Boštjan Narat, the mastermind of the Katalena group, philosopher, Večer newspaper columnist, TV moderator, singer-songwriter, and essayist, is a well-known name in the Slovenian cultural space. The collection of essays Podaja v prazno is his second essay book, with which he consolidates himself as one of the most important contemporary essayists, as he indicated with his debut, for which he was nominated for the Rožanč Award in 2014.

Passing into the void begins with an eponymous essay, in which he reflects on the meaning of publishing spiritual products in book form, including his edition. In the following essays written in the last three years, he deals with music, which was also, as an object of hermeneutic reflection, the subject of his doctoral dissertation, poetry, film, theater, sports and, of course, philosophy, which is, in addition to Narat's music, his profession. Compared to the first essay collection, we find in these several "profane" topics related to "ordinary" living matters (conflict with bureaucracy, analysis of the urban environment, cultural subsidies, interpersonal relationships with strangers, fame in Slovenia, etc.). Literary style moves along a thin line between "philosophy" and literature, between a professional, analytical side view and a personal, sometimes emotional approach, while continually playing with the style of writing and finding and establishing one's language as appropriate as possible to the essay's subject matter and desired mental suspension. Goran Vojnović wrote the foreword to the collection.

The debate is moderated by the editor Nino Flisar.
The event was organized by Založba Pivec publishing house in co-production with the X-OP Association.