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, Co-Head & curator of REFRESH Festival, Department of Design)
When? every Monday, 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Where? Kino Toni (3.G02) or via Zoom

Programme

21/09/2026
Linn Spitz
Artist / Programmer
In cooperation with Immersive Arts Space, ZHdK
Kino Toni (3.G02)

28/09/2026
Kevin Peter He
Artist / Director [performance, installation, cinematic media]
In cooperation with Immersive Arts Space, ZHdK
Kino Toni (3.G02)

05/10/2026
Studio Eidola
Denizay Apusoglu & Jonas Kissling
Interdisciplinary research & design practice
Kino Toni (3.G02)

12/10/2026
Stine Deja
Visual artist
Zoom

19/10/2026
Theresa Reiwer
(Post)digital Artist
In Kooperation mit HAU 4
Zoom

26/10/2026
Friedrich Kirschner
Visual artist, Software Developer, Game Designer
Zoom

02/11/2026
Dennis Vugts
Designer
In cooperation with REFRESH x Fantoche
Kino Toni (3.G02)

09/11/2026
AATB
Andrea Anner & Thibault Brevet
Non-Industrial Robotics
Kino Toni (3.G02)

16/11/2026
Timothy Thomasson
Digital Artist
In cooperation with Immersive Arts Space, ZHdK
Zoom

23/11/2026
Dr. Alex Jordan & Dominik Sutter
Jordan Lab, Max Planck Institute
Kino Toni (3.G02)

30/11/2026
Sam Wolson
Visual Storyteller & Features Editor at The New Yorker
Zoom

07/12/2026
N.N.
Kino Toni (3.G02)