müller (Professor of Science and Technology Policy, TUM Munich Center for Technology in Society) and Florian Dirnberger (Research group leader at the Center for Quantum Engineering in the Physics Department, TUM School of Natural Sciences)
What gets to count as nature? For whom, and when? The documentary 'Storytelling for Earthly Survival' (2016) by filmmaker and activist Fabrizio Terranova is a cinematic portrait of scholar and feminist thinker Donna Haraway, whose groundbreaking work envisions more-than-human futures, collective survival, and ethical coexistence within the entangled worlds of nature, culture, and technoscience. With particular reference to Feminist Science and Technology Studies (STS), the subsequent panel discussion between Ruth Müller and Florian Dirnberger will focus on how one can develop methodologies to critically engage with science through sustainable and holistic thinking. The event is a collaboration with the seminar ‘Physics as Practice: Science and Society in the Making of Knowledge’ of the Department of Science, Technology and Society (TUM). The event will be held in English.
December 16, 2025
6:30 PM – Get-together with light drinks and snacks
7:00–8:00 PM – With Peter Galison (Joseph Pellegrino University Professor & Director, Black Hole Initiative Science Team Lead, Black Hole Explorer Harvard University). In English.