Seminar by Prof. Nina Fischer, Florian Wüst Artbased Research and Practice Summer Semester 2026 Universität der Künste Berlin Following on from the 2024/25 seminar ‘More than green – urban ecology and art’, this seminar explored future urban ecologies in Berlin. The group investigated where transformations in urban space reveal an …
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Videoart at Midnight at Neue Nationalgalerie
Open Air Cinema, Berlin Art Week Garten 2026 Curated by Nina Fischer and Sabrina Labis 10 September 2026, 8:30–9:30 PM As part of Berlin Art Week Garten 2026, the grounds of the Neue Nationalgalerie hosted an open-air cinema programme dedicated to contemporary artist films. Organised by Olaf Stüber as curator …
AI and Fiction
FILM SCREENING & ARTIST TALK With Sina Ataeian Dena and Silke BotschModerated by Prof. Nina Fischer, Experimental Film and Media Art, Art and Media (KuM), UdK Berlin 21 January 2026, 6:00–9:00 PMUniversität der Künste Berlin (UdK)Aula, Medienhaus, Grunewaldstr. 2–5, 10823 Berlin The venue was wheelchair accessible. The UdK Filminstitut hosted …
Excursion to Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
by Prof. Nina Fischer and Sabrina Labis4–6 June 2026 Summer Semester 2026 As part of the class Experimental Film and Media Art, students had the opportunity to take part in an excursion to the Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg in June 2026. Founded in 1985, the festival has established itself as one …
Shifting Gazes – The Politics of Vision
Seminar by Sabrina Labis Summer Semester 2026 Universität der Künste Berlin “There is a power in looking.” — bell hooks What does it mean to look — and what does it mean to be looked at?Taking bell hooks’ assertion that looking is never neutral as a starting point, the seminar …
Filmmaking as Magical Practice SoSe26
by Sabrina Labis with Katharina Lüdin and Anna IlinSummer Semester 2026Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK), Filminstitut Following a media-philosophical approach, the seminar explored filmmaking as a form of magical practice. Drawing on Vilém Flusser’s reflections on the camera as a “magical apparatus” and on the “magical character of the image,” …
Filmmaking as Magical Practice
Seminar by Sabrina LabisWinter Semester 2024/25 The seminar Filmmaking as Magical Practice invited us to explore filmmaking not merely as amedium of representation, but as a transformative and performative act — a form of contemporaryritual. Drawing inspiration from Vilém Flusser’s reflections on the camera as a “magical apparatus”and the “magical …
More than Green: Stadtökologie und Kunst
by Prof. Nina Fischer, Florian Wüst Soil life, circular economy, environmental protection – countering the destruction of human and natural resources in the industrial age has a long history. The early eco-movements thought ahead, tried things out, failed and are not just being rediscovered today. Moving from the local to …
Exkursion zur VIDEONALE.20
by Prof. Nina Fischer and Sabrina LabisSummer Semsster 2025 As part of the Fachklasse Experimental Film and Media Art, an excursion to VIDEONALE.20 – Festival for Video and Time-Based Art in Bonn is planned. From May 9 to May 11, 2025, students had the opportunity to visit the festival and participate …
Seminar „Walls have Feelings“
by Sabrina Labis Winter Semsster 2024/25 The seminar Walls Have Feelings took us on a journey through Berlin’s architectural landscapes, uncovering the ways in which buildings shape not only our movement but also our thoughts, emotions, and societal structures. Inspired by Katherine Shonfield’s book Walls Have Feelings: Architecture, Film and …