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The master's thesis »Saravá« by Brazilian media artist Pedro Rodolpho Ramos will be shown in the programme of one of the most important documentary film festivals, the IDFA, in Amsterdam. Likewise, the film was selected as one of ten productions for the IDFA DocLab Spotlight, a special category for interactive and immersive highlights and fulldome films.

For his Bachelor's thesis »MateriaLab«, Florian Henschel not only received the Social Design Award of the »German Design Graduates« (GDG) platform, funded with 1,000 euros in prize money by the Hans Sauer Stiftung, but also one of the »Supports«, participation in the »Cradle to Cradle NGO« networking evening. Two further "Supports" went to Master's alumni of the Faculty of Art and Design: Elias Fahle convinced with his customisable orthosis »Parachno«", Maximilian Schatz with his material experiment »Faser.Faden.Filament.«.

Der mit 6.000 Euro und einer eigenen Katalogpublikation dotierte Förderpreis soll an förderungswürdige junge Künstlerinnen und Künstler verliehen werden, die einen europäischen Blick und Bezug, aber auch einen Bogen von europäischen Metropolen und ländlichen Räumen aufweisen. Philipp Valenta studierte von 2007 bis 2012 an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar bei Prof. Norbert Hinterberger sowie Prof. Elfi Fröhlich. Er lebt und arbeitet in Duisburg.

In seinem Format »Nächste Generation« stellt der MDR Kultur den Absolventen der Medienkunst / Mediengestaltung Tommy Neuwirth vor.

Two graduates of the Faculty of Art and Design have been awarded the Thuringian State Scholarship this year. The scholarships, awarded for a period of one year, aim to encourage artists to break new ground and innovate.