Teaching
My teaching frames scenography as a way of thinking and acting in the world. It connects spatial imagination, material practice, and narrative construction, enabling students to develop their own artistic positions through making, collaboration, and reflection.
My teaching approach is based on three core principles:From form to narrative | Thinking through making | Worldbuilding as practice
Core Teaching Formats
01 Spatial Foundations
Abstract spatial exercises introduce form, weight, and relation. Simple structures become the basis for complex spatial reasoning.
Bauhaus-based cube exercise Spatial composition through form and material is base for speculative worldbuilding studyStudent work: Maximilian Adler | Photo: Maximilian Adler
02 Image – Space Translation
Images are translated into spatial and cinematic configurations. Developed within collaborative teaching formats, students explore how perception, framing, and atmosphere shape meaning.
Translating painting into spatial and cinematic configurationStudent work: Maximilian Adler, Peter Schlickmann | Photo: Suzanne de Carrasco, Lius Weindl
03 Worldbuilding & Speculation
Speculative worlds connect artistic practice to ecological and social questions. Students develop narratives that extend beyond existing realities.
Art for Futures Lab | Speculative scenario for a nature-integrated BerlinWork by Jan Schneider, 2022
From Foundations to Practice
04 Worldbuilding Design Studio
Students collaboratively create large-scale 16:9 cinematic paintings inspired by artistic research themes. The retreat combines collective living and artistic production. Selected works are later exhibited and further developed across disciplines at Film University Babelsberg.
Kunstschloss Wrodow 2025 | Photos: Maximilian Adler
05 Studioprojekt
Interdisciplinary studio projects bring scenographic concepts into full-scale production. Students design, build, and realize environments for film.
Studio project (BA) | Set construction and spatial realization | Photo: Silke BuhrStudio project (BA) | Interdisciplinary film production | Photo: Angelica Böhm
06 Student Work / Exhibition
Student work is publicly presented and discussed.
Exhibition becomes a space for reflection, feedback, and positioning.
T9 Student exhibition and feedback session | Reflection as part of scenographic practicePhoto: Silke Buhr
07 Exhibition and Public Engagement
Student works developed through artistic research projects are presented in public exhibition contexts beyond the university. Collaborations with institutions such as Filmmuseum Potsdam and the CX Center Potsdam connect scenographic practice with ecological storytelling, transmedia formats, and public discourse.
Camilla Plastic Ocean Plan exhibition at Filmmuseum Potsdam | Photo: Angelica Boehm
