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Connections 2023 ⮂ 2024
We feel that the two years 2023 and 2024 belong together, possibly form a fateful unity and have a special relationship with each other. Perhaps we can add – and…
Quantum Reader Vol. 1
After reviewing a variety of readings and media for our annual research topic on quantum consulting and having merry wild discussions, we can first say that everything is possible and…
Focus on diversity
In our work on the concept of diversity, we have come to realise that it is not just an outwardly visible expression of will – since last year we have…
Quantum consulting
For the first time, we have set ourselves an internal research and focus topic for 2023. A rather new one, one with future potential, and one where we don’t know…
The Garage Campus
Chemnitz is the European Capital of Culture in 2025. Under the motto “C the Unseen – European Makers of Democracy”, the city has presented a convincing concept which, in addition…
Key Notes
Our work at the interface of art, business and science gave and gives us the opportunity to talk to many different people. Among them are artists, entrepreneurs, and researchers. The…
Insights
Ona Jarmalavičiūtė & Benjamin Stromberg
Salomé Voegelin is a widely interested artist, writer and researcher working in different modalities. Her professional work is mostly engaged in the world sound makes, socio-political and aesthetic thinking via the practice of listening. She is the author of three influential books on sound: The Political Possibility of Sound (2018), Sonic Possible Worlds (2014),…
Thomas Castéran
I first met entrepreneur and video-maker Gaspard Bonnefoy while we were finishing our master’s studies in Montpellier. Back then, I remember rushing off to find an internship in a big company that would provide me the opportunity to start my career. Gaspard, meanwhile, was turning down a permanent job offer…
Benjamin Stromberg
A NEW NORMAL Whether the situation is acute like SARS-CoV-2 or creeping like the climate catastrophe: what is perceived as a state of emergency can, today, be understood as a constant companion in different guises. “Uncertainty is the new normal,” explained IMF chief Kristalina Georgiewa in a recent interview with…
Thomas Castéran
When asked how he became an artist, Renard looked at us, slightly puzzled, before answering: “This is a difficult question. I don’t really know how we become artists”. After a short pause, he finally added: “All I know is that at some point in my life and studies, I studied…
Dirk Dobiéy & Thomas Koeplin
A unique feature of artificial intelligence is that it knows no feeling. It works logically, although its logic is not always understandable for us humans. The reason may be that with us humans the feeling still comes first (even if we all feel it differently), followed by the slower mind,…
Dirk Dobiéy & Thomas Koeplin
Machines reduce our workload thanks to automation. They take on dangerous tasks, tasks that require precision, or tasks that bore us. The increasing efficiency or (if you will) intelligence of the systems makes it possible also to automate knowledge-intensive or complicated activities.
Dirk Dobiéy & Thomas Koeplin
One of the benefits of artificial intelligence is that it helps us take decisions today (or more so in the future) or releases us from them altogether. This sounds sensible and tempting in the face of a real or perceived increasing variety of possibilities. How welcome would a simple app…
Dirk Dobiéy & Thomas Koeplin
Technological progress is often equated with efficiency gains. For example, machines, especially those that get ascribed more and more certain intelligence, can often do things many times more efficiently than humans can. They relieve us of tasks and decisions and thus also reduce the wealth of personal experiences quite casually.
Dirk Dobiéy & Thomas Koeplin
The highest hopes for economic growth are linked to technological progress. Technological progress unveils fascinating possibilities. At the same time the upheavals associated with it are partly also highly problematic and their consequences mostly unpredictable. Most far-reaching, or at least most apparent, are the advances we have made in the…
Benjamin Stromberg & Dirk Dobiéy
In his life, Wolfgang Ullrich has worked intensively on art and its significance for our society and is able to combine his expertise with compelling analyses of contemporary social phenomena.
Our Network
Discover our versatile, global network to gain new perspectives and insights.
David Schneider
Corporate Alchemist for Transformation and Creativity
David, an independent consultant with a background in philosophy, history, and Romance languages, was admitted to a master’s program at Harvard University. Instead, he founded a company. He has a particular interest in developing organizations, with a special emphasis on change processes, creative approaches, and the integration of digital technologies. Fluent in six languages, he is also a passionate skydiver.
Sarah Friese
Head of Multiverse Exploration
Sarah is an geographer with an interdisciplinary background in natural sciences, management and urban design. She analyzes current situations, explores transitions and designs transformation processes.
Dr. Vera Klocke
Baroness of ethnographic field vision
Vera works as a cultural scientist between ethnographic research and artistic practice. She is a lecturer at various universities and analyses contemporary cultural phenomena as a cultural critic. As an author, she has translated her ethnographic research findings into full-length radio plays, podcasts, video installations and theatre performances.
Paul Angermeyer
Head of Narratives and Worldbuilding
Paul is an author, copywriter and communications strategist. During his time at the UdK Berlin, he researched between art and science. His focus is on making the findings of artistic-aesthetic work visible and making them relevant to society.
Tina Winkel
Chief Culture Campaigner
Tina is a cultural scientist, media educator and currently project manager for the garage campus, one of the four large intervention areas of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025. Since her first visit to a European Capital of Culture in 2009, the subject has become her passion.
Jana Dörfelt
Hat of Artistic Chaos and Permeability
Jana is a performing artist and an art-analogical consultant. For Jana, the artistic process reveals knowledge and invites adaptation. She is convinced that regular training of the art muscle helps to increase elasticity and tolerance for uncertainty.
Jonas Drechsel
Head of Utopian Future Trends
Jonas is a graduated and critical futurologist. He likes to be where people want to make things better. As a world wanderer, he has worked for the largest corporations, the smallest start-ups, the EU, NGOs and organizations that think beyond outdated conceptions of the future.
“It’s not about changing the repertoire of elements, at the most to widen it to its maximum. The dangers for creativity are the routine and the uniformity.”
Contemporary artist
“I like not knowing. I like being surprised.”
Painter and sculptor
“There is no security. Terms like fault or failure only exist if you allow them.”
Dancer
“I’m always collecting impressions – no matter where I am.”
Singer
“Each work gives me the opportunity to use an individual language.”
Contemporary artist
“I don’t believe in inspiration. I believe in construction.”
Painter and Professor of Fine Arts
“I consider it as my job to create something new.”
Contemporary artist
”Everyone has a different creativity.“
Entrepreneur und video maker
“Trust is the main point of good leadership.”
Conductor
“The moment of surprise always adheres to creativity. You get surprised by yourself.”
Composer
