After following an education in theoretical physics with a focus on black holes, cosmology, and quantum field theory, I followed the idea of logical positivism and investigated these subjects from an experimental point of view. As a PhD student at the University of Nottingham, I conducted experiments to mimic black hole physics in a wavetank, resulting in the observation of superradiance and light-ring mode oscillation around a vortex flow. My research aims at using condensed matter systems in the form of analogue models of gravitational settings as a source of inspiration to deepen our understanding of classical and quantum fields in curved space-times.