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Product design graduate Felix Sittner has been awarded a support in the »Publication« category of the German Design Graduates 2022 (GDG). His recyclable, circular school backpack »Loopy« will be supported by the platform for child-friendly design »afilii«.

»Kritzelkiste – Der Illustrationspodcast« heißt die Bachelorarbeit von Hannes Naumann im Studiengang Visuelle Kommunikation. Im Interview mit Zeichner*innen spricht er nicht nur über die Arbeit, Techniken und Inspirationen, sondern auch über die Hürden, denen man in der Branche begegnet und das Thema Geld. Eine Besonderheit des Formates ist der »Plot Twist«, eine geheimnisvolle Kiste, die in den Gesprächen eine interessante Rolle spielt.

Wir freuen uns, am Dienstag, 25. Oktober 2022, 18.30 Uhr, den Fotografen Jörg Sasse zu einem Vortrag an der Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung begrüßen zu dürfen. Interessierte sind herzlich eingeladen!

Under the title »HOME ZONE – Francis Zeischegg & Friends«, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar gallery, which currently resides in the rooms of the Kunsthaus Erfurt, presents the works of long-time the lecturer of the Faculty of Art and Design. On display will be works from the past ten years, which will be set in relation to works by »friends«, students and colleagues who have influenced Francis Zeischegg.

The international students of the master’s degree programme “Art in Public Space and New Artistic Strategies” are contributing to the »NORDOST SÜDWEST / NORTHEAST SOUTHWEST« art project in an event entitled »DIS/ORIENTING«. This involves the students spending two weeks in Dresden developing artistic works and initiatives dedicated to questions of migration, borders, belonging and traces of post-colonialism and de-colonialism in a complex present.

All four faculties at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar have elected new faculty management. The new deans have been appointed by the President and will serve a three-year term at the university until the beginning of the 2025 winter semester.

Die VK-Studentinnen Emily Grawitter und Hannah Röbisch, sowie die Künstlerische Mitarbeiterin und VK-Master Absolventin Masihne Rasuli, präsentieren am Freitag, 14. Oktober 2022, im Rahmen des ADC Creative Clubs in Stuttgart ihre Arbeiten.

On 13 September 2022, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman Zhina (Mahsa) Amini was arrested by the so-called morality police in Tehran for allegedly not wearing her hijab in accordance with government standards. Some days after her arrest, Zhina (Mahsa) Amini died in hospital. Her death was caused by lethal police brutality while in custody.

Under the title »Virtual Tinkering«, students from a total of six universities worldwide present the results of the »Public Arts Garage« project. Working together in teams, they realised artistic projects in virtual exchange exploring different approaches to work with and in public spaces. Now a selection of artistic interventions and performances will be presented in a poster exhibition in the university library of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.