Dieses Format richtet sich an fortgeschrittene Studierende, die an der Gesprächsreihe „Don18: Gespräche zu Medien und Kunst: Unconventional Computing“ (donnerstags 18 Uhr HfG/ZKM) teilnehmen und im Anschluss an diese eine Seminararbeit verfassen möchten. Ziel ist die Vertiefung eines selbst gewählten Themas im Rahmen einer betreuten schriftlichen Arbeit. Voraussetzung ist die Teilnahme an den Terminen der Gesprächsreihe, an Sprechstunden und/oder Kolloquien sowie ergänzende Lektüre und Recherche.

This format is tuned towards advanced students who plan to attend the dialogue series ‘Don18: Conversations on Media and Art: Unconventional Computing’ (ca 4 Thursdays, 6pm HfG/ZKM) and who would like to write a seminar paper on this basis. The goal is to further explore a self-chosen topic within the framework of a supervised written paper. Requirements are attending the guest lectures, participation in colloquia and/or consultation hours as well as supplementary reading and individual research.

////////////////// Don 18 – Conversations on Art and Media: Unconventional Computing is a lecture series with invited guests from the expanded fields of media art and theory, co-organized by members of HfG Karlsruhe and ZKM. On four Thursday evenings during spring and summer 2025, Don18 will discuss unconventional conceptions and materializations of computers as well as alternative ways of dealing with them. In the light of the quasi-monopoly of big tech companies and in view of powerful presets and standards, Don18 and its guests will address the questions: To what extent can computers look or function differently? In which ways can we reflect on, perceive or handle computing devices differently or change them? (Concept and Organization: Julia Ihls, Victor Fancelli Capdevila, Tina Lorenz, Lea-Luka Sikau, Nina Zschocke.) //////////////////