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    ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol
    ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol
    • Scientific, Artistic and Creative Output and Impact
    • Promotion of Talents and Careers
    • Cooperation und Internationality
    • External Funding
    • Reading Tips
    • Milestone
    • Event Highlight
    • Awards

      ยซThe urge to tell stories is probably older than language itself. However, we are steadily outsourcing the prerequisite for narratives; we barely talk to each other anymore. On the one hand, we know everything; on the other, we have ceased to focusing: this creates a productive time for researchers, who dedicate themselves to the unknown as knowledge, not as self-assurance.ยป

      Prof. Anton Rey, Head of the Institute for the Performing Arts and Film (IPF)

        Scientific, Artistic and Creative Output and Impact

        In 2023, the IPF attracted national attention with its DIZH research, Bernhard Mikeskaโ€™s appointment at the Collegium Helveticum, two book publications and three conferences (see below). Marisa Godoy concluded her ยซResidenciesยป research project while Prof Pierre Mennel presented his research film on ยซSuper-8ยป.

        โ†’ Overview ยซScientific, Artistic and Creative Output and Impactยป

          Promotion of Talents and Careers

          Ilse van Rijn succeeded Yvonne Schmidt as director of the 3rd Cycle. Currently, the programme maintains cooperations with four renowned arts universities (Graz, Linz, Potsdam-Babelsberg and Stockholm). In 2023, seven new doctoral students entered one of our two swissuniversities-funded PhD programmes: the Transdisciplinary Artistic PhD and the artistic-scientific PhD in Performing Arts and Film. The 4โ€“5 places available on our PEERS Pre-Doc Programme, whose 3rd cohort also launched in 2023, and whose evaluation report was well-received, continue to be internationally much sought-after.

          โ†’ Overview ยซPromotion of Talents and Careersยป

            Cooperation und Internationality

            Bernhard Mikeska was appointed Researcher in Residence and Senior Fellow at the Collegium Helveticum, the Joint Institute for Advanced Studies of UZH, ETH and ZHdK.

            Supported by the DIZH, Manuel Hendry launched the ยซCineMINDSยป project as a collaboration between ZHdK, UZH and CILECT (The International Association of Film and Television Schools).

            Thanks to Chantal Haunreiterโ€™s initiative, ZHdK became an associate partner of the FilmEU Network.

            The IPF is represented by Miriam Loertscher in the ยซMit den Sinnen einer Spinneยป project directed by Niklaus Heeb, as well as in an EU project on ยซStigma & Disability in Audiovisual Mediaยป (directed by B. Lameris, Open Uni, NL).

            โ†’ Overview ยซCooperation und Internationalityยป

              External Funding

              In 2023, the IPF participated in two international research projects: ยซLeKuLabยป โ€“ Intangible Cultural Heritage as a Field of Learning (involving, among others, Liliana Heimberg, funded by the Wissenschaftsverbund der Vierlรคnderregion) and ยซThe Answering Machineยป (directed by Gunter Lรถsel, funded by the VW Foundation). ยซCinemรฉmoire.ch expandedยป, a research-based online archive of Swiss film history, was successfully completed under the direction of Thomas Schรคrer (supported by four foundations).

              โ†’ Overview ยซResearch Projectsยป

                Reading Tips

                • subTexte vol. 27: ยซActor & Avatar. A Scientific & Artistic Catalogยป; including contributions by Dieter Mersch, Miriam Loertscher, Anton Rey, et al, published by Transcript (https://blog.zhdk.ch/subtexte/)  
                • subTexte vol. 28: Bernadette Kolonko: ยซUnsichtbares und Ungesagtes. 10 Female * Feminist * Gazes. Blick- und Kรถrperbilder einer neuen Generation feministischer Regisseur:innenยป, published by Schรผren. 

                  Milestone

                  Nadia Fistarol, Sarah Burger, Andreas Bรผrgisser and the large team including Raumlaborberlin organized and hosted a lecture series titled ยซCritical Ecologiesยป, the ยซPoint of No Returnยป research academy and an international conference on sustainability in trade using scenic means. The event was attended by students from ten programmes for scenic spaces across Germany and Switzerland. In 2023, the IPFโ€™s sustainable innovations included the launch of the ยซMining Map Zurichยป website.

                  • ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol
                  • ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol
                  • ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol
                  • ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol
                  • ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol
                  • ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol ยซPoint of No Returnยป conference, image: Sarah Burger and Nadia Fistarol

                    Event Highlight

                    Once again, the biennial ZDOK documentary film conference, co-directed by Sabine Gisiger and Miriam Loertscher, proved highly successful. 200 filmmakers and international experts convened to discuss the possible uses of found footage and archival material in documentary film. The ZDOK.23 presentations and panel discussions were recorded and published open access.

                      Awards

                      Vicky Krieps โ€“ a HMT* alumna and winner of the European Film Award for Best Actress โ€“ was appointed ZHdK Companion (*one of ZHdKโ€™s predecessor institutions).

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