Faculty of Design, Lampingstraße 3, 33615 Bielefeld
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Lampingstraße 3, 33615 Bielefeld
On degradation and mutation in a world of data collection.
Starting from Mark Twain’s The Canvasser’s Tale (1876), this lecture uses the story as an analogy for the obsessive collecting practices behind contemporary AI. Drawing from my time at Google Arts & Culture and my interviews with its partners, I examine how data is collected, stored, reused, and changed across large technical systems. As data circulates through these systems, it does not simply return intact, but comes back intentionally or unintentionally degraded, mutated, and reconfigured by algorithmic processes.
Rosa Menkman is a Dutch artist and researcher of resolutions. Her work focuses on noise artifacts resulting from accidents in both analog and digital media. The journey of her protagonist, the Angel of History—inspired by Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus (1920) and conceptualized by Walter Benjamin in 1940—forms a framework for her explorations of image processing technologies. As the machines upgrade, the Angel finds herself caught in the ripple of their distortions, unable to render the world around her.
In a time when impact, meaning and authenticity matter more than ever, this session explores how branding can drive innovation, shift perspectives, and build deep emotional connection. Drawing on real-world case studies from cultural institutions worldwide, we'll look at how a strong brand purpose inspires loyalty and trust — transforming arts organisations into spaces of possibility that bring change close to people's lives. Topics include branding as a force for innovation, how purpose builds emotional connection, and the power of standing out by standing for something.
Cecilia Martín is an arts and culture brand strategist and founder of Culture Connects (CC). For more than 20 years she has helped museums, orchestras and cultural institutions develop purposeful brands that connect with contemporary audiences. Her work combines strategy, creativity and digital culture, with projects for organisations such as the Berlin Philharmoniker, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Wiener Konzerthaus and the National Museum of World Cultures. Cecilia also teaches branding and audience engagement at institutions including the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins. She regularly leads workshops and speaks at international forums on cultural branding and audience innovation.
Im Vortrag gebe ich Einblick in meine zeichnerische Praxis und deren Entwicklung über einen Zeitraum von ca 15 Jahren. Ausgangspunkt ist eine persönliche Positionierung, die biografische Erfahrungen, künstlerische Fragestellungen und gesellschaftliche Kontexte miteinander verbindet. Anhand ausgewählter Arbeiten wird sichtbar, wie sich mein Zugang zum Zeichnen verändert hat – von frühen Formen der Darstellung hin zu einer prozessorientierten, körperlich-situierten Praxis. Der Vortrag versteht Zeichnung als kontinuierliche Spurensuche, in der sich Wahrnehmung, Erinnerung und Selbstverortung miteinander verschränken.
„wissenschaftliche“ Illustratorin und Zeichnerin, aktuell im Master Art Education an der ZHdK
Daniel's creative research primarily uses photography and video to explore the cultural aspects of the Western American landscape that reflect the American persona. The Western landscape is linked to the ideological political use of Western space as a subjective metaphor for notions of the untamed hostile wilderness, seeming lifelessness and void. By photographing the sentimental representations of the mythic frontier, the images show tourist sites and places that are familiar but show a background layer of the picturesqueness of an ideal American landscape. The Western American landscape re-contextualizes reality and is indifferent to historical facts, establishing an American psyche of the make-believe, which has become a self-referent notion of ambiguity.
Daniel Mirer was born in Brooklyn, New York, and currently resides in the Bay Area of California, where he works as an artist and educator. Daniel Mirer received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute and a Masterof Fine Arts in Photography from the California Institute of the Arts. Mirer's artwork is part of museum and institution collections such as Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. He works as an international artist an commercial photographer in the field of architecture.
Diego Agulló will explore the politics of attention pertaining to the body in a workshop and talk.
Diego Agulló is an independent researcher and artist working in the intersection between art and philosophy, mainly in the field of contemporary dance and performance. Diego investigates the affinity between body and event, between dance and problems, focusing on the unexpected encounter between the body and the forces of chaos and when the unpredictable irruption of an event demands to be articulated through an artistic practice. He is the co-founder of the independent publishing house Circadian.
This lecture examines the transformation of fashion design practice from traditional craft-based methods to contemporary digital workflows, including 3D garment simulation and AI-assisted design tools. Tracing key shifts in industry practice and design education, it investigates how emerging technologies redefine the role of the designer — and what endures from the hand-based traditions that preceded them. The lecture serves as a conceptual framework for the accompanying workshop, in which participants reverse this trajectory: beginning from the digital image and returning to the body.
Gili Azran is a fashion designer and lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, where she teaches digital fashion, 3D garment simulation, gaming fashion design, and computational styling. Her practice bridges traditional craft and digital tools — from pattern making and costume design to Browzwear, CLO3D, and AI-assisted design. She holds a BA from Bezalel and studied fashion in Barcelona, where she also exhibited and sold her work internationally. Alongside her academic work, she runs her own studio specializing in costume and fashion design for cultural productions and festivals.
Ella will share the story of MA Design for Social Innovation and Sustainable Futures, and invite questions on what creative education might become when rooted in ecological and social justice.
Ella Britton leads the MA Design for Social Innovation and Sustainable Futures at London College of Communication, fostering a community that explores design as a cultural, ethical and political practice. Her work champions participatory methods, ecologies of care and imaginative action. Currently developing practice‑based research on the relationship between Primary School art education and Higher Education. Previously, as a research resident at the V&A, she founded the Collective Design School to test new models of collectivism in learning. Her earlier work includes establishing a social innovation lab in Mexico and leading major social design initiatives in the UK.
Salvador Marino (b. 1985, Argentina) is a Doctor in Biology and a transdisciplinary artist at the intersection of art, science, and technology. His work focuses on interactive art, sculpture, performance, and direction, aiming to critique the hegemonic systems that shape our perceptions of life, nature, technology, and the body.
Marino’s practice explores the boundaries between organic and inorganic systems, creating speculative narratives that reimagine evolutionary processes and hybrid forms of existence. Through these investigations, he questions the cultural and political mechanisms that produce normative ideas of nature, environment, and identity.
In 2017 co-founded Post-Organic Bauplan, a collaborative project founded with the dancer and performance artist Josefina Maro. Post-Organic Bauplan works on the development of robotic prostheses to explore, from the movement, and question the practices that condition our bodily perception.
His performances, installations, and interactive works have been presented at HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Berlin (DE), Hellerau – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Dresden (DE), Teatro Nacional D. Maria, Lisbon (PT), LOFFT – DAS THEATER, Leipzig (DE) HALLE 14 (Leipzig), Performance Bienal, Buenos Aires (AR), Museo Nacional Palacio Evita, Córdoba (AR) within other international venues.
Xristina Sarli is a hybrid curator, artist, and researcher working at the intersection of ecology, bioart, and immersive technologies. As co-director of Top Lab, Berlin’s first DIY biolab, they engage in experimental biological practices and transdisciplinary research centered on multispecies collaboration and regenerative systems.
An award-winning animator and 3D/XR artist, Sarli creates installations and performances that function as living interfaces.
Their background in game art and immersive media informs a practice that understands ecology as multiplayer, a system of negotiated alliances where more-than-human agencies actively shape shared worlds.
Daniel's creative research primarily uses photography and video to explore the cultural aspects of the Western American landscape that reflect the American persona. The Western landscape is linked to
the ideological political use of Western space as a subjective metaphor for notions of the untamed hostile wilderness, seeming lifelessness and void. By photographing the sentimental representations of the
mythic frontier, the images show tourist sites and places that are familiar but show a background layer of the picturesqueness of an ideal American landscape. The Western American landscape re-contextualizes
reality and is indifferent to historical facts, establishing an American psyche of the make-believe, which has become a self-referent notion of ambiguity.
Daniel will teach the workshop „Photographing Architecture as an Art Form - From Conceptual Critique to Commercial Practice“. The students will learn how to use architectural images in artistic concepts and will create images themselves. In addition, Daniel will teach concepts of commercial photography, like setting up lighting and creating a digital workflow.
Daniel Mirer was born in Brooklyn, New York, and currently resides in the Bay Area of California, where he works as an artist and educator. Daniel Mirer received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute and a Masterof Fine Arts in Photography from the California Institute of the Arts. Mirer's artwork is part of museum and institution collections such as Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. He works as an international artist an commercial photographer in the field of architecture.
Please note that places may be limited. To register, please contact the host: katharina.bosse@hsbi.de
Diego Agulló will explore the politics of attention pertaining to the body in a workshop and talk.
Diego Agulló is an independent researcher and artist working in the intersection between art and philosophy, mainly in the field of contemporary dance and performance. Diego investigates the affinity between body and event, between dance and problems, focusing on the unexpected encounter between the body and the forces of chaos and when the unpredictable irruption of an event demands to be articulated through an artistic practice. He is the co-founder of the independent publishing house Circadian.
Please note that places may be limited. To register, please contact the host: rafael.dernbach@hsbi.de
Parasites & Robotics is a sci-fi workshop that bridges biology and robotics, drawing parallels between natural evolution and technological design. By examining concepts such as body architecture, sensory perception, hots, evolution, and behavior, participants will dive into how parasites evolve and interact with their environments and how these biological principles can inspire robotic design.
Through creative exercises, participants will explore how robotic bodies can emerge as adaptive entities that inhabit both physical and virtual ecosystems. The workshop invites reflection on environments, interfaces, host bodies, and the dynamic relationship between organic and artificial life forms. Using Arduino boards, Pure Data and Ableton as our base tools, we’ll prototype behaviors and sensory systems that respond to real-world stimuli. Participants will also be introduced to Unreal Engine, learning how to extend their robotic creations into virtual spaces.
By the end of the workshop, participants will collaboratively prototype and animate their own bio-inspired robotic parasite, exploring how hybrid organisms can exist between code, hardware, and imagination.
Friday, 10–14h
Salvador Marino (b. 1985, Argentina) is a Doctor in Biology and a transdisciplinary artist at the intersection of art, science, and technology. His work focuses on interactive art, sculpture, performance, and direction, aiming to critique the hegemonic systems that shape our perceptions of life, nature, technology, and the body.
Marino’s practice explores the boundaries between organic and inorganic systems, creating speculative narratives that reimagine evolutionary processes and hybrid forms of existence. Through these investigations, he questions the cultural and political mechanisms that produce normative ideas of nature, environment, and identity.
In 2017 co-founded Post-Organic Bauplan, a collaborative project founded with the dancer and performance artist Josefina Maro. Post-Organic Bauplan works on the development of robotic prostheses to explore, from the movement, and question the practices that condition our bodily perception.
His performances, installations, and interactive works have been presented at HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Berlin (DE), Hellerau – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Dresden (DE), Teatro Nacional D. Maria, Lisbon (PT), LOFFT – DAS THEATER, Leipzig (DE) HALLE 14 (Leipzig), Performance Bienal, Buenos Aires (AR), Museo Nacional Palacio Evita, Córdoba (AR) within other international venues.
Please note that places may be limited. To register, please contact the host: herwig.scherabon@hsbi.de
Im Workshop erinnern sich die Studierenden zeichnerisch an einen Ort, den sie gut kennen, aber lange nicht besucht haben. In einer 30-minütigen Phase entstehen aus der Erinnerung subjektive Darstellungen – die Form bleibt offen. Anschließend werden die Zeichnungen gemeinsam betrachtet und besprochen. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die Bilder oft mehr enthalten als das Gesagte: Sie machen Erfahrungen sichtbar, die sich nicht unmittelbar in Worte fassen lassen. Die Zeichnung dient so als Ausgangspunkt für Gespräche und ermöglicht einen Zugang zu persönlichen, biografisch geprägten Erinnerungsräumen. Sie wird zu einem Medium, das Beziehung stiftet und verborgene Aspekte von Erfahrung sichtbar macht.
„wissenschaftliche“ Illustratorin und Zeichnerin, aktuell im Master Art Education an der ZHdK
The number of participants is limited to 15 students. To register, please contact the host: nils.hoff@hsbi.de
An energising 2-day workshop that equips students to create branding with purpose. Working in small groups, students take on a real cultural institution — moving from strategic analysis through to creative expression and a final pitch. Day one focuses on context, purpose, audience and brand platform. Day two shifts into creativity: narrative, identity, design and a final pitch. Fast-paced, hands-on and rooted in real-world practice, the workshop equips students to reposition a cultural institution as a more inclusive, purposeful and audience-centred space.
Cecilia Martín is an arts and culture brand strategist and founder of Culture Connects (CC). For more than 20 years she has helped museums, orchestras and cultural institutions develop purposeful brands that connect with contemporary audiences. Her work combines strategy, creativity and digital culture, with projects for organisations such as the Berlin Philharmoniker, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Wiener Konzerthaus and the National Museum of World Cultures. Cecilia also teaches branding and audience engagement at institutions including the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins. She regularly leads workshops and speaks at international forums on cultural branding and audience innovation.
The number of participants is limited to 15 students. To register, please contact the host: robert.paulmann@hsbi.de
Dr. Sarah Stein Lubrano will explore the politics of images and image making based on her book “Don’t Talk About Politics: how to change 21st century minds.“
Dr. Sarah Stein Lubrano is a writer and researcher whose work explores the intersection of social and political life with psychology. She holds a PhD from the University of Oxford and a Master's degree from the University of Cambridge. Her thinking often reaches the public through the Sense and Solidarity Initiative. She was previously the Head of Content at The School of Life, tutored in prisons and wrote obituaries.
Please note that places may be limited. To register, please contact the host: rafael.dernbach@hsbi.de
This two‑day workshop explores the potential ecological and social value of art and design education, and asks how creative learning in all its forms can become more open, more collective and more connected to the world around us. Together, we’ll experiment with what a design school could be when it opens itself up - beyond institutional walls, across ages and backgrounds, and into the public spaces where knowledge is already being made and exchanged. Through collaborative tools, playful experimentation and real‑world testing, we’ll imagine and build our own DIY design school, one that reflects the futures we want to learn our way into.
Ella Britton leads the MA Design for Social Innovation and Sustainable Futures at London College of Communication, fostering a community that explores design as a cultural, ethical and political practice. Her work champions participatory methods, ecologies of care and imaginative action. Currently developing practice‑based research on the relationship between Primary School art education and Higher Education. Previously, as a research resident at the V&A, she founded the Collective Design School to test new models of collectivism in learning. Her earlier work includes establishing a social innovation lab in Mexico and leading major social design initiatives in the UK.
The number of participants is limited to 20 students. To register, please contact the host: dirk.fuetterer@hsbi.de
The workshop by Xristina Sarli explores the world building as practice to create future images.
Xristina Sarli is a hybrid curator, artist, and researcher working at the intersection of ecology, bioart, and immersive technologies. As co-director of Top Lab, Berlin’s first DIY biolab, they engage in experimental biological practices and transdisciplinary research centered on multispecies collaboration and regenerative systems.
An award-winning animator and 3D/XR artist, Sarli creates installations and performances that function as living interfaces.
Their background in game art and immersive media informs a practice that understands ecology as multiplayer, a system of negotiated alliances where more-than-human agencies actively shape shared worlds.
Please note that places may be limited. To register, please contact the host: rafael.dernbach@hsbi.de
This workshop explores the intersection of analog making and AI-assisted design through a structured creative process. Participants begin with a photo self-portrait — a digital representation of the body — which they deconstruct and reassemble as a hand-made collage. The resulting composition is then employed as a visual prompt for AI image generation, producing an original garment design grounded in personal identity. The process critically engages with questions of authorship, embodiment, and the role of craft knowledge within computational design practice.
Gili Azran is a fashion designer and lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, where she teaches digital fashion, 3D garment simulation, gaming fashion design, and computational styling. Her practice bridges traditional craft and digital tools — from pattern making and costume design to Browzwear, CLO3D, and AI-assisted design. She holds a BA from Bezalel and studied fashion in Barcelona, where she also exhibited and sold her work internationally. Alongside her academic work, she runs her own studio specializing in costume and fashion design for cultural productions and festivals.
The number of participants is limited to 30 students. To register, please contact the host: [email address]