This is the personal website of Steffen Krämer, researcher in media and cultural studies. Below you find an overview of publications, talks, and courses from the last ten years. For further inquiries please get in touch at contact(at)stmkr.com.
mit Laura Kemmer, Christian Helge Peters und Vanessa Weber; Sonderausgabe der Zeitschrift Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, 2019. -->
mit Marco Gerster und Daniel Ziegler; Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan 2015. -->
in: distinction – Journal of Social Theory, 2019. -->
in: Silke Martin/Anke Steinborn: Orte. Nicht-Orte. Ab-Orte. Mediale Verortungen des Dazwischen. Marburg: Schüren 2015. -->
mit Moritz Maikämper und Carolin Pätsch; in: Planerin, 1(15), 2015. -->
in Rainhard May/Annette K. Schulz/Anke Steinborn: Panta Rhei – Wie’s fließt, bestimme ich. Ein Bert-‐Haanstra-‐Porträt aus Einzelbildern, Berlin: puv 2018.
mit Moritz Maikämper, Carolin Pätsch, Christer Petersen, Bodo Rott, Belinda Rukschcio, Silke Weidner; Studie im Auftrag des Bundesinstituts für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung, 2015. -->
im Blog des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts Essen, 04/2020-->
mit Carolin Pätsch und Belinda Rukschcio, Redaktion: Bettina Sigmund; in: DETAIL Online, 04/2015-->
mit Moritz Maikämper, Carolin Pätsch und Bodo Rott; in: Archithese (4), 2016-->
Konferenzpaper, Technische Universität München, 02/2020.
Gastvortrag im Seminar „Affektanalyse“ von M.-L. Angerer und B. Bösel an der Universität Potsdam, 01/2020.
mit Moritz Maikämper, Eröffnungsvortrag auf der Konferenz „Filmische SciFi Cities als Dispositive urbaner Zukünfte“, Filmmuseum Potsdam, 02/2018.
Paper für die Konferenz „Loose Connections – Modes of Un_Relating“, Universität Hamburg, 01/2017.
Vortrag in der Reihe „Krieg und Frieden“ an der Universität Kaiserslautern, 12/2016.
Paper für die Konferenz „Techniques, Technologies and Materialities of Epidemic Control”, University of Cambridge, UK, 09/2016.
mit Ana Naomi de Sousa, Christina Varvia und Eyal Weizman, Vortrag im Rahmen des CIJ Logan Symposiums in Berlin, 03/2016.
Gastvortrag im Rahmen des Forschungskolloquiums „b/orders in motion“, Europa-Universität Viadriana Frankfurt Oder, 06/2015.
Vortrag im Rahmen eines Roundtables zum Thema „Ground Control“ in der PSM Gallery in Berlin, konzipiert und organisiert von Awst&Walther, 04/2015.
Vortrag in der Serie “Lunch Bytes” zum Thema „Architecture/Public Space“ im Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow, organisiert und konzipiert von Melanie Bühler, 09/2014.
mit Jacob Burns, Vortrag im Rahmen des Digital Electronic Arts Festivals in Rotterdam, 05/2014.
Paper für die Konferenz „Archives for the Future“, Westminster University London, UK, 03/2014.
Paper für die Jahrestagung der International Visual Sociology Association, Goldsmiths University London, UK, 07/2013.
Vortrag im Rahmen eines Roundtables im Pavillon des Critical Art Ensembles während der Documenta12, organisiert von Chris Molinski, 07/2012.
'Diagrams of Epidemiological Knowledge' (Formerly: 'Epidemics and Topological Experience') is a PhD research project in the field of Media Studies at the University of Hamburg. It was supported by the Research Training Group 'Loose Connections - Collectivity in Digital and Urban Space'. The project traces different forms of diagrammatic media and mediators in the recent history and practice of epidemiologists, especially maps, causal diagrams, and threshold visualizations in automated surveillance. The project combines archival research and expert interviews with epistemological problematizations in media theory and philosophy.
Together with architects and researchers Blake Fisher and Janet Hall, we compiled and visualized information about patents in the field of medicine and pharmaceutics, especially those that involve the patenting of new molecular combinations or genetic engineering. Our aim was to use the available data from patent registries to make sense of the knowledge economy of health and disease and to show the concentrations and enclosures in this field of vital human knowledge. The initial research responded to a call for emerging topics in information visualization. The results of this project have not yet been published.
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The project Immune Landscapes started as an MA thesis at Goldsmiths, University of London, and grew into different forms of publication such as lectures, videos, essays and installation. Originally, it was an investigation about topographies that are ascribed the status of legal immunity. Among the investigated sites were a mountain region in the German Black Forest that is legally protected by the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property, as well as diplomatic missions whose immunity has been legally regulated for centuries.
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Periskop was a contribution to the exhibition and art festival "Localize - Das Heimatfestival" in Potsdam, Germany. It responded to the festivals theme Heimat by focusing on a nearby area of allotment gardens that are contained within a triangle of train tracks and merely visible to the outside. The project consisted of a research performance, a booklet and an installation. During the research phase the researcher was equipped with an overviewing balloon that is both visible to the outside and documents the inside of the garden community while facing problems to enter the site. The situated documentation technique aimed to provoke reflection for the role of the heimat researcher, the tenants and the inside/outside schema simultaneously. The results where summarized in a semi-fictitious research report and exhibited together with photographs and research materials on-site.
Winter term 2018/19, 2 SWS
with Clemens Apprich, Summer term 2018, 2 SWS
Winter term 2018, 2 SWS
Summer 2018, four weeks with 48 contact hours
with Moritz Maikämper/ Carolin Pätsch/ Bodo Rott/ Belinda Rukschcio, January 2015, Stegreif
with Anke Steinborn, Summer terms 2013/2014/2015, 4 SWS
Winter term 2014/15, 2 SWS
with Anke Steinborn, Winter term 2013/14, 4 SWS
with Belinda Rukschcio, Summer 2014 and 2015, two-week full day
Contribution | Cinematography, editing |
Title | Battir |
Genre | Reportage/ Project summary |
Specs | HD, 8 min |
Research | Forensic Architecture |
Interviews | Eyal Weizman, Jacob Burns |
Production | Forensic Architecture |
Assistant Editor | Maja Tennstedt |
Sound Design | Cesar Fernandez |
Distribution | Exhibition (HKW Berlin), Web |
Contribution | Cinematography, editing |
Title | Bilin |
Genre | Reportage/ Project summary |
Specs | HD, 12 min |
Research | Forensic Architecture, SITU Research |
Interviews | Eyal Weizman, Jacob Burns |
Production | Forensic Architecture |
Assistant Editor | Maja Tennstedt |
Sound Design | Cesar Fernandez |
Distribution | Exhibition (HKW Berlin), Web |
Contribution | Cinematography, editing |
Title | Living Death Camps - The Inverted Horizon |
Genre | Essay film |
Specs | HD, 20 min |
Research | Forensic Architecture, Grupa Spomenik, Dr. Caroline Sturdy Colls |
Script & Text | Eyal Weizman, Francesco Sebgregondi, Steffen Krämer |
Production | Forensic Architecture |
3D imagery | Scanlab Projects |
Narration | Shela Sheikh |
Assistant Editor | Maja Tennstedt |
Sound Design | Cesar Fernandez |
Distribution | Exhibition (HKW Berlin) |
Contribution | Realization |
Title | The Mineral Geology of Genocide (2) |
Genre | Essay film |
Specs | HD, 24 min |
Research | Forensic Architecture, SITU Research |
Text | Paulo Tavares, Eyal Weizman |
Script | Eyal Weizman, Paulo Tavares, Steffen Krämer |
Videography | Paulo Tavares, Steffen Krämer |
Production | Forensic Architecture |
Assistant Editor | Maja Tennstedt |
Sound Design | Tom Tlalim |
Narration | Shela Sheikh |
Distribution | Exhibition (HKW Berlin), Web |
Contribution | Cinematography |
Title | Material Witness |
Genre | Essay film |
Specs | HD, 33 min |
Director | Susan Schuppli |
Production | Susan Schuppli, HKW |
Distribution | Exhibition (HKW Berlin) |
Contribution | Cinematography |
Title | Can the Sun lie |
Genre | Essay film |
Specs | HD, 12 min |
Director | Susan Schuppli |
Production | Susan Schuppli |
Distribution | Exhibition |
Contribution | Editing/compositing/animation |
Title | Drone Strike Investigation 1 - Datta Khel |
Genre | Investigative video essay |
Specs | HD, 5 min |
Research | Forensic Architecture, SITU Research |
Script & Text | Eyal Weizman, Susan Schuppli, Steffen Krämer, Jacob Burns |
Production | Forensic Architecture |
3D modeling | Reiner Beelitz |
Narration | Shela Sheikh |
Distribution | Diverse |
Contribution | Editing/compositing/animation, videography |
Title | Drone Strike Investigation 2 - Mir Ali |
Genre | Investigative video essay |
Specs | HD, 9 min |
Research | Forensic Architecture |
Script & Text | Eyal Weizman, Susan Schuppli, Steffen Krämer, Jacob Burns |
Production | Forensic Architecture |
3D modeling | Reiner Beelitz |
Narration | Shela Sheikh |
Compositing Assist. | Alexander Bley |
Distribution | Diverse |
Contribution | Editing/compositing/animation |
Title | Drone Strike Investigation 3 - Miranshah |
Genre | Investigative video essay |
Specs | HD, 9 min |
Research | Forensic Architecture, SITU Research |
Script & Text | Eyal Weizman, Susan Schuppli, Steffen Krämer, Jacob Burns |
Production | Forensic Architecture |
3D modeling | Reiner Beelitz, Samir Harb |
Narration | Shela Sheikh |
Compositing Assist. | Alexander Bley |
Distribution | Diverse |
Contribution | Editing/compositing/animation |
Title | Drone Strike Investigation 4 - Gaza |
Genre | Investigative video essay |
Specs | HD, 8 min |
Research | Forensic Architecture |
Script & Text | Eyal Weizman, Susan Schuppli, Steffen Krämer, Jacob Burns |
Production | Forensic Architecture |
3D modeling | Francesco Sebregondi, Reiner Beelitz |
Narration | Shela Sheikh |
Distribution | Diverse |
Contribution | Cinematography, co-editing |
Title | Memorial in Exile |
Genre | Essay film |
Specs | HD, 25 min |
Director | Susan Schuppli |
Research | Four Faces of Omarska, Forensic Architecture |
Production | Forensic Architecture |
Sound Design | Philippe Compi |
3D Imagery | Scanlab Projects |
Distribution | Exhibition (HKW Berlin) |
Contribution | Realization |
Title | Untitled |
Genre | Essay film |
Specs | HD, 18 min |
Based on | Video notes by Paulo Tavares & Eyal Weizman |
Narration | Nadine Rahimtoola |
Production | Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art |
Distribution | Exhibition |
Contribution | Individual work |
Title | Immune Landscape |
Genre | Experimental |
Specs | HD, 13 min |
Distribution | Exhibition |
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Contribution | Realization |
Title | The Mineral Geology of Genocide (1) |
Genre | Essay film |
Specs | HD, 47 min |
Text | Paulo Tavares, Eyal Weizman |
Script | Paulo Tavares, Eyal Weizman, Steffen Krämer |
Videography | Paulo Tavares |
Production | Forensic Architecture, Portikus |
Distribution | Exhibition (Portikus Frankfurt) |
Contribution | Production assistant |
Title | Vaterlandsverräter |
Genre | Documentary |
Specs | HD, 97 min |
Director | Annekatrin Hendel |
Production | IT Works! Medien |
Contribution | written, shot and directed with Marc Holtbecker & Robert Neumann |
Title | Memories of Cottingley |
Genre | Short film |
Specs | Super 8, 3 min |
Set design | Annette Schneider |
Assistant Director | Caro Stoeckermann |
Sound Design | André Wlodarski |
Festivals | Straight 8 Film Festival |
Contribution | Directed and edited with Anna Piltz |
Title | Kornblum |
Genre | Book trailer |
Specs | HD, 60 sec |
Production | IT Works! Medien |
Starring | Maria Kwiatkowski |
Cinematography | Jacob Seemann |
Narration | Milan Peschel |
Sound Rec & Mix | André Wlodarski |
Festival | Spotlight Festival Mannheim |
Contribution | written, shot and directed with Marc Holtbecker |
Title | Royal Jelly |
Genre | Short film |
Specs | Super 8, 3 min |
Props and costume design | Annette Schneider |
Sound design | André Wlodarski |
Assistant Director | Caro Stoeckermann |
Camera Assistant | Robert Neumann |
Festival | Straight 8 Film Festival |
Contribution | shot and edited with Florian Hadler |
Title | Floid |
Genre | Experimental, abstract film |
Specs | DV, 2 min |
Sound design | Till Spielhoff |
Festival | Kunstfilmtage Düsseldorf |
Contribution | direction, cinematography, editing |
Title | debut film series |
Year | 2007 |
Genre | Theatre trailer |
Specs | HD, 45 sec |
Production | critic.de |
Distribution | Cinema Babylon Berlin |