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« is 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 aims 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 are invited to the project presentations. The aim is to provoke new perspectives and open up opportunities for collaboration. Methods of performative research will also be up for discussion.

The online symposium will be intertwined with the 12 research contributions simultaneously exhibited in the »Kunsthalle« of the khb. Various MoA members will contribute to the exchange process, such as Dr. Lorenzo Guiducci on »Self-Shaping Textiles« and Felix Rasehorn with »Tesselated Material Systems«.

Online Symposium on 25 February, 2021

Join via Zoom here!
Code: 962720

Exhibition on 24–26 February, 2021

KUNSTHALLE at Hamburger Platz
Gustav-Adolf-Strasse 140
13086 Berlin

Registration at: hello [​at​] forschungskreis.com

Find out more information on the symposium the its website http://forschungskreis.com/event/magic-circle/.