Founded in 2018, the new MA „Play and Object“ builds on the need to explore new ways in the aesthetic practice of theatrical narrative, to design and test spaces for participation, exchange and experimental formats, and at the same time, to acquire informed technical knowledge about stage processes and situated theatre methods. The MA combines the high quality of education in theatrical practice with contemporary social discourses in dealing with new technologies, resources and labour.

The MA »Spiel und Objekt« is a place to open artistic practices for transdisciplinary research at the intersection of the utopia of playfulness and the relevance of objects in their technological, socio-political, ecological and economic dimensions.

The teaching objective is to impart skills in the conception and execution of complex cross-media design projects in support of theatrical events in both a leading and facilitating capacity. The course imparts the competence and readiness for transdisciplinary collaborations and technical basics in mediated, tangible design from the point of view of theatrical processes. Understanding this as artistic development work offers connection points with students of contemporary puppetry, dramaturgy, directing and other courses of study at the HfS Ernst Busch.

Graduates are taught both the theoretical foundations to translate current eco-social discourses and developments into artistic works and the practical skills to implement them in collectives using a wide range of technical and theatrical tools, thus making an innovative contribution to developing the national and international theatre and New Media landscape.

Learn more on the website of the »Spiel und Objekt« program.