"It is nothing but paper, and yet it is the whole world", this quote from the writer Peter Høeg outlines the fascination that paper theatre still exerts today. The almost forgotten entertainment medium of paper theatre, which was very popular in the 19th century, was introduced as part of a practical art exercise on the Bachelor's degree course in Art and Media and examined in the context of the media and cultural history of seeing, as it is closely related to precursors of film such as the panorama, diorama and magic lantern. Miniaturisation, material transfer (stage, backdrops, but also the "actors" are made of paper) and processuality are central characteristics of the medium. Six picture books, which are located at the interface between reality and fantasy, were each transformed by two students into approximately 3-minute stage productions, whereby sound, backdrops, lighting dramaturgy and the movement of the characters had to be harmonised.
Particular attention was paid to the transition, to the threshold between the levels of reality. The aesthetics of the picture book illustrations were expanded or changed by the students with their own design ideas. The following picture books were staged by the students:

Erlkönig By Jelena Dzambas and Valeska Homfeldt
Based on the picture book of the same name by Jens Thiele (illustration) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (text)

Der kleine Hävelmann
By Franziska Thomann and Eva Maria Ficken
Based on the picture book of the same name by Else Wenz-Vietor (illustration) and Theodor Storm (text)

Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen
By Mareike Cohrs and Oliver Klaassen
Based on the picture book of the same name by Maurice Sendak

Helenes Familie
By Anna-Maria Heß and Viktoria Maash
Based on the picture book of the same name by Anke Kuhl

Komm mit, Moritz
By Pia Schlechter and Anna Rabea-Schulz
Based on the picture book of the same name by Dieter Wiesmüller

Nachts
By Lena Bruns and Tabea Klemm
Based on the picture book of the same name by Wolf Erlbruch [[]]