Universität Witten-Herdecke:

2004-2006

Research assistant and cultural officer

- Seminars in philosophy and cultural reflection with a focus on art
- Seminars in the Study Fundamental of the university

Medicine

Dentistry

Economics

- Supervision of the Artist in Residence program with exhibitions at the university and studio visits:

SS 2005 Hartwig Kompa, painting;
WS 2005 Karl-Manfred Rennertz, sculpture;
SS 2006 Katharina Sieverding, photography

- Supervising of the Kunst am Bau project with acquisition of third-party funding
- Establishing of the university's own collection

(WS 2004) Seminar mit Exkursion:  Genese der Abstraktion, Exkursion: Folkwangmuseum Essen

(SS 2005) Seminar mit Gastrednerin:  Wahrnehmungstheorie, Gast: Dr. Angela Martini, Witten/Herdecke mit Exkursion/Vortrag Museum Ludwig, Köln: mit Vortrag von Bazon Brock
(SS 2005) Workshop mit Ausstellung: Artist in Residence: Hartwig Kompa, Oberhausen,

(07/2005) Tagesseminar mit Exkursion: Videonale 10 - Festival zur zeitgenössischen Videokunst, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Kuratorengespräch

(WS 2005) Seminar mit Exkursion:  Kunstströmungen nach 1945.
Exkursionen: Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum Hagen, Gespräch mit dem Museumsdirektor Dr. Michael Fehr, Kunstmuseum Bonn

(WS 2005) Workshop: Artist in Residence: Hartwig Kompa, Oberhausen, MalereiMalerei

(11/2005) Vortrag in der Seminarreihe Kulturreflexion: Ernst Cassirer, Philosophie der Symbolischen Formen
(11/2005) Tagesseminar mit Exkursion: Sinn und Zweck von Kunstförderung durch Firmen. 25 Jahre Sammlung Deutsche Bank Frankfurt«, Kuratorengespräch

(01/2006) Tagesseminar mit David Hornemann M.A. und Prof. Dr. Michael Hutter:
Kunst = Kapital!? Joseph Beuys und der Kapitalismus

(SS 2006) Workshop mit Ausstellung: Artist in Residence: Karl Manfred Rennertz, Baden-Baden, Bildhauerei

(SS 2006) Workshop mit Exkursion: Artist in Residence: Katharina Sieverding, Berlin, Fotokunst, Exkursion ins Atelier in Düsseldorf
(SS 2006) Seminar mit Gastredner:  Anselm Kiefer, Gast: Prof. Dr. Jörn Rüsen, KWI Essen, Präsident des Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut.

Sommeruniversität Villigst e.V., evangelische Studienstiftung, Meißen:

09/2007

Teaching assignment: Blockseminar mit Exkursionen: Cézanne - van Gogh - Monet. Vom Gegenständlichen zur Abstraktion. Kunst und Theorie mit Exkursion zum Kupferstichkabinett Dresden

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Fakultät Gestaltung:
2007-2009

Research assistant and PR officer

- Seminars for all courses of study:

product design

visual communication

fine arts

teaching profession for grammar schools

- Workshops on PR
- Editor of the yearbook: "Das Weimarer Modell", 2009
- Responsible for the presentation of the faculty in the university newspaper

"Der Bogen" and on the homepage
- Supervision of the Rundgang 2008 and 2009 including the supervision of 90 years Bauhaus "Alles Gute" of the Bauhaus-University together with Bill Schulz

(SS 2008) Workshop: PR from Plato to today

(SS 2008) Seminar: Sense and sensibility – positions in philosophy, art theory and the arts

(WS 2008) Seminar: War and Art

(WS 2008) Workshop: PR from Plato to today

(SS 2009) Seminar:  Image and symbol. Horizons of cultural values

(SS 2009) Workshop: PR from Plato to today

Züricher Hochschule der Künste, Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts

05-09 2012

Project assignment: Basic research: Prof. Dr. Sigrid Schade in cooperation with the Basel University of Art and Design and Institute of Neuroscience, Parma, Italy

»Abstract.Amodal.Affective: Exploring Unconscious Aesthetic Processes in the Creation of Art/Design - A Contribution to the Question of Knowledge and Competence in the Visual Arts«

Hochschule für Künste Bremen:

WS 2011/2012

Teaching assignment / seminar with Mona Schieren M.A.
Seminar mit Exkursionen: Linie zwischen Umriss und Aktion – Positionen und Theorieansätze in Philosophie, Kunsttheorie und Kunst.

Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz Basel, Institute of Art:

2010-2014

Research assistent for theory of art at the Forum Kunst BA of the Institute of Art with a focus on new media In winter term 2011 and summer term 2012 (Substitute for Prof. Dr. Melanie Franke) and lecturer for theory of art and design

- Excursions: ART Basel, 3 days in Frankfurt galleries and museums in Basel

- Lecturer for theory of art for the context courses of all study programme

(BA and MA): fine art, fashion, visual communication, interior design and scenography, teaching professions design and art

- Mentor and jury member for theory of art: BA Forum Institute of Art.
- BA and MA final examiner

(FS 2010) Blockseminar: 2 Theoriewochen - Bild und Symbol. Platon, Kant – Cassirer, Warburg, Böhme und Belting

(HS 2010/11)  2 Tage Mastersymposium für alle Schweizer Hochschulen für Gestaltung im Schaulager Basel, Seminarschwerpunkt: Inszenierte Fotografie

(HS 2010/11) Seminar: Wie verstehen wir Bilder? Positionen aus Philosophie und Kunsttheorie

(HS 2010) Vorlesung: Was sagen uns Bilder? Positionen aus Philosophie und Kunsttheorie

(HS 2011/12) Seminar mit Exkursionen: Grundlagen der Wahrnehmung in Philosophie und Kunsttheorie:
Exkursionen: Vitra Design Museum: Architektur; Kunstmuseum Basel: Sammlung; Shedhalle Zürich: Kurator- und Künstlergespräch zur Ausstellung: „Unter Strom. Kunst und Elektrizität“

(HS 2011/12) Seminar: Werke der Gestaltung und Kunst im Zeitalter der digitalen Medien - Walter Benjamin

(FS 2012) Seminar mit Gastrednerin: »Lust und Unlust«. Diskussion von Gestaltung und Kunst als ästhetische Erfahrung, Gast: Prof. Dr. Sigrid Schade, Zürich

(FS 2012) Vorlesung: Zwischen Reiz und Rührung: Kunst und Kitsch im Widerstreit

(HS 2012/13) Seminar mit Exkursionen: Grundlagen der Wahrnehmung in Philosophie und Kunsttheorie, Exkursionen: Vitra Design Museum: Pop-Art Design Ausstellung; Kunstmuseum Basel: Sammlung + Arte Povera Ausstellung; Haus für Elektronische Medien: Regionale-Ausstellung „Hidden/Obvious“)

(HS 2012/13) Vorlesung: Stil !? Positionen in Philosophie, Kunsttheorie und Kunst

(HS 2013/14) Seminar mit Exkursionen:  Grundlagen der Wahrnehmung in Philosophie und Kunsttheorie: Exkursionen: Tinguely Museum Ausstellung: METAMATIC Reloaded, Gespräch mit dem Kurator; Kunstmuseum Basel: Sammlung + Ausstellung: Mondrian, Newmann, Flavin

Fresenius Hochschule, University of Applied Sciences

AMD Akademie Mode & Design Hamburg and Düsseldorf:   https://www.amdnet.de/en/

2021 - 2024

- Lecturer / online seminars: Basics on Perception and Design I and II

- Research Project: "Affective Perception and Design" AMD Hamburg and Institute of Technology Genova/Parma, Italy

- Educational Film (intranet): Margaret and Christine Wertheim. Value and Change of Corals, Museum Frieder Burda Baden-Baden with Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner

Hamburg:

(WS 2021-22) Hamburg: in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice I

(SS 2022) Hamburg: online seminar, in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice II

(SS 2022) Hamburg: Educational film (Intranet): "Margaret und Christine Wertheim. Wert und Wandel der Korallen", Museum Frieder Burda Baden-Baden, mit Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner, AMD Hamburg

(SS 2022) Hamburg: Research Project "Affective Perception and Design" together with FB Design Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner and Institute of Technology (IIT) Genua/Parma, Italy, CONTACT lab, Dr. Giuseppe di Cesare und Phd student Giada Lombardi:

(WS 2022-23) Hamburg: in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design I: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice

(SS 2024) Hamburg: online seminar in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice II

Düsseldorf:

(WS 2021-22) Düsseldorf: on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice I

(SS 2022) Düsseldorf: online seminar on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice II

(WS 2022-23) Düsseldorf: on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design I: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice

(SS 2023) Düsseldorf: online seminar on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice II

(WS 2023-24) Düsseldorf: online seminar on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice II

(SS 2024) Düsseldorf: online seminar on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice II

UdK, Universität der Künste, Berlin

WS 2024

Lecture and workshop with excursion to the Gemäldegalerie at the invitation of Prof. Dr. Susanne Hauser:

Vitality Semiotics: Methods from Art Historical Practice: Space in European Art History

MSD, Münster School of Design

WS 2025

Seminar in the newly founded master's program over 3 semesters:

Master Illustration, Theory

Guest Lectures/Seminars:

• (6/2015) Guest seminar: Prof. Dr. Roland Posner, Institut für Sprache und Kommunikation, Technische Universität Berlin: Seminarvortrag mit Diskussion: »Nicht-intentionale oder intentionale Logik? Zur Frage der Eigenlogik von Bildern (11.06.2015)
• (11/2015) Guest seminar: Prof. Dr. Roland Posner, Institut für Sprache und Kommunikation, Technische Universität Berlin: Die Rolle der Zeichen im Aufbau von Kultur: Atmosphäre, Stimmung, Aura, Milieu, Vortrag im Seminar: »Stimmung« als Modus des Erlebens von Bildern ( 26.11.2015)
• (1/2016) Lecture series ot the DGS, Deutschen Gesellschaft für Semiotik, Universität Passau: Grenzen. Kontakt - Kontrast - Kommunikation, with a lecture on: »Grenzen zwischen Ästhetik und Semiotik?«, (07.01.2016, 6-8 pm)
  

Museum

activities in research

and teaching

Video-Lecture on Transformations Using the Example of Photo Series by

Katharina Sievering

Katharina Sieverding, Transformer Cyan Solarisation 5 A/B, 1973/74. Color photograph, acrylic, and steel frames, 2 parts, each 190 x 125 cm, © Klaus Mettig,

VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021

Article on postmodern worlds using as an example the pictures of Karin Kneffel

Karin Kneffel, Trauben, 240 x 199,8 cm, Museum Frieder Burda Foto: Karin Kneffel

In On the Postmodern Age,

ed. by Martina Sauer, 101—120

Art Style, Art & Culture International Magazine,

New York, São Paulo.

Special issue  6,

September 2020

Article on "Karin Kneffel and the deconstruction of the familiar as liberation from determiniation".

https://artstyle.international/issue-6/

Educational Film

about Art and Sciences

"The Midden", Baden-Baden, collection of plastic waste, Explanations from the mathematicianMargaret Wertheim

Photo: Martina Sauer, 27.01.2022

Fresenius Hochschule

University of Applied Sciences

SS 2022 educational film (intranet)

Cultural history of formation II, exibition and participative project:

"Margaret und Christine Wertheim. Value and Change of Coral Reefs", Museum Frieder Burda Baden-Baden, together with Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner, Akademie Mode & Design, Hamburg

Ryan Gander, Mouse, animatroin figure, 2019, part of the exibition  Transformers, Museum Frieder Burda, 2023

Video: Martina Sauer

Frieder Burda Museum, Baden-Baden
Guided thematic tours (Ger., Fr., Engl.)
- Heinz Mack, Licht - Schatten (2015)
- Andreas Gursky (2015/2016)
- Gerhard Richter, Birkenau (2016)
- Katharina Grosse (2016)
- Die Kerze (2016/2017)
- Sigmar Polke, Alchemie und Arabeske (2017)
- Rodney Graham, Lightening Box (2017)
- America! America! – How Real ist real? (2018)
- James Turrell, The Substance of Light (2018)
- Die Brücke (2018/2019)
- "Ensemble", Centre Georges Pompidou and Museum Frieder Burda (2019)

- Karin Kneffel (2019)

- The Burda Brothers (2020)

- Impressionism in Russia. Setting out for the avant-garde (2021)

- Katharina Sievering. In Between Art and Politics (2021)

- Value and Transformation of Corals: Christine and Margaret Wertheim (2022)

- Transformers. Meeting of ´AI-Beings´ and classical art from the museum´s collection (2023)

Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Guided thematic tours (Ger., Fr., Engl.)
- Metamorphosen – Cézanne (2017-2018)

Between Art and Science:
Christine and Margaret Wertheim at the Museum Frieder Burda Baden-Baden,

Jan. 27, 2022

Below: Crochet Coral Reef, Satellite Baden-Baden, Photos: Martina Sauer

Educational Portals

Stadt Bühl, Bildungsportal

Stadt Baden-Baden, Studium Generale
Guided thematic tours through museums
Seminars in philosophy, culture, art, design, and architecture 

Image – Culture – Philosophy

Series on (Cultural) Anthropology
- Nicholas Cusanus "De Beryllo" 1458: On a founder of cultural studies in the 15th century (2017)
- Free will or unfree will? On a dispute between Erasmus of Rotterdam and Martin Luther from 1524/25 until today (2017)
- Enthusiasm. On a feeling inspired by the muses (WS 2017)
-  Primitivism? On the re-evaluation of indigenous in comparison to supposedly civilized forms of society (2018)

- Myths, Fake News and Alternative Truths? (2021-2022). Answers from Philosophy

Series on Modern Era

- What is Enlightenment? Immanuel Kant and the educational reform by Wilhelm von Humboldt (2018)

- What is Enlightenment - for women? (2019)

Series on Postmodern Age

- What is Postmodernism? Towards a new self-image of mankind since the 80s (2019)

- "The dispute over difference. Feminism and postmodernism in the present time"

Series on the Understanding of Time

- Future: Time. What is it for us? Answers by Ernst Cassirer (2020)
- Past: Vintage - Retro - "Shabby-Chic". Why? Answers from Frame Theory (2021)
- Present: Enthusiasm - Answers by Plato (2021)
- Breaks: What's the point? When the familiar and the traditional are called into question by art and design - Answers by Walter Benjamin (2021)

Series on Contemporary Issues with a Focus on Identities

- Humanism and Pragmatism: Anglo-American vs. European Thought (SS 2019)

- Alsace or „ali-sāzzo“ . Residents of the other bank of the Rhine. Postmodern philosophy in a new light (SS 2021)

- Jewish Scholars Excluded in Germany. Consequences from the history of science:
"The Hamburg Circle" 1919-1933  (WS 2021)

Series on Architecture, Art and Design and their philosophical background:
- On the "revolutionary potential" of the central building idea from the beginning of the Renaissance to modern times (2017)
- Architecture and Philosophy in Absolutism and Enlightenment (2018)
- The simple life. Indigenous forms of housing and construction in North and South America and its after-effects in art (2018)
- "Form Follows Function" – In architecture and design in the USA and Europe (2019)

- 100 Years of Bauhaus (1919-2019). On the origin and development of a significant movement in Europe and the USA (2019)

- "Anything Goes". Postmodern architecture and its backgrounds in the real world  (2019)

- Vintage - Retro - Shabby Chick. Why? (2021)
- Women at the Bauhaus (1919-1933) (2021)
- Why? When the familiar and traditional is challenged by art and design (SS 2021)
- "Zaha Hadid flies away from the ordinary and far into the future". Postmodern architecture as an expression of the spirit of life today (2021)

Guided tours:
- Paul Cézanne, Metamorphoses, Kunsthalle Karlsruhe (2017)
- America, America, How real is real? Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden (2018)
- James Turrell, The Substance of Light, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden (2018)
- Die Brücke and Expressionism, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden (2018)
- War and media as part of the past, present and future: to the exhibition „Ensemble“ – Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden und Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris in Baden-Baden (2019)

- Postmodern Worlds – Deconstruction of the Familiar: "Karin Kneffel" in the Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden (2019)

- Why do we Collect? The Burda Brothers. Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden ( 2020)

- Impressionism in Russia. Dawn of the Avant-Garde, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden (2021)

- Katharina Sieverding. In Between Art and Politics, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden (2021)

- Between Art and Sciences: Crochet Coral Reef (Häkelkorallenriff). Margaret and Christine Wertheim, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden (2022)

- Transformers. ´AI-Beings´ and classical art from the museum´s collection (2023)

Teacher Training High School

Teacher Training
Protestant and catholic teacher of religion: Handelslehranstalt Bruchsal,

21.09.2018:  What is Enlightenment? Immanuel Kant and the consequences
for the educational reform by Wilhelm von Humboldt

01.10.2019: A-level: god proofs

Debating Club: Philosophy +

Erbprinz Ettlingen (bei Karlsruhe): private

Vhs Baden-Baden: SS 2025: Plato - The Allegory of the Cave