Bauhaus

Material Form Function | Weaving | Bauhaus | Biodesign | Climate | Circular Economies | Hemp | Textiles | Tangling | Wool | Yarns/Fibers On July 15th, 2024, members from Bauhaus Earth and the research group »Architectural Yarns« exchanged common ideas and current projects with mutual visits to MoA's Activarium and the Marienpark Lab of Bauhaus Earth. The goal was to foster an exchange of ideas for potential collaborations, emphasizing the shared goals and innovative approaches in sustainable architecture and material design. Key overlapping areas of interest include the reuse of materials, circular resources, economic potentials, and rethinking aesthetics in housing, and building culture. more

Material Form Function | Weaving | Teaching | Yarns/Fibers | Daoula Sheen | Bauhaus The Architectural Yarns research group at »Matters of Activity« has been hosting a hands-on workshop on tactile knowledge in performative research at the Bauhaus Study Rooms 2023. During the one-day workshop, a group of 45 international students from Bauhaus Foundation Dessau, Coop Design Research of the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences explored, verbalized and mapped tactile practices and textile gestures with large-scale yarns made of natural fibers. By investigating reconfigurable textile techniques with yarn samples, insights into collective design and construction processes of fiber-based materials such as ›Architectural Yarns‹ were gained. more

Object Space Agency | Bauhaus Alles beginnt mit einem unerwarteten Anruf und einem Testament: Das Bauhaus-Archiv erbt den Nachlass des Künstlers Jak R. Maier. Doch wer war Jak R. Maier? Wieso kommt sein Nachlass zu uns? Was bedeutet es, über die Objekte eines anderen Menschen zu verfügen und zu entscheiden? Die Ausstellung »Unpacking Jak R. Maier« setzt sich erstmalig mit dem künstlerischen und privaten Archiv des Berliner Künstlers und unseren Umgang damit auseinander. Die »unpackings« bringen an sechs Themen-Abenden Dynamik in die Ausstellung. In Gesprächen mit Gäst:innen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis und Live-Aktionen erkundet das Museumsteam gemeinsam mit dem Publikum den Nachlass des Künstlers. more

Material Form Function | Bauhaus | Climate From 5-6 March 2022, the digital conference »Re: New European Bauhaus. For A Just Design of Climate Politics« took place. It navigated critical perspectives on the European Green Deal and the New European Bauhaus. The virtual program of talks, discussions, and workshops aimed to explore institutional, artistic, and designerly strategies to utilise the creative fields’ response-ability and agency for climate justice in European politics. MoA Co-Director Claudia Mareis will gave a lecture within the Panel »Art, Architecture, Design, and the Climate Crisis: Old Bauhaus Politics« on March 5th, 3-5 pm. more

Bauhaus The New European Bauhaus is an initiative by the European Commission that wants to make the Green Deal a cultural, human-centered and positive, »tangible« experience. The initiative aims to connect the European Green Deal to our living spaces. It calls on all Europeans »to imagine and build together a sustainable and inclusive future that is beautiful for our eyes, minds, and souls«. The New European Bauhaus unfolds in three phases: Co-design, Delivery and Dissemination. Find out more about contributing to the current phase »Co-design«. more

Doctoral Program | Bauhaus | Temporality | More-Than-Human The PhD project »(Hi)Stories of Transformation: Tracing Materials in the British Arts and Crafts Movement« by Kaja Ninnis investigates the environmental implications of the sourcing and transformation of ›raw‹ materials in the context of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. more