Projects
The 2025 annual theme »Beyond Now — Environment« emphasises projects and partners at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar that carry out research, art, and teaching that deal with the constellations of living beings, their surrounding material and immaterial environments, and their design. The projects funded by the Presidential Board will be implemented between April 2025 and March 2026.
SCIENCE, BITCH!
| PROJECT COORDINATOR | Masihne Rasuli FORMAT | Speciialist module FIELD| Art & Design LOCATION | Weimar |
The specialist course »Science, Bitch!« is run by the Professorship of Image–Text–Concept. Students will deal with design in the context of science communication. Students will acquire skills for communicating scientific findings and research.
Inviting Environments: Technology for Supporting Engagement in Urban Communities
| PROJECT COORDINATOR | Margarita Osipova FORMAT | Research Project FIELD | Media LOCATION | Weimar |
General desire of citizens to get involved in public matters directly relates to the inner sense of "belonging" - to the place or to the community and by feeling empowered through this participation. The *Inviting Environments* project explores how the sense of belonging and the feeling of empowerment through local urban community engagement can be fostered through environment-embedded interactive technology working as a "community champion" for activating citizens.
Landscape in the Anthropocene: Thuringian Forest - Between Imagination, Resources, and Reality
| PROJECT COORDINATOR | Prof. Dr. Sigrun Langner FORMAT | Exhibition and Discussion Event FIELD | Architecture & Urbanism LOCATION | Thuringia |
The exhibition and discussion format will feature findings and content from teaching projects compiled in the winter semester 2024/25 concerning the Thuringian Forest as a landscape in the Anthropocene. They will be reflected upon and presented to the public for a transdisciplinary discussion. The format is intended to encourage reflection on anthropogenic influences on environments, which manifest themselves in the landscape's complex relationship between imagination, resources, and reality.
Digital Environments: The Role of Public Service Broadcasting in Transforming Digital Information and Communication Spaces
| PROJECT COORDINATOR | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rösch FORMAT | Teaching Event FIELD | Media LOCATION | Weimar, Erfurt |
Digital information and communication spaces shape social, economic, and political processes, but they are under threat from fake news and polarisation. This interdisciplinary and inter-university course will have students analyse the digital environment, examine the role of public broadcasting, and develop solutions for trustworthy digital spaces. The results will be presented during summaery 2025.
Geo-Somatic Environments: Frantz Fanon’s Film Archives
PROJECT COORDINATOR | Dr. Elena Vogman |
The project explores and promotes seminal archival materials on Frantz Fanon’s psychiatric and media practice. Recently discovered at the Cinémathèque de Bretagne by members of the Freigeist project "Madness, Media, Milieus," these moving image archives reveal Fanon’s use of art and media in creating geo-somatic therapeutic environments. A two-part workshop, including a public screening, will foster collaboration between Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Cinémathèque de Bretagne, and ICI Berlin.
»Weimarer Stadtgespräche«: Urban Environments
| PROJECT COORDINATOR | Dr. Elodie Vittu FORMAT | Four »Weimarer Stadtgespräche« Public Discussions FIELD | Architecture & Urbanism LOCATION | Weimar and Surrounding Region |
The »Weimarer Stadtgespräche – Urban Environments« project is a continuation of the successful transdisciplinary event series organised by the Institute for European Urban Studies. The discussions address the social design of the material environment in Weimar together with experts from science and the industry. Participants go out into the city, strengthen social networks, and create spaces for dialogue with citizens
PostCompost – Forest Reset
| PROJECT COORDINATOR | Christian Doeller FORMAT | Künstlerische Feldforschung, Ausstellung FIELD | Art & Design LOCATION | Thuringian Forest, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar |
The »PostCompost – Forest Reset« artistic research project explores the transformation of destroyed forest landscapes in Thuringia Artistic perspectives on possible causes and newly emerging habitats are established during a student excursion. Workshops, a public lecture, and dialogue with experts from the fields of forestry and environmental science will broaden the debate. The field research will culminate in a large-format, publicly displayed, interactive billboard.
Print4PR
PROJECT COORDINATOR | Dr. Fabian Ehle |
Digital information and communication spaces shape social, economic, and political processes, but they are under threat from fake news and polarisation. This interdisciplinary and inter-university course will have students analyse the digital environment, examine the role of public broadcasting, and develop solutions for trustworthy digital spaces. The results will be presented during summaery 2025.
Biennial of Care
| PROJECT COORDINATOR | Guliana Marmo FORMAT | Portable Exhibition, Digital Archive, Public Platform FIELD | Art & Design LOCATION | Weimar, Leipzig Ruhr |
Every art event is different and poses unique demands to sustainability and afterlife. With Biennial of Care we wish to question ourselves on what do artistic projects leave behind and how to provide care for the context in which they are set. Thus, through a mobile structure that collects and produces a guide of methods and questions, we develop an interactive and evolving guide for sustainability in artistic practices. Framed as an ‘after-biennial’ format that grows with every event it visits.
Forestmade: Participatory Stewardship for a Sustainable Future
| PROJEKT COORDINATOR | Sonia Fiona Fernandes FORMAT | Digital Platforms, Social Media, Publications and Reports, Workshops and Public Events FIELD | Architecture & Urbanism LOCATION | Weimar |
Forestmade: Participatory Stewardship for a Sustainable Future Forestmade connects Bauhaus University students with local farmers and artisans to preserve traditional crafts, promote sustainability, and empower communities. By reintroducing handcrafted, locally sourced products into the market, we foster cultural exchange, economic resilience, and environmental stewardship. Join us in bridging tradition and innovation for a more sustainable future!