it is nice to see that so many of you students are interested in the topic and in this class. unfortunately there is a maximum reasonable number of students who can participate. thus, i need to limit the number of participants in the class.

in order to do this in a sensible and fair way, i need to ask you to write a paragraph on why you want to be part of this class. please send said paragraph ( approx 300 words ) answering some or all of the following question:

who are you ( name, university, semester )?

what interests you in the topic of this class?

what can you contribute to the class?

are there any special circumstances that require you to take this class?

send the paragraph to me ( dennis.paul@hfk-bremen.de ) by tomorrow MON 2024-04-20 20:00 latest!

i try to get back to you no later than TUE 2026-04-21 16:00 with the results.

in art+design context presentations are ( or have become ) a pillar of the practice. whether studios or persons, portfolios, individual works or ideas; everything demands to be presented … in an entertaining way that is. but wait! is that really necessary? are the ways in which we present not very conservative and rigid? is every presentation ( willingly or unwillingly ) not a piece of designed communication or a performance?

in this block seminar we will concern ourselves with presentations in particular with the presentation of your works or projects. we will start the class by looking at other artists’ and designers’ presentations, discuss current forms of presentations as well as methods, tools and formats of how to present, only to then direct our attention, in the second half of this class, to your presentations and presentation skills.

apart from participating vividly in discussions in the class, you will also be asked to reflect on your own presentation skills and style, as well as rethink, redesign, reflect upon, and maybe challenge them in order to eventually deliver your own presentation … in whatever shape or form that might be.