10 December 2025 - 20 January 2026

Open: Monday to Friday from 08-18 hrs.

The exhibition is closed from 20 December - 4 January

A14 / Long Building (Lecture Centre)

Uhlhornsweg 86
26129 Oldenburg

Participants:

Bentje Bartels, Qendresa Hamiti, Hannah Herschelmann, Luisa Holsten, Isabell Höpken, Nancy Jurek, Alina Langer, Johanna Meyer, Thalea Mohrmann, Rieke Möller, Muhammed Özden, Jule Peschke, Hannah Steuer, Merve Viohl, Luisa Weibelzahl

Lecturer: Natascha Kaßner. Institute of Art and Visual Culture

In a two-semester project course at the Institute of Art and Visual Culture at the University of Oldenburg, students under the direction of Natascha Kaßner developed painting and drawing works, installations and graphic novels that correspond to their second subject of study. The course took place in WS 24/25 and SoSe 25

Bentje Bartels, who is studying mathematics as a second subject, presents various female mathematicians from different centuries in her non-fiction book "Mathematik ohne Namen-die unbekannte Geschichte der Mathematikerinnen".

Durch die Augen is the title of the graphic novel by Qendresa Hamiti, a budding Germanist. In her book, she describes her longing for her homeland Kosovo, her summers with her grandparents, her days by the sea, but also the problems in the country.

Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States, is the protagonist in Hannah Herschelmann's graphic novel. It is based on a Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Many English proverbs are hidden in a colourful hidden object picture by Luisa Holsten, which can be searched for thanks to an enclosed list.

Isabell Höpken, who is studying philosophy as a second subject, is developing pictures of Friedrich Nietzsche's "Zarathustra" in a ten-part watercolour series.

A clay sculpture by Nancy Jurek shows the brain in the context of external and internal movements. Three prints of cauliflowers, which bear a formal resemblance to the brain, and a painterly work inspired by the artist Greg Dunn complete the installation.

In Alina Langer's work Grundgesetzlich(t), illustrations of central articles of the Basic Law are developed and applied to the window pane using transparent film. In the style of stained glass in sacred architecture, which once highlighted biblical guidelines, the principles of our democracy emerge here: equality before the law, freedom of opinion, freedom of belief, inviolable human dignity, the right to vote and the sovereignty of the people.

The "Dark Lady" sonnets by William Shakespeare inspired Johanna Meyer to create large-format oil paintings of women.

Thalea Mohrmann, whose second subject is sport, is showing a large work on the subject of running. What happens between the individual steps of running? It is about challenges as well as the mental and emotional processes. Another small work shows a graphic diary of her morning routine.

Rieke Möller has developed a non-fiction book on the history of literature, a guide through its various epochs with text and illustrations appropriate to the era.

Muhammed Özden is fascinated by the spiritual experience of the dervish dance in his native Turkey. From this he developed an installation in which enraptured dervishes dance on a pedestal in front of a carefully painted large carpet.

"The Raven" is the title of Jule Peschke's graphic novel, which is dedicated to Edgar Allen Poe's story of the same name. She skilfully translates the gloomy atmosphere of the story digitally into a harmonious, equally oppressive visual world.

Hannah Steuer read the story "Small things like these" by Claire Keegan during an Erasmus stay in Ireland and drew a wonderfully colourful and poetic graphic novel to accompany it. She also created a leporello with silhouettes of "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare.

A giant dancing woman made of wire is a work by Merve Viohl. Due to her size, she can only be seen in the exhibition as a photo, floating between trees in the forest. This work is complemented by a large-format painting of a swimmer emerging from the water.

With her non-fiction book "Riemann's Conjecture", Luisa Weibelzahl also wants to explain the mathematical phenomenon of the same name to laypeople.

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