The aim of this format is to bring together Leipzig-based artists as well as other actors and to establish a regular meeting point where current questions, projects, and methods in the field of artistic research can be discussed. Through digital hybrid formats, there is also the possibility of inviting international guests.

A central focus lies on the role and function of artistic research as a genre of art within broader social contexts—particularly in times of volatile transformation. To what extent do new forms of knowledge production emerge through collaboration with other disciplines? And which new forms of public engagement and becoming public can be productively developed within the field of research-based art? All topics are discussed with a strong emphasis on practice.

The Round Table for Artistic Research Leipzig is initiated by the artist Dr. Emanuel Mathias in cooperation with the Society for Artistic Research.

Joint f/stop – Fotoszene excursion to Merseburg
Visit to the exhibition “This Is the Turbulence” featuring works by Emanuel Mathias

5:30 PM Guided tour of the exhibition with Emanuel Mathias and Laura Bierau (Merseburg University of Applied Sciences)

If you are interested in forming carpool groups, please indicate offers or requests when registering.
Alternative options:
4:04 PM S5x via Halle (platform 2) or bus 131 from Leipzig Angerbrücke.
Shared dinner and informal get-together (optional)
Registration by April 29 at fotoszene@f-stop-leipzig.de

Background of the exhibition
The occasion for the exhibition was the 70th anniversary of the Merseburg campus in 2024. The site brings together the history of two institutions: the Technical University (TH) Leuna-Merseburg (1954–1993) and, since 1992, Merseburg University of Applied Sciences. In addition to its history, the focus is on the university’s present-day self-conception, regional knowledge transfer, and its close ties to the Leuna chemical industry.
The exhibition features contemporary photography, installations, scientific and historical objects, as well as multimedia works. Conceived as a space for reflection and social exchange, it invites visitors to see the university from a new perspective and to engage in dialogue about scientific practice.
Further information is available on the project website.

f/stop – Fotoszene Ausflug nach Merseburg: „Das ist die Turbulenz“

New Publication as part of the Exhibition Cooperation titled Das ist die Turbulenz with the Hochschule Merseburg.

Graphic Design: Camille Lelous

Projectmanagement Laura Bierau 

The publication is available free of charge at the university’s stand at the Leipzig Book Fair.

#artisticresearch #artsandscience #dasistdieturbulenz

September 29, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

Lecture: We are Your Primates

Panel: Performing Art-Science at the Limits of Ecological Uncertainty

Together with: Michael Klipphahn-Karge, Emre Sünter

Moderator: Robert Fischer

Conference: Performing Transformation: Shifting Landscapes in Art, Science, and Technology

TU Dresden, Andreas-Pfitzmann-Bau, Nöthnitzer Str. 46, 01187 Dresden

September 29–30, 2025

Organized and hosted by Dr. Özgün Eylül İşcen

Performing Transformation is a two-day event at TU Dresden that examines how knowledge is produced, embodied, and challenged in times of rapid social change at the intersections of art, science, and technology. The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers, artists, and practitioners to shed light on performative and collaborative research practices in the context of economic, political, cultural, ecological, and technological transformations.

The conference is organized by inter- and transdisciplinary institutions at TU Dresden, including the SchauflerLab@TU Dresden, TUDiSC, the Interactive Science Lab, the research priority area Societal Change, and the Artist-in-Residence program S+T+ARTS Ec(h)o based at the Office of Academic Heritage (Kustodie).

Bis uns das Licht uns einimmt

Opening: September 26, 2025, 7 p.m.

In the third exhibition of the newly founded Raw Lemon Gallery, the medium of photography—and specifically the subject of portraiture—is explored. On view are works by five contemporary photographic artists from different generations. Margit Emmrich, Emanuel Mathias, Volker Renner, Anett Stuth, and Jule Würfel each find their own distinctive approach to portraying portraiture, corporeality, or the human condition. What unites them is their modernist expansion, intensification, or questioning of the genre. The exhibition is curated by Björn Siebert.

With works by Margit Emmrich, Emanuel Mathias, Volker Renner, Anett Stuth & Jule Würfel

Curated by Björn Siebert

Raw Lemon Gallery

Franz-Flemming-Str. 9

04179 Leipzig

Opening hours: Fri, Sat 1—6 p.m. and by appointment

Closing event: November 1, 2025, 7 p.m.

www.rawlemongallery.com

Opening on Thursday, September 25, 2025, 4:00 p.m.

Merseburg University of Applied Sciences

Exhibition runs until August 31, 2027

Merseburg University of Applied Sciences

Main Building D, Foyer 3rd Floor (Hg/D/3)

Eberhard-Leibnitz-Straße 2

06217 Merseburg

September 3–6, 2025

4S Conference Seattle (50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science)

September 4, 2025, 1:30 p.m., Convention Center

Panel: Science–Society Communication about Global Challenges

Panel Organizer: Andreas Metzner-Szigeth

Lecturers: Tommaso Durante, Rachael Haya Diamond, Emanuel Mathias

Lecture: We Are Your Primates: New Perspectives on Global Challenges in Field Primatology Through Artistic Research

This trip is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

On the occasion of C/O Berlin‘s twenty-fifth birthday, this group exhibition takes a look at close to two decades of the C/O Berlin Talent Award. This unique prize for emerging talents has been an integral part of C/O Berlin‘s programming since 2006. Over ninety talents have been honored since then—forty-seven pairs from art and theory. Documentary in Flux is the first exhibition to look back on the C/O Berlin Talent Award. It presents the work of fourteen prizewinners to shed light on the transformation of documentary strategies in the contemporary photographic discourse, from the established genre of documentary photography to staged documentaries, the expansion of the concept of media, and visions of the future.

With works by/ Mit Werken von Sibylle Fendt (2006), Tobias Zielony (2007), Pepa Hristova (2008), Ivonne Thein (2008), Janina Wick (2008), Friederike Brandenburg (2010), Willem Popelier (2012), Florian van Roekel (2012), Emanuel Mathias (2015), Sasha Kurmaz (2016), Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques (2019), Anna Ehrenstein (2020), Adji Dieye (2021) und Karolina Wojtas (2022).
 

C/O Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 22-24, 10623, Berlin

https://co-berlin.org/en/program/exhibitions/documentary-flux
 

Emanuel Mathias und Laura Bierau

The contribution presents a current Artistic Research project at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences. The focus is on the self-conception and image of the engineering sciences, as well as the transfer of knowledge to the region, which includes the industrial sites of Leuna and Schkopau. The artist Emanuel Mathias accompanied a research team and alumni of the university for one year, examining their work and knowledge processes, rituals and gestures, as well as the participants’ self-perception. Artistic Research interweaves science and art in an interdisciplinary manner, condensing complex topics in a sensory way and potentially leading to innovative, aesthetic insights. Artistic Research can enrich science communication and university culture by creating visibility and developing and testing new formats and forms of presentation.

Online talk follow here:

https://festival.hfd.digital/de/sessions-2025/?id=841859

more infos:https://festival.hfd.digital/de/

https://festival.hfd.digital/de/