31.08.2025 Welcome event @Weltecho Chemnitz
Time: starting at 18:00
Location: Weltecho Chemnitz, Annaberger Strasse 24, 09111 Chemnitz
Description: Werkstattkonzert and exhibition
Food and drink will be available on site but are not included
Werkstattkonzert
Werkstattkonzert der Sprachkomposition “Soundscapes of Europe: Babel1–n” with Natalia Pschenischnikowa (Berlin), Ellen Fricke (Chemnitz) and AI-Choir (Composition and Concept: E. Fricke).
Exhibition concept for Mensch und Computer 2025 – curated by Susan Strebe
As part of Mensch und Computer 2025, Susan Strebe is realising an exhibition that addresses current developments at the interface of technology, society and design. The curated
works address human-computer interaction in artistic, creative and reflective ways – from the application of artificial intelligence to body-related interfaces and speculative design projects.
The exhibition sees itself as a complementary format to the scientific conference: it brings together interdisciplinary positions that expand the conference discourse to include aesthetic, social and experimental dimensions. It not only presents results, but also visualises the processes and methods of design.
In her work, curator Susan Strebe combines technical expertise with creative thinking: as a student of computer science and communication sciences, computer science teacher, founder of Digitales Chemnitz and the Offene Blende Studio and as a board member of Kreatives Chemnitz, she is committed to promoting digital competence, creative self-efficacy and interdisciplinary collaboration. Her curatorial practice is characterised by a deep understanding of the social and cultural issues of digital transformation.
A contribution to the question of how we want to live with technology – and what it menas today to be human.
01.09.2025 Poster & Demo night
Time: 18:00 – 21:00
Location: Orangerie (outside area)
Drinks are provided, food can be bought from food trucks
02.09.2025 Social dinner @Kraftverkehr
Time: starting at 18:00
Location: Kraftverkehr, Fraunhoferstraße 60, 09120 Chemnitz
Live act: Prof. Bertolt Meyer (18:15 – 19:00)
After dinner DJ session: Bertolt Meyer & Giuseppe Sanseverino
Live Act: Bertolt Meyer
Bertolt Meyer is a professor at the Institute of Psychology at Chemnitz University of Technology. He is also a DJ, producer, and avowed modular enthusiast.
As an artist, Meyer makes dynamic, emotive house and techno with dancefloors in mind. He releases on the Berlin-based label DESSERT and his tracks have been remixed by the likes of Hannes Bieger and Mala Ika. As a DJ, he is a resident at his labels’ party at ://about:blank.
In creative terms, Bertolt Meyer prefers the controlled limitations of the modular over the overwhelmingly open-ended possibilities of a DAW. What makes his relationship with his modular setup unique is that Meyers is not only controlling it – he is an essential part of it: Meyer was born without his lower left arm. Instead of allowing this to hinder his creative pursuits, he hacked a prosthetic to create something truly special. His ‘Synlimb’ – a hacked prosthetic built with the help of Christian Zollner at KOMA Elektronik and his husband Daniel Theiler – allows Meyer to control some parameters of his modular setup with muscular signals sent directly from his mind.
Through his live performances and creative output, Meyers highlights the possibilities of creating and controlling music using the mind as a direct source of input. He is an artist who embodies the inclusive potential at the intersection of technology and human creativity.
