Kunst­PAKT

Once a year, the Kunst­PAKT pro­gram of­fers stu­dents at the HfMDK the op­por­tu­ni­ty to bring to life beau­tiful, ex­ci­ting, and - abo­ve all - un­con­ven­tio­nal pro­ject ide­as in the best sen­se of the word, in unu­su­al lo­ca­ti­ons, with in­no­va­ti­ve con­cepts, and al­ways ex­ci­ting and fresh. The pro­ject grant fund sup­ports the rea­liza­ti­on of in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry stu­dent pro­jects: By do­ing so, Kunst­PAKT of­fers stu­dents the op­por­tu­ni­ty, to car­ry out self-in­itia­ted pro­jects th­rough team­work.

• Fi­nan­cial sup­port of up to €4,000 for in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry stu­dent pro­jects (stu­dents at the HfMDK Frank­furt may not pay them­sel­ves a fee)
• Fi­nan­cial sup­port of up to €2,500 for stu­dent-led in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry re­se­arch pro­jects
• Dra­ma­tur­gi­cal and or­ga­niza­tio­nal con­sul­ting for the con­cep­ti­on and im­ple­men­ta­ti­on of stu­dent-in­itia­ted in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry pro­jects
• Use of the HfMDK Frank­furt’s fa­ci­li­ties and tech­ni­cal in­fra­struc­tu­re

All stu­dents at the HfMDK who are en­rol­led du­ring the im­ple­men­ta­ti­on of the pro­ject.

Ap­pli­ca­ti­ons are ac­cep­t­ed an­nu­al­ly un­til Sep­tem­ber 1.

For de­tails, see the sche­du­le fur­ther down on this page.

• For ad­mi­nis­tra­ti­ve and or­ga­niza­tio­nal sup­port for the stu­dents: Kat­rin Raet­zel (kat­rin.raet­zel@hfmdk-frank­furt.de) with the as­sis­tance of Tris­tan Steeg (Stu­dent As­sistant) tris­tan.steeg@hfmdk-frank­furt.de
• Ar­tis­tic gui­dance is pro­vi­ded by a Kunst­PAKT jury mem­ber or a men­tor from the re­spec­ti­ve fa­cul­ty

To ap­p­ly, you will need:

• the com­ple­ted ap­pli­ca­ti­on form (in­for­ma­ti­on about the ap­pli­cant, the par­ti­ci­pa­ting team, the pro­ject pe­ri­od, the pre­sen­ta­ti­on for­mat, and the pre­sen­ta­ti­on lo­ca­ti­on)
• In ad­di­ti­on, a pro­ject pro­po­sal of two to th­ree PDF pa­ges may be sub­mit­ted to ex­plain the idea and im­ple­men­ta­ti­on of the pro­ject (not re­qui­red)

It is stron­gly re­com­men­ded that you sche­du­le a con­sul­ta­ti­on with Kat­rin Raet­zel well in ad­van­ce of sub­mit­ting your ap­pli­ca­ti­on.

 

• You may sub­mit stu­dent pro­jects in which at least two stu­dents from the HfMDK Frank­furt are in­vol­ved.
• The pro­jects should de­mons­tra­te an in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry ap­proach in their me­tho­do­lo­gy, working me­thods, and pre­sen­ta­ti­on for­mat.
• A co-crea­ti­ve ap­proach to con­cept de­ve­lo­p­ment and col­la­bo­ra­ti­on is ex­press­ly en­cou­ra­ged wi­thin the frame­work of in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry pro­ject work.
• Pro­jects may take va­rious forms, such as staged and con­cert-style per­for­man­ces, in­stal­la­ti­ons, films, per­for­man­ces, etc.
• The pro­jects should be ex­tra­cur­ri­cu­lar. Ap­pli­ca­ti­ons for cur­ri­cu­lar pro­jects - such as in­de­pen­dent work in elec­ti­ve cour­ses or the­ses - are per­mit­ted if the re­le­vant de­part­ment can­not pro­vi­de fun­ding for them; ho­we­ver, the­se must be pro­jects concei­ved and car­ri­ed out in­de­pendent­ly by the stu­dents.

• Sep­tem­ber 1: Ap­pli­ca­ti­on dead­line for stu­dent pro­jects
• Fol­lo­wing that: con­sul­ta­ti­on pha­se – the bud­get plans are pre­liminarily re­viewed by Kat­rin Raet­zel for feas­i­bi­lity and rea­li­zi­a­bi­lity and re­vi­sed if ne­ces­sa­ry
• Oc­to­ber 1: Kath­rin Raet­zel sub­mits the preli­mi­na­ri­ly re­view­ed pro­jects to the KBB – The KBB and the Raum-AG re­view the pro­ject ide­as for fe­a­si­bi­li­ty in terms of ti­ming and space.
• In No­vem­ber, the pro­jects re­view­ed by the KBB and the Raum-AG are for­ward­ed to the Kunst­PAKT jury – which de­ter­mi­nes whe­ther the pre-ap­pro­ved pro­ject ide­as are wort­hy of fun­ding ba­sed on their con­tent and eit­her ap­pro­ves or re­jec­ted by De­cem­ber 1 at the la­test. 
• In De­cem­ber, the stu­dent pro­ject lea­ders will re­cei­ve no­ti­fi­ca­ti­on of ap­pr­oval or re­jec­tion - at which point it will be clear whe­ther their pro­ject will re­cei­ve fun­ding and can be car­ri­ed out.

Plea­se sche­du­le in­di­vi­du­al con­sul­ta­ti­on ap­point­ments with Kat­rin Raet­zel to dis­cuss your pro­ject be­fo­re sub­mit­ting your ap­pli­ca­ti­on and to re­cei­ve gui­dance on the fol­lo­wing to­pics:

• Ans­wers to or­ga­niza­tio­nal ques­ti­ons and ge­ne­ral ques­ti­ons about Kunst­PAKT
• Tips for ap­p­ly­ing
• Links to other aca­de­mic di­sci­pli­nes and de­gree pro­grams
• Ad­vice for peo­p­le who al­re­a­dy have ide­as and con­cepts, as well as for tho­se who would first like to learn about Kunst­PAKT in ge­ne­ral
• Co­py­right, per­for­mance rights, usa­ge rights 
• GEMA rights 
• Rights of Per­so­na­li­ty and Data Pro­tec­tion 
• Re­spon­si­ble use of available re­sour­ces and work­force ca­pa­ci­ty 
• Awa­re­ness of event safe­ty aspects: e.g., fire safe­ty (ma­te­ri­als), sta­bi­li­ty, etc. Which mat­ters must be dis­cus­sed well in ad­van­ce with the KBB as the de­part­ment re­spon­si­ble for event safe­ty?
• Con­tracts: What must be in­clu­ded, de­penden­ding on the type and pur­po­se of the con­tract? 

You can find Kat­rin Raet­zel’s cont­act in­for­ma­ti­on at the bot­tom of this web­page.

Ap­pli­cants who­se pro­po­sals are ap­pro­ved will re­cei­ve in­di­vi­dua­li­zed sup­port re­gar­ding or­ga­niza­tio­nal, fi­nan­cial, and con­trac­tu­al mat­ters.

The men­tor also pro­vi­des gui­dance du­ring re­hear­sals and per­for­man­ces, in­clu­ding on con­tent and aes­the­tic is­sues, and is available as a point of cont­act.

Kunst­PAKT ap­pli­ca­ti­ons are tho­rough­ly re­view­ed by a jury ba­sed on the cri­te­ria of in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ri­ty, stu­dent-led work, and fe­a­si­bi­li­ty; ty­pi­cal­ly, th­ree to five pro­jects are sel­ec­ted each year.