Award for Weijia Ma at DOK Leipzig
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.
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Master student Domenik Gebhardt awarded with Schubart cultural prize
Domenik Gebhardt was honored for his visual essay “In Search of the Ideal Landscape”, this was his bachelor thesis at the Merz Akademie. Domenik describes his work: A visual essay...
Olia Lialina – Net Artist
This first monograph of the international net art pioneer and New Media professor Olia Lialina allows us to (re)discover this always contemporary artistic practice, inviting us to plunge into the...
Higher Arts Education Networks’ SZFE Solidarity Statement
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...
Mobile Medienschule Stuttgart Ost Starts Into the Second Project Year
With the “Film and Radio Studio”, the Merz Akademie is one of four locations of the Mobile Medienschule Stuttgart Ost (MoMO), even after one year of project duration. The focus...
Weijia Ma becomes DAAD Visiting Professor at the Merz Akademie Stuttgart
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 Journey of the Storks in the Course 3D Data Storytelling
In the course “3D Data Storytelling”, students in the field of new media deal with the basic design principles and techniques for presenting data in 3D and virtual/augmented reality (V/AR)....
hellofarm Design Studio wins pitch for “Marke Rosenstein”
The communication design studio hellofarm of our graduates Bjørn Küenzlen and Anthony Lynch was the winning team in the pitch for the design of the Rosenstein brand. With the opening...
DAAD Study Visit of Jarek Bujny at Merz Akademie
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,...
Kevin B. Lee Starts Co-directing the Master’s Program
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...