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2021
From Lute Songs to Pop Songs: Unboxing a RepertoireThe art of songwriting is an age-old tradition, spanning genres, cultures, and epochs. We tend to classify songs and put them into boxes: certain types of songs should be sung by certain types of voices, accompanied...
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100 Years of Visual Music. Explore Color, Shape, Motion, Rhythm and Sound.In 1921, Walter Ruttmann, a trained musician and painter, created his Lichtspiel Opus 1, one of the first non-narrative abstract short-films. It can now be considered one of the first pieces of visual music. This...
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The We That is Not I: Communities as Operative FictionsCommunities and collectives are deeply ambivalent structures. They can come to signify either the restriction and oppression of individuals or a site for emancipatory politics and new forms of existence. If communities...
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Iron Printing in Blue – A Cyanotype WorkshopThis workshop will mainly focus on acquiring practical skills in the cyanotype printing technique. Participants will learn how to produce the cyanotype solution necessary for this method and have the opportunity...
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Performing Questions: Relationships in Times of CrisisThe interview is an offer of conversation, a game of questions and answers, a dialogue that can transform into a polyphonic choir of singularly plural voices. As a form of personal, localised articulation, interviews...
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Seeking for New NoiseThis workshop invites students to explore noise as an artistic disruptor of the musical ordinary and use its usually perceived negative traits in aesthetic and imaginative ways. It will give you an insight into...
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Online: Low Tech Animation WorkshopIn this workshop, we will experiment with several different types of low-tech animation such as stop-motion and successive-drawing animation, as well as early forms of pre-camera animation like flipbooks and zoetropes.
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Mindful Visions* Audio-Visual Journey with hei_projectno detail information available
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Aesthetic Transformations: Inspiration Across Disciplinary Bordersno detail information available
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Online: (Re)Discovering the CityThis four-day intensive workshop looks at the ways in which we can both be inspired by and change our relationship to the city. We will examine artistic strategies such as pyschogeography, situationism, algorithmic...
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Iron Printing in Blue — A Cyanotype WorkshopThis practical course will explore the diversity of the cyanotype process, one of the first photographic techniques. The focus will lie on its application in the participants' artistic work and discussion of cyanotype
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Biographical-Documentary TheatreThis workshop takes the participants' narratives as the starting point for artistic process. We will focus an personal and practice-oriented research to put the biographical material in a socio-political context...
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Online: Wandering Site — Inspiration Across Disciplinary BoundariesThis seminar allows interdisciplinary collaboration through the process of aesthetic transformation. We will start the process from a unique place in the Berlin cityscape and develop individual concepts from there....
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Online: Berlin Techno — Software/Hardware ExplorationsHow do aesthetics and technology relate to and influence each other in contemporary music production? We will analyze those aspects based on the examples of hard- and software produced in Berlin, the capital of...
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Online: Drawing at the Nature LabThe workshop is intended to provide an intensive study of the plant world. The participants will gather detailed knowledge about natural forms and develop their artistry by playing with translation and abstraction.
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Writing Ashram for PHDs and Post-DocsThe Writing Ashram ls a training course for concentrated writing. Academics of all levels retreat from daily routines and responsibillties to the countryside and work on their writing projects. The unique blend...
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Online: The Drama Works — Writing for StageThis comprehensive four-day workshop guides the participants through a series of precisely patterned exercises, which demonstrate the essential elements of the dramatist craft such as structure, conflict development...
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Finding the Stories — A Photography WorkshopThis workshop combines analytical and practical photographic work. We will learn about what constitutes
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a narrative and how to create meaningful Images. In addition to producing photo series, the participants will...2020
Online: Vitality and Structure for the New Work-Tools and ThoughtsWhat do you do if you want to start a business avoiding bossy atmosphere and classical hierarchies? In this workshop, you will learn more about reorganisation possibilities and find the right structure for your...
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Online: Berlin Appeals 2020 – Poster Design WorkshopThis workshop will focus on the poster as a means of free expression in public spaces. We will discuss the important messages that young designers have in 2020 and create posters, expressive in content and form.
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Intensive Opera Audition TrainingThe focus of this masterclass will particularly lie on how to audition and prepare to perform in a German speaking opera house. Repertoire choices, interpretation, insights to the selection criteria of agents and...
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Transitions — Drawing and SpaceThis drawing workshop explores transition spaces of the urban Berlin and experiments with the process of drawing in an open and interpretive manner. The emphasis will be put on practical artistic work in combination...
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Online: Curation and Communication: It’s All About... TalkingCommunication is crucial for curators: they communicate online and offline with the artists, audience, politicians, and colleagues. Surrounding the topic of communication, we will learn about the necessary communicative...
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Online: Editing for Film and Video ArtThis workshop examines how filmmakers and video artists can use editing to create and clarify the meaning of the content. After watching and discussing video clips from a wide range of movies, the participants will...
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Self-Marketing for Women ArtistsSelf-marketing means understanding the specifics of your work and being able to promote it: What makes it unique? ls it worth exhibiting or buying? With a special focus on warnen artists' self-marketing, we will...
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Online: Brutalism. A Photographic ApproachIn this course, we are going to set out in search of brutalist buildings in Berlin and reflect on Brutalism by taking pictures of them: their concrete surface and formal expression will be released through photography...
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Online: Me, Myself and I — Editoral Design WorkshopCreate a fanzine on another participant of the workshop and have a whole week of diverse challenges that will help you reflect on your role in the working environment. Get a curator's perspective on the process...
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Storytelling — An IntroductionThe practice of storytelling enhances communicational and presentational skills, develops Imagination and the ability to improvise. Participants of this workshop will learn the basic steps of oral storytelling and...
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Online: Starting & Leading Your Own Successful Creative BusinessThis practical course will help creatives to plan, shape, communicate, launch, and lead their creative business, including digital startups. lt is also suitable for freelancers who would like to refresh their current...
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Online: The Semiotics of Fashion StylingIn this short course, we will analyze the wider meaning of fashion signs. We will study the works created by famous stylists and key designers and critically survey the rise of certain trends, trying to explain...
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Online: Writing = Design: Creative Copy Writing WorkshopLearn about writing as a design tool. Get to know your creative potential in dealing with words, which often seems to be a field of insecurity for visual designers. Make words work for you! Create your own verbal...
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Online: Seeking for New NoiseThis workshop invites you to explore noise as an artistic disruptor of the musical ordinary and use its usually perceived negative traits in aesthetic and imaginative ways. It will give you an insight into the history...
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Valérie Favre: Question Your Artistic PerspectiveThe participants of this workshop will evolve unique ways of seeing through analysing historical and modern artworks and get a deep insight into the theoretical dimensions of paintlng in order to question and broaden...
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Your Berlin Story: An Alternative 'Creative Non-Fiction' Writing WorkshUnder the guidance of the author, blogger and writer Joseph Pearson, this alternative writing workshop explores the German capital through the genre of 'creatlve non-fiction' and essays based an real experiences....
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Survival Training — Staying Alive in the Art WorldThis crash course is aimed at young artists and art school graduates. Its goal is to introduce career starters in this field to the professional side of being an artist. You will receive background knowledge, theoretical...
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Curating Sound Art – Exhibiting the AuditiveThis workshop conveys substantial knowledge in curatorial practice of an exceptional art form that occupies the margins of the visual arts as well as music. You will also learn about special skills that are required...
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Structure and Vitality for People and OrganisationIn our workshop you are invited to have a deeper look on the dimensions and the interplay between people and their organisation. We share specific approaches and experiences for setting up a supportive frame that...
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Wearables and Machine LearningThe course consists of lectures and practical exercises in combination of wearables and machine learning. It includes a full-framed introduction to the latest methods and their applicability to the real-life issues....
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Writing Ashram for PHDs and Post-DocsThe Writing Ashram is a training course for concentrated writing. Academics of all levels retreat from daily routines and responsibilities to the countryside and work on their own writing project. The unique blend...
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The Drama WorksThis comprehensive four-day workshop guides participants through a series of precisely patterned exercises, which demostrate the essential elements of the dramatist craft, e.g. character, structure and conflict...
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Healthcare Design Approaches and Perspectives for Young Professionals in DesignIn this workshop, scientists and experts will provide first-hand insights into health design and its methodological approaches. The workshop covers topics such as health specific data, information design, user behavior,...
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Intensive Opera Audition TrainingThis years Audition Training Course, 2019, now in its 6th year, will focus particularly on German repertoire (opera, operetta and "Spieloper"). We will offer specific lessons for dealing with these often difficult...
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Storytelling – An IntroductionThe practice of storytelling enhances communicational and presentational skills, develops imagination and the ability to improvise. Participants of this workshop will learn the basic steps of oral storytelling and...
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Virtual Reality – How to Design Virtual Narrative SpacesThe workshop conveys substantial knowledge about virtual reality and how it can be used to create virtual narrative spaces. Participants will learn how to generate 3D models from real life objects and how to use...
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Iron Printing in Blue – A Cyanotype WorkshopThis practical course will explore the variety of the cyanotype process, one of the first photographic printing techniques. We will focus on its application in the participants artistic practice and discuss its...
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It’s All About... Talking: Curation and Communication in the Performing ArtsCommunication is crucial for curators. They communicate online and offline, with artists, the audience, politicians, and colleagues. Surrounding this topic of communication, we will learn about the necessary skills...
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Berlin Appeals 2019 – Poster Design WorkshopThe workshop will focus on the poster as a means of free expression in a real public space: What are the relevant messages of young designers in 2019? For these, we create appropriate expressions related to content...
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Artspeak: English as a Foreign Language WorkshopInternational Art English (IAE) may be everywhere but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to speak! In this workshop, you can boost your language skills by analysing artworks in the classroom as well as visiting exhibitions...
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Pressless – Printing Techniques Without a PressIn this workshop, you will learn how to accessibly print at home, without much effort and most importantly without any press! We will work out the perfect foundation for your own printing practice and teach you...
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Biographical-Documentary TheatreThis workshop takes the participants’ narratives as the starting point for the artistic process. We will focus on personal and practice-oriented research to put the biographical material in a socio-political context,...
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Finding the Stories – A Photography WorkshopThis workshop combines photo analysis and practical photography work. We will learn how to constitute a narrative and create meaningful images. In addition to producing their own photo series, the participants will...
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Starting & Leading Your Own Successful Creative BusinessThis practical course will help creatives to plan, shape, communicate, launch and lead their own creative business. It is also suitable for freelancers who want to give their existing creative business a fresh start.
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Self-Marketing for Women ArtistsSelf-marketing means understanding the specifics of your own work and knowing how to promote it: What makes it special? Is it worth exhibiting or buying? With a special focus on self-marketing for women artists,...
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The Semiotics of Fashion Styling or Can We Still “Think Pink” Nowadays?In this short course, we will analyse a wider meaning of fashion signs within the socio-cultural context. Looking at the work of star stylists and key designers, we will critically survey the rise of certain trends...
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Public Intervention with SoundThis public intervention workshop offers an opportunity for artistic practices in sound. We will intervene in public spaces with a focus on the characteristics of the underground station “Nollendorfplatz” where...
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Workshop with Valérie FavreParticipants of this workshop will get a deep insight into the field of painting and will evolve unique ways of seeing by analyzing artworks of the old and new masters. Explore the creativity in describing things...
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Berlin Techno Software/Hardware ExplorationsHow do aesthetics and technology relate to and influence each other in contemporary music production? We will analyse those aspects based on hardware and software from Berlin, the capital of techno. During the process,...
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Architectural Photography – Re/Visiting 1987’s VisionsThe participants of this course will use fine-art photography to approach the International Building Exhibition in Berlin (IBA 87), explore its concepts and ideas, and implement them artistically. Our focus will...
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Your Berlin Story: An Alternative 'Creative Non-Fiction' Writing WorkshopUnder the guidance of the author, blogger and writer Joseph Pearson, this alternative writing workshop explores the German capital through the genre of ‘creative non-fiction’ and essays based on real experiences....
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Transitions – Drawing and SpaceThis drawing workshop will explore transition spaces of urban Berlin and experiment with drawing in an open and interpretive manner. The emphasis will be put on practical artistic work in combination with critical...
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Aesthetic Transformation & Sources of InspirationThis seminar allows for immersing into an interdisciplinary process of aesthetic transformation, with the Berlin city space as a starting point. The main focus lies on the idea-generating process: How do we find...
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(Re)Discovering the CityThis four-day workshop looks at the ways we can both beinspired by and change our relationship to the city, whether you are familiar with it or not. We will discuss artistic strategies such as psychogeography, situationism,...
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Exp. – Questions of Perception in Art and ScienceIn this seminar, participants will get basic knowledge of auditory and visual perception through demonstrations and reenactments of scientific experiments and perceptual phenomena. Furthermore, related artistic,...
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An Approach to Situational Time-Based ArtsIn some parts of the vast music world, a rejection of traditional forms, which began in the 1960s, is continuing today, sped along in part by the explosive advance of technologies. This trend expanded artists’...
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Baglama Masterclass with Erdal ErzincanErdal Erzincan, one of the most prominent modern Anatolian music performers and baglama players, will share with his students his newly composed pieces of music in different chord renditions for the baglama.
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StorySinging - Storytelling in Classical Vocal RepertoireThis workshop represents a combination of classical vocal repertoire and the art of storytelling which allows you to explore and develop your musical artistry through the poetic and creative possibilities that oral...
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Curating Sound Art - Exhibiting the AuditiveThis workshop conveys substantial knowledge in curatorial practice of an exceptional art form that occupies the margins of the visual arts and music and whose presentation requires special skills.
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Learning From Trolls: Fashion Design UpdatesFollowing the subversion of Internet trolling, this course attempts to amplify common yet problematic modes in fashion design practice, implement them in an intervention and learn from the irritation this creates...
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New Work LeadershipIn this workshop we want to explore processes and mindsets to get a better understanding of creative leadership. Further we want to show new tools and strategies for New Work leadership.
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Guide to Play Baroque - Playing Technique and Performance for String PlayersIn this workshop string players and educators will learn how to read Baroque music and translate the script into an adequate sound experience by using techniques specific for the string instrument. Besides that...
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Writing Ashram for PHDs and Post-DocsDuring the Writing Ashram workshop you will practice a monastic lifestyle to write extensively and push forward your text project. The daily schedule consists of defined writing times, physical exercises out in...
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The Black Sheep - A Performance SeminarWe can only experience the strangeness and differences in comparison to something that has been accepted before. A black sheep is interesting because the majority of the sheep is white. In the seminar, participants...
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The Drama WorksThis comprehensive four-day workshop guides participants through a series of precisely patterned exercises, where each of them demonstrates the essential elements of the dramatist’s craft, e.g. character, structure...
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Intensive Opera Audition Training with Prof. Gerd UeckerAre you aimed to performing in a German speaking opera house? These high-level course with an excellent concept and team will help young singers to prepare for this demanding profession. The focus will particularly...
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IBA 87 Revisited - Postmodernism in ArchitectureThe seminar will deal with the International Building Exhibition Berlin 1987 through interdisciplinary practices and strategies. Visual artists, architects and designers are invited to discuss the Postmodernism...
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Artspeak: English Language WorkshopInternational art English may be everywhere, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy! In this workshop you can boost your language skills by analysing artworks in the classroom as well as visiting exhibitions and discussing
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Intensive Opera Audition Training with Prof. Cheryl StuderAre you aimed to performing in a German speaking opera house? These high-level course with an excellent concept and team will help young singers to prepare for this demanding profession. The focus will particularly...
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Berghain & Beyond - A Critical Investigation Of Berlin TechnoBerlin is recognized to be the world’s Techno capital, but for all that where does the story begin? Together - through reading texts, watching films, going on excursions and applying different approaches to musical...
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Virtual Reality - How To Design Virtual Spatial SystemsThe workshop conveys substantial knowledge about virtual reality and how it can be used as a design tool. Participants will learn how to generate 3D models from real life objects, how to build web based narrative...
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Finding the Stories - A Photography WorkshopThis workshop combines photo analysis, theory and practical photographic work. Together we will clarify the constitution of a narrative and the process of how the meaning of a photograph is being created. In addition
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Aesthetic Transformation & Sources of InspirationThis seminar allows immersing into an interdisciplinary process of aesthetic transformations with the Berlin city space as a starting point. A focus lies on the idea-generating process. How does inspiration come...
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Starting & Leading Your Own Successful Creative BusinessThis practical course helps the creatives to plan, shape, communicate, launch and lead their new creative business. It is also suitable for freelancers who want to re-start their existing creative business.
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