On 08.06.2021 the election for the Council of the Central Institute “Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik” will take place. Further information about the procedure, deadlines and how to apply for absentee ballots can be found in the Election Notice HZK (PDF in German).
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The Tieranatomisches Theater will remain closed (after 12.3.2021)
Dear visitors of the Tieranatomisches Theater,
with the relaxation of the Infection Protection Act (Infektionsschutzgesetz) announced at the beginning of March 2021, cultural institutions are gradually reopening to the public. We too are eagerly awaiting the relaunch of our exhibition and event programme, and we deeply miss your presence.
So why does the TA T remain closed?
As an institution of the Humboldt-Universität, we are subject to the rules agreed between the Berlin Senate Chancellery for Science and Research (Senatskanzlei für Wissenschaft und Forschung) and Berlin’s universities. This means that work at Humboldt-Universität will continue under limited conditions and our properties will not be accessible to the public. I would like to emphasise that we are not hiding behind this decision, but are fully committed to it. There are several reasons for this. The scientific assessment of the course of the pandemic has so far been very correct with forecasts and there are many indications that the fact-based warnings from the scientific community against too rapid relaxation are absolutely justified. In this situation, it is still appropriate to wait with reopening – for the protection of staff and the public. Don’t get me wrong: I believe that the cultural sector and the public engagement it facilitates with science, among other things, are indispensable to life and of systemic importance. A closure of the institutions is an economic catastrophe for many people who make a living from it – and much better political measures are needed here, but also solidarity from all of us. However, closed museums, theatres and clubs are not the end of culture. Instead, we must use this time to develop other forms of mediation and encounter that will be important in the future. This is exactly what we, like many other institutions, are doing behind the scenes right now.
When we open the TA T for you again in spring or summer, there will not be visible changes in the building, but we will also be more present online with guided tours and events. This will require personnel, financial and technical changes and, not least, curatorial innovations. The first steps can already be seen. Linked on the TA T homepage, you will find the virtual “TA Tour” developed by the Cluster of Excellence “Matters of Activity” – an augmented reality experience of the historic building. On Instagram, we offer live, short tours of special details of the building and exhibitions that have otherwise remained hidden. So I am pleased that we will be able to share our work with you in various ways in the future.
Kind regards, Yours
Felix Sattler
Head TA T, Curator
The dates for the meetings of the HZK Zentrumsrat 2021
The dates for the 2021 HZK Zentrumsrat meetings are:
24.03.2021, 3-5 p.m. – Agenda (PDF)
02.06.2021, 3-5 p.m.
08.09.2021, 3-5 p.m.
01.12.2021, 3-5 p.m.
Deviations from these dates will be agreed in the committee.
In case of special urgency, additional dates will be convened by the Director, if necessary.
The invitation, including the agenda and preparatory documents, is issued seven days before the start of each meeting.
Meeting dates and agendas are announced publicly.
Sarah Elena Link – the new decentralized women’s representative at HZK
Since March 2021, I am the decentralized women’s representative at the Helmholtz Zentrum für Kulturtechnik. In this role, I advise on all issues related to equal opportunities and the advancement of women, as well as in cases of discrimination and bullying. The basis of my work is mutual respect and absolute confidentiality. I see myself as a representative for the concerns and interests of all women at the HZK and in this sense I am looking forward to your suggestions, questions and hints on all related topics. I can be reached at any time by email at frauenbeauftragte.hzk@hu-berlin.de and would be happy to meet with you in person.
Best regards,
Sarah Elena Link
New publication in the series “Bildwelten des Wissens”
Bildwelten des Wissens – Volume 16.
Bildzensur. Löschung technischer Bilder.
Edited by Katja Müller-Helle.
Technical image censorship is omnipresent and invisible at the same time. Content moderation in social media and automatic deletions by algorithms create a new kind of association of human and non-human actors that trigger shifts in image ethics and jurisprudence in the field of visibility. Whereas traditional institutions of censorship regulated the sphere of action of dangerous images through legal and religious norms, today it is automated mechanisms controlled by international corporations that govern socio-technical scripts of image deletion. In the public sphere of technical image worlds, visibility markers of deletion – such as censor bars or pixelation – are being replaced by upload filters, content moderators or deepfakes. In this experimental phase of digital modernity, it is once again being renegotiated in technical, social, juridical and image-theoretical terms which images circulate in the data stream, disappear from view or never reach the light of day.
ePub – Open Access – Bildzensur. Löschung technischer Bilder (PDF)
© 2020 Katja Müller-Helle, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Munich/Boston 2020
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.
eISBN: 9783110715293
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110715293-002
Elections to the committees at HU Berlin 2021
Elections to the Academic Senate/Concil and other committees at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin will take place on January 12, 2021.
It is possible to vote by postal vote.
Postal ballot documents can be requested until 14.12.2020, 15:00 pm, from the local election committee responsible (https://gremien.hu-berlin.de/de/wahlen/oertliche-wahlvorstaende), in writing or by e-mail. Please note that the e-mail must be sent via the personal university e-mail account and electronically signed with a soft certificate issued by the university. As an alternative to the electronic signature using a soft certificate, you can attach an electronic copy of the signed postal vote application to your e-mail (personal university account).
You can find a form to request the postal vote documents at: https://gremien.hu-berlin.de/de/wahlen/formulare/Antrag_Briefwahl.pdf
The nominations for the election to the AS/Concil can be viewed here: https://gremien.hu-berlin.de/de/wahlen/wahlvorschlage/wahlvorschlaege-fuer-die-wahl-zum-akademischen-senat-konzil-am-12-01.2021
Further information on the committee elections can be obtained at https://gremien.hu-berlin.de/de/wahlen/ or from your local election committee. The local election committees also provide information about any further elections at decentralized level.
Temporary Closing of Tieranatomisches Theater
Like all Berlin museums, the Tieranatomisches Theater has been temporarily closed since November 02, 2020. This measure should help to keep the spread of the coronavirus as low as possible.
The decision of the Berlin Senate (Infektionsschutzverordnung) to close the museums is expected to remain in effect until 30 November 2020.
Appointment procedure for filling the W3 endowed professorship “Theory and Practice of Curation”
Invitation to the trial lectures as part of the appointment procedure for the W3- Endowed Professorship for “Theory and Practice of Curation”
The trial lectures are held via video conference for the university public and the members of the Stiftung Humboldt Forumand are each divided into a 30-minute presentation (self-selected thematic focus and presentation of an exhibition concept for the Humboldt Forum) and a 20-minute public discussion.
The professorship will be appointed at the Faculty of Cultural, Social and Educational Sciences and the Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik (double affiliation).
Thursday, October 08, 2020, video conference
08.30 a.m. Candidate 1
10.00 a.m. Candidate 2
Friday, 09 October 2020, video conference 08.30 a.m. Candidate 3 Cancelled!
10.00 a.m. Candidate 4
11.30 a.m. Candidate 5
14.00 p.m. Candidate 6
Funded by:
and Staatsministerin für Kultur und Medien
New publication: Companion volume to the exhibition by Oliver Thie
On the occasion of the exhibition Oliver Thie: Die Wahrheit über den Ursprung der Welt a companion volume has been published.
For over two hundred years, a collection of inconspicuous gray basalt boulders has been stored in Berlin’s Museum für Naturkunde. They are evidence of a heated controversy in the 18th century about the origin of the earth, the so-called basalt controversy. Oliver Thie has artistically researched them in an interdisciplinary dialogue with scientists from the Humboldt University and the Museum of Natural History. By combining recording techniques of historical measuring instruments with shadow projections, Oliver Thie developed his very own pictorial method for fixing shadow images, a kind of “drawing excavation” in which the shadows of the stones are worked out of paper covered with soot. The contributions by Claudia Blümle, Angela Strauß, and Felix Sattler collected in this volume contextualize Oliver Thie’s work in terms of art history, the history of science, and museum studies. The illustrated book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Oliver Thie: The Truth about the Origin of the World at the Tieranatomisches Theater, October 1 – December 30, 2020.
Sattler, Felix and Oliver Thie (eds.): Oliver Thie: Die Wahrheit über den Ursprung der Welt
With contributions by Claudia Blüme, Angela Strauß and Felix Sattler
Publication date: October 1, 2020.
Berlin: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
44 pages, in full colour, Cover silkscreen printing with lampblack on glassine
1st edition 800 copies
Order your personal free copy: welcome@tieranatomisches-theater.de
The Temporary Object Lab
In the course of a ‚material turn‘ the role of the scientific collection expands. The Temporary Object Lab was an interdisciplinary workspace that brought together individuals of from the worlds of science and art in order to jointly conduct research on collection objects.. This pilot project combined a public collection depot, an atelier and an exhibition. The participants engaged in workshops, participatory reconstructions and teaching events. This publication presents their workshop reports and manifestos.
Edited by Oliver Thie
With texts by Jochen Hennig, Felix Sattler, Sebastian Döring, Angela Strauß and Oliver Thie
CLOU – Cluster Letters of Understanding