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Innovationslabor Zukunft at Schauspiel Stuttgart

‘Is AI intelligent?’ is the question posed by internationally renowned AI researcher Bernhard Schölkopf in his keynote at the first edition of the Innovationslabor Zukunft (Innovation Lab Future). From May 28 to June 1, 2025, Schauspiel Stuttgart will transform the Kammertheater into a theatrical AI laboratory with 30 events.

Can an AI direct a play? Can AI help us overcome death? How does a human move in the metaverse? Human and machine – who is programming whom? Is AI emotional? With the help of experts such as Ranga Yogeshwar, Oscar winner Jan Pinkava (head of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg’s Animationsinstitut), theatrical performance projects (by Wilke Weermann, Florian Etti, Alessa Bollack, and Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart), workshops by La Fura dels Baus, and performances by Rimini Protokoll, the festival explores complex questions about the future of artificial intelligence and society.

With the Innovationslabor Zukunft, Schauspiel Stuttgart creates a space for exciting encounters, diverse presentations, discussion formats, and keynotes featuring experts from science, business, the arts, and philosophy. Encounters with a humanoid robot, Kenza Ait Si Abbou, Ars Electronica Director Veronica Liebl, ZKM Director Alistair Hudson, film producer Nico Hofmann, Prof. Dr. Judith Simon (member of the Deutscher Ethikrat), Minister Petra Olschowski, producer and pianist Roberto Di Gioia, and many more. SWR Kultur will produce four live broadcasts/podcasts – including from the Kammertheater.

AI becomes tangible and experiential: AI live on stage, AI-driven live music production, AI in film, and actors performing live in the Metaverse.

The conplete program and all information about day tickets can be found on the website https://www.schauspiel-stuttgart.de/spielplan/innovationslabor-zukunft/ | Timetable (PDF)

In cooperation with SWR Kultur, Hochschule der Medien, Media Solution Center Baden-Württemberg, HLRS, ZKM Karlsruhe, EIT Culture and Creativity, ICE Innovation by Creative Economy, Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Württemberg

Trailer Innovationslabor Zukunft, Schauspiel Stuttgart

Jobs at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg’s Animationsinstitut

The Animationsinstitut is part of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and one of the world’s leading training institutions for Animation, Visual Effects, Technical Directing, Animation/Effects Producing and Interactive Media. 

They currently have the following job vacancies:

Coordinator Artificial Intelligence (m/f/d) as of July 1, 2025 or as soon as possible. Full-time (39.5 hours/week), limited to 2 years.

Tasks:

  • Consulting and strategic development of teaching and organization
  • Central point of contact for students, teachers and staff for all AI topics
  • Collaboration with research projects of the R&D Department and our Animationsinstitut especially in the area of fair and sustainable AI use
  • Building and maintaining networks with regional and international AI partners
  • Support in selecting, implementing and prioritizing AI projects
  • Organization of AI-relevant training

Application Deadline: May 18, 2025 | More information and application

Freelance Research Engineer Artificial Intelligence (m/f/d)

Tasks:

  • Extension and improvement of the AnimHost application, see web: research.animationsinstitut.de/tracer
  • Implementation of additional Animation Generators
  • Ideas and suggestions to improve current workflow with Blender, VPET and Unity
  • Theoretical and practical involvement in global FABW AI strategy
  • Evaluation of tools and workflows

Application Deadline: May 18, 2025 | More Information and Application

Assistant to the Head of Institute (m/f/d), full-time (39.5 h), for a period of two years.

Tasks:

  • Facilitating communication between the Head of Institute, commercial management and teaching, as well as the lecturers and students of the Animationsinstitut
  • General secretarial and assistant tasks, correspondence, telephone and reception
  • Translation DE-EN and EN-DE
  • Travel and meeting coordination for the Head of the Institute
  • Coordination, preparation and follow-up of meetings and presentations in German and English
  • Travel bookings and other organizational activities for the Head of the Institute, staff and students
  • Support for events and festival participation

Application Deadline: May 18, 2025 | More Information and Application

All current job vacancies at Animationsinstitut

Narrative of the Future – Future of the Narrative

Merz Akademie, Narrative of the Future

“Narrative of the Future – Future of the Narrative” – Lecture Series / Salon Orange Summer Semester 2025 at the Merz Akademie

How do we tell stories about the future? How will we tell stories in the future? And what role will AI play in all of this?

These are the questions that professors of the Merz Akademie and their guests will explore over the course of five evenings in the Salon Orange – each with a unique focus on different media. The series is curated by Dr. Barbara M. Eggert, Rector of the Merz Akademie and comics scholar.

Merz Akademie, Teckstraße 58, 70190 Stuttgart / May 13 to July 1, 2025, every Tuesday, 18:15 CET

Overview of the lectures:

  • May 13, 2025, 18:15 CET„Grafikdesign“ with Isabel Seiffert and Joost Bottema
  • May 20, 2025, 18:15 CET„Games und VR/AR“ with Jasmin Sibel and Mario Doulis
  • June 17, 2025, 18:15 CET„Media Art“ with Johannes P. Osterhoff and Olia Lialina
  • June 24, 2025, 18:15 CET„Film“ with Cem Kaya and Peter Ott
  • July 1, 2025, 18:15 CET„Comics“ with Stefan Dinter and Barbara M. Eggert

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INPUT/OUTPUT – Impulses, Exchange, Story Market 

Image: FABW

The Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg invites you to the symposium INPUT/OUTPUT – Impulses, Exchange, Story Market on April 7 and 8, 2025.

This two-day event combines an impulse session (Input) with a story market (Output), providing a platform for exchange between technology and film. The focus will be on the highly relevant and forward-thinking topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The symposium will take place at the Caligari Cinema of the Filmakademie in Ludwigsburg and is open to students, alumni, external guests, and students from other film schools. Its goal is to foster dialogue and initiate collaborative projects.

The event will be moderated by Gerhard Maier, Artistic Director of the Seriencamp Festival & Conference.

Participation is free of charge, and the symposium will be conducted primarily in English. Pitching sessions will take place in both German and English.

More information / source & registration

The Filmakademie is looking for a Coordinator Artificial Intelligence!

The Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH is looking for a Coordinator Artificial Intelligence (m/f/d) as of April 1, 2025.

The AI coordinator (m/f/d) is the central point of contact for the entire FABW on all topics related to artificial intelligence. He/she should act as a central advisor, multiplier and mediator for AI topics. He/she should stay up to date with established, new and emerging toolsets as well as the latest trends in AI and be able to contextualize them in terms of their impact on media production, evaluate them in terms of ethical and legal standards, and integrate them accordingly into the FABW’s production pipelines.

Responsibilities (among others):

  • Central point of contact for AI topics at the FABW
  • Advising on adapting teaching methods and curricula to maintain relevance in a media industry that uses artificial intelligence in production
  • Close collaboration with research activities of the R&D department and AI-related projects at the FABW and Animationsinstitut in particular with regard to fair and sustainable use of AI
  • Initiation of regional (IPAI, AI Alliance, Cyber Valley…) and international contacts with relevant AI initiatives to address the needs of the FABW and enable potential future collaborations

Application Deadline: February 28, 2025 | Detailed job description and online application

CREATORS presents: Transformative Technologies Part 1 – Spatial Computing

Event Tip – CREATORS presents: Transformative Technologies Part 1 – Spatial Computing

Hello, Tech Enthusiasts!

We invite you to an exciting, exclusive event where we’ll explore how Spatial Computing technology is reshaping our reality, with a focus on existing industrial use cases, presented by Max Schmierer from b.ReX. Afterwards, Stefan Wenz from Nvidia will showcase the latest developments in Artificial Intelligence and explain how this technology is set to impact virtual worlds, businesses, and the economy. You’ll also get the chance to try out the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3!

Don’t miss this event if you want to stay ahead of the curve!

P.S.: Snacks and drinks will be provided!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Organized by Gamechangerz

Admission is free! More information and tickets

Event:
Date: Tuesday, October 15,2024, 17:30 to 20:30 CET
Location: b. ReX GmbH, Reinsburgstraße 96/1, 70197 Stuttgart

Pre-Fixe with Animation Lounge: KI in der Animationsproduktion

Together with the Film- und Medienfestival gGmbH (organizer of Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film) and the AMCRS, MFG organizes the Pre Fixe with Animation Lounge as a prelude to the monthly network meeting of the film industry (Jour Fixe). Speakers from the animation film scene present practical examples of current projects and provide insights into their work.

On July 8, 18:00 CET, Maximilian Pfisterer, communication designer (FH) / co-owner of our CREATORS from Frischvergiftung will give a presentation on the topic of “KI in der Animationsproduktion” (“AI in animation production”).

Maximilian Pfisterer

Frischvergiftung from Stuttgart is already successfully using imaging AI in its workflows. In projection mappings to completely transform existing buildings, to create visuals for music festivals or in collaboration with Andreas Hykade to generate morphings between given artworks. On July 8, the studio will provide some insights and give some keywords to get started yourself.

Maximilian Pfisterer radicalized himself as a VJ with his friend and partner Willy Löbl in the Stuttgart club scene and shortly afterwards switched from print to film. That was a while ago and Frischvergiftung has since become a flourishing animation studio.

The Jour Fixe offers a unique opportunity for exchange and networking with colleagues from the MFG Film Funding Unit. All participants are cordially invited to attend the subsequent Jour Fixe from 19:00 CET.

The event will take place at the Kulturzentrum Merlin, Augustenstraße 72, 70178 Stuttgart. Admission is free.

More information

Job Offer: Advisor (m/f/d) for the field of AI

The State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg is looking for an Advisor (German: Referent/in) (f/m/d) for the newly founded AI_N (Artificial Intelligence Network) department at InnoLab BW for a limited period of two years as soon as possible.

The InnoLab_bw observes global innovation trends, networks with innovative players in the state and brings their needs and ideas to the attention of the state government. In various formats, it brings together people from administration, business, civil society and science to initiate specific innovation projects and develop prototypes. In doing so, InnoLab_bw thinks and acts “outside the box” and relies on fast, agile forms of work that overcome departmental and silo thinking. In this way, they want to help innovations “Made in BW” achieve a breakthrough more quickly.

The newly created AI_N (Artificial Intelligence Network) department will recognize and pick up on new trends and provide impetus to the state government.

To the job advertisement

Application deadline: May 20, 2024

AMCRS HEROES at the Filmschau BW 2023

Logo Filmschau BW 2023
So ganz normal ist das ja nicht (Merz Akademie)

The aim of the 29. Filmschau Baden-Württemberg (December 6 to 10, 2023) is to offer filmmakers – both professionals and up-and-coming filmmakers – from Baden-Württemberg a platform to showcase their work. AMCRS HEROES will also be on board.

To kick off the Filmschau, a panel discussion will take place on December 6, 2023, on the topic of „Künstliche Intelligenz – Chance und Risiko für die Film- und Fernsehbranche“, organized by MFG Baden-Württemberg.

The panelists:
Heiko Burkardsmaier, VFX Executive Producer / Head of Business & Legal Affairs at Accenture Song Content Germany in Stuttgart
Dr. Nadine Hammele, Storytelling Consultant at Walt Disney Company German in Munich
Andy Közle, Senior CGI Artist / Technical Director at the Stuttgart-based company unexpected
Hanna Langenberg, student of computer visualistics and design at Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences, employed by LAVAlabs Moving Images
Martin Thau, lecturer, dramaturge, screenwriter and scriptwriter in Munich, is part of the founding team of the Drehbuchwerkstatt München at the University of Television and Film
Moderation: Nadine Krüger, TV presenter and actress

Event dates:
December 6, 2023, 17:30-19.00 CET (entrance 17:00 CET)
GLORIA 2 Innenstadtkinos, Königstr. 20 (Passage), 70173 Stuttgart
Admission is free. Registration is requested but not mandatory.

More information

The following animation and VFX projects by AMCRS HEROES will be part of the film and competition program (no claim to completeness):

IT’S JUST A WHOLE, Director: Bianca Scali, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
SCRUBBY, directed by Paul Vollet, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
SO GANZ NORMAL IST DAS JA NICHT, Director: Iris Maier, Merz Akademie, Hochschule für Gestaltung, Kunst und Medien, Stuttgart
TOWN HALL SQUARE, Director: Christian Kaufmann, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
KOLAJ, Director: Besen Dilek, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
COSMOSS, Director: David Sick, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
CODE RAT, Director: Matthias Strasser, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
THE LAST BAR, Director: Arne Hain, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
LEGENDARY TALE, Director: Ben Marquardt, Hochschule der Medien
BEARLY IN LOVE, Director: Rebecca Liebelt, Hochschule der Medien
DODO, Director: Yi Luo, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
ANIMANIMALS, Director: Julia Ocker, Studio FILM BILDER
RUSH – PORSCHE GT3, Director: Andreas Justus Burz, Recom Film GmbH & Co KG
CIELO – MASERATI MC20, Director: Alessandra Kila, Recom Film GmbH & Co KG

Link to Filmschau BW 2023

b.ReX at the KI-Festival Heilbronn

Joseph von Fraunhofer

Our HEROES from b.ReX will be exhibitors at the KI-Festival in Heilbronn, on July 1 and 2, 2023, which offers the opportunity to “meet AI experts, experience enthusiasm and share concerns in a festival atmosphere”!

They will present the AI project “Joseph von Fraunhofer“: In the employee competition, the idea of a virtual company founder was created: Joseph von Fraunhofer. The conception of the avatar is based on paintings, written documents and his death mask. In the lobby of the Stuttgart Fraunhofer Institutes, the avatar conducts conversations, supported by GPT-4 and NVIDIA’s “Audio 2 Face” technology. Since 2022, employees and guests have been interacting with the virtual founder to better understand the connection between science and industry through Fraunhofer.

More about the KI-Festival

When: July 1 and 2, 2023, 12:00 to 20:00 CET

Where: Zukunftspark Wohlgelegen, 74076 Heilbronn, Germany.

Admission is free.