The publications of the cx document the central contributions and discussions to the attendant lecture series and the research results of the academic staff at the cx as well as selected artistic work by students from the project classes in relation to the respective annual theme. They appear in both German and English versions, the latter either as e-book or in book version.

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Hybride Ökologien (2019)                          Hybrid Ecologies (2020)

Hybrid Ecologies (2020) gathers contributions, which seek to formulate from very different perspectives a current idea of ecology or rather a contemporary ecological thought, and to discuss ecology as a contested and indistinct notion or to contextualise it in genealogical-historical terms. One of the focal points of the book lies on contemporary artistic and design approaches and their relation to media ecologies, to particular features of contemporary ecological relationality, as well as to the neo-ecological practice. The publication is the result of the fifth annual programme of the cx centre of interdisciplinary studies which has been conceived in cooperation with the Chair of Philosophy I Aesthetic Theory at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich.

Reale Magie (2017)                                   Real Magic (2018)

The book Real Magic (2019) investigates the current realities of magic and its rediscovery in the arts, the sciences and in everyday culture. The different contributions ask for the reasons for this newly found fascination with the occult, explore Western appearances and forms of magical practices, enquire into current potentials of magical knowledge in a world largely determined by economized instrumental reason, but also into the drawbacks of occultism. The publication is the result of the fourth annual theme of the cx.

Die Gegenwart der Zukunft (2016)             The Present of the Future (2017)

The book The Present of the Future (2017) investigates our present relation to the future and asks which means and strategies artists and scholars pursue today, to gain a new scope of action for shaping alternative futures. How do they create potentials for change and for the imagination of possible futures beyond modernistic idealisms and romanticist projections into remote times? The Present of the Future is the result of the third annual theme of the cx.

Fragile Identitäten (2015)                           Fragile Identities (2016)

In contemporary discourses we encounter more and more “fragile identities,” in artistic works as well as in scientific theories, and those are today much less referring to a critique of the concept of identity, but much rather to the relationship those concepts of identity entertain with the overall precarious state of the subject in current social conditions that are characterized by political upheaval and change. The book Fragile Identities (2016) investigates among other things the chances and also the possible endangerments of such a fragile self and asks for the resurging urgency of a contemporary concept of subjectivity. The publication is  the result oft he second annual theme of the cx.

Macht des Materials/                                Power of Material /
Politik der Materialität (2014)                     Politics of Materiality (2014/17)

The book Power of Material / Politics of Materiality (2015) deepens the current discourse in the arts and sciences on the momentum and the agency of matter, material and things and, for the time, brings materialist tendencies within the arts, design and architecture into a direct dialogue with a range of scientific approaches from a "New Materialism“ within the humanities and social sciences. This publication is the result of the first annual programme at the cx.

The programme of the cx as well as the resulting publication series is funded from resources of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the frame of the joined Federal-State Program for Better Studying Conditions and More Quality in Teaching. 

Prof. Urs Greutmann
Prof. Res Ingold
Prof. Dr. Florian Matzner

Prof. Dr. Maria Muhle
Prof. Dr. Olaf Nicolai
Prof. Julian Rosefeldt

Prof. Dr. Dietmar Rübel
Artistic workshop leaders: Dr. Katrin Kinseher, Dr. Martin Schmidl
Student representatives: Anneke Marie Huhn, Mariella Maier

The committee of the cx consists of representatives of the presidium, five study courses, artistic workshops, theoretical faculties of the Academy as well as student representatives and the chair of the student convention.

The cx course offerings are open to all students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Students of the free classes, who are specifically invited to participate, thus have the opportunity to obtain individual certificates (credits) or a certificate for interdisciplinary studies. These records of achievement can be used in the event of transfer to another degree programme or university or when applying to post-graduate programmes.

Certificate (total 22 credits/ECTS points)

After completion of all three study units of the programme, including both semesters, the student shall be issued a certificate for interdisciplinary studies. This requires attendance at the WS lecture series including the lecture-seminar, participation in one theoretical seminar of the student’s choice in winter or summer semester (incl. seminar project), and the practical project work. The latter can consist of attendance at two multi-day study programme workshops, or a project in the project classes of the guest professor or an academy professor. This course combination guarantees close integration of practical and theoretical teaching, greater acquisition of interdisciplinary knowledge, as well as reflection, exploration and analysis of the annual topic.

Individual certificates and credits

The interdisciplinary study programme also provides students with the opportunity to attend designated courses or course combinations and acquire proof of participation (credits).

Credits for the Fine Arts Diploma and the Art Education Degree can be earned. Appropriate courses are labelled with the corresponding module number.

The following credits can be acquired in the interdisciplinary study programme:

Fine Arts Diploma (SPO 04.10.2018)

Theory seminar or lecture in the foundation studies (FK-T2)
Theory seminar or lecture in art history in advanced level studies (FK-T3)
Theory seminar or lecture in philosophy and aesthetics in advanced level studies (FK-T4)

Art Education Degree

Exemplary art history (D.05.09)
Media theory (C.01.09) and media pedagogy (B.06.09)

Last but not least, the permanent teaching staff of the interdisciplinary study programme offers academic advice to all students and doctoral students with interdisciplinary focuses and research interests.

The interdisciplinary study programme is open to students from other universities in Germany and abroad insofar as a mutual cooperation agreement exists or can be concluded.

Project finished on 31.03.2021.

Every year, the cx centre for interdisciplinary studies offers classes and interdisciplinary courses in theory and practical project work on a different topic. These offers are available to all AdBK students. In addition to the main work done by the classes and in the degree programmes, the annual topic is oriented primarily around current artistic, scientific and social discourses. The goal of this interdisciplinary study programme is to integrate theoretical and practical teaching to a greater degree and to promote professional exchange between the academy’s different degree programmes. In addition, through the development of an external network with other universities and their multidisciplinary forums, the cx aims at internationalizing the academy and at improving the exchange of experience and knowledge in interdisciplinary teaching and research to a yet greater degree.

The programme offers students access to other areas of knowledge, techniques and methods, and complements their artistic training with advanced theoretical and interdisciplinary teaching. Lastly, by strengthening graduates’ interdisciplinary expertise, the programme is meant to provide them with new post-graduate study opportunities and open up additional professional fields.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

The programme consists essentially of three closely coordinated study units.

1. Interdisciplinary lecture series

The programme lasts one academic year. From 2012 on, it has always begun in the winter semester with a lecture series and/or a symposium to which external scientists and artists have presented work and research results related to the year’s topic. These specialists come from many areas that are not represented at the academy, including the social and natural sciences, writing, music, theatre direction etc. As part of this programme, the academy cooperates with other Munich universities.

2. Degree programmes and interdisciplinary projects

In the summer semester following the interdisciplinary lecture series, an internationally renowned guest professor offers practical project work on the annual topic. His/her temporary project class is open to students in all study programmes. A different guest professor is invited annually and comes from the fields of fine arts, film, music, literature, architecture or design. In addition, professors from each of the academy’s five degree programmes can participate in the interdisciplinary study programme by offering an appropriate course. In the framework of the project, artistic practice is considered to be a research method as well as an independent form of knowledge production.

3. Theoretical seminars

Theoretical seminars accompany the lecture series and project work. Their aim is to shed light on the annual topic and its art-, media- or architecture-theoretical basis, and to reflect on approaches and methods of the different areas and disciplines of specialization. Intersections and flow of information between art as a functional system and other social systems are explored, similarities and differences between the artistic and scientific approaches revealed and the characteristics of "artistic research" analysed.

Arbeitsstipendium 2016/17 und 2017/18

in Höhe von 3.000 Euro

In den Jahren 2016/17 und 2017/18 bestand für Studierende der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, die am damaligen Jahresprogramm des cx teilnahmen, die Möglichkeit sich um ein Arbeitsstipendium zu bewerben. Das Stipendium in Höhe von 3.000 Euro wurde für ein künstlerisches (Forschungs-)Vorhaben vergeben, das einen inhaltlichen Bezug zum Jahresthema aufwies und auf einer interdisziplinären Kooperation (mit einem/einer Verteter/in eines anderen Fachbereichs) basiert. Gestiftet wurde das Arbeitsstipendium von SoNet – Soziales Netzwerk e.V. Ziel des Stipendiums war es, bereits in der künstlerischen Ausbildung ein Denken zu fördern, das Fachgrenzen überschreitet und kritisch zu gesamtgesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen beitragen kann. Seitdem ist das Stipendium aufgrund fehlender finanzieller Mittel ausgesetzt.