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

16/03/2026
Thomas Thwaites
Design Reseacher & Futurist
In cooperation with Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Zoom

23/03/2026
Martyna Marciniak
3D Artist & Researcher
Kino Toni (3.G02)

30/03/2026
Mario von Rickenbach
Game Designer & Developer
Kino Toni (3.G02)

13/04/2026
Julia Lohmann
Designer, Researcher, Educator
In cooperation with Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Zoom

20/04/2026
Sarah Calörtscher
Dramaturgue, Playwright, Musician
Kino Toni (3.G02)

27/04/2026
Kieffer Woodtli
Conceptual Artist Duo
In cooperation with Swissnex in Boston and New York
Kino Toni (3.G02)

04/05/2026
Keynotes & Screening. Conference «Beyond Communication»
Monica Ursina Jäger, Lena Bakker, Riika Taurianen, Marta Musso
In cooperation with Master Transdisziplinarität, ZHdK
Kino Toni (3.G02)

11/05/2026
Diana Serbanescu
Researcher, Artist, Lecturer
In cooperation with Immersive Arts Space, ZHdK
Kino Toni (3.G02)

18/05/2026
Soyun Park
Interdisciplinary Artist, Researcher, Educator
Zoom

01/06/2026
Vera van de Seyp
Computational Designer
In cooperation with Immersive Arts Space, ZHdK
Zoom

08/06/2026
Caroline Dorn
Assistant Professor for Exoplanet Science at ETH Zürich
Kino Toni (3.G02)