Experimental Media with guest lecturer Andrew Norman Wilson

10.10.2019

Merz Akademie welcomes the acclaimed American artist Andrew Norman Wilson, who teaches a new Crossmedia Publishing course “Experimental Media” in the Wintersemester. In this course the students deal with experimental methods and forms to develop new and innovative forms for the publication of cross-media content.

Wilson’s video art art installations have appeared in numerous exhibitions and festivals around the world. He recently enjoyed his first solo exhibition in Germany at the Kunstverein Braunschweig. He makes his return to Stuttgart, having been an artist-in-residence at Akademie Schloss Solitude from 2013-2015.

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