Curated by Maike Thies and Prof. Christian Iseli, the REFRESH #4 festival was held from 10 to 14 November at Zurich University of the Arts. Under the title «New Realities: Design – Arts – Technology» the risks and opportunities of digitalisation for design and the arts were discussed in keynote lectures, master classes, panels and an exhibition.
The online conference «Slash / sterbesettings.ch» was held in March and brought together various perspectives strongly effective at the end of life. In the context of the associated SNSF project «Sterbesettings», an artistic contribution by Prof. Bitten Stetter will also be shown at the Friedhof Forum in Zurich until 14 June 2022 as part of the exhibition «The End – My Friend? Umsorgt in den Tod».
DDE researchers are involved in all three innovation projects approved as part of the Digitisation Initiative of Zurich Universities (DIZH). The two health-related projects «You+Care» and «ExerUp!» are being carried out in cooperation with ZHAW and various practice partners. The «Digital Planet» project is dedicated to an exhibition at the interface of science, design and art.