Foundations and Elective Seminars in the Winter Semester 2020/21

Foundations of Artistic Design 1

Using artistic techniques like drawing, modeling, and collage, students will be introduced to the foundations of artistic design.

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Foundations of Artistic Design for Technical Education

Using artistic techniques like drawing, molding, and modeling, students will learn the foundations of artistic design.

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The Design of a Human

This course focuses on the close observation and understanding of the “figure in space” and the recording (via drawing) of these observations.

We will study the design of the human body, its proportions and weight when standing, sitting, lying, and in motion. Through drawing, we will observe the interaction between body and space.

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Fabric, Stencil, Squeegee – Silkscreen

This course offers an introduction to the printing technique of silkscreen. After an introduction to the basics of the technique and the printing workshop, participants will develop motifs which will then be transferred—either by gluing or via photo emulsion—and then printed.

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Fleeting Traces

In this seminar we will deal with the observation of movement in urban space. What happens? To what degree does our own movement (walking, standing, biking, etc.) influence our perception? Which visible and invisible traces exist, and how can they be captured?

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Discovering

Our focus in this course is on the drawn observation of plants. To this end, we will take field trips to the Berggarten and nearby parks. There, we will use drawing exercises to selectively and precisely examine the vegetation found there.

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Fictional Spaces — Building as Self-portrait

Using selected short stories by writers like J. G. Ballard, J. L. Borges, and Italo Calvino, we will investigate architecture in fiction as a starting point for an experimental artistic engagement.

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Picturing Letters

The invented word “Bildstaben” (derived from “image” + “to spell”) contains the program of this course in a nutshell. We will investigate the possibilities of using the letters of our alphabet as a starting point for artistic works.

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…we just want to play

“…he just wants to play.” Everyone who has unexpectedly been jumped on by a dog and reacted with shock has heard this sentence from the two-legged companion in question.

Harmless game or serious aggression?

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Unfolding

Behind the scenes of pop-up cards and -books lie more or less complicated mechanisms of folded paper or cardboard. When the pages are opened, these ingenious constructions reveal three dimensional objects.

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