Framework Program with Coffee & Networking

1) Digital Media Production Playgrund (until 6 pm)

WORKSHOP From 2D to 3D – From Image to Model with meshy.ai
Duration: 20-30 min. (with timeslots, sign in upon arrival at registration desk)
Julius Wenk, HTW Berlin
In this compact, hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to use AI to transform analogue or digital artwork into three-dimensional, animatable objects. Using the tools Meshy.ai and Mixamo, you’ll discover new forms of expression at the intersection of art, technology and movement – with absolutely no prior knowledge of 3D required.

WORKSHOP Capturing Reality – Mobile 3D Scanning
Duration: 20-30 min. (with timeslots, sign in upon arrival at registration desk)
Erasmus Schmidt, HTW Berlin
In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to capture real-world objects and spaces using your smartphone and transform them into usable digital data. Using tools like Polycam and Scaniverse, you will explore different approaches to translating the physical world into precise 3D models and immersive scenes.

WORKSHOP Motion Capturing with a Free & Easy AI Tool
Warja Rybakova, dock11
more details soon

2) Inspiring XR and AI projects developed at HTW Berlin

“Phygital Intimacy – Participatory Mixed Reality Performance for Togetherness
Transforming motion into sound – standalone version, 2025
A collaboration between AURORA XR School for Artists and Lisa Kaschubat, Tasha Hess-Neustadt and Jane Arnison (with timeslots, sign in upon arrival at registration desk)

Inspired by Sophie K. Rosa’ s concept of radical intimacy—which emphasizes care and community as acts of political resistance—Phygital Intimacy explores how current technologies can serve as bridges for connection. The project seeks to create moments of intimacy and togetherness among co-performers, as well as between human and machine.

FrameShift
By Jaro Samuel Abraham, Alexandar Atanasov, Lisa Ayimah, Oliver Fritz, Lorenz Vincent Gerau, Marlon Meik Lino Kaasche, Emily Krüger, Thien Vu David Nguyen, Alicia Nordmann, Gordian Matteo Reinhold, Tade Strehk (students of Prof. Habakuk Israel)

FrameShift 2 merges surrealism with augmented reality, transforming static art into an immersive experience. Using AR technology combined with a custom-built frame, viewers look behind and even out of the canvas into the virtual atelier of artist Mac Zimmermann. The installation makes it possible to experience the series »Die Tageszeiten« (The Daytimes) as a living 3D model, blurring the lines between dream and reality. Inspired by the STRANGE! exhibition at Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg, this project was developed by students of Computer Science in Culture and Health at HTW Berlin.

Gene2Images – Face your genes
By Lennart Koch, Lea Feilberg, Pedro Philippi Araujo and Xenia Kukushkina (students of Prof. Thomas Manke)

This project visualizes high-dimensional data using breast cancer as an example. Breast cancer has different subtypes that require different treatments. The students trained a classification model on gene expression data to identify these subtypes and reduce each sample to a 512-dimensional representation—the format used by modern AI image generators. These representations are then transformed into unique faces. Faces from the same subtype show surprising similarities, making complex data visually intuitive and showing how science and art can complement each other. Visitors are invited to play an interactive game: classify the generated faces yourself and compare your intuition with our AI model. Can you beat it?

3) Consultation / Funding

Kreativ Kultur Berlin – Cultural Funding Consultation