Between Art and Science: A Black Hole in Køge

If you take a half an hour train ride from Copenhagen central station to Køge station, you are immediately captured in a black hole! The artist Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm has created an art installation that will be at the square outside the train station until October 11, 2026, in part based on discussions with Troels Harmark. It is best experienced in the afternoon and evening.

On September 24, this was the premise of a one-hour public conversation between Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm and Troels Harmark. What happens when science is transformed into a sensory and artistic experience?

The conversation delved into the mysteries of black holes and moved on to the big questions about the universe and our place in the cosmos. What exactly is a black hole? How can it be both destructive and creative? And where are the limits of what we as human beings can know and understand?

Approaching the unknown from two different perspectives—art and physics—Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm and Troels Harmark explored what happens when science’s view of the universe meets that of art, and when physics becomes a starting point for questions about time, space, knowledge, and the human desire to understand what lies at the limits of our comprehension.

Sept. 25, 2026, 9:38 a.m.