News about »Beyond Now«

Wie verändert sich unser Blick auf Landschaft im Zeitalter des Anthropozäns? Die Ausstellung »Landschaft im Anthropozän: Thüringer Wald – zwischen Imagination, Ressource und Realität« zeigte in Apolda gestalterische, künstlerische und wissenschaftliche Arbeiten von Studierenden der Fakultäten Architektur und Urbanistik sowie Kunst und Gestaltung der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

Wie lässt sich Landschaft im Zeitalter des Anthropozäns denken, gestalten und erfahren? Mit einer Ausstellung und einem öffentlichen Gespräch am Donnerstag, 21. August 2025, 17 Uhr, im Eiermannbau Apolda lädt die Bauhaus-Universität Weimar dazu ein, dem Thüringer Wald aus verschiedenen Perspektiven zu begegnen – als Imagination, Ressource und Realität.

During the summaery2025 annual exhibition, a panel discussion will take place at 5–6:30 p.m. on Saturday12 July 2025 on the annual theme of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

What happens when people from different cultural backgrounds garden, research, cook or rediscover traditional crafts together? The »Forestmade« project of the Faculty of Architecture & Urbanism shows how environmental education, intercultural exchanges and socio-ecological transformation can be combined – with local roots and an international concept. Initiated by Sonia Fiona Fernandes (European Urban Studies) and Yuen Yi (Sora) Wong (Media Management) and mentored by Anton Brokow-Loga (Research Associate – Chair of Urban Studies and Social Research), the project brings together students, local producers and civil society initiatives.

How can public service broadcasters remain relevant in a digital world, amid misinformation, platform logics and increasingly fragmented media usage? Students from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the University of Erfurt addressed just this question during the »Digital Environments« interdisciplinary module. Their ideas, questions and theories will be discussed and developed further together with experts during a public panel discussion and workshop on Friday, 11 July 2025.

Im Rahmen des bundesweiten Digitaltags sowie der Woche des Wasserstoffs fand in Weimar ein zweitägiger Praxisworkshop für Fachleute aus Wissenschaft, Verwaltung und Praxis statt, um zentrale Zukunftsthemen des öffentlichen Verkehrs (ÖV) zu diskutieren: Digitalisierung und alternative Antriebe.

Masihne Rasuli, artistic staff member in Visuelle Kommunikation (Visual Communication), has long been interested in scientific topics. To get her students interested in the world of research, she will be offering a new course in the upcoming 2025/2026 winter semester: »Science, Bitch!«. In this course, design and science meet on an even playing field. It is not about explaining from an outside perspective, but rather about understanding and communicating from the inside.

Crisis or a source of strength? The seventh and final instalment of the event series in the 2025 summer semester will look at the future of Europe.

Cities are under pressure – environmentally, socially, spatially, and financially. Despite this, they also provide opportunities for new forms of coexistence, for a fairer distribution of resources, for creative solutions in dealing with the climate crisis, and growth. This is where the »Weimarer Stadtgespräche« come in. For the past five years, these discussions have been uniting individuals from administration, academia, and civil society. Not in the ivory tower of theory, but in concrete places, with tangible topics and a clear goal: To consider urban development together.

Exhibitions, biennials, and festivals: When art temporarily takes over spaces, intense and often elaborately staged encounters occur between art, audience, and venue. But what is left over once the art disappears, the audience moves on, and the space is emptied? What social, material, and ecological traces does art leave behind? And who is responsible for taking care of them?