[ ?!? ] A multi-media Installation

Art that is, for once, not elevated to a plinth or stage, but a participatory event in the urban space, amidst the daily life of a city centre? That is the least you can expect from a project run by a group of students at the Cologne Academy of Media Arts. Supported and guided by Prof. Frauke Eckhardt and Tobias Hartmann, the participants will enhance varying locations and festival venues with their installations between May 1 and 9. The contributions are conceived individually and independently; only the recognizable element of a metal frame offers a reference to the overall context, and, with regard to the festival motto, can also be read as an allusion to panels, the continuous individual images of a comic strip. The city as a soundscape? As a space to design? A space for interaction? Even as a protagonist in its own right? Or merely as a backdrop? And the art inside the frame – only a fleeting accent? Or lasting food for thought? Having asked 7 questions, we cross 8 bridges to find 9 different answers.