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Curation of SUB ZERO Exhibition

Januar 10, 2024 11:23 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

As part of the PACE Festival and Xenorama, I organised and curated the media art exhibition SUB ZERO at Waschhaus Arena Potsdam from 21st – 22nd Dec 2023. Eight art installations illuminate the fragility, beauty and mediality of frozen formations and structures. The exhibition presents works by artists who challenge our imagination and provide insights into the deep global interconnections of the frozen world. Through interactive, walk-in works of art and generative media formats, the exhibition traces the complex levels of meaning of ice, glaciers and arctic cold. Inspired by the…


GLACIAL MEMORIES (with Xenorama)

Dezember 21, 2023 11:15 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Ice core drill installation on glacier melting
Premiered in December 2023Presented at SUB ZERO exhibition in PotsdamTogether with Marcel Bückner, Mateo Zieten, Moritz Richartz, Richard Oeckel, Tim Heinze
While Glaciers store most of our world wide drinking water resources they also act as natural archives which store and divulge historical data from the past. As a recollective medium the ice conserves reports over long forgotten developments providing details about previous climate changes and natural disasters in history. Changes in climate continually challenge these archives


STRATA (with Xenorama)

Mai 10, 2023 8:25 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Projection Mapping on the life cycle of a glacier
Premiered in May 2023Commissioned by Waterlight Festival BrixenTogether with Marcel Bückner, Tim Heinze, Richard Oeckel, Moritz Richartz
The work STRATA is an intriguing journey through the life cycle of a glacier as a site-specific projection on the facade of the public library in Brixen, Italy. The development of a glacier is followed from Microcosm to Macrocosm, from compressed layers of snow to meandering formations that shape whole landscapes. In the course of the animation, the visitors are guided into the heart of a glacier, where


POLYTOPE XIA (by HfK Students)

März 31, 2023 5:16 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

An audiovisual exploration of Speicher XI A inspired by Iannis Xenakis
Supervision as lecturer. Conceptual and technical guidancePremiere in April 2023…
More information: https://polytope-xia.hfk-bremen.de/ On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the composer, architect and multimedia artist Iannis Xenakis, students of both departments of the University of the Arts Bremen have studied his Polytope de Cluny (1972), an early milestone of immersive digital media art. They will now interpret the original audio tracks on a 3D loudspeaker setup and juxtapose them with a light installation,


RE:ZITATION (with Xenorama)

November 5, 2022 5:23 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Projection and Sound Installation for Schütz-Novalis-Year
Premiered in November 2022Exhibited at Castle Neu-Augustusburg WeißenfelsTogether with Marcel Bückner, Tim Heinze, Richard Oeckel, Moritz Richartz
RE:ZITATION is a light and sound installation as part of the celebratory year in honour of the composer Heinrich Schütz as well as the poet and philosopher Novalis. Neu-Augustusburg Castle in Weißenfels was illuminated by a projection mapping as the final and climax of the celebrations. The castle’s facade served as a canvas for an artistic interpretation of the ideas,


STEEL AND BYTES (with Xenorama)

Oktober 31, 2022 5:18 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Interactive shipyard model for exhibitions
Premiered in October 2022Exhibited at German Maritime Museum BremerhavenTogether with Marcel Bückner, Tim Heinze, Richard Oeckel, Moritz Richartz
For the special exhibition “Steel and Bytes – Ein Schiff entsteht” at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven, we developed an interactive model that makes it possible to experience the processes of a modern shipyard.  The heart of the exhibition are five large-format touch screens on which transparent 3D-printed and laser-cut models of an archetypal shipyard are displayed. The


Honorary Mention at SHARE Prize Turin

Juni 5, 2022 8:26 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

I’m very honoured, to have received the Honorary Mention of SHARE Prize Turin, for my „Screenization“ project. Thanks to the organizers and the whole team for the support and grateful, to meet see so many exiting artworks!…


GIF JOCKEY

April 2, 2022 10:09 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

A web based tool for VJing with GIFs
Fun side projectIn continous development since 2018…
With GIF JOCKEY you can use your favourite GIFs for VJing for a party in your browser. All you need to do is find out or tap the beats-per-minute of the song, search for some funny GIFs, arrange them and enjoy. And drink some beers.


Talk and Nomination at Video Mapping Festival Lille 2022

März 5, 2022 9:01 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

I am very happy to be present on two occasions at this years Video Mapping Festival in Lille, France! On Thursday 10th March at 16:15 I will give a talk “Screenization – On the diffusion of digital screens” at the IBSIC – Image Beyond the Screen International Conference, and on Saturday we have our fingers crossed because Xenoramas project “BE\LONGING” is nominated for a Video Mapping Award. Looking forward to meet old friends and new faces and some interesting conversations and exchange 😉 More information: https://videomappingfestival.com/ibsic-2022/?lang=en Program…


LUMINOUS OBJECT

März 5, 2022 8:24 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Artistic studies in between image and sculpture
Self initiated research projectPremiered in February 2022Together with Marcel Bückner, Moritz Richartz, Richard Oeckel, Tim Heinze at Xenorama…
The project LUMINOUS OBJECT is a series of self-initiated artistic studies to explore the aesthetic potential of screens at the intersection of image and sculpture. The viewer’s visual habits are challenged and the materiality of the objects is questioned. Various transparent and translucent objects are composed on “screenic” surfaces, and backlit with precisely fitting animations


LUMINOUS OBJECT at Videokunstnacht Kleinmachnow

Februar 26, 2022 9:04 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

See the video of Xenoramas newest research project LUMINOUS OBJECTS or come by this Saturday 26. Februar, 8 p.m. to midnight to VideoKunstNacht Kleinmachnow to see it in reality. More Info about LUMINOUS OBJECTS: https://xenorama.com/portfolio/screenic-object/ More Info about Videokunstnacht: https://bruecke-kleinmachnow.de/videokunstnacht/…


MIMESIS (with Xenoram)

September 5, 2021 8:33 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Projection Mapping on „Post-Naturalia“
Together with Marcel Bückner, Moritz Richartz, Richard Oeckel, Tim Heinze at Xenoram…
The work MIMESIS for Lichtstrom Festival Ingolstadt was inspired by its motto Post-Naturalia. We developed an artistic projection mapping onto a part of the Reduit Tilly building in Klenzepark. The mirror-symmetrical façade of the army museum formed the connection of the festival area to the banks of the Danube and the city centre. The term post-naturalia refers to the artificial imitation, for example of natural reality, which in our case is superimposed


OPEN SPACE DOMSHOF (with Xenorama)

Juni 5, 2021 8:32 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Light and media concept in urban context
June until September 2021 Commissioned by University of the Arts Bremen Together with Marcel Bückner, Moritz Richartz, Richard Oeckel, Tim Heinze at Xenorama…
The Open Space project is already taking place for the third time and brought a colourful mix of cultural events to Bremen’s Domshof for a period of three months. We developed a media and lighting concept for the temporary, sculptural scaffolding construction. The building is a stage, auditorium, gallery, forum and rooftop bar at the same time. Our concept for the project serves as a platform


Shortlist and exhibition at SHARE PRIZE XIV

April 30, 2021 5:45 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

I’m very happy and proud my work „Screenization – On the Diffusion of Digital Screens“ is nominated for SHARE-Prize XIV and will (hopefully) be exhibited in autumn in Turin, Italy. https://www.toshareproject.it/en/www.lorenzpotthast.de/screenization…


Setup for 360° experience REFLECT

Februar 3, 2021 6:50 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Exciting things ahead! Corona turned Xenorama’s original plan of a concert into a 360° film: For REFLECT we are preparing an audiovisual experience in three scenes with Kammerakademie Potsdam and Waschhaus Potsdam.…


REFLECT (with Xenorama)

Januar 22, 2021 7:01 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

360° concert installation
Cooperation with Kammerakademie Potsdam and Waschhaus Potsdam Together with Marcel Bückner, Moritz Richartz, Richard Oeckel, Tim Heinze at Xenorama…
REFLECT is a 360° concert installation exploring the possibilities of an artistic communication between man and machine. A digital entity is embodied in different non-anthropomorphic light, screen and mirror arrangements as an observer, interpreter and virtual conductor. The performance depicts an encounter between this technical organism and a human orchestra in various evolving stages. The machine’s


dein-offline-shop

Dezember 10, 2020 1:00 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Installation in public space on online shopping and digital profiling
Commissioned by „Junge Kunst Wolfsburg e.V.“, supported by the city of Wolfsburg…
The new ways of shopping on the Internet allow us to choose from and make more accurate recommendations than ever before. For this we disclose various personal data, which are processed by the platforms to increasingly precise user profiles. At the same time, the increasing online trade is having an impact on local shops and deserted city centers. With a project-funding by the city of Wolfsburg, the „Junge Kunst Wolfsburg


Installation with „Junge Kunst Wolfsburg“

November 26, 2020 12:24 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Amidst all this Corona problems, I am happy that we found a way to make my long term planned exhibition project with „Junge Kunst Wolfsburg e.V.“ work, even with changes and limitations.I’m in the last stages of preparations, stay tuned for more! …or come by Wolfsburg mainstation on 10th December 1pm for the opening or later for the installation. http://www.junge-kunst-wolfsburg.de/ausstellungen/digitalschatten…


Digital Shift projections at „Feuerspuren Festival“

November 1, 2020 5:01 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

EDIT: CANCELED DUE TO CORONA. I organized a projection workshop in my role as coordinator of the Digital Impact Lab Bremen and in cooperation with the INTERFERENCE Light Art Project from Tunis, Tunisia. The results of the DIGITAl SHIFT project will be shown as part of the „Feuerspuren“ international storytelling festival. You can see the projections on the facade of the Torhaus Süd on Sunday 8th November during the darkness. Here you can find some more information, and here some photos of the workshops:…


Summerschool Bremen Durban

September 21, 2020 4:47 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Workshop on projections in public space with DUT Durban, South Africa
Academic exchange between University of the Arts Bremen and Durban University of Technology…
I was part of the organizing team of an DAAD funded exchange program between Bremen and Durban, and could incorporate some of my previous expericences and other projects in South Africa. Also I conducted a workshop called „Blurring the Virtual and the Physical“ about interventions in Public Space together with Dane Knudsen.    


KORRELATION

September 5, 2020 7:10 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Interactive Media Installation on submarine ecosystems
Commissioned by ZKM | Center for Arts and Media KarlsruheProduced for “Seasons of Media Arts” Festival Together with Marcel Bückner, Moritz Richartz, Richard Oeckel, Tim Heinze at Xenorama…
KORRELATION transforms a street in the center of Karlsruhe into an abstract water landscape that changes under the feet of passers-by and visualizes the traces they leave behind. The installation is divided into two phases: One focuses on the sensual perception, the other one on a scientific, data-based observation of our environment.


Two projects at Luminale – Biennal for Light Art and Urban Design

März 6, 2020 5:40 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Hey Frankfurt-People it would be nice to see you at Luminale from 12th – 15th of March With Xenorama we are having two installations, one Projection Mapping onto the „Alte Oper“ (https://www.luminale.de/en/projekte/be-longing) and an Interactive Installation at Börsenplatz (https://www.luminale.de/proje…/mosaic-aufbruch-installation/)…


BE\\LONGING

März 6, 2020 5:27 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Projection Mapping on digital romanticism
Together with Marcel Bückner, Moritz Richartz, Richard Oeckel, Tim Heinze at Xenorama…
Digitization has created an abstract world of data, media and algorithms. Social media, artificial intelligence, machine-learning and blockchain technology are shaking up firmly established social structures. Already at the end of the 18th century there were similar developments, as the Enlightenment was introduced into society as the rationalization of nature from which Romanticism developed as a juxtaposition. BE\\LONGING aims to artistically


Überseewiese

März 3, 2020 3:21 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Design, Participation and activities around the Überseestadt
As part of „Meet Your Neighbours AG“ at HfK BremenIn cooperation with Überseekirche, GEWOBA Bremen and many others…
MEET YOUR NEIGHBOURS was a platform for intercultural exchange, that evolved from common activities of people from the University of Arts Bremen and refugees from the neighbouring accomodations in the Überseestadt. Since 2015 we have organized various projects and activities, reaching from art and creative offers, language and homework support to design and digital workshops and since 2018


Woanders

Dezember 6, 2019 5:32 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Media-scenography for theatrical music-performance
Together with Marcel Bückner, Moritz Richartz, Richard Oeckel, Tim Heinze at Xenorama…
It is quite complicated to describe this crossover of poetry, music, film, scenography and media art, so you better have to experience it for yourself. After the successfull premiere at HAU – Hebbel am Ufer the performance will be shown again at WUK in Vienna from 20. – 21.03.:


Visuals at „New Dimensions in Jazz“ Festival

November 14, 2019 2:46 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

This weekend I will contribute some visuals for New Dimensions in Jazz Festival of the University of Arts Bremen. There’s gonna be a lot of experimental and innovative sounds from six bands on two evenings. More information here and you can still get tickets at the box office (extra-cheap for HfK people ;)…


Projection Workshop at „Paralellwelten“ Exhibition

November 1, 2019 12:00 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

On Saturday the 2.11.2019 I will give a brief introduction into artistic perspectives of overlaying the physical world with digital projections, through Projection Mapping, VJing and real-time video generation. The workshop is part of the accompanying programm of the a annual exhibition of the BBK Bremen at the art space Güterbahnhof. Date: Saturday, 2.11.19 / 18:00Place: FAQ, Künstlerhaus Güterbahnhof, Beim Handelsmuseum 9, 28195 BremenNo registrations required…


Lectureship: Projektwochen University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

Oktober 8, 2019 5:46 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Over the last weeks we held a workshop at the „Projektwochen“ at Design FH Potsdam under the title of „Raumprojektionen“ in which we looked into the basics of architectural Projection Mapping. Four groups of students developed quite amazing concepts and animations onto a model of the building of the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam.Thanks to all the students and everybody involved!…


Projection at POLARSTERN farewell exbition

September 20, 2019 4:05 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

So in case if you are wondering what we are up to, today on #globalclimatestrike day: We are finished with the preparations for the projections onto the Polarstern for the MOSAiC expedition, the largest arctic expedition of our time. Looking forward to the farewell event this evening in Tromso, Norway and the follwoing one-year lasting expedition that aims to better understand arctic and global climate! www.mosaic-expedition.org Thanks to the good cooperation with: Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung AudioNor AS Moloen AS Tromsø Havn KF…


AUFBRUCH Polarstern

September 20, 2019 3:21 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Floor and ship projection for MOSAiC expedition
Together with Marcel Bückner, Moritz Richartz, Richard Oeckel, Tim Heinze at Xenorama…
For the farewell event of the MOSAiC expedition in Tromsø, Norway, we developed two projection formats to celebrate the departure of the POLARSTERN research ice breaker. For the captain and the expedition leader, the way aboard the ship led over a surface of ice floes projected onto the ground, which broke under their movements. Before the icebreakers’ cast off, the POLARSTERN facade was then turned into a projection canvas


Walls of Perception (with Xenorama)

August 8, 2019 3:57 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Large Scale Architecture Projection
Together with Marcel Bückner, Moritz Richartz, Richard Oeckel, Tim Heinze at Xenorama…
Inspired by the psychedelic art and philosophy of the 60s, the projection show “Walls of Perception” describes the mind-expanding journey of a fictive protagonist. Influenced by works of the OpArt and the progressive and experimental music of the time, the projection investigates how the perception of reality and our relation with media have changed since than and which long lasting role those times play until today. Existing structures – represented


WALLS OF PERCEPTION at Schlosslichtspiele Karlsruhe

Juli 18, 2019 4:15 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

We at Xenorama are in the last stages of finalising our new artwork for the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe curated by ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe. Our show „Walls of Perception“ tells an abstract story about our outer and inner world. Join us for the premiere on the 8th of August or see the projections on the palace of Karlsruhe until the 15th of September! UPDATE: Here is the documentation of the final show: https://www.lorenzpotthast.de/walls-of-perception-with-xenorama/ oder http://xenorama.com/walls-of-perception…


1st Prize at „Brandenburg Design Prize“

Juni 12, 2019 5:49 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

We are thrilled and very honoured to be amongst the first prize winners of this year’s Designpreis Brandenburg. The exhibition „Lebendige Bauten / Living Buildings“ which we cocreated together with the team around Brigitta Bungard was awarded in the communication design category. Check out further information here: http://xenorama.com/portfolio/living-buildings/ For the installation we cooperated with Brigitta Bungard, Katrin Reiling, based at the wonderful Rechenzentrum Potsdam as well as Kerstin Meyer-Ebrecht, neubauen.design and Voice-Over by René…


Contribution to „Denkmalsturz“ exhibition at Kulturbunker

April 20, 2019 8:41 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

From 27.04. – 03.05. two of my projects will be accompanying the exhibittion „Denkmalsturz“ by Johannes Nortmann. The „Petroglyphomat“ and „Infinite Destruction Machine“ fit very well within the topic of his Master Thesis, researching about the phenomena regarding the interaction with classical monuments. Kultur im Bunker e.V. (Berliner Straße 22C, 28203 Bremen)Öffnungszeiten: 27.04. – 3.5. jeweils von 16-19 UhrVernissage: 26.04 18:00Finissage: 3.5. 19:00…


Official opening of the Digital Impact Lab

April 19, 2019 8:33 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Some of you may know, that I have a half time position coordinating the „Digital Impact Lab“ in Bremen Gröpelingen for some month now, together with Peter Schwartz. Next Thursday the 25th April will be the opening day. From 11am – 2pm there will be the official part with politicians, representatives and press and later from 6pm on a more personal one with friends and people who are interested what is going on at the Lab. Feel free to come by!…


„One Night Public Gallery“ at Digital Impact Lab

März 28, 2019 9:01 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

We are very happy to spontaneously host our friends Wera Morawiev and Robert Sochacki from Poland at the Digital Impact Lab on their tour through Europe with the „One Night Public Gallery„. Videos by international artists will be projected onto the wall of the Digital Impact Lab and turn the facade into a temporary art canvas.…


Workshop at Lichtcampus Wismar

März 25, 2019 9:08 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Last week I had the chance to hold a workshop at Lichtcampus Wismar as representative of Xenorama – Studio for Audio-Visual Art. We had a look into the workflow of a typical facade Projection Mapping on the example of the Welterbehaus. Pretty amazing results for two days of workshop! Thanks to the awesome students who took part in the workshop (Hamidreza Eizadi, Tanja Tanasijevic, Xenia Lo, Paul Munkt, Claire Core, Mohammed, Anna, Alexandra, Susan, and Samira), places that helped us (Lilja Walker Möbeldesign, Das Boot Wismar e. V.) and the whole Lichtcampus team!…


Coordination Digital Impact Lab

Februar 1, 2019 3:22 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Experimental space at the intersection of digital, cultural and social development
As Research assistant at M2C Institute for Applied Media Technology and Culture at City University of Applied Sciences Bremen …
Since February 2019 I have been one of two coordinators of the Digital Impact Lab, together with Peter Schwartz. The Digital Impact Lab is an experimental space of learning and development for the exchange and reflection between experts and people interested on the digitalization of our world. We want to initiate changes and focus on digitally based, participative activities and


Screenization – On the Diffusion of Digital Screens

November 5, 2018 1:07 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Theoretical thoughts and experimental infrastructures on the history and future of screens
Master Thesis in the Digital Media program at University of the Arts Bremen Supervised by Prof. Dennis Paul and Prof. Frieder Nake
The project “Screenization – On the Diffusion of Digital Screens” combines a detailed examination of the historic development of screens and theoretical thoughts about the essence of screenic properties with two experimental infrastructures to make speculations about screens of the future tangible.

Theoretical Part…

As a starting point to examine this


Master Presentation on the 5th November

Oktober 25, 2018 8:34 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

I’m almost finished with my Master Thesis with the title „Screenization – On the Diffusion of Digital Screens“. The presentation will take place on Monday the 5th November at 11am at the Video Studio (1.12.100) at Speicher XI. There will be snacks and maybe beer. Looking forward to see you.…


International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA) in Durban, South Africa

Juli 3, 2018 11:59 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

I am very happy to was able to join the 24th International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA) in Durban, South Africa from the 23rd to 30th of June 2018. Therefor I built upon my already existing connection to friends and institutions in Durban, was kindly supported by the Bremen-Durban partnership association and collaborated with the People’s Smart Sculpture Project. Over the course of the symposium I was involved in several activities, such as a workshop on the potential of projections in public space together with the PS2 project and Elektro Moon Vision, exhibitions based of my…


What is the Internet for you? DURBAN/BREMEN

Juni 11, 2018 9:43 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

As part of the ongoing artistic research project 9483KM/843MS I developed to installations to be exhibited at the International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA) in Durban, South Africa. Both works dealt with the specific Internet connection between the sister cities of Durban an Bremen, but on very different levels.…


Master Thesis Outlook: „Screenization – On the Diffusion of Digital Screens“

April 26, 2018 9:09 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Last week I registered my Master Thesis and now have five month to work on it. For the topic I extended some of the thought of a previous paper called „The digital screenization of physical environments“ and sharpened my definition of the term „Screenization“ to to describe the increasing dissemination of Digital Screens in our perception in general and the transformation of environments into screens specifically. In the theoretical part of my project I am looking at the history of the classical screen and it’s predecessors, the shifts towards digital screens…


Projection at EVI Lichtungen Hildesheim

Januar 22, 2018 6:34 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

From Düsseldorf we went directly to Hildesheim where we are almost finished setting up our projection „Lux Excelxis“ at EVI Lichtungen light art Festival. It will be shown from 25th to 28th 6pm – 11pm at the church St. Andreas, Hildesheim, for more information check: http://evilichtungen.de/xenorama/  …


LUX EXCELSIS (With Xenorama)

Januar 15, 2018 9:50 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Ceiling projection in church vault…
In religious and spiritual contexts, the terms light and height are often associated with a universal and ordering power — similar to mathematics and geometry in the field of natural science. The nave of the St. Andreas church in Hildesheim is characterized by a stellar vault at 90ft height, which connects and subdivides the individual sections of the church ceiling. In an audiovisual architectural projection, the geometric structure and the resulting conception of space are explored, as well as the meaning of the firmament — which is implicit in the


RESONANCE (with Xenorama)

Januar 5, 2018 9:31 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Interactive Tap Dance performance…
In Tap Dance, the performers act as dancers and musicians at the same time. In cooperation with an advanced Tap Dance ensemble lead by Daniel Luka we extend this symbiosis on the visual and sonic level to create a unique fusion of sound, body and light. In the course of several phases, the performance follows the dancers on a travel from the origin of Tap Dance through scenes of challenging choreography and spontaneous improvisation towards a multi-sensory climax.


RESONANCE premiere in January

Dezember 22, 2017 6:34 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Looking for some very last-minute christmas present? Tickets for our interactive tapdance performance „Resonance“ together with Daniel Luka are now on sale! The show is on the 19th & 20th January at Temps d´Images Festival at tanzhaus nrw: http://bit.ly/2BTDqlr…


Infinite Destruction Machine (beta)

Dezember 10, 2017 5:09 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Machine that infinitely builds and destroys sandcastles
Created in the course „Digital Artifactual Objections“ Supervised by Prof. Dennis Paul…
The „Infinite Destruction Machine“ takes over the tedious task of building and destroying a sand castle over and over again. Destruction is connoted negatively as the bad opposite of creation. Nevertheless it feels oddly satisfying, when buildings get demolished, iPhone are blended or soap bubbles burst: Destruction gives us an immediate feeling of power. In the installation, sandcastles are used as a metaphor and


Projection Mapping workshop in Hildesheim

November 4, 2017 11:51 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Last weekend I gave a nice workshop about the History and concepts of Projection Mappings and some hands-on experiments with VVVV.Finally we projected some of the results at the buildings of HAWK Hildesheim. Thanks again for the great time again to to EVI Lichtungen for inviting me!…


Japan Media Arts Festival Award ceremony

September 17, 2017 1:52 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

I’m am very happy and honoured to received another New Face Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival, this time with my colleagues from Xenorama for our augmented projection Sculpture RADIX. Here are some pictures of the Award ceremony at the Tokyo Opera Hall. The exhibition is open until the 28th of September.        …


Keynote Speaker at conference „The Real of Reality“ at ZKM

Juli 28, 2017 10:57 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Me and my colleague Marcel Bückner from Xenorama are very honoured that we are invited as keynote speakers for the upcoming conference about film and philosophy „The Real of Reality“ at ZKM in Karlsruhe from 2nd – 6th November. In our talk »Genius Loci, Spatial Cinema and Site-Specific Narration« we will discuss the role of Projection Mapping inbetween film and Virtual Reality and it’s ability to change the perception of reality. UPDATE: Here you can find a video of our presentation on the ZKM Website:…


9483KM / 843MS

Juni 4, 2017 5:00 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Artistic research travel through South Africa
Master Project Digital Media at the University of Arts Bremen…
The project 9483KM/843MS is an ongoing research about the global dimensions of the Internet based on the local example of the connectivity between the sister cities of Bremen in Germany and Durban in South Africa by Lorenz Potthast. As a first step for my master project in the Digital Media Master program at the University of Arts Bremen I conducted a three week artistic research travel through South Africa following the visible and invisible traces of the Internet and its role and appropriation


100m² MEER

Mai 23, 2017 3:15 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Interactive floor projection for exhibition about the ocean
Together with the Master Studio „System und Struktur“…
For the German Science Year “Seas and Oceans” the House of Science Bremen organized a major exhibition incorporating all of its ten participating research facilities and institutes. The exhibition was designed and realised by the Master-Studio “Systems and Structures” of the University of Arts Bremen. We supplemented the concept of a polygonal exhibition architecture with the impression of an ocean trench by an interactive floor projection. A stream of light


Opening of „100m2 MEER“ exhibition

Mai 22, 2017 1:16 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Tomorrow at 6pm is the opening of the „100m2 MEER“ exhibition at the Haus der Wissenschaft Bremen. The exhibition was designed and realised by the Master-Studio “Systems and Structures” of the University of Arts Bremen. and we contributed an interactive floor projection. Update: Here you can find a video and some photos of the projection: http://xenorama.com/portfolio/100m2meer/…


The Decelerator exhibited at Singapore

Mai 20, 2017 1:29 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

The Decelerator Helmet will be exhibited from the 20.05. – 15.10.17 at the touring Human+ Exhibition – The Future of our Species at ArtScience Museum Singapore. Check it out if you are anywhere close by and send me a photo, I wont be able to see it in person ;-)…


Goldstadt250 celebration gala

Mai 11, 2017 1:11 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

We have almost completed our preparations for the opening gala of the Goldstadt 250 celebrations at the CongressCentrum Pforzheim this weekend. The premiere on Friday is already sold out, but you still have a chance to come on Saturday: https://www.facebook.com/events/1848622622029136/ Update: Here are some pictures of the gala evening already: http://xenorama.com/goldstadt250…


New Face Award at Japan Media Art Festival

März 16, 2017 1:10 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Yay, a New Face Award at the Japan Media Art Festival, again! This time with Xenorama for our augmented projection sculpture RADIX (www.xenorama.com/radix) in the entertainment category. We will travel to the award ceremony in September and also exhibit RADIX during the festival. PS: Congratulation also to Ralf Baecker for the Art Division Grand Prize!…


Fake You! (as tutor)

Februar 19, 2017 3:05 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Social experiment and installation about Fake News
Together with the course „Rebranding Reality“ by Joachim Hofmann…
In the winter semester 2016/17 I was a tutor in the Digital Media Bachelor course „Rebranding Reality“ by Joachim Hofmann at the University of Arts Bremen. In the course we engaged with a variety of topics revolving around rumors, conspiracy theories and the spreading of false information, even before the term „Fake News“ became popular. To better understand the mechanisms and dynamics at work, we decided to set up our own fake news


Artistic Research Travel through South Africa

Februar 13, 2017 12:11 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

The next three weeks I will travel through South Africa for my Master Project at the University of Arts Bremen to look at the visible and invisible traces of the Internet, that connect the sister cities Durban and Bremen. Update: On Thursday I will spontaneously be part of an exciting exhibition in Durban at Theotherroom Durban together with Simphiwe Xulu and Donovan Orr. It’s gonna be about mystical creatures, black boxes and submarine internet cables. Check out more in the description of the event… Update Update: Here is a little website that aims to structure the outcome of my…


Xenoramas Blicklichter Exhibition

Januar 17, 2017 11:54 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Hey people in Berlin/Potsdam Next Saturday will be an exhibition of Xenoramas light art at Unterwegs im Licht in Potsdam: Feel free to join at 6pm at Rechenzentrum Potsdam: https://www.facebook.com/events/689988381169716/ At the same time we will premiere our interactive installation on the mosaic „Der Mensch bezwingt den Kosmos“.…


Decelerating at „Idioty and Resistance“

Oktober 21, 2016 10:48 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

On Wednesday the 26th October I will talk at the Sophiensaele Berlin about the Decelerator Helmet once again. For the last edition of the Salon „Idioty and Resistance“ absurd experts will talk with the audience in a live radio show.…


Paper on „Screenization“

Oktober 11, 2016 4:29 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

For a theory course at the University of Arts Bremen I wrote a little research paper about the history and future of Mixed Reality in general and Projection Mapping especially. Therefore I came up with the term „Screenization“. Underneath you find the abstract and you can download the whole paper here. The digital Screenization of physical environments, Lorenz Potthast (2016) – Abstract: In the following paper I will try to establish a definition of devices for “screenitized environments” and show their history, current status and potential developments. In the…


RADIX shortlisted at Lumen Prize London

Oktober 2, 2016 10:34 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

We were very delighted that Xenorama’s augmented projection sculpture was shortlisted and exhibited at this years Lumen Prize‘s Winners Gala in London! Now it will continue on the global tour with locations including New York and Shanghai, yeah.…


Participation at INTERFERENCE Festival

August 28, 2016 12:00 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

.. and from Karlsruhe we are travelling straight to Tunis! We are very excited to be part of INTERFERENCE Festival, the first Light Art Festival on the African continent. Update: You can find some documentation photos and videos of what we did here: http://xenorama.com/attyef-almedina    …


MEET YOUR NEIGHBOURS Tshirt printing workshop

August 23, 2016 12:07 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

From the 23rd to 25th of August we organized a T-Shirt silk screen printing workshop with refugees and students at the University of Arts Bremen. The idea behind was to get together people from different countries and cultures, to discuss and develop ideas, but also to create something that can be taken home afterwards and be worn as an artistic expression.…


Attyeff al‘ Medina (with Xenorama)

August 20, 2016 2:19 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Spontaneous Interactive Projection
Together with Marcel Bückner and Tim Heinze at Xenorama…
ATTYÉF AL’MEDINA اطياف المدينة (»Illusions of the Medina«) is an interactive installation developed impromptu and on-site within three days at the INTERFERENCE Festival in Tunis/Tunisia. We found our venue in the Dar Sharif دار شريف, a long abandoned construction site of a former noble residence in the historical city centre, the so-called Medina. The projection was installed in the courtyard on a wall above the visitors, a surface partly covered by ornamental tiles.


Transkutan (with Xenorama)

August 15, 2016 2:15 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Analogously produced Projection Mapping
Together with Marcel Bückner, Moritz Richartz, Richard Oeckel, Tim Heinze at Xenorama…
“Transkutan” is a medical term that describes the transition of a substance through the skin. In our projection show we explore the omniscalar coherence between architecture and body, between facade and skin. The animation follows a fictitious travel through different layers of the human skin. It starts with microscopic cellular processes, investigates the facade as membrane and finally lets parts of the human body interact with the architectural shapes.


First prize at FIMG!

Juli 26, 2016 11:21 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Even if I couldn’t be there for the Festival I am very happy and proud that Xenoramas augmented light sculpture RADIX won the first prize in the micromapping category at FIMG (International Mapping Festival Girona)! And it looks as if the boys had a lot of fun…  …


RADIX (with Xenorama)

Juli 19, 2016 5:06 pm Veröffentlicht von 1 Kommentar

Wooden sculpture augmented by projections and sound
Together with Marcel Bückner, Moritz Richartz, Richard Oeckel, Tim Heinze at Xenorama…
Radix is a wooden root sculpture augmented by projection and sound. The sculpture is brought to life as a fictive entity: part organism, part apparatus. In an ongoing play of light and sound the object undergoes a transformation from it’s initial natural shape towards a technical formation while the two aspects strive for dominance. Organic veins are taken over by digital structures and finally replaced by geometric patterns until the cycle begins


RADIX at FIMG and Platine

Juli 10, 2016 8:13 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

The augmented light sculpture RADIX that I developed together with my colleagues at Xenorama will go on tour to some festivals this summer. First you can check it out at FIMG (International Mapping Festival Girona) from the 15th to 24th of July at Hotel Europa. There will also be a voting for the winner of the micromapping category, so we count on your support. Afterwards from the 15th to 18th August RADIX will be shown at PLATINE Festival for electronic arts and alternatice play forms in Cologne Ehrenfeld.…


Projection at the Schlosslichtspiele… again…

Juli 7, 2016 7:57 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

After last years projection mapping on the palace of Karlsruhe for the 300th anniversary of the city, there will be some more projections again this year curated by the ZKM… and we are on board again as well! As we already worked with 3D animations on the building last year, we decided for a totally new workflow this year that uses analog and organic animation techniques. Therefore we created physical models of the facade in different sizes and materials and filmed them with two synchronized cameras. You can see a first trailer here and some more photos of the making of on Facebook. See you at…


MYN Spring Dinner

Mai 8, 2016 3:26 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Last Tuesday we enjoyed some nice food and conversations from all over the world. Thanks to everybody for coming and contributing! You can find more photos on Facebook. Join us for the next movie evening on the 17.5. again at 5pm at the Auditorium of the University of Arts Bremen at Speicher XI – 8   …


Do You Agree?

Februar 8, 2016 12:55 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Installation about license agreements and digital profiling
Together with Valentin Kraft and Hubert KloskowskiSupervised by Prof. Roland Lambrette…
The installation “Do You Agree?” illustrates the causality between blind acceptance of terms and conditions with the repressed knowledge about their consequences and aims to make the complex concept of digital profiling tangible.   Whenever you install a software or create an online profile you have to accept to some kind of terms and conditions. Even if we all seem to know about the dangers hidden in those contracts, nobody takes


Annual Award – Special Prize Digital Media

Februar 6, 2016 10:16 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

And just after coming back Japan we received the Special Prize Digital Media of this years annual awards ceremony at HfK Hochschultage 2016 for our project „Do You Agree?“. I developed the project together with Hubert Kloskowski and Valentin Kraft The installation „Do You Agree?“ aims to illustrate the causality between blind acceptance of terms and conditions and their unexpected consequences. Documentation photos and videos will follow soon!…


The Petroglyphomat at Japan Media Art Festival

Februar 4, 2016 10:34 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

I had a very awesome time in Tokyo where I was exhibiting my Petroglyphomat at the Japan Media Art Festival. Apart from the very impressing exhibition there was also the Award Ceremony for the New Face Award that I won in the Art Division and I had a little talk about my project. And lots of Sushi of course.           …


Keyboard hand concept

Dezember 22, 2015 8:21 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

During a VR course at University Bremen with Lulu Mendelova, Jonas Schell and Lukas Seiler we came up with the idea to use the palms of your hands as keyboard. I’ve followed the idea a bit and built a semi-functional prototype until I got bored of the outlook of having to learn a whole new way of typing again…    …


MEET YOUR NEIGHBOURS

Dezember 20, 2015 2:48 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Cultural initiative with refugees and students
Together with various other HfK students and employees…
MEET YOUR NEIGHBOURS is an informal but regular meeting with people from the University of Arts Bremen and refugees from the neighbouring accomodations in the Überseestadt Bremen. In December 2015 a group of students and people working at the HfK started organizing movie evenings to get in contact with refugees from the neighbouring accomodations. The simple idea behind it was, that the best way to help people to settle in a new environment is through direct contact and uncomplicated support.


article at kreiszeitung

Dezember 14, 2015 12:25 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

A very nice article about my Petroglyphomat, the Decelerator Helmet and my work with Xenorama​ at the online and print version of the lower saxony Kreiszeitung.  …


MEET YOUR NEIGHBOURS Music Evening 8.12.15

Dezember 12, 2015 3:21 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Last Tuesday we had another wonderful evening with students and refugees at the HfK with very diverse music with a Classic Quartett (Lukas Stubenrauch and Band), Azadi (Kurdish Band),  Jazz Trio (Mathieu Bech, Michael Haupt, Alexander Petratos) African Hip-Hop (Ton Energy, Lion Fullah, Mighty Mac) and even some spontaneous performances. You can find some more photos on facebook.…


New Face Award at Japan Media Art Festival

November 27, 2015 10:00 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

WHUW! I won the new face award at the Japan Media Art Festival in the Media Art category with my Bachelor project „Communication with the Future – The Petroglyphomat“. The Japan Media Arts Festival is an annual festival held by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs since 1997 and is regarded as one of the most important Media Art Festivals in Asia and worldwide. The Petroglyhpomat will be exhibited at the Festival in Tokyo from the 3rd until 14th February 2016.…


The Petroglyphomat at Trieste

November 24, 2015 7:22 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Group 78. International Contemporary Art in Trieste organized a video review of contemporary art projects documentaries of over 42 international artists working in new technologies and the Petroglyphomat is one of them.…


Poster „Refugees Welcome. And than?“

Oktober 25, 2015 9:41 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

On Saturday the 31st October there will be an interesting event for and with refugees. The one-day workshop titled „Refugees Welcome. And than?“aims to discuss about topics of short-term support and long term integration and perspectives. It is organized by Weltwärts Bremen and the posters and flyers for the event were designed by me.…


decelerator helmet at human+ exhibition in barcelona

September 30, 2015 10:17 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

I’ll be traveling to Barcelona tomorrow to prepare my Decelerator Helmet for another exhibition, this time at the Human+ Exhibition at the Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona. The exhibition explores the boundaries of what it means to be human—boundaries of the body, boundaries of the species, boundaries of what is socially and ethically acceptable. The exhibition is curated by Catherine Kramer and runs from the 6th October 2015 until 10th March 2016. I am looking forward to see my helmet in good company with some awesome projects, such as The Machine to be another …


facade dialogs (with xenorama)

September 18, 2015 6:18 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Civic participation projection at CityLeaks Urban Art Festival Cologne
Together with Hans Arnhold, Marcel Bückner, Philipp Kunze Music & Sound Design by Tim Heinze, Richard Oeckel…
The project Facade Dialogs is a participative video installation in the public space that shows different perspectives out and on Cologne Mülheim. The architecture of two facades facing each other are turned into a stage and a lectern that mediates discussions and debates about identity, spatial relations and the developments of the district. The project Facade Dialogs was a contribution to the CityLeaks


hochschultage 2012 in visionary book

September 14, 2015 9:48 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

I am very happy I recently received a proof copy of the Visionary Palette Nr.06 The current issue explores creative usage of transparency in graphic, fashion and product design and features the CI of the HfK Hochschultage 2012 that I developed a loooooong time ago together with Fillipo Barraccani and Mikko Gärtner.      …


facade dialogs at cityleaks festival cologne

August 31, 2015 10:35 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

On the 11th and 12th of September from 10pm Xenorama presents the project „Facade Dialogs“ as contribution to the Urban Art Festival CityLeaks on two facades in Cologne-Mülheim. Walls do not have a good reputation. They are obstacles,they are empty facades. A German saying even says »You talk against a wall« meaning no one is listening to you. The project »Facade Dialogs« changes the face of the wall. Or rather: gives it a character. »Facade Dialogs« gives people from Cologne-Mülheim a chance to tell their stories. Their stories will be projected larger…


Oneironaut (with Xenorama)

August 26, 2015 12:59 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

projection mapping at the schlosslichtspiel on the castle karlsruhe
together with marcel bückner, tim heinze, richard oeckel, moritz richartz Produced by Stadtmarketing Karlsruhe Curated by ZKM | Center for Art and Media Many thanks to the technical support by PONG.LI!…
In August and September 2015 Xenorama was invited by the ZKM to contribute this project to the GLOBALE in the course of the 300th anniversary of the city of Karlsruhe. Our show „Oneironaut – Visions of a lucid palace“ was projected


pecha kucha night durban

Juni 15, 2015 7:06 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

On Wednesday the 17th of July 2015 I will present some of my personal projects and some works I did with Xenorama at the Pecha Kucha Night Durban. The event starts at 18:30 and there will be a lot of other great presentations (including Menzi Maseko talking about the BAT Centre!) For more information check out the Facebook event.…


projection on the karlsruhe castle with xenorama

Juni 13, 2015 10:39 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

I am very proud to announce that we as Xenorama are going to have a Projection Mapping on the castle of Karlsruhe. In the course of the 300th anniversary of Karlsruhe the famous city palace will be illuminated. In our show we will narrate the vision of the margrave Karl Wilhelm which inspired him to build the majestic palace as a centre of the geometric city. The name of the show is ONEIRONAUT — The Vision of a Lucid Palace and it will be premièred on the 8th of August at the GLOBALE2015.    …


BAT Multimedia Centre

Mai 21, 2015 12:06 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

setup and coordination of computer room at community art centre in durban, south africa
Through the weltwärts exchange program Supported by the german  Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the eThekwini Municipality…
From October 2014 until September 2015 I was working as Multimedia Centre Coordinator at the BAT Centre in Durban, South Africa. My stay was part of the Weltwärts program, a social and cultural exchange initiative supported by the german government and the local eThekwini Municipality. The BAT Centre is a community based arts and cultural


digital art exhibition at the BAT centre

April 21, 2015 4:51 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

On Tuesday the 21st of April the BAT Centre celebrated the official launch of its new installed Multimedia Centre with the opening of the Digital Art Exhibition which I was organising and curating. The vision of the Multimedia Centre is to extend access and skills in digital technology and media to collaborators, students, artists and visitors of the BAT Centre. The Digital Art Exhibition aims to give an overview of what artistic approaches and positions are existing on the broad field of Digital Art in Durban and KwaZulu Natal, dealing with or deriving from the increasing digitalization of…


the decelerator and xenorama in india

März 2, 2015 10:35 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

From the 5. – 7. February 2015 me and my colleagues from Xenorama were invited to exhibit at the QUARK Festival at BITS Pilani Campus in Goa, India. After a quite complicated journey we set up my Decelerator Helmet and a 3D printed modell of our Moya Facade Projection Mapping from Genius Loci Festival. Over the course of the three days we had a lot of awesome experiences and met countless inspiring people and heard their stories. PS: Also check out the interesting interview with me in the campus newspaper.          …


the decelerator in highlike book

Dezember 27, 2014 5:24 pm Veröffentlicht von 1 Kommentar

My project the Decelerator Helmet is one of the several great projects featured in the first editon of highlike book. It encompasses several aspects of contemporary culture, providing the user a new form of appreciation of an art book. It is published by FILE – Electronic Language International Festival and SESI publishing house and contains 584 pages with 577 artists from 35 countries.…


the petroglyphomat goes viral

Dezember 15, 2014 6:56 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Just some days after I posted the documentation of my Bachelor project online it is already featured on a number of cool websites and blogs (here are just some of them). That makes me very happy =) – WIRED – Design made in Germany – Gizmodo – Creative Applications – Discovery Channel Canada + A very interesting (german) article from Humboldt Universities „Future Publications in the Humanities“ research project…


hfk bestof award 3rd prize

Oktober 27, 2014 6:41 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

My bachelor project the Petroglyphomat is shown at this years BestOf HfK exhibition at the Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus in Bremen from the 24.10 – 30.12.14. If you are arround Bremen in the next time don’t miss the show and see my project together with a lot of more awesome HfK graduation works! Also this year for the first time, the doped 10 000 € HfK Design Award of Petra and Dieter Frese Foundation was awarded. My project won the 3rd prize and I’m very happy about 2000€ prize money.…


hello durban, hello south africa!

Oktober 26, 2014 4:44 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

After some visa trouble and a quite exhausting travel I safely arrived in Durban in South Africa a couple of days ago and now finally found the time (and the Internet) to write this note. For one year now I will be working as Multimedia Center Coordinator at the BAT Centre, an community centre that celebrates the arts and culture of Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal and South Africa by promoting local talent and skills. I am here with Weltwärts Bremen, an volunteer and exchange programme hhich is supported by the german government. For more Information and further impressions I will launch a specific Blog…


the decelerator at festival della scienza in genoa

Oktober 14, 2014 5:38 pm Veröffentlicht von 1 Kommentar

The topic of this years edition of Genoas Festival of Science is Time. So i was very happy when I received a invitation to exhibit my Decelerator Helmet  by curator of the NeuroArt exhibition Martin Romeo. Sadly I can´t be there in person, so you cannot try the helmet but just look at it from the outside and watch the documentation video.…


communication with the future – the petroglyphomat

September 25, 2014 10:16 pm Veröffentlicht von 15 Kommentare

A positive vandalism machine to send messages to the future
bachelor thesis, integrated design, university of the arts bremen supervised by prof. dennis paul & prof. samuel nyholm thanks to Mulu, Felix, Dennis, Samuel, Jukka, Bene, Raymond, Karin, Leo, Marcel, Björn, Manni, Amir, Christian, Malena, Eileen, Sarah, Rolf, Roland, Vincent, Henning, Ruggero, Tanja, Markus.…
Here you can find additional material about the project: LOW/HIGH The Petroglyphomat is a positive vandalism machine which works as a mobile, computer operated milling cutter, that can send messages to a


moya facade (with xenorama)

August 15, 2014 10:30 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

projection at genius loci weimar projection mapping festival
together with Marcel Bückner, Thorbjörn Geisler, Tim Heinze, Richard Oeckel, Moritz Richartz…
Together with my colleagues from Xenorama I was contributing a projection to one of the three facades of Genius Loci Festival 2014 in Weimar. The show was hosted at the Herderplatz and projected onto the Ohm Krüger House as well as onto the statue of Johann Gottfried von Herder. Herder’s and Krüger’s quite discrepant perspectives served highly inspirational as Heder’s statue has been facing Paul Krügers busk for


a tale on textile at ars electronica animation festival

Juli 20, 2014 6:41 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Our project „A tale on textile – The colony” combines a three dimensional, textile surface with the medium of projection… And now it´s chosen for the „best of“ selection from this year’s Computer Animation  competition at Ars Electronica Animation Festival. The documentation video is gonna be screened during the Festival and also distributed via Blu-ray. The project was a cooperation between Joshuah Howard, Lorenz Potthast and Jonas Wiese at URBANSCREEN.COM and the Hamburg based textile artist and designer Svenja Keune. PS: When you are at Ars…


foosball tournament at hfk

Juli 7, 2014 10:05 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

On the 11th July there will be a table soccer tournament as part of the HfK Summer parts starting from 17:00. As in the years before I was organising the tournament and I´m responsible for the advertisement, this year as life size foosball figure poster and 3d-printed trophies. Come if you dare to play against team Benelicious Podcast! Update: We won the second place… again…     …


winner at genius loci projection festival

Juni 29, 2014 6:08 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Yaey! We won one of the three calls for a projection at the projection mapping Festival in Weimar from the 15th to 17th August! With the Audio-Visual Performance Collective Xenorama we are going to bring to live the facade of the Ohm-Krüger-Haus at Herderplatz in Weimar. So there`s a lot of work, but also a lot of fun ahead!  …


everything you see is old

Juni 12, 2014 2:30 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Recently I was talking with a professor about the fact that the light we can see from the stars is also a look back in the past. Light travels with approximately 300.000 km/s, for example it takes an average of 8 minutes and 20 seconds for the sunlight to reach earth. Imagine a pen with a length of 15 cm. How much older is the end facing away from you than the one pointing at you? It is 0.0000000000500346143 seconds older… fascinating… Every image you perceive is also a look in the past.…


experimenting with smoke holograms

Mai 9, 2014 3:04 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Since I developed the Dream Bubble Machine I`ve been fascinated by the idea of using smoke as voluminous projection surface and was very happy when I then saw this video of japanese scientist using a smoke column as a holographic multi-viewpoint display. Then I thought there could be an easier way to achieve the same result fixing the smoke in a solid shape and using one projector and a mirror system. I used the visual programming environment VVVV to build a simple virtual setup of rendering a 3D object from slightly different angles and then projected it on a plate with adjustable mirrors…


my bachelor thesis

Mai 6, 2014 8:26 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

I´m about to finish my studies of Integrated Design at the University of Arts in Bremen now. On the 5.5. I registered for my Bachelor thesis and now I´ll have time until the 25.8. to do something cool. Here´s my title and abstract so far: COMMUNICATION WITH THE FUTURE What is it that outlasts from a society or an individual? How will these relics are perceived in an unknown future? And who has the right to define what remains from us? In my bachelor thesis I will investigate the ancient concept of individual and social self-assertion beyond the own transience on a formal, social and technological…


experimenting with vvvv particles and leap

April 21, 2014 2:42 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Here is a little video of some quick experiments I´ve been doing with the LEAP motion controller in connection with the visual programming environment VVVV. You can use your finger as a as virtual water hose to prevent a little paper house from burning. I used the amazing CIANT (very nice guys by the way) particle library to emit some fire particles from the surface of the house which disappear when they get in contact with the virtual water particles spread by your finger.…


design for experience award

April 21, 2014 12:08 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Jaey, another good message: The Decelerator Helmet won at the Design for Experience Award in the Category: Bridging Digital and Physical Experiences presented by the UX Magazine.…


decelerating at EMAF

April 18, 2014 11:54 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

From 23 April until 25 May 2014 the Decelerator Helmet will shown at the exhibition of European Media Art Festival in at the Kunsthalle Osnabrück. During the days of the Festival (23.4 – 27.4) there will be a lot of interesting screenings, talks and workshops connected by the topic „we – the enemy“.…


slowed down perception in rehabilitation

April 8, 2014 11:58 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

In December 2013 Dr. Franco Molteni (Director of the Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center in Costa Masnaga) invited me and the Decelerator Helmet to explore possible medical applications of the concept of a slowed down perception in rehabilitation. On the 12.03.14 the helmet was brought to the facilities of the Villa Beretta where several approaches were tested with patients in collaboration withProf. Franco Molteni, Eleonora Guanziroli (Biomedical Engineer, PhD in Applied Mechanics), Dr. Fabio Digiacomo (Physician) and Ruggero Castagnola (Creative Technologist). Even if this…


„a tale on textile“ and „dream bubble machine“ at luminale

März 23, 2014 2:58 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

From the 30.03 – 04.04 I will be exhibiting „A tale on Textile“ and the „Dream Bubble Machine“ at Luminale. The Luminale is a festival of light culture in Frankfurt with arround 180 projects and over 140.000 visitors. My projects will be shown every evening from 19:00 – 23:00 at the Naxoshalle. The project  „A tale on Textile“ combines a three dimensional, textile surface with the medium of projection and was developed together with Svenja Keune and Joshuah Howard during my internship at Urbanscreen. The Dream Bubble Machine …


incredible projects from india

März 19, 2014 1:59 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

While I was visiting Techkriti Festival organised by IIT Kanpur I met a lot of very interesting people with great ideas I want to share at this point: Brij Kothari is a social entrepreneur who invented Same Language Subtitling arround 1999. SLS is simply the idea of subtitling the lyrics of existing film songs (or music videos) on TV, in the ‘same’ language that they are sung in. Call it Karaoke on Bollywood for mass reading! A deceptively simple innovation, SLS is already delivering regular and inescapable reading practice to 150 million weak-readers in India. Gajendra Singh Tanwar is…


the decelerator at techkriti festival in india

März 2, 2014 7:29 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

I´m very happy to exhibit my Decelerator Helmet at the annual Technical and Entrepreneurship Festival Techkriti organised by the IIT Kanpur from the 6th to 9th March. I´m going to be in India a couple of more days before and afterwards and visit the area arround Kanpur and Delhi. I´m very curious and exited :)…


interview with WEAVE magazine

Januar 19, 2014 12:27 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

In the current issue of the german interaction design magazine WEAVE you can find a four page interview with me talking about the process of making the Decelertor Helmet. Here you can find the whole article.…


talk at salon-d

Januar 11, 2014 3:39 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Together with some great people I will talk and discuss about a „good tomorow“ at the 16. January. It is the opening event of dreiforms new design discourse plattform Salon-D and part of the PASSAGEN which are part of the Internationale Möbemesse Köln. And it´s gonna be fun…  …


build your own decelerator helmet

Dezember 23, 2013 9:02 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Everytime I was talking to people about the helmet there came the question when it would be possible to buy it. This was never my approach. It wasn´t thought as a product, but as a experiment. Finally I decided to share the instructions with everybody who want`s to develop his own Decelerator Helmet.…


internship at dreiform in cologne

Dezember 23, 2013 8:26 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

From the 6.1 – 15.3 I will do another internship at Dreiform in Cologne, who are doing „communication and spaces for people and brands“ (self description). I hope to get more insights into spatial design and also will be in charge to establish a digital laboratory in their new office. Also I´m invited to talk about my Decelerator Helmet again at their brand new contribution to the IMM cologne: The Salon D!  …


output: selection

Dezember 21, 2013 8:15 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Yesterday I received a nice package from open:output with the 2013 yearbook including my Decelerator Helmet and a official looking certificate.…


website for klasse vetter

Dezember 2, 2013 8:30 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

I finally finished the website for the class of Prof. Ingo Vetter who is teaching „Sculpture with classic materials“ at the University of Arts, Bremen. It´s a subtle WordPress Design with some nice extras……


„a tale on textile“ exhibited at MKG in hamburg

November 26, 2013 7:57 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

During my Internship at Urbanscreen I developed the augmented sculpture „A tale on textile – The colony“ together with Svenja Keune and Josh Howard. Now Svenja is nominated for the Justus Brinckmann Förderpreis and some of her works (including our collaboration) are exhibited at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. Also our sculpture is shown at an ARTE feature about Svenjas work. I helped her preparing the exhibition and now I have my fingers crossed and hope she wins……


annual multimedia award

November 20, 2013 8:12 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Whuw, the Decelerator Helmet won an Annual Multimedia Award in the category „Digital special formats“. Now it is featured in the yearbook and I got a fancy certificate =)…


a tale on textile (at urbanscreen)

August 28, 2013 7:40 pm Veröffentlicht von 3 Kommentare

A textile sculpture augmented with projections
together with joshuah howard and jonas wiese at urbanscreen in cooperation with svenja keune…
“A tale on textile – The colony” combines a three dimensional, textile surface with the medium of projection. The organic appearance is supported by a subtle illuminated animation, which blurs the boundaries between real and virtual. The project was a cooperation between Joshuah Howard, Lorenz Potthast and Jonas Wiese at URBANSCREEN.COM and the Hamburg based textile artist and designer Svenja Keune. It was developed for the internal


fusion festival (participation at Urbanscreen)

Juli 25, 2013 1:44 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Audiovisual design for the main stage at Fusion Festival
Together with Joshuah Howard, Julian Hölscher, Moritz Horn, Max Negrelli, Lorenz Potthast, Frank Wagner, Jonas Wiese Participation at Urbanscreen…
During my internship at Urbanscreen I was also part of the team that was developing an audiovisual installation for the main stage at Fusion Festival. We designed a site-specific object for a very special location. The shapes of the mounted sculpture are precisely fitting for the projection. Combined with the projected light, the sculpture transforms the hangar


26th floor (at Urbanscreen)26th floor (participation at urbanscreen)

Juli 9, 2013 7:29 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

An augmented sculpture at Four Seasons Hotel Beirut, Lebanon
Participation at Urbanscreen…
This permanent light sculpture was exclusively developed for the rooftop of the Four Seasons Hotel in Beirut. Sculpture development and content development refer to each other in an interdependent design. By assimilating specific aspects of the environment, this work was developed from scratch as a site-specific piece of art. See the whole documentation here at the Urbanscreen website. During my internship at Urbanscreen I was contributing to this project on many levels. I was involved in the conceptual


modular crates

Mai 25, 2013 4:57 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Sound reactive sculpture at the unterseedorf festival
Together with Simon Ulbricht, Rasmus Rienecker and many more…
At the Unterseedorf Festival in Bremen we build a abstract structure out of juice crates which was illuminated by a projector. Also we installed a shoutbox where the visitors could yell their thoughts, wishes or just anger which than would influence the projected contents. We where a big group contributing to the project, my main focus was to generate the projected visuals together with Simon Ulbricht. The Unterseedorf Festival was organized by the Zuckerwerk, a network around


dipdip

Januar 1, 2013 10:24 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Betreut von Prof. Gillian Crampton Smith und Prof. Philip Tabor Zusammen mit Ruggero Castagnola, Maria D’Uonno und Laura Panno…
DIP ist eine Smartphone App die es ermöglicht die Unterwasserwelt in den Kanälen von Venedig zu erkunden. In unserem Konzept sind unter einigen Brücken in der Stadt Mikrocontrollereinheiten platziert die sich drahtlos mit dem Telefon verbinden und es einem erlauben eine Unterwasserkamera fernzusteuern und  zusätzliche Echtzeitdaten zum Zustand des Kanals abzurufen. Die App visualisiert Über- und Unterwasserdaten, wie zum Beispiel die Flußrichtung


design will not save the worlddesign will not save the world

Oktober 10, 2012 11:12 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Finalist at postercompetition Weltformat…
For the 2012 edition of the swiss poster competition Weltformat in Luzern I developed this poster. The given topic was „tomorow„, which I transformed into a only apparently pessimistic looking design. The poster was one out of 20 of the 260 submissions which was nominated and shown in Luzern.


drück mich! (bei HKS)squeeze me! (at HKS)

September 1, 2012 9:23 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Webdokumentation zum Thema Demenz
Bei HKS/AWA Crossmedia…
„Drück mich! / Squeeze me!“ heißt ein crossmediales Projekt der Bremer Journalistin und Filmemacherin Annette Wagner – alias awa crossmedia produktionen – in Zusammenarbeit mit ZDF/arte und filmtank Berlin. Es verzahnt fünf traditionelle und neue Medienformate zum multimedialen Appell an Menschen jeden Alters, sich mit dem belastenden Thema Demenz angstfrei zu befassen – und über Pro und Contra von robotergestützter Therapie in Pflegeheimen zu diskutieren. Eines der Formate ist eine interaktive


doorhandle „welcome“

August 23, 2012 2:29 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

a friendly door handle made of zinc
supervised by prof. andreas kramer…
„welcome“ is a friendly door handle. The outstretched hand is a symbol of openness and friendliness, it gives one the feeling of being welcome. The hard and cold apperance of the metal is combined with the warm connotation of the gesture and thereby creates an elegant and fascinating aesthetic. The project was the winning design of a cooperation between the University of Arts Bremen and the „Initiative Zink“. Other partners were the Fraunhofer-Institut for manufacturing technology and the design manufactury


dream bubble machinedream bubble machine

Juli 7, 2012 12:55 pm Veröffentlicht von 3 Kommentare

Room installation with projections on soap bubbles
Together with Fabricius Seifert Supervised by Prof. Roland Lambrette…
A dark room with a raw, restless machine. It produces soap bubbles filled with smoke and projected images. The contents are hard to recognize, they are moving, flickering and finaly inevitably dying. Shown are images of a fortune-uniformed media landscape, that build dreams as fast as it destroys them. The installation makes light not only visible at the emitter and where it hits an object, but also in the space between. The emerging flying, bodiless images appear as if


the decelerator helmet

Juni 1, 2012 5:15 pm Veröffentlicht von 5 Kommentare

A slow motion helmet for real live
Supervised by Prof. Tanja Diezmann Thanks to Nane Bergmann, Tanja Diezmann, Markus Walthert, Jukka Boehm, Benedikt Jährling, Florian Born and many others.…
The Decelerator Helmet offers the user a perception of the world in slow motion. It is a experimental approach for thinking about our increasingly fast moving, globalized society. You can find more detailed information on the project website. The Idea to decouple the personal perception from the natural timing enables the user to get aware about his own relationship to time. The helmet works as a „reflection-bubble“


werkschau Iwerkschau I

März 1, 2012 12:14 am Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Ausstellungsystem erweitert durch Lichtanimationen
Betreut von Prof. Oliver Niewiadomski Danke an Nane Bergmann, Florian Born, Timothy Lizotte und Christian Meyer…
Im Studiengang Integriertes Design an der HfK Bremen gibt es nach dem 3. Semester eine Zwischenpräsentation (Werkschau I) bei der alle bisherigen Projekte präsentiert und ausgestellt werden.  Zu diesem Anlass entwickelte ich ein Ausstellungssystem das die einzelnen Projekte per Lichtanimation in Szene setzt und so die  Aufmerksamkeit während des Vortrages gezielt lenkt. Mit einem Kurzdistanzbeamer


add me as a friendadd me as a friend

Februar 12, 2012 10:43 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Betreut von Prof. Tanja Prill, Sven Michel Zusammen mit Helene Maus, Yamuna Peters, Wladimir Schwabauer, Wei Qiang…
In der Hochschulpublikation “add me as a friend” zeigen Absolventenarbeiten aller Studiengänge der hfk Bremen, mit welchen Themen sich die StudentInnen 2011 beschäftigt haben, welche Fragen sie aufwerfen und wie es nach dem Studium weitergehen kann. In einer Arbeitsgruppe entwickelten wir eine lebendige HfK-Publikation die alle Studiengänge der Hochschule sichtbar macht, keinen klassischen Jahresbericht. Ergänzt wird die Publikation von zwei digitalen


hochschultage 2012open day hfk 2012

Februar 11, 2012 11:40 pm Veröffentlicht von 1 Kommentar

Corporate Design und Trailer für die Hochschultage 2012
Betreut von Prof. Roland Lambrette, Henning Rogge Zusammen mit Mikko Gaertner, Filippo Baraccani (Trailer) und anderen.…
Das Gestaltung der Hochschultage wird jedes Jahr von einer Gruppe von Studenten erarbeitet. Das Konzept soll im wesentlichen die HfK nach außen publik machen und Menschen für die Hochschultage interessieren. Dabei gilt es zu beachten, die Fachbereiche Musik, Kunst & Design und die vielen Studiengänge angemessen zu repräsentieren. Die konzeptionelle Gestaltung des versucht diesen vielfältigen


Alte WebsiteOld Website

September 4, 2011 8:57 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Meine alte 3D Flash Website…
Meine alte Website www.ciaokästen.de ist aus einer Beschäftigung mit den technischen Möglichkeiten der Realtime 3D Engine Papervision für Flash Actionscript 3 entstanden. Die konzeptionelle Idee zu diesem Projekt kam mir bei der Beschäftigung mit experimentellen Möglichkeiten zur Sortierung von Inhalten mithilfe von Relevanzen. Die interaktive Seite zeigt dem Benutzer eine dynamisch gewichtete Auswahl an Projekten in einer räumlichen Anordnung. Dabei soll die Seite zum Stöbern und entdecken einladen und neugierig machen. Umgesetzt ist die


sculptchairsculptchair

Dezember 18, 2010 11:55 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

Prototyp eines Hockers
Betreut von Prof. Andreas Kramer…
Zwei versetzte Parallelogramme, räumlich an den kürzeren Schrägen verbunden. Die entstehenden Ecken zu- sammengefügt ergeben den SculptChair. Aus dieser simplen Idee resultiert ein Hocker, der den Betrachter fasziniert und zugleich verwirrt. Er fordert die räum- liche Wahrnehmung  heraus, eröffnet  aus jeder Perspektive ein neues Bild, mutet skulptural an und steckt voller neuer Möglichkeiten, Ideen und Ansätze. Die Umsetzung  aus schlichten Multiplex-Platten und die Verbindung nur aus Gehrung, Nut und Feder


3d effektevideo3d effect video

Juli 1, 2009 8:39 pm Veröffentlicht von Schreibe einen Kommentar

3D Animation mit unterschiedlichen Techniken und Simulationen
Danke an Soulcage Department…
Dieser Clip ist mein bisher aufwendigstes 3D Projekt. Er vereint Realfilmelemente mit einem digital animiertem Charakter. Außerdem kommen Techniken zur Simulation von Textilien, Wasser und eine dynamische Partikel-Feuersimulation zum Einsatz. Der Film ist zur Vorbereitung und während meines Praktikums beim Soulcage Departement entstanden und ist mehr ein technisches Experiment als ein narratives oder inhaltliches Projekt. Zuerst analysierte ich die Kamerabewegung aus dem Realfilm