How have AI tools transformed our research and design processes? Which algorithms are influencing our disciplines? And how can we orchestrate human creativity and machine intelligence? The theme of summaery is »prompt‽« and is an invitation for visitors to come and discover the University’s projects at the intersection of technology, design, science, and society – not just to see the results, but the process as well. 

The focus on artificial intelligence is no coincidence: This year, the Faculty of Media is taking the lead and has devised the theme. A prompt is a specific input, instruction, or question directed at an AI system. »But we don’t understand »prompt‽« as a technological given; we see it as a subject to be critically examined – even when we consider it as something unrelated to AI systems as tools and sources of inspiration«, explains Prof. Jan Oliver Ringert, Dean of the Faculty of Media. 

»Prompt« is both a call to action and a catalyst. It represents speed, precision, and reactivity. It also refers to the central point of interaction between humans and artificial intelligence: The input field that determines which answers, images, analyses, or designs are generated. The interrobang »‽« combines question and exclamation, representing curiosity and urgency, experimentation and reflection, openness and responsibility.

Between Input and Insight: The summaery2026 Design

Ames Grund, Hannes Altmann, and August Guccione, three students from the Visuelle Kommunikation (Visual Communication) Bachelor’s degree programme, have translated the ambiguity of the theme into a design. Their design interprets the act of prompting mainly as a tool and a craft. The students designed two original stencils for summaery that also serve as the central theme of the posters and have been used (as a tool!) for designing additional formats. 

A map and comprehensive summaery website outline the diverse programme of events: The traditional highlights of the summaery – such as the Opening Event on Thursday evening, the OpenLabNight, and the Lyonel Award Ceremony on Friday, the Alumni Reunion on Saturday, and the Summer Reel on Saturday night – are all set to take place right on schedule, along with some other surprises.

All programme information, including exhibited projects can be found on the summaery2026 website:www.uni-weimar.de/summaery  

SAVE THE DATE
Annual Exhibition of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
summaery2026 »prompt‽«
Thursday, 9 July to Sunday, 12 July 2026

Main Events:

OPENING EVENT
with champagne reception
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 4 pm
in front of the Main Building

OPENING EVENT
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 5 pm to midnight
around the Main Building

OPEN LAB NIGHT
Friday, 10 July 2026, 5 – 10 pm
open labs at the Faculty of Media – »Bytes, Bier und Bratwürste«
Faculty of Media, Bauhausstraße 11

ALUMNI-REUNION
Saturday, 11 July 2026, 5 pm
Bauhaus.Atelier | Info Shop Café
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 6a – Bauhaus.Atelier

SUMMER REEL
Saturday, 11 July 2026, from 8 pm
University Library, Maurice-Halbwachs-Auditorium and Courtyard
Steubenstraße 6