In this seminar we want to create a pervasive game. This type of game is a genuine form of the so called enhanced term of game/gaming. It pervades and and obliterates the spacial, temporal and/or social contextual limit of traditional games.
Therefore in most examples of this type the actual game doesn´t take place at a certain location or to a certain date of time and therefore negate the typical character of a game.
But they open the borders between an playful and a serious state of mind. They drift between fiction and reality and are propelled by uncertainty and ambiguity. They challenge social norms and behavioural code, especially as related to what is being accepted in the public space.
We will focus on artistic questions towards the game and societal questions of the game. Thereby we will acquaint ourselves with the principles of gamedesign.

The seminar is open to students of all faculties.
Further information : mzielke(at)hfg-karlsruhe.de

Have you always wanted to awaken your alter ego? Know who you truly are? Save the world?

“Held Sein” (“being a hero”) is a seminar around the topic of heroism and provides a platform for realizing your own projects with focus on saving the world. The initial blockseminar will establish a circle of heroes in which all the projects will be discussed and worked on privately.

The initiational event is open to students of any department.

“Go Public and Play” focuses on projects taking place in different dimensions of the public space. Not only physical but also virtual perceptions of space are of interest, playful elements provoke a merge with the environment. Specific places for the realization of the projects can be localized. Let it be an interactive building facade, a tree as a level for a game, the pedestrian area as a musical instrument and many more yet unborn ideas…

The seminar is for preparation, idea generation and development of the projects.

Everybody is welcome.