Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle

Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle has been supporting the festival since the 2020/21 winter semester, focusing students’ attention on Bitterfeld-Wolfen in various seminars. The first results of this ORTSBEGEGNUNG were presented online in 2021. The BURG is now an important partner of the festival.

Founded in 1915, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle offers excellent training and study conditions in the fields of art and design. With over 1,000 students, it is one of the largest art colleges in Germany. Visionary thinking and design as well as the development of practical professional skills are promoted in over 30 fields of study. The university has well-equipped studios and workshops and is networked with numerous facilities and institutions.

A total of five degree courses take part in the festival with seminars and projects:

Art History/Art Studies with the project ORTSBEGEGNUNG under the direction of Prof. Dr. Nike Bätzner

Didactics of Art with the project BRÜCKEN, BRÜCHE, SCHNITTSTELLEN under the direction of Prof. Dr. Sara Burkhardt

Sculpture/Metal, with the project TRANSFORMATION under the direction of Prof. Andrea Zaumseil

Design Sciences, with the project LEARNING FROM BITTERFELD under the direction of Prof. Dr. Pablo Abend and Prof. Dr. Veronica Biermann

and Design Fundamentals with the project STADT – RAUM – STRUKTUR under the direction of Prof. Bettina Erzgräber

What images of the East do we have and which ones do we want to draw? For our festival, Professor Nike Bätzner and artistic collaborator Lenia Hauser from Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle told us about their personal IMAGE OF THE EAST.