Many w/k contributions are only published in German. For our international readers we provide brief summaries in English:
Future utopia or dystopia: Creative Writing with AI
By Jenifer Becker on July 25, 2023
The aim of this two-part article is to shed light on different dimensions of AI writing in order to think about a possible future by taking stock of current tendencies.
Swaantje Güntzel: „Can’t you make something nice for a change?“
By Swaantje Güntzel and Peter Tepe on September 7, 2022
The interview traces Swaantje Güntzel’s artistic development from 2017 until now.
ZERO Interviews
By Editorial Team on July 18, 2022
This series of interviews took place at the Zero Foundation as part of the project „each grows stronger when nourished by the other“ (György Kepes).
Cordula Hesselbarth: Auf | Lösung. A Multimedia Wall-Installation
By Eckhard Kluth on July 7, 2022
: Resulting from her collaboration with the research alliance Cells in Motion, Cordula Hesselbarth has designed a multimedia wall-installation for the foyer of a research building at the University of Münster.
Herbert W. Franke VISIONÄR
By Susanne Päch on July 2, 2022
In 2022, the Upper Austrian State Museum Francisco Carolinum is hosting the exhibition "Visionär" ("Visionary") about Herbert W. Franke, one of the most important border-crossers between science and art.
5 years w/k: what happened so far. Part I and II
By Peter Tepe on June 14, 2022
On the occasion of w/k’s five year anniversary, I take a look back at what we have achieved.
Art from Yeast: Anna Dumitriu & Alex May
By Sabine B. Vogel on June 1, 2022
Sabine B. Vogel reports on the BioArt exhibition Fermenting Futures by Anna Dumitriu and Alex May currently on show in Vienna.
(Y)OUR DATA IS A BATTLEGROUND
By Michael Klipphahn-Karge on March 10, 2022
Lorenz Olivier Schmid – Photography as Botanical Research
By Irene Daum on January 11, 2022
“Drone Art” between Visualization and Mediation
By Philipp Preußger on January 11, 2022
Talk To Me – A Collaboration between Art and Science
By Peter Tepe on January 11, 2022
Herbert W. Franke: Science-Fiction Author and Art Theorist
By Peter Tepe on September 28, 2020
Whilst part 1 of the interview focused on Herbert W. Franke as
physicist, speleologist and visual artist, part 2 turns its attention to his work as a science
fiction author and art theorist. There are barely any other border-crossers between science
and art who cover such a broad spectrum.
Mario Asef: Art and Ecology
By Peter Tepe on September 27, 2020
Part 2 of the interview introduces three art projects by Mario
Asef, each of which have different references to ecology: Consumption of Landscape,
Building the Pyramid of Raddusch and Kemmuna Nation. Asef is a science-related artist
who in some cases also collaborates with scientists.
Herbert W. Franke: Border-crosser between Science and Art
By Peter Tepe on April 24, 2020
Herbert W. Franke is in many ways a border-crosser between science and art: He is a scientist (a physicist and speleologist), artist (in the visual arts and as an author) and art theorist.
Interplay of Science and Art in the Council for Cultural Education
By Joachim Retzbach on March 25, 2020
In the Council for Cultural Education, researchers and artists work together on statements for politicians and the public.
Mario Asef: Acousmatic Lectures
By Till Bödeker on November 1, 2019
Note: This article is only available in the German w/k.
“Art and Science” in other Media
By Stefan Oehm on October 12, 2019
Art and science, they seem like fire and water, yet they are so very closely related; a fact dating back to ancient times.
On Paul Feyerabend: Science as Art
By Peter Tepe on October 5, 2019
In his essay, Feyerabend explains the idea that both the arts as well as the sciences are style-bound.
Beauty in Everyday Life. On the Theory of Aesthetic Experience
By Peter Tepe on October 5, 2019
In experiences of beauty, we intuitively examine the characteristics of sensual experience for coherence with a certain aesthetic norm.
Sculptures from found Objects: Artist-Engineer Odo Rumpf
By Irene Daum on October 4, 2019
Artist Odo Rumpf creates sculptures from steel.
Volker Hermes: Humboldt-Hybrids
By Peter Tepe on October 4, 2019
Volker Hermes combines polyhedra found in Geometry with insect diagrams from historical scientific expeditions.
Roland Regner: Transformations
By Peter Tepe on October 4, 2019
Roland Regner transforms his entire archive of biographical photographs.
Adi Hoesle: Brain Painting
By Peter Tepe on October 4, 2019
Adi Hoesle developed a painting method: Brain Painting.
Renato Santarossa: Glass Cooperations
By Helmut Ricke on September 11, 2019
The artist Renato Santarossa collaborates with industry to achieve distinctive, unique works.
On Critical Theory and its Approach to Art
By Walther Müller-Jentsch on August 24, 2019
This article outlines the understanding of art by the critical theorists Theodor W. Adorno, Herbert Marcuse and Ernst Fischer.
Cordula Hesselbarth: Scientific Illustration and Theory of Sensory Perception – Part 2
By Peter Tepe on August 23, 2019
In the second part of the interview, Cordula Hesselbarth discusses Scientific illustration supported by the media.
The Scope of Artistic Understanding – A Wittgensteinian Perspective
By Stefan Majetschak on August 15, 2019
Stefan Mejatschak brings together Wittgenstein's scattered thoughts on aesthetic and art theoretical questions to form a coherent concept.
Before Comprehension comes Intuition
By Brigitte Boothe on June 17, 2019
The basis to aesthetic experience is built upon an interplay between showing and seeing.
Panel Discussion on the Schönauer Exhibition
By w/k-Redaktion on January 30, 2019
Panel discussion on the exhibition 'ART INSPIRATION SCIENCE. Thomas Schönauer – The Engineering Artist'.
Birgitta Weimer: Art as Research
By Peter Tepe on September 1, 2018
Birgitta Weimer conducts artistic research analogous to science.
Philipp Lachenmann: Delphi Rationale
By Christina Landbrecht on May 29, 2018
Philipp Lachenmann's film DELPHI Rationale was made during maintenance work on the particle accelerator Delphi at CERN.