I have been teaching animation and visual storytelling at the University of Applied Sciences in Bielefeld from 2022 to 2026. My courses combine theory and practice, covering animation fundamentals, experimental techniques, and the development of personal visual languages, while providing insights into production processes and storytelling.
I also supervise student projects and graduation work across disciplines.
I also supervise student projects and graduation work across disciplines.
During this time I completed the Career@BI mentoring program, which is a professional development initiative supporting artists and designers on their path toward professorships.
role: lecturer
department: digital media and experiment
period: 2022-2026
subjects: animation fundamentals, experimental techniques, communicationdesign
department: digital media and experiment
period: 2022-2026
subjects: animation fundamentals, experimental techniques, communicationdesign
Excerpt from group work on exploring techniques
cut-out animation set-up
Excerpt from the seminar results by Mert Tabanca
Results of the Assignment on Poster Design by Genre:
one stratacut result
stratacut workshop
still from "Dreamscapes" by Rey Elert
"ASTRAY: Lost in Daydreams," by Lian Sadler, interactive installation, graduation project (details)
