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Welcome to the department of

MEDIA, TREND & PUBLIC APPEARANCE

A forum for production, exhibition, exchange and dialogue about contemporary practice, trend and work/life paradigms. We are looking to see which definitions hide behind the terms "Art" and "Design" and which skills are inherently "artistic". We take forms from everyday life and bend them to become public events. We investigate labor, public service, design practice, conversational skill, public identity and aesthetic prowess. We catalogue lifestyles. We archive daily life phenomena. We share responsibility between practitioner and viewer. We live by our own design, create our own definitions and enjoy freedom in our occupation. We place a frame around social norms and offer them up for new investigation. We point a finger in a specific direction and request that certain elements be given a closer look. We construct a metaphorical parentheses and we add punctuation. Self Starter. Cottage Industry. Do It Yourself. Be Your Own Boss.

* CURRENT

FUTURE VINTAGE publication
accompanies the FUTURE VINTAGE lecture series 2013/14.
Lovely handmade limited edition with 64 pages. Design and layout by Yan Ziegner.
Photographs by Ina Niehoff and Wiebke Müller. Order your copy here ...


picture: Ina Niehoff

SS 2014
COURSES

Note To Self – Projekt (BFA), Prof. Christine Hill, Sebastian Helm

Develop a regular routine for idea reflection and notation!

Note To Self – Projekt (MFA), Prof. Christine Hill, Katrin Steiger

Develop a regular routine for idea reflection and notation! This course will be held in English.

Genauso wie Béchamel eigentlich ein Name für ein Pferd sein müsste. – Werkmodul (BFA), Katrin Steiger

An exploration of the Futurist Cuisine and other artistic strategies to define food preparation as conceptual art.

Grandiose Simulanten – Fachmodul (MFA), Sebastian Helm

Different kinds of simulation with a strong focus on art and design.

SETTING UP SHOP at MoMA in New York
A workshop instructed by Christine Hill on 9th March 2014 more ...


Christine Hill in the Volksboutique Small Business. Photograph © Felix Oberhage

WS 2013/14
COURSES

Einführungsmodul – only for Erstsemester BFA (!), Katrin Steiger und Sebastian Helm

Introduction to Fiber – Werkmodul (BFA), Katrin Steiger

Various textile processing techniques and their innovative reuse. A cooperative project with the textile workshop at Bauhaus University.

Trendscouting – Werkmodul (BFA), Sebastian Helm

Targeted archiving, visualization and organization of promising research - be your personal trend scout!

The archive of people we don't know until now – Werkmodul (BFA), Ina Niehoff

Different ways to approach a stranger.

Newsletter – Werkmodul (BFA), Ina Niehoff

Our newsletter has no limits, because it's about us.

Totaltheater – Fachmodul (MFA), Katrin Steiger und Sebastian Helm

Explore modern and future theater ideas.

* LECTURE SERIES

** AUS DEM NÄHKÄSTCHEN...

Fritz Haeg lecture Nov. 2010

„Aus dem Nähkästchen…“ is a lecture series curated by Prof. Christine Hill. Since 2005, well-known international practitioners have been invited to discuss their work and reveal certain "trade secrets".

The following artists/ practitioners have presented their work within Nähkästchen lecture series:

Doris Berger (Berlin)
Brett Bloom/ Temporary Services (Chicago)
Booklyn (CK Wilde and Marshall Weber) (Brooklyn)
Regine Debatty (Berlin)
John Freyer (Iowa City, Iowa)
Hope Ginsburg (Richmond)
Fritz Haeg (Los Angeles/ Rome)
Rafael Horzon (Berlin)
Michael Johansson (Malmö/ Berlin)
Fawn Krieger (New York)
Prem Krishnamurthy (New York)
Lillevan (Berlin)
Joanne Moar (Cologne)
Christoph Niemann (Berlin/ New York)
Timothy Nohe (Baltimore)
Pepón Osorio (Philadelphia)
Felix Sattler (Weimar/ Berlin)
Carey Young (London)

** FUTURE VINTAGE lecture series

posters: Yan Ziegner

„Future Vintage" lecture series was initiated by product design students (Faculty of Art and Design) Wiebke Müller and Henriette Abitz and organized in collaboration with Textilwerkstatt (students initiative) and Katrin Steiger (artistic assistant and lecturer at department Media,Trend & Public Appearance). National and international artists, designers and inventors are invited to conduct workshops with students and discuss various textile experiments within their field of work.

FUTURE VINTAGE lectures and workshops in WS 2013/14 with following guests:

Anna Nordstöm (Stockholm)

New Tendency (Berlin)

Annette Fauvel (Halle)

Novanex (Leipzig)

Anne Trautwein (Halle)

current information ...

* PROJECT ARCHIVE

A comprehensive archive of student work, class projects, thesis presentations and research pursuits is pending.

more content soon

* TEAM – WHO WE ARE

	Prof. Christine Hill Chair Marienstraße 5, Raum 206 99423 Weimar Telefon: +49 3643 / 58-3870 volksboutique.org - Christine Hill's studio
	M.F.A. Katrin Steiger Artistic Assistant and Lecturer Marienstraße 5, Raum 207 99423 Weimar Telefon: +49 3534 / 58-3884 E-Mail: katrin.steiger@uni-weimar.de katrinsteiger.com
	Dipl. Des. Sebastian Helm Artistic Assistant and Lecturer Marienstraße 5, Raum 207 99423 Weimar Telefon: +49 3534 / 58-3874 E-Mail: sebastian.helm@uni-weimar.de schroeterundberger.de
	Dipl. Des. Ina Niehoff Guest Lecturer 2013/14 E-Mail: ina@inaniehoff.de inaniehoff.de
	Sekretariat Melanie Birnschein Marienstraße 5, Raum 106 99423 Weimar Telefon: +49 3643 / 58-3805 E-Mail: melanie.birnschein@uni-weimar.de