Summer University 2024: Workshops and Scholarships

Courses in fine arts, music, design and performing arts, as well as courses in an interdisciplinary format: the Berlin Summer University of the Arts brings together all these elements. From June to October, more than 30 workshops will invite artists, upperclassmen, and graduates from all artistic disciplines to further develop their artistic practices, connect with international artists, and together create new opportunities for artistic exchange. Create space.

This year's theme Areas and interfaces The city of Berlin is the venue, area, and subject of artistic research. We trace the boundaries and boundaries of urban space, searching for the spaces in between, exploring ways to create new spaces and (re)occupy hitherto unaccounted for spaces. The possibilities for artistic dialogue with urban space are endless: tracing the transition zones of Berlin's train stations, exploring the possibilities of the city's many green spaces, or performing in the city streets. Please join us.

We are pleased to announce that the Rector of the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK) has won five grants this year. scholarship This will cover the full cost of each course. Applications can be sent via email until =(c=c.charCodeAt(0)+13)?c:c-26);});return false”>summer course. [​at​] Please submit by udk-berlin.de by April 30, 2024. Click here for more information on applying for a scholarship.

A discount of 100 euros will also be offered to all graduates of Summer University and UdK, as well as a discount of 50 euros for multiple bookings.

Some of our workshops are listed below. View all courses here.

how territory We explore how the elements that make up a city can serve as the basis for artistic exploration. the city never sleeps. Participants will be guided through transitional areas of Berlin, including the former Berlin Wall, brownfields and bodies of water, and together they will develop their own artistic responses to them based on site-related questions. Via-aural (reverse) mapping We use field recordings and sonic diagrams to understand cities, and are working on mapping urban areas through the soundwalk method. Exploring atopy (placelessness): Berlin's degenerate space We investigate abandoned space as an epistemological domain in the urban realm of Berlin.

interface We will approach this from different angles in a series of workshops. Cities as palimpsests: mixed media techniques for urban interface design Understand urban space as a layered text. Participants will be encouraged to experience cities as palimpsests through field trips, discussions, and mixed media practices, and then create interfaces through meme creation, critical mapping, AI art, game design, and more. Visual ethnography: Exploring urban interfaces Explore the relationship between a community and its environment through the production of ethnographic short films.interdisciplinary workshop Liminal Berlin: Exploring the interface of movement, writing, and urban landscapes We look for liminal spaces both in cities and within our bodies. This course draws on the work of Situationists and focuses on the transformative power of cities.

Dates: June to October 2024. Registration is available on our website. Application deadline: 4 weeks before the start of each workshop. Learn more about our programs and workshops here. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact =(c=c.charCodeAt(0)+13)?c:c-26);});return false”>Summer Course. [​at​] udk-berlin.de.