S+T+ARTS
STARTS is an initiative of the European Commission to foster alliances of technology and artistic practice. As part of this initiative, the STARTS residencies foster pioneering collaborations and the STARTS Prize honors the most inspired results in the field of creativity and innovation at the crossings of science and technology with the arts. STARTS is funded through various schemes provided by the European Commission.
Bodies of Water
Anja Lapatsch,
Annika Unger,
Johanna Schmeer
This project is realized by Studio Johanna Schmeer & Studio Lapatsch|Unger and co-commissioned by STATE with the support of the RISE Cities Program of the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt and the STARTS program of the European Union and supported by Prof. Dr. Irina Engelhardt from the Technical University of Berlin.
Repairing the Present received funding from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement LC01641664.
Repairing the Present received funding from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement LC01641664.
Anja Lapatsch and Annika Unger are Studio Lapatsch|Unger, a design duo based in Berlin. Their research-based work explores material cultures and cultural phenomena revealing layers of knowledge between the past, the present and the future resulting in critical reactions and envisions of future scenarios within historical, ecological and cultural contexts. Their work has been exhibited internationally, including the ZKM in Karlsruhe, the Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and London Design Biennale. They are design lecturers for various Universities and Institutions around the globe. Both are teaching as Artistic Associates at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK).
Johanna Schmeer is a designer and interdisciplinary researcher based in Berlin. She is a professor of design at Folkwang University of the Arts. Her inquiry-based work explores technologically augmented ecologies, industrial flows of matter, and the refram- ing of the human within its interspecies, geospatial, and technosocial entanglements. She holds a degree in Digital Media from the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK) and a MA and PhD from the Royal College of Art London. Her work has been awarded, and exhibited internationally, including at the ICA in London, the National Museum Stock- holm, the Venice Biennale, and Ars Electronica Center.
Johanna Schmeer is a designer and interdisciplinary researcher based in Berlin. She is a professor of design at Folkwang University of the Arts. Her inquiry-based work explores technologically augmented ecologies, industrial flows of matter, and the refram- ing of the human within its interspecies, geospatial, and technosocial entanglements. She holds a degree in Digital Media from the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK) and a MA and PhD from the Royal College of Art London. Her work has been awarded, and exhibited internationally, including at the ICA in London, the National Museum Stock- holm, the Venice Biennale, and Ars Electronica Center.