Uni-LAB

02.12.2010
How to become a "creative" city - Liverpool after the Capital of Culture year 2008
The film " Stories of Vacancy and Creativity – Liverpudlians in their neighbourhoods" tells the story of Liverpool residents, so-called Liverpudlians, who live in three different, sometimes not too chic districts, and it also discusses the issue of Liverpool’s change from a shrinking to a "creative more ...
03.10.2010
"The region would burst with creativity" - interview with Prof. Dr. Volker Eichener, Pt. I
Prof. Dr. Volker Eichener, headmaster of EBZ Business School, is a metropolis connaisseur. Originally a social and political scientist, he now manages an academy, consults politicians and initiatives and offers various courses. Under the roof of the term “urban research”, he deals with topics such more ...
03.08.2010
New Talents Biennale Köln stellt junge Künstler vor
Die new talents – biennale köln präsentiert im Zweijahresrhythmus etwa 50 junge Künstler und Gestalter. Der Biennale-Film bietet einen kleinen Querschnitt durch zahlreiche Medien, Kunst und Designbeiträge, wie auch drei Interviews beteiligter Künstlerinnen. Er startet mit Eindrücken von der more ...
28.06.2010
Summer Academy RUHR.2010 – in search of the lost identity
What had been planned as final event of the summer academy developed into a disputation! The academy invited students from the Ruhr area to discuss on the Ruhr area’s place and significance within Europe. For one wee, topics such as migration/education, city/area/metropolis, arts/culture, more ...
22.06.2010
100 young talents in Brussels
2009 was the European "year of creativity and innovation". The European Commission and the Committee of The Regions were on the lookout for young creative talents in the following five areas: - arts and culture - science, research and innovation - media, information and communication more ...
16.05.2010
Urbanatix - Revitalisation of places for productive and creative use
In providing the Marienkirche (Marien Church; translator’s note) in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle - in the Victoria Quarter in Bochum - thanks to the city of Bochum, URBANATIX got the perfectly central training location. In Bochum, one has been putting an emphasis on revitalising places more ...
07.03.2010
FELDSTÄRKE INTERNATIONAL - can you learn to be creative?
During the last week of January, PACT Zollverein was the host of AGORA 2010/FELDSTÄRKE INTERNATIONAL. 44 students from Germany, Los Angeles, Paris, and Istanbul cooperated beyond their respective fields, thus conceiving and presenting various projects dealing with social, urban, and artistic issues more ...
05.03.2010
The grammar of film language - a conversation with Marion Döring
Marion Döring, director of the European Film Academy, talks abut the grammar of film language. The interview took place in the course of the event Think Tank “THE IMAGE OF EUROPE” - the European Film Academy had invited the participants to the Ruhr metropolis, European cultural capital more ...
21.02.2010
The Berlinale and the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg
Ludwigsburg. Showtime! TV productions, free film, festival participations, important awards, animation films at the highest stage... since 1991, you have to expect the label "Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg" in the national and international film business. Many successful national and more ...
02.02.2010
Don’t be afraid of creativity – an interview with Jürgen Rüttgers
A meeting above the roofs of Duesseldorf. Prime minister of German federal state North Rine-Westphalia, Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers, in dialog with Dieter Gorny - discussing creativity, education and the Creative.Quarters. Considering the fast pace at which knowledge reduplicates worldwide nowadays, it is more ...