Im/possible Paths to Bird Being
Roundtable with Paula Strunden, Pascal Marcel Dreier, Leoni Fischer (Symbiotic Lab), Nathan Schönewolf, Marjolein van der Loo
Design by lob.tf
Thursday 18.12.25, 6:00 – 7:30 PM @ Multispecies Studio, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Heumarkt 14, 50667 Köln
open to all, free admission
The first joint production by Pascal Marcel Dreier and Paula Maya Strunden explores the (im)possibilities of embodying a non-human perspective. Starting from kestrels, chickens, and other feathered creatures, they investigate the potential of XR to disrupt and expand human perceptual and movement patterns in transformative ways.
The event highlights this artistic development process, which the artists have undergone in recent months as part of the Media Art Fellowship of Medienwerk NRW.
The program begins with flight exercises led by Paula Strunden. Pascal Marcel Dreier will give an insight into the artistic development process, complemented by short impulses from Leoni Fischer (Symbiotic Lab), curator of the project, and Nathan Schönewolf, 3D-specialist.
Curator and birdwatcher Marjolein van der Loo (NL) will present her newly published book With a Bird (Onomatopee, 2025) and subsequently moderate a conversation with the artists and Leoni Fischer.
The event takes place at the Multispecies Studio of the Academy of Media Arts (KHM) in Cologne. Enter via the main entrance of KHM, Heumarkt 14, 50667 Cologne.
The studio is located in the courtyard and is accessible without barriers.
Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
