Magic Circle

In the production of knowledge, design processes are fundamental, although the experimental settings in the sciences, in the arts, in design differ in assumptions, execution and conclusions. But the richness of the material, its property of being able to change itself, its active effect on the surrounding space as well as its reactive shaping to forces and energies allow other domains of knowledge immediate points of contact and give them stimuli for their own or joint knowledge production.

The symposium »Magic Circle« was organized by the »Forschungskreis« of the weißensee school of art and design berlin (khb) in cooperation with »Matters of Activity«, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jörg Petruschat. It aimed to further develop the exchange between the knowledge cultures of the Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences and Humanities on the one hand and the research activities in Design and the Arts on the other. For this purpose, experts from different disciplines were invited to the project presentations. The aim was to provoke new perspectives and open up opportunities for collaboration. Methods of performative research will also be up for discussion.

The online symposium was intertwined with the 12 research contributions simultaneously exhibited in the »Kunsthalle« of the weißensee school of art and design berlin. Various MoA members contributed to the exchange process, such as Dr. Lorenzo Guiducci on »Self-Shaping Textiles« and Felix Rasehorn with »Tesselated Material Systems«.

http://forschungskreis.com/event/magic-circle/.