Day 2

7th May


9:30am – 10:15am
Introduction
Gesche Joost, Universität der Künste Berlin / DGTF
Claudia Mareis, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, HU Berlin / DGFT

10:15am – 10:30am
Coffee Break

10:30am – 12pm
Theme Panel: Sympoiesis of Making
Susanne Witzgall, Akademie der Bildenden Künste München: Sympoietic Designing as Ethical Project
Adriana Knouf, tranxxenolab/independent artist, Amsterdam: Facilitating New Relations for the Tranxxeno
Zoe Laughlin, University College London: Performing Materials/Abstracting Stuff: Adventures in Making

Moderation: Léa Perraudin, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, HU Berlin


12pm – 1pm
Lunch Break

1pm – 2:30pm
Theme Panel: Performative Surface Berit Greinke, Universität der Künste Berlin: As Sensors Unfold
Manuel Kretzer, Dessau Department of Design, Hochschule Anhalt: Materiability / Breathe – Towards a Living Automotive
Mark Miodownik, University College London: Animate Materials
Roman Kirschner, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste: When mirrors metabolize

Moderation: Clemens Winkler, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, HU Berlin

2:45pm – 3:45pm
Project Panel: Co-Creation, Sympoiesis, Prototyping
parallel session
Cornelia Gassler, Hochschule Luzern: Inherent Diversity: Co-Creation in Industrial Production and its Qualitative Impact
Khashayar Razghandi, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, HU Berlin / Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces: Design-Science Studio “Scaling Nature”: from Bio-inspiration to Co-creation
Paula Schuster, FH Potsdam: Prototypes as Co-designers: A Taxonomy of Prototyping

Moderation: Natalija Miodragovic, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, HU Berlin


2:45pm – 3:45pm
Project Panel: Performative Surfaces, Programmability, Scalability
parallel session
Joanna Dauner, Universität der Künste Berlin: Data physicalization versus data visualization: Displaying Data on »Smart Material Interfaces«
Paula van Brummelen, Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin: Embedded Movement. Responsive Shape-Changing Surfaces
Ebba Fransén Waldhör, Maxie Schneider, Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin: ADAPTEX. Adaptivity in Textile Solar Shading Membranes Through the Integration of Shape Memory Alloys

Moderation: Iva Resetar, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, HU Berlin


4pm – 5:30pm
Theme Panel: Living Matter
Elvin Karana, Delft University of Technology: Designing Living Artefacts
Ferdinand Ludwig, TU München: Co-Designing with Trees – The Imposition of Uncertainty
Fara Peluso, Speculative Biodesign, Berlin: Design for Future Coexistence

Moderation: Matthias Held, HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd 

5:30pm – 6:30pm
Dinner

6:30pm – 8pm
Keynote
Anupama Kundoo, Potsdam School of Architecture, FH Potsdam/Anupama Kundoo architects: Rethinking Materiality in the Age of Climate Change

Moderation: Christiane Sauer, Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin


8pm – 9:30pm
Hangout

Mark