Prof. Dr. Annette Geiger

Kunst und Design

Theorie und Geschichte des Designs

Studiengang Freie Kunst, Integriertes Design
E-Mail a.geiger@hfk-bremen.de
Telefon +49 421 9595-1226

Vita

Annette Geiger ist Professorin für Theorie und Geschichte der Gestaltung. Sie studierte Kunst-, Kultur-, und Kommunikationswissenschaften in Berlin, Grenoble und Paris. Ihre Promotion "Urbild und fotografischer Blick" schloss sie am kunsthistorischen Institut der Universität Stuttgart ab. Anschließend lehrte sie an Hochschulen in Paris, Berlin und Darmstadt. Heute forscht sie über die Kulturen des Ästhetischen zwischen Kunst, Design und Alltag (Zeichen/Dinge, Bilder/Medien, Räume/Orte, Körper/Kleider). Die Frage nach den Spielräumen des Gestaltens, des Ambivalenten und Diversen im Design, steht dabei ebenso im Zentrum wie das Interesse an Diskurs und Kritik.

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Aktuelle Kurse

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Theorie Vertiefung für ID BA und MA Kandidat:innen (Abschlusssemester)
No matter what your design focus is (graphics, typography, illustration, fashion, product, photo, film, space, performance or completely “integrated”) - you can attend this course to prepare and deepen the texts, documentaries and reflections (oral and written) for your BA and MA thesis. The course content is based on your questions, wishes and needs. It is about: What is my topic? We start with a consultation on the exact definition and formulation of the BA/MA topic (title and text for the application). What is a text? We discuss the most important techniques of researching and writing again - with a focus on essay writing. What is my text? In the second half of the semester, we will focus more on the theoretical parts of the text: first text samples can be read aloud and/or we will discuss the rhetoric and strategy of your presentation. Course languages: German and English
Creating Cultural Dialogues: Art and Design in Transcultural Contexts
In June 2025, we will welcome 10 artists and designers from Indonesia to HfK. They are teachers and researchers from the art school “Institut Seni Indonesia” (ISI) in Yogyakarta, the city is the cultural center of the island of Java. The exchange program is funded by the DAAD program “Dialogues with the Islamic World”, which we were able to successfully acquire for two years. But how can we actually work with people from the other hemisphere of the world? What do their and our concepts of art and design have in common? How can different cultures even meet? The course will address these questions through theory and practice. After 3 introductory meetings with me (on Wednesday, 23rd of April, 10 am, for general information, as well as Wednesday, 7th of May and 4th of June for 2 lectures on art and culture in Indonesia, each 10-12 am), the course will take place as a 3-day block seminar from June 24th to 26th 2025. The artists and designers from Yogyakarta will give you various inputs and prepare a workshop combining art and design theory and practice. Even though the course is an “AWi seminar”, the aim is to create transcultural and experimental art and design works, which we want to show in an exhibition at the end of the week (Friday/Saturday 27/28th of June). Above all, the course is a living experiment for encounters and collaboration in art and design. It is open to all courses and semesters. The course language is English.