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<div>Project Module<br />
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''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
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''Credits:'' 18 [[ECTS]], 12 [[SWS]]<br />
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''Times:'' Tuesday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
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''Venue:'' Digital Bauhaus Lab<br />
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''First meeting:'' October 13, 13:30 @ DBL<br />
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<u>Description:</u><br />
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Imagine you are observing the processes, objects and living beings that affect, interact with or temporarily inhabit a randomly chosen cubic metre of urban space.<br />
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Maybe you find the intertwined hands of people passing by, cigarette butts with lipstick marks, or a scratched kerbstone repeatedly used for grinding by skateboarders. Maybe you find a particular species of moss that has settled into the cracks between the paving stones, or small holes surrounded by ants. After a rain shower, you might find a puddle that collected the colourful pollen of plants growing on a nearby balcony. Or maybe you will encounter a particular smell, a familiar sound, a gust of air created by a passing bicycle, or the residual heat of a recently parked car.<br />
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In the project module »Roaming the City«, we understand urban spaces as dynamic and multi-layered environments that are shaped by human, animal, vegetal, technological and atmospheric processes. We employ a variety of artistic strategies, alongside analogue and digital media, to observe and analyse these processes, ultimately translating them into new perspectives on our everyday environment.<br />
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On the one hand, the term »roaming« refers to the act of attentively wandering and exploring a physical space. On the other hand, it evokes the idea of »tuning in« to the hidden phenomena and ubiquitous signals that can be captured, analysed and rendered perceptible through sensor technologies. »Roaming the City« invites you to explore both of these modes of experience, for example through participatory formats such as collective walks or speculative city tours, conducted entirely through analogue means or with the support of technological tools. You might also develop your own sensor devices or work with publicly available real-time data from urban weather stations and other infrastructures to translate hidden phenomena and processes in urban spaces into visual, acoustic or spatial experiences.<br />
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Our conceptual exploration of the topic draws on collective observation exercises, artistic positions, and texts from the fields of urban ecology, media theory, and environmental monitoring.<br />
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This project module is geared towards students who enjoy wandering through the city and lingering on the details of everyday environments; who are fascinated by experiencing different perspectives and scales of experience, and who wish to further develop and refine their artistic strategies and modes of translation. The module is open to students from all semesters; no prior knowledge required. Successful completion requires regular attendance, a presentation on the topic, and the development of an independent approach in the form of an artistic prototype and/or an intervention in urban space.<br />
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<u>Participants:</u><br />
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*YOUR NAME<br />
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<u>Schedule:</u><br />
*upcoming<br />
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<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Haus Rucker Co<br />
*Lois Weinberger <br />
*Kate McLean<br />
*Meredith Drum<br />
*Timo Arnall<br />
*HeHe<br />
*Christina Kubisch<br />
*Ingrid Burrington<br />
*Stanley Greenberg<br />
*Nathalie Jeremijenko<br />
*Agnes Denes<br />
*Mark Shepard<br />
*Marco Barotti<br />
*Simon Weickert<br />
*Janett Cardiff & George Bures Miller<br />
*Trevor Paglen<br />
*Mierle Laderman Ukeles<br />
*Bull.Miletic<br />
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<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Steward T. A. Pickett und Mary L. Cadenasso: Urban Principles for Ecological Landscape Design and Maintenance - Scientific Fundamentals<br />
*Steward T. A. Pickett und Mary L. Cadenasso: Urban ecological systems: Scientific foundations and a decade of progress<br />
*William Cronon: The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature<br />
*Philippe Descola: Beyond Nature and Culture<br />
*Donna Haraway: The Companion Species Manifesto: Dogs, People, and Significant Otherness<br />
*Donna Haraway: When Species Meet<br />
*Shannon Mattern: A city is not a computer<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys: Program Earth<br />
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<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
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<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*hold a presentation on the subject<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Roaming_the_City&diff=142735GMU:Roaming the City2026-08-24T13:29:53Z<p>C doeller: Created page with "Project Module ''Lecturer:'' Christian Doeller ''Credits:'' 18 ECTS, 12 SWS ''Times:'' Tuesday 13:30 - 17:00 ''Venue:'' Digital Bauhaus Lab ''First meeting:'' October 13, 13:30 @ DBL <u>Description:</u> Imagine you are observing the processes, objects and living beings that affect, interact with or temporarily inhabit a randomly chosen cubic metre of urban space. Maybe you find the intertwined hands of people passing by, cigarette butts with lipstic..."</p>
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<div>Project Module<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 18 [[ECTS]], 12 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Tuesday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Digital Bauhaus Lab<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 13, 13:30 @ DBL<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Imagine you are observing the processes, objects and living beings that affect, interact with or temporarily inhabit a randomly chosen cubic metre of urban space.<br />
<br />
Maybe you find the intertwined hands of people passing by, cigarette butts with lipstick marks, or a scratched kerbstone repeatedly used for grinding by skateboarders. Maybe you find a particular species of moss that has settled into the cracks between the paving stones, or small holes surrounded by ants. After a rain shower, you might find a puddle that collected the colourful pollen of plants growing on a nearby balcony. Or maybe you will encounter a particular smell, a familiar sound, a gust of air created by a passing bicycle, or the residual heat of a recently parked car.<br />
<br />
In the project module »Roaming the City«, we understand urban spaces as dynamic and multi-layered environments that are shaped by human, animal, vegetal, technological and atmospheric processes. We employ a variety of artistic strategies, alongside analogue and digital media, to observe and analyse these processes, ultimately translating them into new perspectives on our everyday environment.<br />
<br />
On the one hand, the term »roaming« refers to the act of attentively wandering and exploring a physical space. On the other hand, it evokes the idea of »tuning in« to the hidden phenomena and ubiquitous signals that can be captured, analysed and rendered perceptible through sensor technologies. »Roaming the City« invites you to explore both of these modes of experience, for example through participatory formats such as collective walks or speculative city tours, conducted entirely through analogue means or with the support of technological tools. You might also develop your own sensor devices or work with publicly available real-time data from urban weather stations and other infrastructures to translate hidden phenomena and processes in urban spaces into visual, acoustic or spatial experiences.<br />
<br />
Our conceptual exploration of the topic draws on collective observation exercises, artistic positions, and texts from the fields of urban ecology, media theory, and environmental monitoring.<br />
<br />
This project module is geared towards students who enjoy wandering through the city and lingering on the details of everyday environments; who are fascinated by experiencing different perspectives and scales of experience, and who wish to further develop and refine their artistic strategies and modes of translation. The module is open to students from all semesters; no prior knowledge required. Successful completion requires regular attendance, a presentation on the topic, and the development of an independent approach in the form of an artistic prototype and/or an intervention in urban space.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
*YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
*upcoming<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*upcoming<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*upcoming<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*hold a presentation on the subject<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Start&diff=142734GMU:Start2026-08-24T13:23:15Z<p>C doeller: /* WS 2026/27 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses */</p>
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<div>This is the wiki of the Media Environments chair. For the public website please refer to https://www.uni-weimar.de/gmu<br />
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==Featured Projects==<br />
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<b>[[GMU:BFA MFA Finals#Stefan Pach: Markt und Maus |Markt und Maus]] </b> (Market and Mouse) <b>[[Stefan Pach |Stefan Pach]]</b><br />
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<i>How can we make mice live by the rules of investment banking?</i><br />
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To improve the understanding of the dynamics of finance markets the "Market and Mouse"-System tries to simulate a part of the fiscal universe. The main analysis focuses on the aspect of investment banking. This is the field with the biggest possible profit.<br /> "Market and Mouse" investigates how mice decide if they have to choose between high risk but high value options and less lucrative possibilities.<br />
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<b>[http://einsdreidrei.com/Brume Brume] </b> by <b>[[Sebastian Wolf]] & Michael Kugler</b><br />
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In 'Brume', the artist duo Michael Kugler and Sebastian Wolf investigate immateriality by coaxing fog into a semi-geometrical, self-organizing form. The viewer becomes a catalyst for disturbance, generating turbulences that not only illustrate the carrying power of the air, but upset a perceived equilibrium, and reveal the spatial and temporal volatility of such a phenomenon. 'Brume' operates in the margins between ubiquity and the finite, symmetry and the amorphous, transience and permanence, and gesturing at the paradox of immateriality.<br />
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|width="300px"|[[File:super-boxen front.jpg|Synbio|link=GMU:Synthetic Biology]]<br />
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|width="300px"|[[File:Plug and pray.png|300px|plug and pray|link=Mental Radio Arbeiten#Jörg Brinkmann: plug and pray]]<br />
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|Super Cell is a fictional supermarket website offering speculative products related to Synthetic Biology and our project for iGEM 2010. [[GMU:Synthetic Biology|Super Cell]]<br />
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|„You shall not make for yourself an idol...“<br />
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...just google it.<br />
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plug & pray is an interactive artwork that allows believers to pray through their computer. plug & pray makes the search for God easier, with the help of the internet. plug & pray works as if you were praying. Believers use the pray device that activates a google image search for the word „God“ on the act of praying. plug & pray believers see the results of their prayers as spiritualized video, projected before their very eyes. [[Mental Radio Arbeiten#Jörg Brinkmann: plug and pray|Jörg Brinkmann: plug and pray]] <br />
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Check out our archives with [[GMU:Works|student works]] and [[GMU:BFA MFA Finals|thesis works]] of BFA and MFA graduates. <br />
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== Research and Teaching Faculty ==<br />
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Professor<br />'''[[GMU:Ursula_Damm|Ursula Damm]]'''<br /><br />
Marienstraße 5, Raum 304<br /><br />
99423 Weimar<br /><br />
Telefon:. +49 3643 / 58-3607<br /><br />
E-Mail: ursula.damm [at] uni-weimar.de<br /><br />
[http://www.ursuladamm.de ursuladamm.de]<br /><br />
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Artistic Associate<br /><br />
'''[[GMU:Mindaugas Gapševičius|Mindaugas Gapševičius]]'''<br /><br />
Marienstraße 5, Raum 208<br /><br />
99423 Weimar<br /><br />
Telefon: +49 3643 /58-3871<br /><br />
E-Mail: mindaugas.gapsevicius [at] uni-weimar.de<br /><br />
[http://www.triple-double-u.com triple-double-u.com]<br /><br />
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Artistic Associate<br /><br />
'''[[GMU:Alexander König|Alexander König]]'''<br /><br />
Marienstraße 5, Raum 208<br /><br />
99423 Weimar<br /><br />
E-Mail: alexander.koenig [at] uni-weimar.de<br />
[http://www.media-art-theory.com www.media-art-theory.com] <br /><br />
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Artistic Associate<br /><br />
'''[[GMU:Isabella Lee Arturo|Isabella Lee Arturo]]'''<br /><br />
Marienstraße 5, Raum 305<br /><br />
99423 Weimar<br /><br />
Telefon: +49 3643 /58-3871<br /><br />
E-Mail: isabella.lee.arturo@uni-weimar.de isabella Lee Arturo[at] uni-weimar.de<br /><br />
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===[[GMU:Personen|other staff]]===<br />
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==WS 2026/27 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses==<br />
* [[GMU:Roaming the City|Roaming the City]] - Christian Doeller<br />
* [[GMU:Diy biolab drivers license WiSe26|Diy biolab drivers license WiSe26]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius, Alessandro Volpato<br />
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==SS 2026 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses==<br />
* [[GMU:Patterns|Patterns]] - Prof. Ursula Damm, Mindaugas Gapševičius<br />
* [[GMU:Translating_the_Grid|Translating the Grid]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius, Felix Bonowski, Alessandro Volpato, partners from Lumina project<br />
* [[GMU:Immersive Spaces (Part II): Art Installations with TouchDesigner|Immersive Spaces (Part II): Art Installations with TouchDesigner]] - Isabella Lee Arturo<br />
* [[GMU:Relational interactions|Relational interactions]] - Prof. Ursula Damm, Prof. Kerstin Ergenzinger, Mindaugas Gapševičius<br />
* [[GMU:Diy biolab drivers license SoSe26|Diy biolab drivers license SoSe26]] - Alessandro Volpato<br />
* [[GMU:Tracking, Tracing, Patterns: Art in Times of Mass-Surveillance|Tracking, Tracing, Patterns: Art in Times of Mass-Surveillance]]- Isabella Lee Arturo<br />
* [[GMU:Audiovisual Interaction in TouchDesigner|Audiovisual Interaction in TouchDesigner]] - Alexander König<br />
* [https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:Colloquium?veaction=edit#Presentation_Timetable Colloquium] - Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
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== WS 2025 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
* [[GMU:Back-to-Ecosystems|Back to Ecosystems]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius, Isabella Lee Arturo, Bethan Hughes<br />
* [[GMU:sensing-the-campus|Sensing the Campus]] - Christian Doeller<br />
* [[GMU:Wetlands|Wetlands]] - Prof. Angeliki Poulou, Prof. Laura Beloff, Prof. Kerstin Ergenzinger, Prof. Ursula Damm, Dr. Mindaugas Gapševičius, Prof. Dimitris Charitos, Prof. Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos, Prof. Katerina Antonopoulou, Prof. Haris Rizopoulos, Felix Bonowski<br />
* [[GMU:Relationship patterns in the environments|Relationship patterns in the environments]] (Beziehungsmuster in den Umwelten) - Dr. Klaus Herbst (Fritze)<br />
* [[GMU:Diy biolab drivers license WiSe25|Diy biolab drivers license WiSe25]] - Alessandro Volpato<br />
* [[GMU:Computer aided fabrication in the wilderness WiSe25|Computer aided fabrication in the wilderness]] - Felix Bonowski<br />
* [[Immersive Spaces (Part I): Art Installations with TouchDesigner and more]] - Isabella Lee Arturo<br />
* [[DataNatures]] - Verena Friedrich, Dr. Klaus Herbst (Fritze), Dr. Alexander König<br />
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== SS 2025 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
* [[GMU:Technosolutionism + Silicone Nightmares|Technosolutionism + Silicone Nightmares]] - Bethan Hughes<br />
* [[GMU:Hallucinating computers and dreaming non-machines|Hallucinating computers and dreaming non-machines]] - Prof. Ursula Damm, Isabella Lee Arturo, Dr. Mindaugas Gapševičius<br />
* [[GMU:Re-enchanting the field|Re-enchanting the field]] - Prof. Ursula Damm, Prof. Kerstin Ergenzinger, Mindaugas Gapševičius<br />
* [[Speech-to-text-to-Actions]] - Isabella Lee Arturo<br />
* [[Aesthetics of Macroworlds - An interdisciplinary journey into microscopic worlds using Touchdesigner]] - Dr. Alexander König, Alessandro Volpato<br />
* [[The dimensions of Language - The functioning of AI between theory, practice and criticism.]] - Dr. Alexander König<br />
* [[Touchdesigner Basics]] - Dr. Alexander König, Belcim Yavuz<br />
* [[GMU:postcompost-forest-reset|PostCompost – Forest Reset]] - Christian Doeller, Klaus Fritze/Herbst, Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
* [[GMU:Computer-aided-fabrication-in-the-wilderness|Computer aided fabrication in the wilderness]] - Felix Bonowski<br />
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== WS 2024 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
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* [https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:Cybernetic_Subjects_-_Ursula_Damm_(Georg_Trogemann) GMU:Cybernetic Subjects - Ursula Damm (Georg Trogemann)]<br />
* [[GMU:Performing for Machines (Body Work in Cybernetic Systems) - Isabella Lee Arturo]]<br />
* [[GMU:Exhibitionist! (how to do Art Exhibitions) - Isabella Lee Arturo]]<br />
* [https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:The_Plant_Plant GMU:The Plant Plant – Christian Doeller, Klaus Fritze]<br />
* [[GMU:Life_in_an_aquatic_ecosystem|GMU:Life in an aquatic ecosystem]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius, Alessandro Volpato<br />
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== SS 2024 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
*[[GMU:Data as Artistic Material]] - Juliane Götz, Sebastian Neitsch (Künstlerduo Quadrature)<br />
*[[GMU:Winning natural habitats]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius & Klaus Herbst<br />
*[[GMU:Diy biolab drivers licence SoSe24|GMU:DIY BioLab Driver's license]] - Alessandro Volpato<br />
*[[GMU:Growing microorganisms for bioart projects SoSe24|GMU:Growing microorganisms for bioart projects]] - Alessandro Volpato<br />
*[[GMU:Embodiment Toolkit|GMU:Embodiment Toolkit]] - Christian Doeller<br />
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== WS 2023 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
*[[GMU:Beings and Machines]] - Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
*[[GMU:Non-machines]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius<br />
*[[GMU:Tired Machines Orchestra]] - Christian Doeller<br />
*[[GMU:Making the Artist Present. Exploring Performative Practices]] - Martin Mueller (Bauhaus.Modul)<br />
*[[GMU:Diy biolab drivers licence|GMU:DIY BioLab Driver's licence]] - Alessandro Volpato<br />
*[[GMU:Design with Fungi]] - Alessandro Volpato<br />
*GMU: LICHEN Workshop The Lichenlounge featuring Edible Lichen - Dr. Klaus Fritze<br />
*GMU: LICHEN Expedition: Biodiversity in Thuringia Forest - Dr. Klaus Fritze and Dr. Jan Vondrak<br />
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== SS 2023 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
*[[GMU: Maps, Territories and Possibility Spaces]] - Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
*[[GMU:Photosynthesis and I]] - Mindaugas Gapsevicius<br />
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== WS 2022 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
===Projektmodule===<br />
*[[GMU:Construction - Destruction|Construction - Destruction]] - Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
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{{GMU:Lehrveranstaltungen/SS23}}<br />
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== WS 2022/23 – Vergangene Lehrveranstaltungen – Previous Courses ==<br />
{{GMU:Lehrveranstaltungen/WS22}}<br />
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== Lehrveranstaltungen (Archiv) – Previous Courses ==<br />
{{GMU:Previous Semesters}}<br />
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== Equipment ==<br />
* [[GMU:Equipment|GMU Equipment]] – ''Equipment for Students of the Media Environments (GMU)''<br />
* [[Equipment|Mediapoint]] – ''Equipment for all Students of Media Art + Design''<br />
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== Inside GMU ==<br />
* [[GMU:Mailinglist|GMU Mailingliste]] – ''sign up using the [http://listserv.uni-weimar.de/mailman/listinfo/gmu web-interface]<br />
* [[GMU:Links|GMU Linklist]]<br />
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{{Template:Help}}</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=142000GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-05T09:03:35Z<p>C doeller: </p>
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<div>Fachmodul<br />
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''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
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''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
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''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
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''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
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''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
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<u>Description:</u><br />
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Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
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In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
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In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
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Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
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<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Rory grab.jpg<br />
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File:Andi Mülltonne.jpg<br />
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File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Mirjam website.png<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Luisa toilette.jpg<br />
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File:Vanshika sensor.jpg<br />
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<u>Participants:</u><br />
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*[[Media:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|Rory Doyle]]<br />
*[[Media:Luisa Schönn.pdf|Luisa Schönn]]<br />
*[[Media:Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova.pdf|Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova]]<br />
*[[Media:Andreas Balser.pdf|Andreas Balser]]<br />
*[[Media:Mirjam Nowotny.pdf|Mirjam Nowotny]]<br />
*[[Media:Vanshika Yadav.pdf|Vanshika Yadav]]<br />
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<u>Schedule:</u><br />
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[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
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<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
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<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141999GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T10:00:41Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Rory grab.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Andi Mülltonne.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Mirjam website.png<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Luisa toilette.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Vanshika sensor.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
*[[Media:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|Rory Doyle]]<br />
*[[Media:Luisa Schönn.pdf|Luisa Schönn]]<br />
*[[Media:Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova.pdf|Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova]]<br />
*[[Media:Andreas Balser.pdf|Andreas Balser]]<br />
*[[Media:Mirjam Nowotny.pdf|Mirjam Nowotny]]<br />
*[[Media:Vanshika Yadav.pdf|Vanshika Yadav]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141998GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T09:54:09Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Rory grab.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Andi Mülltonne.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Mirjam website.png<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Luisa toilette.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:Vanshika sensor.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
*[[Media:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|Rory Doyle]]<br />
*[[Media:Luisa Schönn.pdf|Luisa Schönn]]<br />
*[[Media:Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova.pdf|Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova]]<br />
*[[Media:Andreas Balser.pdf|Andreas Balser]]<br />
*[[Media:Mirjam Nowotny.pdf|Mirjam Nowotny]]<br />
*[[Media:Vanshika Yadav.pdf|Vanshika Yadav]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=File:Vanshika_sensor.jpg&diff=141997File:Vanshika sensor.jpg2026-03-03T09:53:34Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>vanshika sensor</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141996GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T09:50:38Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Rory grab.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Andi Mülltonne.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:Luisa toilette.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
*[[Media:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|Rory Doyle]] <br />
*[[Media:Luisa Schönn.pdf|Luisa Schönn]]<br />
*[[Media:Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova.pdf|Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova]]<br />
*[[Media:Andreas Balser.pdf|Andreas Balser]]<br />
*[[Media:Mirjam Nowotny.pdf|Mirjam Nowotny]]<br />
*[[Media:Vanshika Yadav.pdf|Vanshika Yadav]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=File:Mirjam_website.png&diff=141995File:Mirjam website.png2026-03-03T09:49:45Z<p>C doeller: </p>
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<div>mirjam website</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=File:Rory_grab.jpg&diff=141994File:Rory grab.jpg2026-03-03T09:47:37Z<p>C doeller: </p>
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<div>rory grab</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=File:Luisa_toilette.jpg&diff=141993File:Luisa toilette.jpg2026-03-03T09:47:02Z<p>C doeller: </p>
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<div>luisa toilette</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=File:Andi_M%C3%BClltonne.jpg&diff=141992File:Andi Mülltonne.jpg2026-03-03T09:46:37Z<p>C doeller: </p>
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<div>Andi Mülltonne</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141991GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T09:42:05Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
*[[Media:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|Rory Doyle]] </br><br />
*[[Media:Luisa Schönn.pdf|Luisa Schönn]] <br />
*[[Media:Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova.pdf|Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova]] <br />
*[[Media:Andreas Balser.pdf|Andreas Balser]]<br />
*[[Media:Mirjam Nowotny.pdf|Mirjam Nowotny]]<br />
*[[Media:Vanshika Yadav.pdf|Vanshika Yadav]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141990GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T09:40:11Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
*[[File:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|none|thumb|Rory Doyle]] </br><br />
*[[File:Luisa Schönn.pdf|none|thumb|Luisa Schönn]] <br />
*[[File:Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova.pdf|none|thumb|Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova]] <br />
*[[File:Andreas Balser.pdf|none|thumb|Andreas Balser]]<br />
*[[File:Mirjam Nowotny.pdf|none|thumb|Mirjam Nowotny]]<br />
*[[File:Vanshika Yadav.pdf|none|thumb|Vanshika Yadav]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141989GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T09:38:13Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
*[[File:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|none|thumb]] </br><br />
*[[File:Luisa Schönn.pdf|none|thumb]] <br />
*[[File:Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova.pdf|none|thumb]] <br />
*[[File:Andreas Balser.pdf|none|thumb]]<br />
*[[File:Mirjam Nowotny.pdf|none|thumb]]<br />
*[[File:Vanshika Yadav.pdf|none|thumb]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141988GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T09:36:52Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|none|thumb]] <br />
[[File:Luisa Schönn.pdf|none|thumb]] <br />
[[File:Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova.pdf|none|thumb]] <br />
[[File:Andreas Balser.pdf|none|thumb]]<br />
[[File:Mirjam Nowotny.pdf|none|thumb]]<br />
[[File:Vanshika Yadav.pdf|none|thumb]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=File:Vanshika_Yadav.pdf&diff=141987File:Vanshika Yadav.pdf2026-03-03T09:35:21Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>STC documentation</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=File:Mirjam_Nowotny.pdf&diff=141986File:Mirjam Nowotny.pdf2026-03-03T09:34:46Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>STC documentation</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=File:Andreas_Balser.pdf&diff=141985File:Andreas Balser.pdf2026-03-03T09:32:43Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>STC documentation</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=File:Daria_Lukianchuk_%26_Maria_Smirnova.pdf&diff=141984File:Daria Lukianchuk & Maria Smirnova.pdf2026-03-03T09:32:10Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>STC documentation</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141983GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T09:31:08Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|thumb|none]] <br />
<br />
[[File:Luisa Schönn.pdf|none|thumb]] <br />
<br />
Rory Doyle <br />
<br />
Daria Lukianchuk <br />
<br />
Maria Smirnova<br />
<br />
Luisa Schönn<br />
<br />
Vanshika Yadav<br />
<br />
Andreas Balser<br />
<br />
Mirjam Nowotny<br />
<br />
Hanna Bremerich<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=File:Luisa_Sch%C3%B6nn.pdf&diff=141982File:Luisa Schönn.pdf2026-03-03T09:30:52Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>STC documentation</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141981GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T09:30:01Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|thumb|none]] <br />
<br />
Rory Doyle <br />
<br />
Daria Lukianchuk <br />
<br />
Maria Smirnova<br />
<br />
Luisa Schönn<br />
<br />
Vanshika Yadav<br />
<br />
Andreas Balser<br />
<br />
Mirjam Nowotny<br />
<br />
Hanna Bremerich<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141980GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T09:29:14Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
[[File:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|thumb|center]] <br />
<br />
Rory Doyle <br />
<br />
Daria Lukianchuk <br />
<br />
Maria Smirnova<br />
<br />
Luisa Schönn<br />
<br />
Vanshika Yadav<br />
<br />
Andreas Balser<br />
<br />
Mirjam Nowotny<br />
<br />
Hanna Bremerich<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141979GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T09:28:37Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
[[File:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|none|thumb]] <br />
<br />
Rory Doyle <br />
<br />
Daria Lukianchuk <br />
<br />
Maria Smirnova<br />
<br />
Luisa Schönn<br />
<br />
Vanshika Yadav<br />
<br />
Andreas Balser<br />
<br />
Mirjam Nowotny<br />
<br />
Hanna Bremerich<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141978GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T09:23:42Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
Rory Doyle <br />
<br />
Daria Lukianchuk <br />
<br />
Maria Smirnova<br />
<br />
Luisa Schönn<br />
<br />
Vanshika Yadav<br />
<br />
Andreas Balser<br />
<br />
Mirjam Nowotny<br />
<br />
Hanna Bremerich<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141977GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T09:22:50Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
[[File:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|thumb|none]]<br />
Rory Doyle <br />
<br />
Daria Lukianchuk <br />
<br />
Maria Smirnova<br />
<br />
Luisa Schönn<br />
<br />
Vanshika Yadav<br />
<br />
Andreas Balser<br />
<br />
Mirjam Nowotny<br />
<br />
Hanna Bremerich<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141976GMU:Sensing-the-campus2026-03-03T09:21:48Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<u>Exhibition:</u><gallery><br />
File:MG 3283 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3237 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3196 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3193 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3282 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3245 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3200 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3226 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3219 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3224 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3259 CD-bba.jpg<br />
File:MG 3293 CD-bba Kopie-bb.jpg<br />
File:MG 3253 CD-bba.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
[[File:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf|thumb]]<br />
Rory Doyle <br />
<br />
Daria Lukianchuk <br />
<br />
Maria Smirnova<br />
<br />
Luisa Schönn<br />
<br />
Vanshika Yadav<br />
<br />
Andreas Balser<br />
<br />
Mirjam Nowotny<br />
<br />
Hanna Bremerich<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=File:STC_Documentation_Rory_Doyle.pdf&diff=141975File:STC Documentation Rory Doyle.pdf2026-03-03T09:15:09Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Rory STC pdf</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141881GMU:Sensing-the-campus2025-12-02T15:10:35Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
[[File:Thumb.jpg|frameless|900x900px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
* Luisa Schönn<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=File:Thumb.jpg&diff=141880File:Thumb.jpg2025-12-02T15:08:34Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>speculative data center</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141804GMU:Sensing-the-campus2025-10-29T12:28:42Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International [https://www.random-international.com/audience]<br />
*Niklas Roy [https://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my-little-piece-of-privacy]<br />
*Philippe Parreno [https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/529-philippe-parreno/]<br />
*David Bowen [https://www.dwbowen.com/telepresentwater]<br />
*Jonah Scott [https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/666587/cover]<br />
*Olafur Eliasson [https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/ventilator-1997/]<br />
*Christina Kubisch [https://christinakubisch.de/electrical-walks]<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske <br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser [https://ingovetter.com/project/adaptation-laboratory/]<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/mga-control-room.html]<br />
*HeHe [http://www.hehe.org/projets/nuage-ver-ivry]<br />
*Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdjfOkPu-E&t=2s]<br />
*Jason Burges Studio [https://www.jasonbruges.com/art]<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
*smart home [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftKArsWaCs]<br />
*smart everything [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVl9RVIznE]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141702GMU:Sensing-the-campus2025-10-13T07:18:33Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International<br />
*Christina Kubisch<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske<br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis<br />
*HeHe<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Other:</u><br />
<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine [https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/tv/what-the-x-files-got-wrong-about-ai-and-what-it-got-right/]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141701GMU:Sensing-the-campus2025-10-13T07:14:13Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International<br />
*Christina Kubisch<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske<br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis<br />
*HeHe<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
*The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine<br />
*...<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141700GMU:Sensing-the-campus2025-10-13T07:07:01Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International<br />
*Christina Kubisch<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske<br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis<br />
*HeHe<br />
*Nedko Sodakov<br />
*...<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141690GMU:Sensing-the-campus2025-10-10T16:09:55Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International<br />
*Christina Kubisch<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske<br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis<br />
*...<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://carbonfarm.us/555/bennetexcerpt.pdf]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141688GMU:Sensing-the-campus2025-10-10T15:57:52Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International<br />
*Christina Kubisch<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske<br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis<br />
*...<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1602607338&v=1602607338]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – A City is Not a Computer. Other Urban Intelligences [https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691226750/a-city-is-not-a-computer-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOorB-whQXMgq_Jx8PoKJ9gvHpQZpDquuDp7HFtKzhRVXkOOiPsrP]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141628GMU:Sensing-the-campus2025-10-06T10:20:25Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*related media art positions<br />
*concepts of interactivity and sensor-actuator-systems<br />
*concepts of smart home & IOT technologies<br />
*DIY Electronics & ESP32 programming<br />
*Sensors & Actuators<br />
*Networking & data exchange with ESP32<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Konstantin Grcic & Random International<br />
*Christina Kubisch<br />
*Charlotte Poseneske<br />
*Phillippe Parreno<br />
*Ingo Vetter & Annette Weisser<br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis<br />
*...<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*Udo Brandes – Mikrocontroller ESP32 [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1838896724&v=1838896724]<br />
*Jennifer Gabrys – How to Do Things with Sensors [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1877802816&v=1877802816]<br />
*Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter: a political ecology of things [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A1602607338&v=1602607338]<br />
*Katharina Hoppe – Neue Materialismen zur Einführung [https://bibsearch.uni-weimar.de/search?q=id%3A174386440X&v=174386440X]<br />
*Michel Serres – The Parasite [https://xenopraxis.net/readings/serres_parasite.pdf]<br />
*Shannon Mattern – Deep Mapping the Media City [https://icd.wordsinspace.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mattern_deepmapping.pdf]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141627GMU:Sensing-the-campus2025-10-06T09:58:08Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
[[File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg|866x866px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=File:Sensing_the_Campus_-_Schedule.jpg&diff=141626File:Sensing the Campus - Schedule.jpg2025-10-06T09:56:55Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Sensing the Campus - Schedule</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141451GMU:Sensing-the-campus2025-08-12T07:38:45Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 23, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141449GMU:Sensing-the-campus2025-08-11T13:43:02Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 16, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Materials:</u><br />
*Github Repo [https://github.com/diyElectronicsLab/SensingTheCampus]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141448GMU:Sensing-the-campus2025-08-11T13:40:00Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 16, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Sensing-the-campus&diff=141447GMU:Sensing-the-campus2025-08-11T13:39:12Z<p>C doeller: Created page with "Fachmodul ''Lecturer:'' Christian Doeller ''Credits:'' 6 ECTS, 4 SWS ''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00 ''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab) ''First meeting:'' October 16, 13:30 @ B15, K07 <u>Description:</u> Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and exp..."</p>
<hr />
<div>Fachmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Bauhausstraße 15, room K07 (DIY Electronics Lab)<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' October 16, 13:30 @ B15, K07<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Clicking sounds of RFID-controlled door locks; footsteps echoing through hallways and stairwells; wastewater rushing intermittently through drainpipes; airflows being drawn in, guided through a labyrinth of shafts, and expelled back into the environment. Architectural infrastructures, once activated, unfold specific rhythms that more or less subtly manifest as physical phenomena such as sounds, vibrations, pulses of light, or movement. <br />
<br />
In the seminar »Sensing the Campus«, we explore the university’s architectural infrastructure as a living organism. Our focus lies on the subtle, often overlooked traces and side effects of human and non-human interaction with the built environment. We begin with simple exercises that sharpen our bodily senses for processes that literally take place »behind the façade«. Subsequently, we work with electronic sensors to detect these phenomena and make them accessible as digital data. Our aim is to develop artistic experiments in the form of »Sensing Nodes« – parasitic detectors, that we distribute across the campus. Ultimately, we feed the collected data into a speculative data center, where it will be artistically visualized or transformed into new experiences such as movements, light impulses, or sounds. <br />
<br />
In a series of workshops, we learn to work with microcontrollers (ESP32), electronic sensors, actuators (motors, LEDs, sound) and basic IOT applications. We practice sensitive observation of our everyday surroundings and design artistic concepts for detecting and translating our favorite phenomena. All participants will develop individual prototypes. Finally, we will activate and present our speculative data center as an immersive installation during the Winterwerkschau. <br />
<br />
Open to beginners, no prior knowledge necessary. Requirements: interest in electronics and programming, enthusiasm for speculative artistic concepts, and a strong curiosity about the subtle and hidden processes of our everyday environment. Please register via email by October 12, 2025, to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de with a short motivation letter and the subject »Sensing the Campus«.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*develop a prototype<br />
*present your prototype during Winterwerkschau<br />
*finalize a documentation on this wiki page</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Start&diff=141446GMU:Start2025-08-11T13:35:19Z<p>C doeller: </p>
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<div>This is the wiki of the Media Environments chair. For the public website please refer to https://www.uni-weimar.de/gmu<br />
<br />
==Featured Projects==<br />
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<b>[[GMU:BFA MFA Finals#Stefan Pach: Markt und Maus |Markt und Maus]] </b> (Market and Mouse) <b>[[Stefan Pach |Stefan Pach]]</b><br />
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<i>How can we make mice live by the rules of investment banking?</i><br />
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To improve the understanding of the dynamics of finance markets the "Market and Mouse"-System tries to simulate a part of the fiscal universe. The main analysis focuses on the aspect of investment banking. This is the field with the biggest possible profit.<br /> "Market and Mouse" investigates how mice decide if they have to choose between high risk but high value options and less lucrative possibilities.<br />
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|width="300px"|[[File:Brume1.jpg|300px|Brume|link=GMU:BFA MFA Finals#Sebastian Wolf .26 Michael Kugler: Brume]]<br />
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<b>[http://einsdreidrei.com/Brume Brume] </b> by <b>[[Sebastian Wolf]] & Michael Kugler</b><br />
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In 'Brume', the artist duo Michael Kugler and Sebastian Wolf investigate immateriality by coaxing fog into a semi-geometrical, self-organizing form. The viewer becomes a catalyst for disturbance, generating turbulences that not only illustrate the carrying power of the air, but upset a perceived equilibrium, and reveal the spatial and temporal volatility of such a phenomenon. 'Brume' operates in the margins between ubiquity and the finite, symmetry and the amorphous, transience and permanence, and gesturing at the paradox of immateriality.<br />
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|width="300px"|[[File:super-boxen front.jpg|Synbio|link=GMU:Synthetic Biology]]<br />
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|width="300px"|[[File:Plug and pray.png|300px|plug and pray|link=Mental Radio Arbeiten#Jörg Brinkmann: plug and pray]]<br />
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|Super Cell is a fictional supermarket website offering speculative products related to Synthetic Biology and our project for iGEM 2010. [[GMU:Synthetic Biology|Super Cell]]<br />
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|„You shall not make for yourself an idol...“<br />
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...just google it.<br />
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plug & pray is an interactive artwork that allows believers to pray through their computer. plug & pray makes the search for God easier, with the help of the internet. plug & pray works as if you were praying. Believers use the pray device that activates a google image search for the word „God“ on the act of praying. plug & pray believers see the results of their prayers as spiritualized video, projected before their very eyes. [[Mental Radio Arbeiten#Jörg Brinkmann: plug and pray|Jörg Brinkmann: plug and pray]] <br />
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Check out our archives with [[GMU:Works|student works]] and [[GMU:BFA MFA Finals|thesis works]] of BFA and MFA graduates. <br />
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== Research and Teaching Faculty ==<br />
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Professor<br />'''[[GMU:Ursula_Damm|Ursula Damm]]'''<br /><br />
Marienstraße 5, Raum 304<br /><br />
99423 Weimar<br /><br />
Telefon:. +49 3643 / 58-3607<br /><br />
E-Mail: ursula.damm [at] uni-weimar.de<br /><br />
[http://www.ursuladamm.de ursuladamm.de]<br /><br />
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Artistic Associate<br /><br />
'''[[GMU:Mindaugas Gapševičius|Mindaugas Gapševičius]]'''<br /><br />
Marienstraße 5, Raum 208<br /><br />
99423 Weimar<br /><br />
Telefon: +49 3643 /58-3871<br /><br />
E-Mail: mindaugas.gapsevicius [at] uni-weimar.de<br /><br />
[http://www.triple-double-u.com triple-double-u.com]<br /><br />
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Artistic Associate<br /><br />
'''[[GMU:Alexander König|Alexander König]]'''<br /><br />
Marienstraße 5, Raum 208<br /><br />
99423 Weimar<br /><br />
E-Mail: alexander.koenig [at] uni-weimar.de<br />
[http://www.media-art-theory.com www.media-art-theory.com] <br /><br />
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Artistic Associate<br /><br />
'''[[GMU:Isabella Lee Arturo|Isabella Lee Arturo]]'''<br /><br />
Marienstraße 5, Raum 305<br /><br />
99423 Weimar<br /><br />
Telefon: +49 3643 /58-3871<br /><br />
E-Mail: isabella.lee.arturo@uni-weimar.de isabella Lee Arturo[at] uni-weimar.de<br /><br />
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===[[GMU:Personen|other staff]]===<br />
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== WS 2025 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
* [[GMU:sensing-the-campus|Sensing the Campus]] - Christian Doeller<br />
<br />
== SS 2025 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
* [[GMU:Technosolutionism + Silicone Nightmares|Technosolutionism + Silicone Nightmares]] - Bethan Hughes<br />
* [[GMU:Hallucinating computers and dreaming non-machines|Hallucinating computers and dreaming non-machines]] - Prof. Ursula Damm, Isabella Lee Arturo, Dr. Mindaugas Gapševičius<br />
* [[GMU:Re-enchanting the field|Re-enchanting the field]] - Prof. Ursula Damm, Prof. Kerstin Ergenzinger, Mindaugas Gapševičius<br />
* [[Speech-to-text-to-Actions]] - Isabella Lee Arturo<br />
* [[Aesthetics of Macroworlds - An interdisciplinary journey into microscopic worlds using Touchdesigner]] - Dr. Alexander König, Alessandro Volpato<br />
* [[The dimensions of Language - The functioning of AI between theory, practice and criticism.]] - Dr. Alexander König<br />
* [[Touchdesigner Basics]] - Dr. Alexander König, Belcim Yavuz<br />
* [[GMU:postcompost-forest-reset|PostCompost – Forest Reset]] - Christian Doeller, Klaus Fritze/Herbst, Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
* [[GMU:Computer-aided-fabrication-in-the-wilderness|Computer aided fabrication in the wilderness]] - Felix Bonowski<br />
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== WS 2024 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
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* [https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:Cybernetic_Subjects_-_Ursula_Damm_(Georg_Trogemann) GMU:Cybernetic Subjects - Ursula Damm (Georg Trogemann)]<br />
* [[GMU:Performing for Machines (Body Work in Cybernetic Systems) - Isabella Lee Arturo]]<br />
* [[GMU:Exhibitionist! (how to do Art Exhibitions) - Isabella Lee Arturo]]<br />
* [https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:The_Plant_Plant GMU:The Plant Plant – Christian Doeller, Klaus Fritze]<br />
* [[GMU:Life_in_an_aquatic_ecosystem|GMU:Life in an aquatic ecosystem]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius, Alessandro Volpato<br />
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== SS 2024 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
*[[GMU:Data as Artistic Material]] - Juliane Götz, Sebastian Neitsch (Künstlerduo Quadrature)<br />
*[[GMU:Winning natural habitats]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius & Klaus Herbst<br />
*[[GMU:Diy biolab drivers licence SoSe24|GMU:DIY BioLab Driver's license]] - Alessandro Volpato<br />
*[[GMU:Growing microorganisms for bioart projects SoSe24|GMU:Growing microorganisms for bioart projects]] - Alessandro Volpato<br />
*[[GMU:Embodiment Toolkit|GMU:Embodiment Toolkit]] - Christian Doeller<br />
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== WS 2023 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
*[[GMU:Beings and Machines]] - Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
*[[GMU:Non-machines]] - Mindaugas Gapševičius<br />
*[[GMU:Tired Machines Orchestra]] - Christian Doeller<br />
*[[GMU:Making the Artist Present. Exploring Performative Practices]] - Martin Mueller (Bauhaus.Modul)<br />
*[[GMU:Diy biolab drivers licence|GMU:DIY BioLab Driver's licence]] - Alessandro Volpato<br />
*[[GMU:Design with Fungi]] - Alessandro Volpato<br />
*GMU: LICHEN Workshop The Lichenlounge featuring Edible Lichen - Dr. Klaus Fritze<br />
*GMU: LICHEN Expedition: Biodiversity in Thuringia Forest - Dr. Klaus Fritze and Dr. Jan Vondrak<br />
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== SS 2023 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
*[[GMU: Maps, Territories and Possibility Spaces]] - Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
*[[GMU:Photosynthesis and I]] - Mindaugas Gapsevicius<br />
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== WS 2022 – Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen – Current Courses ==<br />
===Projektmodule===<br />
*[[GMU:Construction - Destruction|Construction - Destruction]] - Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
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{{GMU:Lehrveranstaltungen/SS23}}<br />
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== WS 2022/23 – Vergangene Lehrveranstaltungen – Previous Courses ==<br />
{{GMU:Lehrveranstaltungen/WS22}}<br />
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== Lehrveranstaltungen (Archiv) – Previous Courses ==<br />
{{GMU:Previous Semesters}}<br />
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== Equipment ==<br />
* [[GMU:Equipment|GMU Equipment]] – ''Equipment for Students of the Media Environments (GMU)''<br />
* [[Equipment|Mediapoint]] – ''Equipment for all Students of Media Art + Design''<br />
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== Inside GMU ==<br />
* [[GMU:Mailinglist|GMU Mailingliste]] – ''sign up using the [http://listserv.uni-weimar.de/mailman/listinfo/gmu web-interface]<br />
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{{Template:Help}}</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Postcompost-forest-reset&diff=141173GMU:Postcompost-forest-reset2025-05-22T13:15:26Z<p>C doeller: </p>
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<div>Projektmodul<br />
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''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]], Klaus Fritze, Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
<br />
''Student Assistant:'' Leandra Schieder<br />
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''Credits:'' 18 [[ECTS]], 16 [[SWS]]<br />
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''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
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''Venue:'' Marienstraße 7b, room 104<br />
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''First meeting:'' April 17, 13:30 @ t.b.a.<br />
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[[File:ForestReset_thumb.jpg|frameless|960x960px]]<br />
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<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Vast stretches of woodland reminiscent of lunar landscapes; heavy forestry machinery for the efficient clearing of infected trees; countless shipping containers and lorry loads full of felled timber piled up in forest car parks.<br />
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These are the consequences of the consistent afforestation with spruce trees in recent decades; their monoculture has led to an increased vulnerability of the Thuringian forest landscape. In this environment, »Buchbunder« and »Kupferstecher« - both descendants of bark beetles - found excellent living conditions. They were able to feed on their favourite trees in peace. What remains is a dystopian scenery of destruction, which at the same time heralds a new phase of ecological transformation: Berry bushes, ferns, mosses and lichens find a new habitat among the remnants of dead wood.<br />
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In the project module »PostCompost - Forest Reset«, we will dedicate ourselves to artistically examining the traces and effects of this drastic transformation. At the centre of the seminar is an excursion to the deforested areas of Thuringian landscapes. Here we will form a temporary artistic research group that will investigate the area from various perspectives using different forms of documentation (e.g. collecting, drawing, mapping, photographing, filming) and DIY technologies (e.g. electronic sensors, 3D scanning). We explicitly focus on interdisciplinary collaboration within the group and a lively exchange with local actors. Our aim is to construct a fragmentary description of the site that addresses the phenomenon of »forest reset« with individual, artistic and speculative approaches. Prior to the excursion, we will learn about historical, ecological and political aspects by means of short presentations. The processes and results of our artistic field research will be presented as part of the Summaery 2025.<br />
<br />
The excursion is planned for 2 – 6 June (please note: there will be a fee of about 200 Euro per person). Successful completion of the project module includes a short presentation, participation in the excursion, the development of an artistic documentation and active participation in the Summaery 2025 exhibition. Group work is explicitly encouraged. The seminar is open to all semesters and departments, no prior knowledge is required. Registration with the subject »Forest Reset« and a short letter of motivation by 6 April 2025 via email to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de.<br />
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<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:ForestReset-Schedule.jpg|frameless|800x800px]]<br />
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<u>Schedule:</u><br />
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17. April, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– first meeting<br />
<br />
24. April, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– presentations I<br />
<br />
8. May, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– presentations II<br />
<br />
'''15. May, 13:30, Digital Bauhaus Lab''' '''–– Artist Talk'''<br />
<br />
22. May, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– presentations III, excursion planning<br />
<br />
'''2. June – 6. June –– Excursion to Hohenfelden / Kranichfeld'''<br />
<br />
'''20. June – 21. June –– Workshop with Merle Petsch and Emil Kowalzcyk'''<br />
<br />
26. June, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– individual consultations, finish documentations, prepare for Summaery<br />
<br />
3. July 3, t.b.a. –– prepare for Summaery, setting up exhibition<br />
<br />
'''July 10 – July 13 –– Summaery 2025'''<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*concept of oppositions like nature / culture, wilderness / civilization<br />
*topos of the german forest & romanticism in the woods<br />
*economic and ecological aspects of the forest<br />
*history of the forest in Thüringen<br />
*definitions of »Unkraut« and »Kulturpflanze«<br />
*dynamics of demolition, reset and new beginnings<br />
*processes of succession and renaturation<br />
*Monoculture / Permaculture<br />
*anthropocene and climate change<br />
*»Umwelt« according to Jakob von Üexküll<br />
*strategies of artistic research and documentation<br />
*the romantic era <br />
*social media content: lonely men who cook or build huts in the woods<br />
*Dannenröder Forst / Eco Activism [https://www.google.com/search?q=dannenr%C3%B6der+forst&rlz=1C5CHFA_enDE1033DE1034&oq=Dannenr%C3%B6der+Forst&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDAgAECMYJxiABBiKBTIMCAAQIxgnGIAEGIoFMggIARAAGBYYHjIICAIQABgWGB4yCAgDEAAYFhgeMggIBBAAGBYYHjIICAUQABgWGB4yCAgGEAAYFhgeMgYIBxBFGDzSAQcyMzlqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:7a13d8ce,vid:GTPZN0Kkj4k,st:0]<br />
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<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/tea/index.html]<br />
*Markus Maeder [https://marcusmaeder.ch/]<br />
*Annelie Berner [https://annelieberner.com/Plant-Futures]<br />
*Franziska Klose [https://www.franziskaklose.de/the-new-wild/]<br />
*Davor Sanvincenti [https://davorsanvincenti.com/work/]<br />
*Anna Tsing [https://feralatlas.org/]<br />
*Future Farmers (forest radio stations) [https://www.futurefarmers.com/]<br />
*Raitis Smits & Rasa Smite [https://smitesmits.com/AtmosphericForest.html]<br />
*Ivo Weber [https://waldfegen.com/]<br />
*Michael Sailsdorfer [https://sailstorfer.com/works/forst] [http://www.alfredkurz.de/albums/waldputz/]<br />
*Zheng Bo / Queer Ecology [https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/artwork/92456/Zheng-Bo-Pteridophilia-I-IV?lang=en] [https://vimeo.com/577497991]<br />
*Thomas Struth [https://www.mgksiegen.de/de/sammlung/62078-paradise]<br />
*Julius von Bismarck [https://juliusvonbismarck.com/bank/index.php/projects/baeume-ohne-grenzen/]<br />
*Vija Celmins [https://www.documenta14.de/de/artists/13590/vija-celmins]<br />
*Gil Delindro [http://www.delindro.com/selected-work.html]<br />
*Nina Schuiki [https://mdbk.de/museumskarree/]<br />
*Zimoun [https://vimeo.com/6191050]<br />
*Construct Lab [https://old.constructlab.net/projects/waldraum/]<br />
*Fabian Knecht [https://fabianknecht.de/]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*philippe descola, ''Beyond Nature and Culture / Jenseits Natur Kultur''<br />
*Eva Horn, Hannes Bergthaller, ''Anthropozän zur Einführung''<br />
*Jakob von Üexküll ''Umwelt [https://monoskop.org/images/1/1f/Uexkuell_Jakob_von_Streifzuge_durch_die_Umwelten_von_Tieren_und_Menschen_Ein_Bilderbuch_unsichtbarer_Welten_1956.pdf]''<br />
*Donna Haraway, ''Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3178066?seq=1]''<br />
*Marcus Maeder (Hg.), ''Kunst, Wissenschaft, Natur: Zur Ästhetik und Epistemologie der künstlerisch-wissenschaftlichen Naturbeobachtung''<br />
*Bruno Latour, ''Circulating Reference [http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/downloads/53-PANDORA-TOPOFIL-pdf.pdf]''<br />
*Simon Schama, ''Der Traum von der Wildnis. Natur als Imagination''<br />
<br />
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<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*short presentation on the topic<br />
*develop artistic documentation</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Postcompost-forest-reset&diff=140954GMU:Postcompost-forest-reset2025-04-25T10:14:04Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Projektmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]], Klaus Fritze, Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
<br />
''Student Assistant:'' Leandra Schieder<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 18 [[ECTS]], 16 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Marienstraße 7b, room 104<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' April 17, 13:30 @ t.b.a.<br />
<br />
[[File:ForestReset_thumb.jpg|frameless|960x960px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Vast stretches of woodland reminiscent of lunar landscapes; heavy forestry machinery for the efficient clearing of infected trees; countless shipping containers and lorry loads full of felled timber piled up in forest car parks.<br />
<br />
These are the consequences of the consistent afforestation with spruce trees in recent decades; their monoculture has led to an increased vulnerability of the Thuringian forest landscape. In this environment, »Buchbunder« and »Kupferstecher« - both descendants of bark beetles - found excellent living conditions. They were able to feed on their favourite trees in peace. What remains is a dystopian scenery of destruction, which at the same time heralds a new phase of ecological transformation: Berry bushes, ferns, mosses and lichens find a new habitat among the remnants of dead wood.<br />
<br />
In the project module »PostCompost - Forest Reset«, we will dedicate ourselves to artistically examining the traces and effects of this drastic transformation. At the centre of the seminar is an excursion to the deforested areas of Thuringian landscapes. Here we will form a temporary artistic research group that will investigate the area from various perspectives using different forms of documentation (e.g. collecting, drawing, mapping, photographing, filming) and DIY technologies (e.g. electronic sensors, 3D scanning). We explicitly focus on interdisciplinary collaboration within the group and a lively exchange with local actors. Our aim is to construct a fragmentary description of the site that addresses the phenomenon of »forest reset« with individual, artistic and speculative approaches. Prior to the excursion, we will learn about historical, ecological and political aspects by means of short presentations. The processes and results of our artistic field research will be presented as part of the Summaery 2025.<br />
<br />
The excursion is planned for 2 – 6 June (please note: there will be a fee of about 200 Euro per person). Successful completion of the project module includes a short presentation, participation in the excursion, the development of an artistic documentation and active participation in the Summaery 2025 exhibition. Group work is explicitly encouraged. The seminar is open to all semesters and departments, no prior knowledge is required. Registration with the subject »Forest Reset« and a short letter of motivation by 6 April 2025 via email to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:ForestReset-Schedule.jpg|frameless|800x800px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
17. April, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– first meeting<br />
<br />
24. April, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– presentations I<br />
<br />
8. May, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– presentations II<br />
<br />
'''15. May, 13:30, Digital Bauhaus Lab''' '''–– Artist Talk'''<br />
<br />
22. May, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– presentations III, excursion planning<br />
<br />
'''2. June – 6. June –– Excursion to Hohenfelden / Kranichfeld'''<br />
<br />
'''20. June – 21. June –– Workshop with Merle Petsch and Emil Kowalzcyk'''<br />
<br />
26. June, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– individual consultations, finish documentations, prepare for Summaery<br />
<br />
3. July 3, t.b.a. –– prepare for Summaery, setting up exhibition<br />
<br />
'''July 10 – July 13 –– Summaery 2025'''<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*concept of oppositions like nature / culture, wilderness / civilization<br />
*topos of the german forest & romanticism in the woods<br />
*economic and ecological aspects of the forest<br />
*history of the forest in Thüringen<br />
*definitions of »Unkraut« and »Kulturpflanze«<br />
*dynamics of demolition, reset and new beginnings<br />
*processes of succession and renaturation<br />
*Monoculture / Permaculture<br />
*anthropocene and climate change<br />
*»Umwelt« according to Jakob von Üexküll<br />
*strategies of artistic research and documentation<br />
*the romantic era <br />
*social media content: lonely men who cook or build huts in the woods<br />
*Dannenröder Forst / Eco Activism [https://www.google.com/search?q=dannenr%C3%B6der+forst&rlz=1C5CHFA_enDE1033DE1034&oq=Dannenr%C3%B6der+Forst&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDAgAECMYJxiABBiKBTIMCAAQIxgnGIAEGIoFMggIARAAGBYYHjIICAIQABgWGB4yCAgDEAAYFhgeMggIBBAAGBYYHjIICAUQABgWGB4yCAgGEAAYFhgeMgYIBxBFGDzSAQcyMzlqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:7a13d8ce,vid:GTPZN0Kkj4k,st:0]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/tea/index.html]<br />
*Markus Maeder [https://marcusmaeder.ch/]<br />
*Annelie Berner [https://annelieberner.com/Plant-Futures]<br />
*Franziska Klose [https://www.franziskaklose.de/the-new-wild/]<br />
*Davor Sanvincenti [https://davorsanvincenti.com/work/]<br />
*Anna Tsing [https://feralatlas.org/]<br />
*Future Farmers (forest radio stations) [https://www.futurefarmers.com/]<br />
*Raitis Smits & Rasa Smite [https://smitesmits.com/AtmosphericForest.html]<br />
*Ivo Weber [https://waldfegen.com/]<br />
*Michael Sailsdorfer [https://sailstorfer.com/works/forst] [http://www.alfredkurz.de/albums/waldputz/]<br />
*Zheng Bo / Queer Ecology [https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/artwork/92456/Zheng-Bo-Pteridophilia-I-IV?lang=en] [https://vimeo.com/577497991]<br />
*Thomas Struth [https://www.mgksiegen.de/de/sammlung/62078-paradise]<br />
*Julius von Bismarck [https://juliusvonbismarck.com/bank/index.php/projects/baeume-ohne-grenzen/]<br />
*Vija Celmins [https://www.documenta14.de/de/artists/13590/vija-celmins]<br />
*Gil Delindro [http://www.delindro.com/selected-work.html]<br />
*Nina Schuiki [https://mdbk.de/museumskarree/]<br />
*Zimoun [https://vimeo.com/6191050]<br />
*Construct Lab [https://old.constructlab.net/projects/waldraum/]<br />
*Fabian Knecht [https://fabianknecht.de/]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*philippe descola, ''Beyond Nature and Culture / Jenseits Natur Kultur''<br />
*Eva Horn, Hannes Bergthaller, ''Anthropozän zur Einführung''<br />
*Jakob von Üexküll ''Umwelt''<br />
*Donna Haraway, ''Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3178066?seq=1]''<br />
*Marcus Maeder (Hg.), ''Kunst, Wissenschaft, Natur: Zur Ästhetik und Epistemologie der künstlerisch-wissenschaftlichen Naturbeobachtung''<br />
*Bruno Latour, ''Circulating Reference [http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/downloads/53-PANDORA-TOPOFIL-pdf.pdf]''<br />
*Simon Schama, ''Der Traum von der Wildnis. Natur als Imagination''<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*short presentation on the topic<br />
*develop artistic documentation</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Postcompost-forest-reset&diff=140953GMU:Postcompost-forest-reset2025-04-25T10:13:17Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Projektmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]], Klaus Fritze, Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
<br />
''Student Assistant:'' Leandra Schieder<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 18 [[ECTS]], 16 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Marienstraße 7b, room 104<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' April 17, 13:30 @ t.b.a.<br />
<br />
[[File:ForestReset_thumb.jpg|frameless|960x960px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Vast stretches of woodland reminiscent of lunar landscapes; heavy forestry machinery for the efficient clearing of infected trees; countless shipping containers and lorry loads full of felled timber piled up in forest car parks.<br />
<br />
These are the consequences of the consistent afforestation with spruce trees in recent decades; their monoculture has led to an increased vulnerability of the Thuringian forest landscape. In this environment, »Buchbunder« and »Kupferstecher« - both descendants of bark beetles - found excellent living conditions. They were able to feed on their favourite trees in peace. What remains is a dystopian scenery of destruction, which at the same time heralds a new phase of ecological transformation: Berry bushes, ferns, mosses and lichens find a new habitat among the remnants of dead wood.<br />
<br />
In the project module »PostCompost - Forest Reset«, we will dedicate ourselves to artistically examining the traces and effects of this drastic transformation. At the centre of the seminar is an excursion to the deforested areas of Thuringian landscapes. Here we will form a temporary artistic research group that will investigate the area from various perspectives using different forms of documentation (e.g. collecting, drawing, mapping, photographing, filming) and DIY technologies (e.g. electronic sensors, 3D scanning). We explicitly focus on interdisciplinary collaboration within the group and a lively exchange with local actors. Our aim is to construct a fragmentary description of the site that addresses the phenomenon of »forest reset« with individual, artistic and speculative approaches. Prior to the excursion, we will learn about historical, ecological and political aspects by means of short presentations. The processes and results of our artistic field research will be presented as part of the Summaery 2025.<br />
<br />
The excursion is planned for 2 – 6 June (please note: there will be a fee of about 200 Euro per person). Successful completion of the project module includes a short presentation, participation in the excursion, the development of an artistic documentation and active participation in the Summaery 2025 exhibition. Group work is explicitly encouraged. The seminar is open to all semesters and departments, no prior knowledge is required. Registration with the subject »Forest Reset« and a short letter of motivation by 6 April 2025 via email to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
[[File:ForestReset-Schedule.jpg|frameless|800x800px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
17. April, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– first meeting<br />
<br />
24. April, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– presentations I<br />
<br />
8. May, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– presentations II<br />
<br />
'''15. May, 13:30, Digital Bauhaus Lab''' '''–– Artist Talk'''<br />
<br />
22. May, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– presentations III, excursion planning<br />
<br />
'''2. June – 6. June –– Excursion to Hohenfelden / Kranichfeld'''<br />
<br />
'''20. June – 21. June –– Workshop with Merle Petsch and Emil Kowalzcyk'''<br />
<br />
26. June, Marienstraße 7b, room 104 –– individual consultations, finish documentations, prepare for Summaery<br />
<br />
3. July 3, t.b.a. –– prepare for Summaery, setting up exhibition<br />
<br />
'''July 10 – July 13 –– Summaery 2025'''<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*concept of oppositions like nature / culture, wilderness / civilization<br />
*topos of the german forest & romanticism in the woods<br />
*economic and ecological aspects of the forest<br />
*history of the forest in Thüringen<br />
*definitions of »Unkraut« and »Kulturpflanze«<br />
*dynamics of demolition, reset and new beginnings<br />
*processes of succession and renaturation<br />
*Monoculture / Permaculture<br />
*anthropocene and climate change<br />
*»Umwelt« according to Jakob von Üexküll<br />
*strategies of artistic research and documentation<br />
*the romantic era <br />
*social media content: lonely men who cook or build huts in the woods<br />
*Dannenröder Forst / Eco Activism [https://www.google.com/search?q=dannenr%C3%B6der+forst&rlz=1C5CHFA_enDE1033DE1034&oq=Dannenr%C3%B6der+Forst&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDAgAECMYJxiABBiKBTIMCAAQIxgnGIAEGIoFMggIARAAGBYYHjIICAIQABgWGB4yCAgDEAAYFhgeMggIBBAAGBYYHjIICAUQABgWGB4yCAgGEAAYFhgeMgYIBxBFGDzSAQcyMzlqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:7a13d8ce,vid:GTPZN0Kkj4k,st:0]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/tea/index.html]<br />
*Markus Maeder [https://marcusmaeder.ch/]<br />
*Annelie Berner [https://annelieberner.com/Plant-Futures]<br />
*Franziska Klose [https://www.franziskaklose.de/the-new-wild/]<br />
*Davor Sanvincenti [https://davorsanvincenti.com/work/]<br />
*Anna Tsing [https://feralatlas.org/]<br />
*Future Farmers (forest radio stations) [https://www.futurefarmers.com/]<br />
*Raitis Smits & Rasa Smite [https://smitesmits.com/AtmosphericForest.html]<br />
*Ivo Weber [https://waldfegen.com/]<br />
*Michael Sailsdorfer [https://sailstorfer.com/works/forst] [http://www.alfredkurz.de/albums/waldputz/]<br />
*Zheng Bo / Queer Ecology [https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/artwork/92456/Zheng-Bo-Pteridophilia-I-IV?lang=en] [https://vimeo.com/577497991]<br />
*Thomas Struth [https://www.mgksiegen.de/de/sammlung/62078-paradise]<br />
*Julius von Bismarck [https://juliusvonbismarck.com/bank/index.php/projects/baeume-ohne-grenzen/]<br />
*Vija Celmins [https://www.documenta14.de/de/artists/13590/vija-celmins]<br />
*Gil Delindro [http://www.delindro.com/selected-work.html]<br />
*Nina Schuiki [https://mdbk.de/museumskarree/]<br />
*Zimoun [https://vimeo.com/6191050]<br />
*Construct Lab [https://old.constructlab.net/projects/waldraum/]<br />
*Fabian Knecht [https://fabianknecht.de/]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*philippe descola, ''Beyond Nature and Culture / Jenseits Natur Kultur''<br />
*Eva Horn, Hannes Bergthaller, ''Anthropozän zur Einführung''<br />
*Jakob von Üexküll ''Umwelt''<br />
*Donna Haraway, ''Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3178066?seq=1]''<br />
*Marcus Maeder (Hg.), ''Kunst, Wissenschaft, Natur: Zur Ästhetik und Epistemologie der künstlerisch-wissenschaftlichen Naturbeobachtung''<br />
*Bruno Latour, ''Circulating Reference [http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/downloads/53-PANDORA-TOPOFIL-pdf.pdf]''<br />
*Simon Schama, ''Der Traum von der Wildnis. Natur als Imagination''<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*short presentation on the topic<br />
*develop artistic documentation</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Postcompost-forest-reset&diff=140952GMU:Postcompost-forest-reset2025-04-25T10:09:08Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Projektmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]], Klaus Fritze, Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
<br />
''Student Assistant:'' Leandra Schieder<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 18 [[ECTS]], 16 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Marienstraße 7b, room 104<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' April 17, 13:30 @ t.b.a.<br />
<br />
[[File:ForestReset_thumb.jpg|frameless|960x960px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Vast stretches of woodland reminiscent of lunar landscapes; heavy forestry machinery for the efficient clearing of infected trees; countless shipping containers and lorry loads full of felled timber piled up in forest car parks.<br />
<br />
These are the consequences of the consistent afforestation with spruce trees in recent decades; their monoculture has led to an increased vulnerability of the Thuringian forest landscape. In this environment, »Buchbunder« and »Kupferstecher« - both descendants of bark beetles - found excellent living conditions. They were able to feed on their favourite trees in peace. What remains is a dystopian scenery of destruction, which at the same time heralds a new phase of ecological transformation: Berry bushes, ferns, mosses and lichens find a new habitat among the remnants of dead wood.<br />
<br />
In the project module »PostCompost - Forest Reset«, we will dedicate ourselves to artistically examining the traces and effects of this drastic transformation. At the centre of the seminar is an excursion to the deforested areas of Thuringian landscapes. Here we will form a temporary artistic research group that will investigate the area from various perspectives using different forms of documentation (e.g. collecting, drawing, mapping, photographing, filming) and DIY technologies (e.g. electronic sensors, 3D scanning). We explicitly focus on interdisciplinary collaboration within the group and a lively exchange with local actors. Our aim is to construct a fragmentary description of the site that addresses the phenomenon of »forest reset« with individual, artistic and speculative approaches. Prior to the excursion, we will learn about historical, ecological and political aspects by means of short presentations. The processes and results of our artistic field research will be presented as part of the Summaery 2025.<br />
<br />
The excursion is planned for 2 – 6 June (please note: there will be a fee of about 200 Euro per person). Successful completion of the project module includes a short presentation, participation in the excursion, the development of an artistic documentation and active participation in the Summaery 2025 exhibition. Group work is explicitly encouraged. The seminar is open to all semesters and departments, no prior knowledge is required. Registration with the subject »Forest Reset« and a short letter of motivation by 6 April 2025 via email to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
[[File:ForestReset-Schedule.jpg|frameless|800x800px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
'''April 17, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104'''<br />
*first meeting<br />
'''April 24, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104'''<br />
*presentations I<br />
'''May 8, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104'''<br />
*presentations II<br />
'''<u>May 15, 13:30, t.b.a.</u>'''<br />
*Artist Talk<br />
'''May 22, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104'''<br />
*presentations III<br />
*excursion planning<br />
<br />
'''<u>June 2 – June 6</u>'''<br />
<br />
* Excursion to Hohenfelden / Kranichfeld<br />
<br />
'''<u>June 20 – June 21</u>'''<br />
<br />
* Workshop with Merle Petsch and Emil Kowalzcyk<br />
'''June 26, Marienstraße 7b, room 104'''<br />
* individual consultations<br />
* finish documentations<br />
* prepare for Summaery<br />
'''July 3, t.b.a.'''<br />
* prepare for Summaery<br />
* setting up exhibition<br />
<br />
'''<u>July 10 – July 13</u>'''<br />
<br />
* Summaery 2025<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*concept of oppositions like nature / culture, wilderness / civilization<br />
*topos of the german forest & romanticism in the woods<br />
*economic and ecological aspects of the forest<br />
*history of the forest in Thüringen<br />
*definitions of »Unkraut« and »Kulturpflanze«<br />
*dynamics of demolition, reset and new beginnings<br />
*processes of succession and renaturation<br />
*Monoculture / Permaculture<br />
*anthropocene and climate change<br />
*»Umwelt« according to Jakob von Üexküll<br />
*strategies of artistic research and documentation<br />
*the romantic era <br />
*social media content: lonely men who cook or build huts in the woods<br />
*Dannenröder Forst / Eco Activism [https://www.google.com/search?q=dannenr%C3%B6der+forst&rlz=1C5CHFA_enDE1033DE1034&oq=Dannenr%C3%B6der+Forst&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDAgAECMYJxiABBiKBTIMCAAQIxgnGIAEGIoFMggIARAAGBYYHjIICAIQABgWGB4yCAgDEAAYFhgeMggIBBAAGBYYHjIICAUQABgWGB4yCAgGEAAYFhgeMgYIBxBFGDzSAQcyMzlqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:7a13d8ce,vid:GTPZN0Kkj4k,st:0]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/tea/index.html]<br />
*Markus Maeder [https://marcusmaeder.ch/]<br />
*Annelie Berner [https://annelieberner.com/Plant-Futures]<br />
*Franziska Klose [https://www.franziskaklose.de/the-new-wild/]<br />
*Davor Sanvincenti [https://davorsanvincenti.com/work/]<br />
*Anna Tsing [https://feralatlas.org/]<br />
*Future Farmers (forest radio stations) [https://www.futurefarmers.com/]<br />
*Raitis Smits & Rasa Smite [https://smitesmits.com/AtmosphericForest.html]<br />
*Ivo Weber [https://waldfegen.com/]<br />
*Michael Sailsdorfer [https://sailstorfer.com/works/forst] [http://www.alfredkurz.de/albums/waldputz/]<br />
*Zheng Bo / Queer Ecology [https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/artwork/92456/Zheng-Bo-Pteridophilia-I-IV?lang=en] [https://vimeo.com/577497991]<br />
*Thomas Struth [https://www.mgksiegen.de/de/sammlung/62078-paradise]<br />
*Julius von Bismarck [https://juliusvonbismarck.com/bank/index.php/projects/baeume-ohne-grenzen/]<br />
*Vija Celmins [https://www.documenta14.de/de/artists/13590/vija-celmins]<br />
*Gil Delindro [http://www.delindro.com/selected-work.html]<br />
*Nina Schuiki [https://mdbk.de/museumskarree/]<br />
*Zimoun [https://vimeo.com/6191050]<br />
*Construct Lab [https://old.constructlab.net/projects/waldraum/]<br />
*Fabian Knecht [https://fabianknecht.de/]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*philippe descola, ''Beyond Nature and Culture / Jenseits Natur Kultur''<br />
*Eva Horn, Hannes Bergthaller, ''Anthropozän zur Einführung''<br />
*Jakob von Üexküll ''Umwelt''<br />
*Donna Haraway, ''Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3178066?seq=1]''<br />
*Marcus Maeder (Hg.), ''Kunst, Wissenschaft, Natur: Zur Ästhetik und Epistemologie der künstlerisch-wissenschaftlichen Naturbeobachtung''<br />
*Bruno Latour, ''Circulating Reference [http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/downloads/53-PANDORA-TOPOFIL-pdf.pdf]''<br />
*Simon Schama, ''Der Traum von der Wildnis. Natur als Imagination''<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*short presentation on the topic<br />
*develop artistic documentation</div>C doellerhttps://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/index.php?title=GMU:Postcompost-forest-reset&diff=140951GMU:Postcompost-forest-reset2025-04-25T10:03:56Z<p>C doeller: </p>
<hr />
<div>Projektmodul<br />
<br />
''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]], Klaus Fritze, Prof. Ursula Damm<br />
<br />
''Student Assistant:'' Leandra Schieder<br />
<br />
''Credits:'' 18 [[ECTS]], 16 [[SWS]]<br />
<br />
''Times:'' Thursday 13:30 - 17:00<br />
<br />
''Venue:'' Marienstraße 7b, room 104<br />
<br />
''First meeting:'' April 17, 13:30 @ t.b.a.<br />
<br />
[[File:ForestReset_thumb.jpg|frameless|960x960px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Description:</u><br />
<br />
Vast stretches of woodland reminiscent of lunar landscapes; heavy forestry machinery for the efficient clearing of infected trees; countless shipping containers and lorry loads full of felled timber piled up in forest car parks.<br />
<br />
These are the consequences of the consistent afforestation with spruce trees in recent decades; their monoculture has led to an increased vulnerability of the Thuringian forest landscape. In this environment, »Buchbunder« and »Kupferstecher« - both descendants of bark beetles - found excellent living conditions. They were able to feed on their favourite trees in peace. What remains is a dystopian scenery of destruction, which at the same time heralds a new phase of ecological transformation: Berry bushes, ferns, mosses and lichens find a new habitat among the remnants of dead wood.<br />
<br />
In the project module »PostCompost - Forest Reset«, we will dedicate ourselves to artistically examining the traces and effects of this drastic transformation. At the centre of the seminar is an excursion to the deforested areas of Thuringian landscapes. Here we will form a temporary artistic research group that will investigate the area from various perspectives using different forms of documentation (e.g. collecting, drawing, mapping, photographing, filming) and DIY technologies (e.g. electronic sensors, 3D scanning). We explicitly focus on interdisciplinary collaboration within the group and a lively exchange with local actors. Our aim is to construct a fragmentary description of the site that addresses the phenomenon of »forest reset« with individual, artistic and speculative approaches. Prior to the excursion, we will learn about historical, ecological and political aspects by means of short presentations. The processes and results of our artistic field research will be presented as part of the Summaery 2025.<br />
<br />
The excursion is planned for 2 – 6 June (please note: there will be a fee of about 200 Euro per person). Successful completion of the project module includes a short presentation, participation in the excursion, the development of an artistic documentation and active participation in the Summaery 2025 exhibition. Group work is explicitly encouraged. The seminar is open to all semesters and departments, no prior knowledge is required. Registration with the subject »Forest Reset« and a short letter of motivation by 6 April 2025 via email to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Participants:</u><br />
<br />
* YOUR NAME<br />
<br />
[[File:ForestReset-Schedule.jpg|frameless|800x800px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Schedule:</u><br />
<br />
'''April 17, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104'''<br />
*first meeting<br />
'''April 24, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104'''<br />
*presentations I<br />
'''May 8, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104'''<br />
*presentations II<br />
'''<u>May 15, 13:30, t.b.a.</u>'''<br />
*Artist Talk<br />
'''May 22, 13:30, Marienstraße 7b, room 104'''<br />
*presentations III<br />
*excursion planning<br />
<br />
'''<u>June 2 – June 6</u>'''<br />
<br />
* Excursion to Hohenfelden / Kranichfeld<br />
<br />
'''<u>June 20 – June 21</u>'''<br />
<br />
* Workshop with Merle Petsch and Emil Kowalzcyk<br />
'''June 26, Marienstraße 7b, room 104'''<br />
* individual consultations<br />
* finish documentations<br />
* prepare for Summaery<br />
'''July 3, t.b.a.'''<br />
* prepare for Summaery<br />
* setting up exhibition<br />
<br />
'''<u>July 10 – July 13</u>'''<br />
<br />
* Summaery 2025<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Topics:</u><br />
*concept of oppositions like nature / culture, wilderness / civilization<br />
*topos of the german forest & romanticism in the woods<br />
*economic and ecological aspects of the forest<br />
*history of the forest in Thüringen<br />
*definitions of »Unkraut« and »Kulturpflanze«<br />
*dynamics of demolition, reset and new beginnings<br />
*processes of succession and renaturation<br />
*Monoculture / Permaculture<br />
*anthropocene and climate change<br />
*»Umwelt« according to Jakob von Üexküll<br />
*strategies of artistic research and documentation<br />
*the romantic era <br />
*social media content: lonely men who cook or build huts in the woods<br />
*Dannenröder Forst / Eco Activism [https://www.google.com/search?q=dannenr%C3%B6der+forst&rlz=1C5CHFA_enDE1033DE1034&oq=Dannenr%C3%B6der+Forst&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDAgAECMYJxiABBiKBTIMCAAQIxgnGIAEGIoFMggIARAAGBYYHjIICAIQABgWGB4yCAgDEAAYFhgeMggIBBAAGBYYHjIICAUQABgWGB4yCAgGEAAYFhgeMgYIBxBFGDzSAQcyMzlqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:7a13d8ce,vid:GTPZN0Kkj4k,st:0]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Artists:</u><br />
*Agnes Meyer-Brandis [http://www.blubblubb.net/tea/index.html]<br />
*Markus Maeder [https://marcusmaeder.ch/]<br />
*Annelie Berner [https://annelieberner.com/Plant-Futures]<br />
*Franziska Klose [https://www.franziskaklose.de/the-new-wild/]<br />
*Davor Sanvincenti [https://davorsanvincenti.com/work/]<br />
*Anna Tsing [https://feralatlas.org/]<br />
*Future Farmers (forest radio stations) [https://www.futurefarmers.com/]<br />
*Raitis Smits & Rasa Smite [https://smitesmits.com/AtmosphericForest.html]<br />
*Ivo Weber [https://waldfegen.com/]<br />
*Michael Sailsdorfer [https://sailstorfer.com/works/forst] [http://www.alfredkurz.de/albums/waldputz/]<br />
*Zheng Bo / Queer Ecology [https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/artwork/92456/Zheng-Bo-Pteridophilia-I-IV?lang=en] [https://vimeo.com/577497991]<br />
*Thomas Struth [https://www.mgksiegen.de/de/sammlung/62078-paradise]<br />
*Julius von Bismarck [https://juliusvonbismarck.com/bank/index.php/projects/baeume-ohne-grenzen/]<br />
*Vija Celmins [https://www.documenta14.de/de/artists/13590/vija-celmins]<br />
*Gil Delindro [http://www.delindro.com/selected-work.html]<br />
*Nina Schuiki [https://mdbk.de/museumskarree/]<br />
*Zimoun [https://vimeo.com/6191050]<br />
*Construct Lab [https://old.constructlab.net/projects/waldraum/]<br />
*Fabian Knecht [https://fabianknecht.de/]<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Literature:</u><br />
*philippe descola, ''Beyond Nature and Culture / Jenseits Natur Kultur''<br />
*Eva Horn, Hannes Bergthaller, ''Anthropozän zur Einführung''<br />
*Jakob von Üexküll ''Umwelt''<br />
*Donna Haraway, ''Staying with the Trouble''<br />
*Marcus Maeder (Hg.), ''Kunst, Wissenschaft, Natur: Zur Ästhetik und Epistemologie der künstlerisch-wissenschaftlichen Naturbeobachtung''<br />
*Bruno Latour, ''Politische Ökologie''<br />
*Simon Schama, ''Der Traum von der Wildnis. Natur als Imagination''<br />
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<u>Language & skill level:</u><br />
*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.<br />
*No prior knowledge is required.<br />
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<u>Criteria for passing:</u><br />
*be on time, attend the classes, be active<br />
*short presentation on the topic<br />
*develop artistic documentation</div>C doeller