Biography
Nicole is an independent filmmaker and designer passionate about empowering people to be agents of livable change. Her work has been exhibited internationally. She was named "Best Female Director" and won the Austrian Short Film Award in 2019. Her cinematic essay „Far from Past“ qualified for the Oscars®.
Combining the potential of experimental storytelling and immersive collaboration, she works with a wide range of activists and organizations to create inclusive fields of action that focus on a fulfilling sense of togetherness. In the context of digitization and social interaction, Nicole explores the interplay of co-design, anthropology, and extended narrative strategies.
www.nicolefoelsterl.com
Publication
Research
Co-Project Management "Soziales VR: Trainings-Toolkit zur Abklärung emotionaler Misshandlung von Kindern" | 2023 -25
cooperation between ZHAW School of Social Work and ZHdK Department Design, Interaction Design
Funded by: Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH)
Co-Leadership "Digitale Innovation und Co-Creation im Museum" | 2021
cooperation between Museum Rietberg and MAS Strategic Design, ZHdK
Leadership | "Immersion by Immersion - Working with people with
cognitive impairments" | 2019 – 2020
collaboration between Institute for Design Research | ZHdK Theater Hora and BeAnotherLab
Design research publications
Foelsterl, N. (2021): Designing in relations: setting up a collaborative design
training programme. In: Franke, B., Matter, H. (guested): Not at Your Service.
Manifestos for Design. Birkhäuser, pp 233—249
Foelsterl, N. (2017): Video in the Social Design Process. In: Buurmann, G.
(guested): Design For All 12(1), New Dehli, pp. 89—107
Selection of filmography
Eigentlich Vergangen | 2019
Vienna Short Awards 2019 and qualified for Oscars®.
Best female filmmaker - Elfi Dassanowsky Award 2019 | USA
nominated for the Austrian Film Award
Festivals: a.o.: Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Diagonale Graz Filmfest
Dresden, Palmspring Short Filmfeastival
European Grandmother Project - A female perspective on a shared
European history | Video-Installation Marianne | 2018
Ausstellung "Oral Histories" – Ein partizipatives Videoprojekt kuratiert von
Alenka Maly an der Kulturtankstelle Linz
44/11 | Videoinstallation | 2008 & 2009
gezeigt im Rahmen von "Linz Kulturhauptstadt 2009" und der
Gruppenausstellung Ausstellung "Hammerweg" kuratiert von Alenka Maly
Kugel oder Scheibe: Wie Buddhisten ihr Weltbild verändern | 2008
TV–Dok | Buch, Regie, Kamera | Produktion: 4–Films in Zusammenarbeit mit
dem ORF Ausstrahlung: Kreuz und Quer, ORF 2008, 2010 | Sternstunde, SF
2009 und 2010
Aria Fritta | 2006
Videoinstallation | Ausstellung: Opera Austria | kuratiert von Christoph
Bertsch, Silvia Höller, Stefano Pezzato | Centro per l 'arte Prato | Italien