Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts funds Subtera cooperation project through Innovation Fund
“BÜLOWSTRASSE” wins the IKARUS Award in Berlin
“The School of Magical Animals 4” – from September 25, 2025 in German cinemas
Our cooperation project “Subtera” is being funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg through its Innovation Fund.
Our new cooperation project Subtera is one of 28 projects selected for funding by the Baden-Württemberg Arts Innovation Fund in 2025. This year’s focus theme was “democracy.”
“The Arts Innovation Fund of the MWK Baden-Württemberg makes it possible to realize exceptional art and cultural projects that break new ground, for example with regard to target groups, venues, content, participation strategies, artistic forms of expression, or with cross-disciplinary approaches.”
With Subtera, an innovative concert format that connects music, game design, sensor technology, and ecological research, we are joining forces with our cooperation partners Holistic Compost Lab (St. Peter) and Sensopart (Gottenheim) to explore new territory. In doing so, Lena Frei (Game Design & Visual Communication), Ralf Schmid (Piano, Electronics & Composition), and Leonie Fritsch (Curation & Dramaturgy) are creating a format that involves people in the audience as co-creators and dissolves boundaries between different disciplines.
At the center, and as a source of inspiration, is compost (!) as a metaphor for transformation, diversity, and co-creation. Just as in living soil with microorganisms, soil fauna, root networks, and humus, Subtera transfers this principle to the stage: audience, musicians, and technology jointly shape a space of sound and image that is in constant flux. With the help of sensors and movement, audience members can actively influence sound and dramaturgy and thus create a shared experience that brings together art and technology.
Another special feature of the project: very different partners from the Freiburg–Southern Black Forest–Kaiserstuhl region pool their know-how. The Holistic Compost Lab (St. Peter) and Sensopart (Gottenheim) contribute their expertise in ecology and sensor technology.
“BÜLOWSTRASSE” wins the IKARUS Award in Berlin
Our artistic directing team – Sigrun Fritsch (direction), Luka Putnina (direction and choreography), Janis Putnins (choreography and video) and Sönke Ober (stage design) – staged the youth theatre production “Bülowstraße” at GRIPS Theater Berlin.
After acclaimed performances at the Ruhrfestspiele, the production has now been honoured with the IKARUS Award – a great recognition of our work in the field of youth theatre.
“The film “The School of Magical Animals 4” has been showing in German cinemas since 25 September.
Luka Marie Putniņa, co-director at PAN.OPTIKUM, contributed as choreographer and dance coach to this new film production. Watch closely — her creative touch can be seen in the movements of the young protagonists 😉