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The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is participating in this year's Campus Exhibition at Ars Electronica 2025 in Linz with several contributions. In keeping with the festival motto »Panic«, students and faculty from the departments of Art and Design as well as Architecture and Urbanism are presenting artistic works that critically examine digital technologies, ecological contexts, and social issues.

A short TikTok clip, a provoking comment below the Instagram post – shared and liked thousands of times. This is then followed by a flood of support, outrage, and hatred: Radical anti-feminist and queerphobic voices are becoming dominant in social media discourse. Algorithms, filter bubbles, and targeted campaigns reinforce these tendencies and influence political attitudes. But how do we fight hate and hate speech on social media platforms? From 2 to 7 September, the »Künstlerisch forschende Strategien zur De-Radikalisierung auf Social Media« block seminar invites students to explore digital networks and develop creative counter-strategies to online hate. The results will be presented as part of the finissage of the Kunstfest Weimar.

Unter dem Motto »Wider den Bluff! Filme der Weimarer Republik in den Weimarer Kinos 1925« zeigt die VII. Weimarer Stummfilm-Retrospektive unter Beteiligung des Fachbereichs Medienwissenschaft und der Universitätsbibliothek vom 25. August bis 5. September 2025 ein ausgewähltes Stummfilmprogramm mit Live-Musik. Als etablierter Teil des Weimarer Kunstfest wird eine der bedeutendsten Phasen der Filmgeschichte kontextualisiert. An zehn Abenden sind insgesamt 13 verschiedene Filme zu sehen, die 1925 in den Weimarer Kinos gezeigt wurden.

From 6 to 31 August 2025, around 250 students from over 50 countries will take part in two to three-and-a-half week language and specialist courses at the Bauhaus Summer School. Guests are warmly invited to the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar campus for the final presentation on 29 August beginning at 2 pm.

Dr. Ulrike Kuch, Vice President for Social Transformation at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has been appointed to a position in Vienna. On Thursday, 24 July, the University of Applied Arts Vienna committees confirmed Ulrike Kuch’s election to the position of Rector at the renowned Viennese art academy. She is set to take office in fall of 2025.

For some Freie Kunst and Visuelle Kommunikation (Visual Communication) students, there will be no summer break this year. This is good news, however, for Potsdam residents and for art enthusiasts who enjoy travelling, as a highlight has been added to their holiday plans: Under the title »UNBOXING BAUHAUS«, students are leaving their »Weimar bubble« and taking up residence with their works at two Potsdam exhibition venues from 17 July to 24 August 2025.

On Friday 11 July 2025, the Fine Arts graduate Jakob Nickels was awarded the 2025 Lyonel Art Award for his final project entitled »Gentle Strength«. The award honours the final projects of up-and-coming young talents from the Faculty of Art & Design and is endowed with 2,000 euros in prize money. It has been conferred by the Lyonel Verein zur Förderung von Kunst, Gestaltung und Kultur (Lyonel e. V.)« every year since 2019.

Admittedly, no one has ever been able to visit all the summaery venues and »take in« all the events. With 50 venues and countless openings, presentations, celebrations, award ceremonies and panel discussions, the programme is simply too packed for that.