Lockdown, curfews, canceled flights, and online teaching: These are all not perfect conditions for a semester abroad, in which the focus is, after all, on exchanging ideas with other students...
Filipa César and Diana McCarty, two filmmakers and media activists, have been jointly appointed to a professorship of Film and Video at Merz Akademie. In their artistic work, the duo...
For the first time, Merz Bildungswerk awards two scholarships to students from Syria and South Korea Since 2018, the Merz Bildungswerk has been awarding scholarships to prospective students with exceptional...
Congratulations to our Fellowship Students in the Summer Semester 2020! Bachelor student Lisa Menzel and Master student Luisa Chryselidou, both in the first semester of their studies, receive a Förderkreis...
The documentary animation film, a Chinese-French co-production, deals with China’s one-child policy from the perspective of two young girls and thus has a very personal connection to the filmmaker’s history.
Five European associations of artistic universities have jointly issued a declaration as a “Higher Arts Education Network” on the restrictions imposed by the Hungarian government on artistic education. The declaration...
China has a long tradition in the field of animation, which is increasingly being recognized internationally. Weijia Ma uses experimental animation techniques in her work to explore narratives of contemporary...
The aim of the “Futurope” project, which will now be continued in the winter semester, is to analyze the visual identity of Europe – as for example on banknotes, campaigns,...
Professor Kevin B. Lee will begin co-directing the Master’s program Research in Art, Design and Media with Professor David Quigley in the fall of 2020. With his addition to the...
At this year’s general meeting of the Cumulus Association, the international network of design universities, the Merz Akademie was accepted as a member. Although via video conference instead of at...