The requirements for physical buildings and infrastructure in artistic educational institutions such as art universities are, in many ways, different from those of other institutions of comparable size. But how can these specific requirements be adapted to the digital realm, where both the peculiarities of digitality are taken into account and the characteristics of physical space are not simply projected onto the digital? How can the inspirations, artistic freedom and distinctive features of projects, contexts, and exhibitions from artistic environments be incorporated when establishing a digital infrastructure for this endeavor? This was conceived, tested, and established over a period of four years at the University of the Arts Berlin. The outcome is a university-wide, holistic data network for applications and contexts.  read more ↗

The medienhaus/ project is an open-development spin-off emerging from the “Notfalldigitalisierung” initiative at the Berlin University of the Arts. In line with the principle of “public money, public code,” the software was conceived as a configurable, institution-agnostic, free and open source project. Its goal is to empower institutions to operate their own digital communication and collaboration infrastructures based on the federated [matrix] protocol. Since this set of requirements is not only relevant to public institutions, it was co-created in collaboration with associations, NGOs, and activists.  read more ↗

The series "Resisting Architectures" explores enhancing kinesthetic resistance in human-object interactions with additional information layers based on the principle of gradually adjustable resistance, which subtly conveys changes in state, allowing users to receive information without interrupting the intended interaction. It resulted in five objects: door closer, door handle, sliding cart, rotary switch, and drawer.  read more ↗