What happens when computer science is brought together with art? Technology with creativity? How can software be implemented, understood and perceived in an artistically valuable way? It is precisely these limits that are being explored by the students of the Creative Technologies Master’s programme at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. They have been investigating new cinematic interactions that combine technical tools with an artistic approach since 2016. The focus there is on completely free experimentation. At the same time, the students are able to benefit from their course collaborating with other departments such as Sound, Cinematography, Animation, Editing, Directing, Acting, Film Music or Set Design at the Film University, the only film school with university status in Germany. This results in projects that go far beyond the genre of film. Plants are made to speak, poetry becomes “tangible”, virtual reality for pets is considered as a possibility, or machine learning algorithms are developed.
