Animation goes multimedia
REFRESH x Fantoche #5
We live in a time when not only humans and other living beings sense and respond, but machines are also developing a life of their own and may even learn to act independently and intentionally. How can design and the arts, in dialogue with other disciplines, provide access to these often hidden, highly complex processes?
The group exhibition “REFRESH x Fantoche. Ways into Being” approaches the fragile moment – when something stirs, when life emerges and when it first interacts with its environment – through games, digital playful experiments, sculptural installations and video works, both with critical observation and with humour.
Featuring international artists such as Vectorpark, AATB, David OReilly, Studio Eidola and Amanita Design.
REFRESH x Fantoche is a collaboration between the Department of Design and the Immersive Arts Space at Zurich University of the Arts and Fantoche.
The group exhibition “REFRESH x Fantoche. Ways into Being” approaches the fragile moment – when something stirs, when life emerges and when it first interacts with its environment – through games, digital playful experiments, sculptural installations and video works, both with critical observation and with humour.
Featuring international artists such as Vectorpark, AATB, David OReilly, Studio Eidola and Amanita Design.
REFRESH x Fantoche is a collaboration between the Department of Design and the Immersive Arts Space at Zurich University of the Arts and Fantoche.
Appointments & Tickets
Wed 2.9. • 12:00 - 20:00
StanzereiThu 3.9. • 12:00 - 20:00
StanzereiFri 4.9. • 12:00 - 20:00
StanzereiSat 5.9. • 12:00 - 22:00
StanzereiSun 6.9. • 12:00 - 18:00
StanzereiCurated by
Maike Thies (Departement Design, ZHdK)
Technical direction
Stefan Kraft (Departement Design, ZHdK)
In cooperation with
Departement Design and Immersive Arts Space, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK)
Prof. Dr. Chris Salter (Immersive Arts Space, ZHdK)
Exhibition scenography
Stefan Kraft
Abhash Mittal
Maike Thies (Departement Design, ZHdK)
Free admission
list of works
- Between Glances, Iris Prelorentzou, MA Major Interaction Design ZHdK, 2026
- Chornozem, Yaroslava Shylyk, Olivia Menezes, Kirill Kohl, MA Major Interaction Design, ZHdK, 2026
- Current’s Wanderers, Massimo Bordogna, MA Major Interaction Design ZHdK, 2026
- Dripped Dreams, Studio Eidola, 2024
- Everything, David OReilly, 2017
- Feed the Head, Vectorpark, 2007
- Herdling, Okomotive, 2025
- Imitation and Learning (Primordial Soup), AATB, 2026
- Mini Mini Golf Golf, Three More Years, 2026
- noted, Jonathan Gartenmann, Karl Sperhake, Tommaso Poggi, Minor Digital Play ZHdK, 2026
- Ossuarium, Ariana Huber, Nina Hungerbühler, BA Major Game Design ZHdK, 2026
- Samorost 3, Amanita Design, 2016
- Sandcastles, Vectorpark, 2017
- Sleeping Giant, Asya Fischer, Gianmarco Di Vincenzo, Sebastian Winter, Minor Digital Play, 2026
- Spider, Vectorpark, 2008
- Surface Engagement, Dennis Vugts, BA Major Visual Communication ZHdK, 2026
- Type Synth, Noé Rogger, Timon Rimann, Jannik Zernke, Florian Kleiser, Minor Digital Play ZHdK, 2026