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Image Making as Knowledge Production: Earth, Heavens, and Body

Research Exhibition curated by MPRG Visualizing Science in Media Revolutions: Nina Caviezel, Alexandre Claude, Sietske Fransen, Giulia Simonini
  • Start: Jun 11, 2026
  • End: Jul 31, 2026
  • Speaker: Research Exhibition
  • Location: Bibliotheca Hertziana, Palazzo Zuccari, Sala del Disegno, Via Gregoriana 30, 00187 Roma
  • Contact: katja.hackstein@biblhertz.it
In this exhibition, we show that images were part of a process. A process of observation, of experimentation, and/or of discovery, of which we exhibit here the printed version. Making images, especially drawing (disegnare), was at the basis of many early modern sciences, as this room also shows (Sala del Disegno by Federico Zuccari. [more]

Future Libraries of the Past: Deep Time, Libraries, Capsules and Vaults in Modern and Contemporary Art

Research Seminar
  • Public event without registration
  • Date: Sep 16, 2026
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Andrew Patrizio
  • Location: Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rome and online
  • Contact: freiberg@biblhertz.it
What does it mean for art and science to practice a witnessing that extends beyond a single human life? This research seminar investigates this question, taking Katie Paterson's Future Library (2014–2114) as its starting point. [more]
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