Special Formats

«Design Realities – Future Technologies» is the theme of the current edition of the interdisciplinary lecture series KEIN KINO. Depending on the event, the lecture takes place at the Kino Toni or via Zoom and addresses an interdisciplinary audience. The series' focus is the discussion of projects at the intersection of Arts – Design – Technology. The guests share their design processes and theoretical foundation on a project-by-project basis and invite an open discussion. The lecture series deals with pressing topics from game design, video art, social media, immersive arts, dance, theatre and composition for film and new media. The goal is to examine trends critically and identify productive collaborations between disciplines. The series is intended as an invitation to exchange knowledge and to provide impulses for cross-disciplinary projects. Internationally renowned speakers such as Galit Ariel (technology futurist), Jamal Nxedlana (Co-Founder Bubblegum Club, Art Director), Ellie Land (Animation Director), Alexander Giesche (Director Schauspielhaus Zürich), Yasaman Sheri (Designer Synthetic Ecologies Lab, Serpentine Galleries), Studio Eidola (Interdisciplinary Research & Design Studio), Onat Hekimoglu (Game Designer & Transmedia Storyteller), David O’Reilly (Game Designer), Yuvviki Dioh (Agent for Diversity, Schauspielhaus Zürich), Romy Strasser (New Assembly), Mara Danz (Fashion Designer), Magda Drozd (Performance Artist), Andrea Anner & Thibault Brêvet (AATB), Flurina Rothenberger (Nice Magazine) already contributed to the lecture.

Direction & curation: Maike Thies (Research Fellow, Department of Design)
When? every Monday, 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Where? Kino Toni (3.G02) or via Zoom

Programme

22/09/2025
Carolien Niebling
Food Designer and Design Futurist
Kino Toni (3.G02)

29/09/2025
Janne Kummer
Cross-disciplinary artist
Zoom

06/10/2025
Maria Guta
Mixed Media Artist
Kino Toni (3.G02)

13/10/2025
Gayatri Parameswaran
Immersive Journalism Now Here Media
Zoom

20/10/2025
Matheus Leston
Artist, Musician, Creative Technologist
Presented by Swissnex in Boston und New York und dem Departement Design der ZHdK
Zoom

27/10/2025
Giulia Bini (Curator, Head of Arts CERN)
In cooperation with Immersive Arts Space ZHdK
Kino Toni (3.G02)

03/11/2025
Amer Kanngiesser
Oceanic Refractions
Zoom

10/11/2025
Michael Frei
Animated Film Maker & Game Designer
Kino Toni (3.G02)

17/11/2025
Kieffer Woodtli
Swiss Conceptual Artist Duo
Zoom

24/11/2025
Alfatih
Mixed Media Artist
Kino Toni (3.G02)

01/12/2025
N.N.
In collaboration with Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Zoom

08/12/2025
AATB
Artists/designers Non-Industrial-Robotics
Kino Toni (3.G02)