Video Installation „about Art and Research“
The interview series “about Art and Research (aAaR)” explores perspectives on artistic research and offers brief and concise insights into discourses, practices, and methods. In the interviews, artists, scholars, and representatives of institutions discuss traditions, attitudes, and approaches to artistic research in response to eight questions.
The project is carried out in cooperation with the Art & Art Theory Division in the Department of Art and Music at the University of Cologne and the Karlsruhe University of Education.
- Interviews with: Markus Rautzenberg, Nishant Shah, McKenzie Wark, Hans Jörg Rheinberger, Ute Holl, Stefanie Wenner, Christiane Hütter, Timon Beyes, OMSK Social Club, Manuel Sékou, Sybille Peters, Caspar Weimann, Gabi dan Droste, Claudia Bosse, Klaas Werner, Ana Guzman, Cornelia Sollfrank, Marcus Lobbes, Orit Halpern, Arne Vogelgesang
- Format: Video installation
- Language: German, English
- Location: HAU1, coat check area in the 1st-tier foyer
- Meet Martina Leeker: September 26, 4:30–5:30 p.m., 1st-tier foyer
Video artists
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Prof. Dr. Martina Leeker
Theater and media scholar, performer
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Prof. Dr. Martina Leeker
Theater and media scholar, performerMartina Leeker is a scholar of theater and media studies, as well as a performer and lab founder. She teaches and conducts research on digital cultures, theater/performance and digitality, artistic research, criticism, care/digital care, and digital education. Since fall 2021, she has been serving as acting head of the (Chair) “Aesthetic Theory and Practice” in the Division of Art and Art Theory, Department of Art and Music at the University of Cologne. She is the founder and director of “The Respectful Nettheatrechannel” for theater and digitality. Together with Konstanze Schütze, she runs the “Care Research Lab” in addition to the interview series “aAaR.”
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Tom Schoberth
Media artist
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Tom Schoberth
Media artistTom Schoberth earned a bachelor’s degree in Intermedia from the Institute for Art and Art Theory at the University of Cologne and will begin his studies in Fine Arts, with a focus on film, at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts in October.
In Cologne, he was responsible for the technical implementation of the research project “about Art and Research” and was also a member of the Studiobühne, the video team, and the media education space in the Department of Art and Music.
Further information: https://tomschoberth.de
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Rubina Ünzelmann-Balotsch
Video Artist
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Rubina Ünzelmann-Balotsch
Video ArtistRubina Ünzelmann-Balotsch is a video artist and is pursuing a master’s degree in Intermedia and Intercultural Communication and Education at the University of Cologne. In addition to “about Art and Research,” she is involved in the teaching and research projects “Care Research Lab,” “Dank Images,” and “The Respectful Nettheatrechannel.”
Credits
- Filming, post-production, and website: Tom Schoberth
- Trailer (concept and production): Rubina Ünzelmann-Balotsch, Tom Schoberth (including music), cat performers Momo and Gimli (performance only)
- Logo and typography: Nathalie Commandeur
- Website: Tom Schoberth
- Recording and organization: Anja Lenz (née Lomparski), Martina Leeker
- Direction: Martina Leeker, Konstanze Schütze
- Produced by: MBR – Media Education Space in collaboration with the Chair of Aesthetic Practice and Theory, University of Cologne, Art & Art Theory, and the University of Education, Institute for Art
For the installation at the 2026 national conference “Don’t stop me now” organized by the Performing Arts Fund at HAU Berlin
- Direction: Martina Leeker
- Post-production: Tom Schoberth, with Rubina Ünzelmann-Balotsch
