Research

"For the scholar, the very act of translating his research into comprehensible words is something alien to his original task."
Kurt Breysig (1866 - 1940), German cultural historian

Affective Archives – Artists' Travels Abroad during the GDR

The project Affective Archives – Artists' Travels Abroad during the GDR, funded by the Thyssen Foundation, is dedicated to the recollections of trips undertaken, imagined, and prevented, and searches for their archival traces and artistic testimonies.

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Image Protests on Social Media

What role do images play in protest movements worldwide? To what extent can images be viewed as political actors that not only document, but shape and initiate protests online? The DFG-funded research project investigates the aesthetics, affects and algorithms of contemporary image protests on social media.

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Lullabyte

Lullabyte is a research project which focuses on the effect of music/sound on sleep.

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Art in Networks: The GDR and its Global Relations (1949-1990)

Art in Networks seeks to reveal the connections established by artists, architects, museums and other cultural figures between the GDR and countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and to trace the international networks that emerged as a result.

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Research at the Institute of Art and Music

Detailed information on individual research activities can be found on the pages of the professorships:

Further research information can be found in the Research Portal (FIS) of TU Dresden.

Research

Research Projects

Affective Archives – Artists' Travels Abroad during the GDR

Image Protests on Social Media

Lullabyte

Art in Networks: The GDR and its Global Relations (1949-1990)

Research at the Institute of Art and Music

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