‘Apple and Potato’ by Nattawan Luanjaiboontam was inspired by ‘Himmel und Erde’, a traditional German dish from the Rhineland, as a way of reflecting on the capabilities of AI.

Apples grow on trees; they represent a fruit from heaven as well as a symbol of knowledge and sin. Potatoes grow in the earth and symbolise roots, ancestors and wisdom. Together, they open up infinite possibilities. Human capacity, however, is limited. By pressing the space bar, the viewer saves the artwork with which they feel a connection. The moment this choice is made, the infinite cycle of possibilities comes to an end.

Venue: F16.18 (Showroom)
Time: 13:00 – 20:00
Study programme: International Media Cultural Work

‘Function Follows Form’ by Avani Vidhani is an adaptive spatial installation in which the physical arrangement of objects becomes a language and a form of expression. White 3D objects are placed on a surface. A camera observes the scene. An AI analyses the spatial composition in real time – interpreting distances, density and structure – and subsequently generates visual content that is projected directly onto the objects and the surrounding space.

In doing so, the installation reverses Louis Sullivan’s fundamental architectural principle: here, it is not function that determines form, but form – shaped by the visitors’ decisions – that determines all.

Venue: F16.18 (Showroom)
Time: 13:00 – 20:00
Study programme: Expanded Media

‘Flower Garden’ by Arina Bekar is a series of oil paintings and augmented reality experiences that arise from memory and sensation – not from the direct observation of nature. The works depict neither flowers nor water in a documentary sense, but seek to capture a feeling: the warmth of the light, the stillness of a summer moment, and that quiet richness inherent in a moment before it passes.

When viewed through a smartphone camera, the paintings reveal an additional layer of colour, light and atmosphere that extends beyond the canvas into the surrounding space. No app is required for this – scanning the QR code next to each work opens the experience directly in your browser.

Venue: Corridor
Time: Can be visited at any time
Study programme: International Media Cultural Work

PopCult translates the hypnotic visual language of pop culture into the digital realm. Through repetitive geometric shapes, vibrant colours and glossy surfaces, our contemporary consumption of images merges with our primal instinct for luminous and fascinating objects. Can pop culture become an addiction?

Venue: F01 Foyer
Time: 13:00 – 20:00, on both days
Study programme: International Media Cultural Work

Drawing on a personal experience – her grandmother’s funeral in a coastal town in Iran – Meral Dasht’s photographs explore how carpets are imbued with the symbolic weight of a life drawing to a close. They preserve traces – of footsteps, encounters, celebrations. With death, they often lose their meaning, are forgotten or disappear.

The work is a reflection on presence and loss, on life that lives on not only through bodies but through the things that are left behind. The title of this work is inspired by the Persian poet Omar Khayyam.

Venue: Corridor
Duration: Can be visited at any time
Study programme: International Media Cultural Work

*Where I Was Standing* by Ghulam Abbas Khan Soomro is a photographic series accompanied by site-specific soundscapes, each recorded at the exact locations where the photographs were taken. The work explores moments of observation, presence and distance through everyday scenes.

Whilst the photographs appear calm, still and carefully composed, the accompanying soundscapes offer a different experience. They are based on original recordings of the respective locations and have deliberately been left in their raw form, with ambient sounds layered over them. This creates a subtle atmosphere of unease and disorientation. Rather than merely documenting a place, the sound evokes an emotional mood that alludes to what remains unseen or unspoken.

Venue: Korridor
Time: 13:00 – 22:00
Study programme: International Media Cultural Work

*A Sky That Follows Me* by Semina Israt is an ongoing photography and drawing project that transforms the everyday sky into a space for imagination, reflection and storytelling.

Drawing on her everyday life, her feelings and her observations of urban life, she creates visual narratives by combining photographs of the ever-changing sky with hand-drawn figures, animals and imaginary creatures.

In this way, the sky becomes a canvas for emotions that are difficult to put into words – playful, comforting, fearful or marked by uncertainty. Animals symbolise empathy, trust and emotional connection, whilst the fantastical forms reflect the invisible stresses and encounters of urban life.

Venue: Korridor
Time: Can be visited at any time
Study programme: Expanded Media

The podcast *Hinter der Fassade* was produced as part of an interdisciplinary collaboration with architecture students from TU Darmstadt. These entertaining discussions focus on architecturally interesting buildings and locations in the Rhine-Main region, such as the Spitzbunker in Darmstadt or the underground labyrinth in Oppenheim. The content was provided by the architects, whilst students of Sound, Music and Production BA produced the podcast across seven fascinating episodes. All episodes can be listened to on site.

Venue: F14.34
Time: 14:00 – 20:00, on both days
Study programme: Sound, Music and Production BA

A different take on broadcasting at the Music Video Lab: following an introduction to the history and creative principles of the music video medium, the students were given free rein to let their creativity run wild. Whether it was a latest news chart-topping hit, a classic, an original composition or a field recording – the brief was to produce a music video lasting 3–5 minutes. You can see the results here.

Venue: F14.34
Time: 14:00–20:00, on both days
Study programme: Sound, Music and Production BA

Here’s your chance to finally try out a few games from the Mediencampus.

1 Oh no, I got split by an axe, fell into a labyrinth, and now I need to find my way back together by Sophia Yang, Lisa Lang & Olivia Renz

In this 2D/3D puzzle game, you take on the role of two halves of a slime as they make their way through a magical labyrinth full of surprises. Both halves must be controlled simultaneously to find a way through this mysterious world full of switches, chests and treasures. Just make sure you don’t fall off the map!

2 Mr. Kube
by Seyedsadegh Yousefzadeh & Samuel Esenov

Mr. Kube is a fast-paced action game in which you can not only sprint and jump through challenging levels, but even become invincible. Become the destroyer of the game world, take out enemies and hazards – and perhaps even entire levels! How you control your character and develop your own playing style is entirely up to you.

3 My Little Cute Cat!
by Seyedsadegh Yousefzadeh

In this fast-paced 2D shooter-platformer, you guide a cute orange cat through dangerous levels. With a stylised pixel art look and retro music reminiscent of classic video games, your mission is to free James the cat from a video game.

4 By a Thread
by Avani Vidhani

Colourful circles fall from above and must be guided into a basket using natural hand movements – without a mouse or keyboard. In this browser-based, interactive game, your own hand becomes the controller.

Venue: F14.32
Time: 13:00–19:00, on both days
Study programme: various

5 Out of Tiles

by Danylo Pryshchepa, Leo Wagner, Piao Hyun, Levi Seifert, Tim Westphal

Turn-based puzzle game with a limited number of moves.

Venue: F14.32
Event Time: 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM, both days
Degree Program: Animation & Game

6 Repay Day

by Finlay Williams, Jonas Maderholz, Amelia Wohlfeld, Hannes Karaschinski

In a prison full of NPCs, 3–5 real players are hiding. Stay alert, figure out who’s real, and emerge victorious!

Venue: F14.32
Event time: 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM, both days
Degree Program: Animation & Game

7 Uzzle’s Paranormal Pest Control

by Paul Hay, Lenz Lengers, Olivia Renz, Madison Taljand

This rhythm-based horror game tests your memory, timing, and stress levels as you use a piano to banish ghosts into the Uzzle doll.

Location: F14.32
Time: 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM, both days
Degree Program: Animation & Game

The fourth semester of the Augmented and Virtual Reality Design study programme explores how one can engage with the natural and cultural heritage of the Odenwald region using augmented reality applications for smartphones and virtual reality headsets. The course is run in collaboration with the UNESCO Odenwald Geopark.

In the morning, the students’ projects will be presented, whilst the afternoon offers all interested parties the chance to try them out during a hands-on testing session.

Presentations of the results:
Venue: Room F14.14
Time: 10.15–13.30

Hands-on testing.
Venue: Behind the canteen
Time: 2.15–3.30 pm

Under the theme ‘Shaping What’s Next’, the User Experience Design study programme showcases the projects and theses produced during the final semester.

2nd semester: Shaping Perception
In the second semester, our key area is ‘Human-Centred Design’. For us, everything revolves around nature, and we try to integrate this into everyday life in various ways through our projects.

4th semester: Shaping What’s Tangible
The theme for the fourth semester, ‘Embodied Interaction’, explores the multisensory perception of our surroundings. We build IoT systems that engage users’ senses.

6th Semester: Shaping Atmosphere
How do environments respond to people? In the 6th semester, we showcase projects on spatial interaction and embedded systems that seamlessly integrate digital technology into environments.

Bachelor’s students: Shaping Perspectives
Through our Bachelor’s projects, we encourage a reflective approach to digital technologies. We explore AI and media literacy and open up new perspectives.

Venue: Rooms F17.05, F17.07, F17.22
Time: 12:00 – 17:00
Study programme: User Experience Design

This year, the Field Recording Elective has focused on the sounds associated with railway tracks. This has resulted in some fascinating recordings of steam locomotives at the Darmstadt Railway Museum, trams, turntables and the signal box in Reinheim. The sounds recorded can be played on site using a homemade instrument (you’ll be surprised!).

The students’ theses will also be presented as part of the exhibition.

Venue: Room F14.34
Time: 12:00 – 20:00
Study programme: Free Elective/Field Recording

‘Recursive Mirror’ by Morteza Jafari is an interactive audiovisual installation that enables visitors to communicate with the intelligent system JIM through musical input. Through the participants’ musical interaction with JIM, a visual layer comes to life, giving rise to a fluid, digital painting. Over a total of four phases, the image gradually transforms from a static composition into a fully animated audiovisual work.

Venue: Showroom, F16.18
Time: 1.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Study programme: International Media Cultural Work

A student-organised car boot sale in front of Café Zeitraum. Register via fleamarkethda@gmail.com.

Venue: Café Zeitraum
Time: 1.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Study programme: Free Elective/Event Management

As part of a two-year research project between Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences and the European Space Agency (ESA), teaching staff and researchers from the Faculties of Media and Computer Science are investigating how people in extreme living and working environments — such as in isolated habitats in space — can be supported by intelligent tools and environments to act sensibly, safely and autonomously.

At the faculty of Media’s exhibition, the team of professors, PhD students and students is presenting an initial outcome of their work: an AI-supported communication and work tool that bridges the gap between astronauts, Mission Control and those back home on Earth.

On display is a new system whose interface adapts to the situation and which is supported and shaped by a personal assistant (AmI-EE). At the exhibition, the installation offers an introduction to life with AmI-EE in the habitat during a lunar mission.

Venue: F17.02
Time: 13:30 – 17:00
Study programme: User Experience Design

Fourth-semester students on the Sound, Music & Production study programme are presenting nine spatial sound installations inspired by works of art from the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt. All installations are accessible and interact with visitors.

Room 14.10

14:00 – 17:30 Portrait of a Writer
Portrait of a Writer offers an immersive experience of writer’s block. Through a surround sound system, sound design that changes depending on what you write, and a local AI that responds to what you consider to be good, the installation tells a story of self-doubt and the fear of the blank page.

18:00 – 21:30 Escape from the Tax Office
The tax office is at your door and, like any normal person, you flee. You travel through various regions of Germany, trying to escape Bavarian madness and evade the Brandenburg wasteland. Solve puzzles and play mini-games to reach the border.

Room 14.29

14:00 – 17:30 Forced Meditation
On the one hand, the primeval forest offers insights into the beauty of our natural world; on the other, it also harbours dangers lurking behind every tree stump, inducing a constant state of stress – similar to what many of us subconsciously experience in our everyday lives, be it in big or small ways. How welcome would a break to catch our breath be? We don’t want to force you, but…

18:00 – 21:30 Gossip Dance
Immerse yourself in a night in early 1990s Berlin and explore a time of new beginnings, uncertainty and the desire for connection. Behind the doors of a club, a world of encounters, rumours, hopes and unspoken fears unfolds. Every step leads to a different story and opens the door to new encounters. What remains is a personal glimpse into a generation that was searching for its own space.

Whilst the Campus Cinema is still on its summer break due to refurbishment, this year we’re screening a fine selection of student films in a pop-up cinema format. Between each film, there will be short discussions with the filmmakers or cast members.

Block 1 (14:30 – 16:50)

Boogie Oogie Oogie
Two sons ask their father a long-overdue question: will ‘the ban’ finally be lifted?
Comedy | Running time 8:39 mins | Language: German with English subtitles

Africa – Tells Its Own Story
A fascinating report on African football and its growing significance.
Documentary | Running time 9:15 mins | German with English subtitles

Rapture Loverboy
Tabbe responds to emergency calls from demonstrations that a fascist government is firing upon. Suddenly, he realises that he himself will be the next target.
Drama | Running time 4:35 mins | German with English subtitles

Tàxismemoria
One wrong word, and suddenly you find yourself in a labour camp. Accounts from survivors of the Soviet Union’s gulags blend with unforgettable animations to create a thought-provoking work of art
Animation | Running time 10:56 mins | Russian with English subtitles

People are already watching
Ylias urgently needs to get hold of a slot machine so as not to lose his job. Winner of the Dieburg Film Prize.
Comedy | Running time 23:12 mins | German

Block 2 (17:30 – 20:10)

Pluto
Following his father’s death, Amir becomes emotionally withdrawn. This takes its toll not only on him, but also on those around him.
Drama | Running time 25:30 mins | German

Positive Vibes
What is it like to seek connection in a society that increasingly exists online?
Animation | Running time 4:33 mins | No dialogue

Abandon All Hope!
Self-optimisation, motherhood, menstruation, femicide. The horror of womanhood in a patriarchal society is explored here across three episodes.
Horror/Experimental | Running time 26:17 mins | German

OHHH DENNIS... you son of a B*TCH!!
Dennis is terrified of Covid-19 and therefore ignores his infected girlfriend.
Horror/Comedy | Running time 28:11 mins | English with English subtitles

Venue: F18.04 (films), F18.01 (discussions)
Time: 2.30 pm – 8.10 pm
Study programme: various

The legendary omnibus films are a studio exercise on the Motion Pictures study programme: the basis for all the films in this course is a hotel room, which is built and furnished specifically for filming in the film studio. The students are free to rearrange the room’s furnishings, but the actual setting remains the same. Some of these films can be viewed in the foyer of the film studio, whilst inside the studio you can admire the original set – at least one of the versions!

Venue: F18.19
Time: 14:00 – 19:00
Study programme: Motion Pictures

Entertaining and open-format final presentations by all the learning agencies on the Online Communication study programme.

14:00 Introduction
14:10 Youth participation: be.part (4th semester)
14:30 Non-profit marketing for an animal shelter, the State Museum and Goethe University (6th semester)
15:00 Impact Lab: Digital For Good (4th semester)
15:20 Bee-Lab (6th semester)

15:40 Break

16:00 Online Magazine Concept (4th semester)
16:20 Marketing for Charities (6th semester)
16:40 Darmstadt Monitor (4th semester)

Venue: Lecture hall beneath the Auditorium
Time: 14:00–17:00
Study programme: Online Communication

The fourth semester of the Augmented and Virtual Reality Design study programme explores how one can engage with the natural and cultural heritage of the Odenwald region using augmented reality applications for smartphones and virtual reality headsets. The course is run in collaboration with the UNESCO Odenwald Geopark.

In the morning, the students’ projects will be presented, whilst the afternoon offers all interested parties the chance to try them out during a hands-on testing session.

Presentations of the results:
Venue: Room F14/14.014
Time: 10.15–13.30

Hands-on testing.
Venue: Behind the canteen
Time: 2.15–3.30 pm

Under the YUBIZZ brand, h_da brings together activities, opportunities and programmes relating to business start-ups and self-employment, with the aim of supporting knowledge- and technology-based start-ups whilst also strengthening the regional start-up ecosystem. The initiative will be represented with an information stand.

An early exit from the World Cup, scorching temperatures and exam stress slowly creeping in – we’re going through a tough time!

If you’re craving a distraction and looking for a reason to have a proper laugh again, you absolutely mustn’t miss the ‘Baddieschau’! Join us on a satirical journey through the bizarre world of the media industry and take a look back with us at the legendary animals that made the media what it is today.

The ‘Baddieschau’ is produced by HDF, Darmstadt University Radio. The team consists of sixth-semester online journalism students.

Venue: Café Zeitraum
Time: 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Study programme: Online Journalism

Music production is a team effort. In the Linear 3 workshop, students guide a band through the entire production process – from planning and recording right through to the final mix. This combines technical expertise, creative work and precise listening. The resulting productions provide an insight into the practical training offered on the Sound, Music and Production BA study programme.

Venue: F14.30
Time: 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Study programme: Sound, Music and Production BA

Die Studierenden präsentieren ihr in der Werkstatt Linear 6 entstandenes Semesterprojekt Forest Zen. Neben der Möglichkeit die immersive Klangreise in Dolby Atmos zu erleben bieten sie Audio-Interessierten auch die Gelegenheit tiefer in den Entstehungsprozess einzutauchen: Von Naturaufnahmen im Wald mit einem selbst gebauten 13-Kanal-Mikrofonsystem bis hin zur Surround-Mikrofonierung außergewöhnlicher Instrumente wie Handpan, Monochord, Gongs und Klangschalen zeigen sie, wie es allein durch Klang gelingen kann die Grenze zwischen Studio und Natur verschwimmen zu lassen.

Veranstaltungsort: Raum F18.102
Veranstaltungszeit: 17:00 - 20:00 Uhr
Studiengang: Sound, Music and Production

*Derang* by Hamed Karami and Mehrdokht Sadeghi is an interactive installation project inspired by the philosophy and key elements of the ancient Persian garden. Through symmetries, water, trees and flowers, *Derang* becomes a space for experience and a place of harmony, designed to foster a connection with nature and renewal. Named after the Persian word for a ‘conscious pause’, the installation invites visitors to slow down, consciously perceive their surroundings and rediscover the value of the present moment.

Venue: Showroom, F16.18
Time: 13:00 – 19:00
Study programme: Expanded Media

A rare opportunity to see the portable fulldome (a dome cinema) from the international Media Cultural Work study programme in action: films are screened in 360° format within the immersive (all-round) projection environment, which is reminiscent of an oversized igloo. Many of the works produced in the “Soundscape & Environmental Media Lab” at the faculty of Media have already won awards and promise a novel cinematic experience.

The following films will be screened:

1 In-Between
by Anastasiia Tunkevich
Production: Magdalena Filkova, Alexandre Ferraz, Livia Tice, Vianey Cancino

Caught between the real world and purgatory, the protagonist is confronted with his memories. Seeking atonement for the sins he has committed, tormented by visions and illusions, he faces the darkness – alone. Will he survive this trial by fire?

2 Tomorrow I’m Alive
by Ekaterina Mayskaya
Production: Sadaf Awan, Karolina Filatova, Mariam Stepanyan, Hassan Khozaima, Ekaterina Matveeva

A woman, fleeing the war, struggles with her traumas. She wavers between reality, hallucinations and memories.

3 The Peace Will Come Tomorrow
by Alban Tufa & Javid Akhmedov

This experimental short film follows two international students in Germany through a seemingly ordinary day. Their everyday lives become a metaphor for human existence and invite the audience on an intimate emotional journey through the past, present and future.

4 Zero Time Moment
by Daria Dolmatova

Zero Time Moment emerged from the experience of emigration. A sense of disorientation, physical uprooting, languages that fail to connect, and bodies that cannot find rest. Here, fear takes on a circular, habitable form.

5 Visible (Within)
by Laura Pachon Beltran

The fulldome becomes an immersive space of experience, shaped by interaction, perception and attention. Using motion capture, tracking and distorted visual fragments, the work explores how meaning is selectively constructed within a contemporary media environment.

6 The Space in Between
by Md Shahadat Hossen
Swim through a sea of cultures in search of a sense of home. Through an immersive visual language, the protagonist moves through landscapes, each of whose surroundings reflects a different phase of this inner metamorphosis.

7 Cover
by Merve Gül

You are engulfed by an overwhelming force: at first, the vacuum cleaner can only be heard as a distant, distorted hum, until you are finally drawn into the machine’s interior. A brief moment of silence is followed by a heartbeat. Experience this self-composed musique concrète piece.

Venue: Room F18.19 (film studio)
Time: 13:00 – 12:00
Study programme: various

Fourth-semester students on the Sound, Music & Production study programme are presenting nine spatial sound installations inspired by works of art from the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt. All installations are accessible and interact with visitors.

Room 14.10

13:30 – 16:00 RIP in Pieces

16:30 – 19:00 Zurück
Leaving and being left behind. Whether of our own free will or by chance, we all have to endure the in-between. We are in a state of constant transition. Have you ever been in a familiar place – and something just felt wrong? In ‘Back’, visitors step into the role of people who have returned, exploring their old, abandoned home and rediscovering forgotten memories.

19:30 – 22:00 Evolve & Conquer
Explore, develop, conquer! Guide your civilisation with wisdom and strategy across the legendary island of Y’Therûm. Discover resources and prove yourself the rightful ruler of the eternal paradise.

Room 14.29

13:30 – 16:00 Scythe ‘n’ Dive
You wake up on a cold marble floor, surrounded by deep red rivers. From the flickering light of the torches, projectiles appear, sent by the Devil himself to send you to hell. Listen carefully to the direction the attacks are coming from, dodge them and thereby delay your fate long enough to immortalise yourself as a legend on the leaderboard. You won’t be controlling your character with WASD or a controller, but with your own body in a real room.

14:00 – 17:30 World Dragon
A long time ago, a dragon was shattered. What remains of it continues to slumber across four worlds, strung out like the vertebrae of its spine stretching through the room. Each element is a world you can touch, and right at the very end, in the darkness, there is a box you cannot see into.

Even before you touch anything, something alive senses you. It sniffs out your hand, stirs half-awake, whispers. The sound envelops you in the room. The dragon takes you seriously. And has forgotten you the moment you’re gone. The sound is created live from our own recordings. You aren’t listening; you are being heard.

18:00 – 21:30 Fischer
Imagine you’re standing on a boat, out in the open sea. Lurking beneath the surface are not just harmless fish or exotic rarities. The waves are rising; the radio on the boat crackles nervously. The current is bringing life-threatening sea creatures such as sharks and whales into the fishing grounds.

The crux of the matter: anyone who greedily casts their line blindly risks certain death. Every decision requires the perfect interplay of careful listening, timing and tactical risk assessment. Only those who keep their ears open and avoid the danger zones will survive to the end.

For the third time, the team behind Artist Alley is hosting an event at the Media Campus. Students and friends will be selling their handmade artworks here, such as stickers, portraits, crocheted items, small art pieces and much more. Be sure to pop in and enjoy the stalls, which are full of intricate details, and the bustling atmosphere.

Venue: F15.007
Time: 2.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Study programme: – (formerly Event Management Elective)

What are the particular challenges involved in designing fantasy creatures in a virtual space? Through the ‘Stranger Creatures’ project, second-semester students on the Augmented and Virtual Reality Design study programme are exploring the themes of physicality and character design in virtual reality. The absurd creatures created as part of this project can be admired on the day.

Venue: Room F15/15.002b
Time: 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Study programme: Augmented and Virtual Reality Design

Can a study programme be represented by a virtual, interactive avatar? The AI-powered assistant’s demonstration can be experienced on site using mixed reality and encourages discussion about the study programme. Going beyond chatbots, the result demonstrates what potential interfaces of the future might look like, where artificial intelligence, location and users come together in a completely new way.

Venue: Room F14.031 (CAVE)
Time: 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Study programme: Augmented and Virtual Reality Design

Development of Bluetooth-based physical controllers that can be integrated into Unity3D to influence or control a simple game or an XR experience.

Venue: Room F14.31 (CAVE)
Time: 14:00 – 17:00
Study programme: Augmented and Virtual Reality Design

An ancient spellbook contains a forgotten recipe for a magic potion.
This can only be completed if two magicians work together.
Visitors are invited to combine the magical ingredients and
sound of the spell in a playful way.

Through her interactive installations, Henrike Dormin explores how experiences and
social cooperation can be shaped. In playful settings, she explores how technology can foster curiosity, cooperation and social connections.

Venue: Room F17.21
Time: 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm
Study programme: Expanded Media

The faculty of Media is saying goodbye to its final-year graduates.

In partnership with our neighbours at Ceramica , you can come and paint ceramics at our venue on Friday afternoon. Choose your favourite design from a fine selection of unglazed ceramics and let your creativity run wild using the paints provided.

Pascal and Kiara will be on hand to offer help and advice. No booking is required; there is a fixed charge for the unglazed ceramics and paints.

Venue: Exhibition Centre, in front of the Auditorium
Time: 4.00 pm – 7.00 pm

Das Institut für Kommunikation & Medien (ikum) Forschungszentrum Digitale Kommunikation und Medien-Innovation (fz dkmi) ist mit einem Stand auf der Werkschau vertreten und beantwortet Fragen rund um das Thema Forschung und Promotionsmöglichkeiten am Fachbereich Media. Für den kleinen Hunger gibt es frische Waffeln! 🧇 

The university sports department organises a varied programme of sports for students and staff; guests and alumni are also very welcome. At the stand, guests can find out about the courses on offer and try their hand at cornhole.

‘Step in’ by Henrike Domin is an interactive and participatory experience that allows the audience to experience a choir from a different perspective. The Hexadome format, with its five large screens, immerses the listener in the sound of the choir and enables targeted interaction with the choir’s voices.

Venue: Room F17.21
Time: 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Study programme: Expanded Media

Music production is a team effort. In the Linear 3 workshop, students guide a band through the entire production process – from planning and recording right through to the final mix. This combines technical expertise, creative work and precise listening. The resulting productions offer an insight into the practical training offered on the Sound, Music and Production BA study programme.

Venue: F14.30
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
Study programme: Sound, Music and Production BA

For over 20 years, the Hessian pianist Andreas Müller and the Cologne-based bassist Sebastian Pranz have been playing together in a wide variety of line-ups. In Dieburg, they focus on the intensity and interplay of the duo. They play pieces from 1960s modern jazz as well as contemporary jazz by Brad Mehldau, Fred Hersch, John Scofield and Aaron Parks.

The Pranz & Müller Duo will be performing on 24 July from around 5.30 pm to 7.00 pm at Café Zeitraum.

Jovan is one of the most exciting newcomers in the German-speaking world and is known for a sound that blends classic hip-hop influences with modern grime and boom-bap productions. The rapper from Darmstadt has built up a steadily growing fanbase over the last few years thanks to his prominent flows, confident attitude and authentic style. With his boundless energy, he is the perfect opener for our exhibition stage.

Jovan will be performing on 24 July from 6.00 pm to 6.45 pm on the stage at the exhibition centre in front of the Auditorium.

https://www.instagram.com/jovan_mp3
www.youtube.com/watch

*Becoming Bollywood* by Yash Harichandan is an immersive motion-graphics documentary in the Hexadome format that explores Bollywood’s cultural influence on society.

Through six large-scale projections, visitors embark on a musical journey from ancient India through the pre-colonial era to modern India. The film explores the religion, culture and emotions that shape and define South Asian identity.

Venue: Room F17.21
Time: 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm
Study programme: Expanded Media

What does it mean to feel truly alive?

At this year’s Alive Festival, five immersive journeys invite you to explore this question in a deeply personal way. Experience stories that blur the line between reality and imagination.

• Step onto the threshold between life and death – through the thoughts of a man caught between two worlds.
• Lose yourself in the magic and mischief of a summery fairy dream.
• Forge an unusual connection with a mysterious creature deep within a hidden cave.
• Journey through the different stages of a person’s life and discover the moments that shape us.
• Step into a supermarket where nothing is for sale – and yet all can be won.

Each of these journeys offers a different perspective on what it means to be alive. Your answer awaits you.

Venue: Canteen
Time: 7.00 pm – 10.00 pm
Study programme: Expanded Media

Elena Rud navigates a world of outbursts, despair and self-deprecating humour. In their songs, the Munich-based indie band explore mental health, body positivity and queerness, wrapping it all up in danceable new wave indie with a punk-infused 80s vibe.

The charm of Elena’s prominent, raw voice takes centre stage in this pop music in the style of the latest German wave. Her shows are self-assured, empowering and like an open therapy session on stage. Let’s take a look.

Elena Rud will be performing on 24 July from 7.15 pm to 8.15 pm on the stage at the exhibition centre in front of the Auditorium.

https://www.instagram.com/theelenarud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZNiVmId_6c

error is a German-language indie-pop act who straddles the roles of poet, critic, person affected by social issues and outsider. With warm guitars, driving drums and analogue synths, he creates a danceable backdrop for poetic lyrics exploring the themes of Gen Z’s lives, personal experiences and social tensions. His songs feel intimate, edgy and accessible all at once. In short: the perfect soundtrack for the Media Campus!

error will be performing on 24 July from 9.00 pm to 10.00 pm on the stage at the exhibition center in front of the Auditorium.

https://www.instagram.com/error.musik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjwGM6GW1Ys