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Outputs from the fields of artistic research, design, art theory and media philosophy are created at HfG Karlsruhe in changing constellations of the actors involved. This polyphonic dialogue between teachers, students and guests, which extends far beyond the walls of the building, is now made accessible to an international audience through the online journal UMBAU. With bi-weekly contributions UMBAU presents contemporary projects from the fields of art, design and theory, framed within annually changing editorial themes.

After the last three issues of the journal dealt with aspects of the political in relation to bodies Political Bodies, the interconnectedness of past, present and future Fragile Futures and the concept of the chain in both the literal and metaphorical sense Chaining, the theme of the current and fourth issue is The Floor Is Lava. In the midst of rapid technological advances, political turmoil, and multiple surging crises, what provides a safe ground for critical thinking? What potential do games offer as a framework for dealing with uncertainty and how can we simultaneously defend ourselves against simplistic and reductionist worldviews?

In 1992, a time of major socio-economic and technological change, the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design was founded as a “digital Bauhaus.” UMBAU, an architectural term roughly translatable as “remodeling” (to take a given structure and adjust it to contemporary situations) addresses this heritage and introduces a moment of destabilisation. UMBAU welcomes trans-disciplinary modes of thinking through the situational, the unfinished, and the transitional.

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Current Editors: Paolo Caffoni, Charlotte Eifler, Jule Köpke, Alessia Meyer, Laura Weser
Past Editors: Ariana Dongus, Yannick Nepomuk Fritz, Isabelle Konrad, Livia Emma Lazzarini, George MacBeth, Friederike Schäfer, Johanna Schäfer, Ebba Fransén Waldhör, Katharina Weinstock

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