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in Germany.

History

The history goes back to the “Zeichnen-Instithut” (Drawing Institute) founded by the Brunswick Business Association in 1841 and which was first led by Johannes Selenka. From that Drawing Institute, the state-approved urban “Handwerker-Kunstgewerbeschule” (Artisan Arts and Crafts School) developed via various stages, and shortly thereafter the “Meisterschule des Deutschen Handwerks” (Master School of German Craftsmanship) developed. The real precursor of the HBK was founded in 1952: the urban ''

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Braunschweig'' (School of applied art). It became the ''Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste'' (State College of Fine Arts) – abbreviated as SHFBK - and in 1978 it became the HBK. The SHFBK was already equated with the academic universities of

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since 1972 and a few years later it was included in the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act as an artistic and scientific university. Since then the HBK has the right to award doctoral degrees as well as habilitation. Associated with this recognition was an extension in staff and space. In 1984, the award-winning new building of the Brunswick architects Kraemer, Sieverts & Partners was completed. A few years later, a multi-storied former factory building was rebuilt in which many of the artistic classes and workshops are housed. As a final addition, the library became an expansion which was built with parts of the dismantled Mexican pavilion from the EXPO 2000 by architect

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. About 1,200 students are currently enrolled in the courses Media Studies (Bachelor and Master), Science of Art (Bachelor, Master and PhD), Fine Arts (Diploma), Visual Communication (Bachelor), Industrial Design (Bachelor, Master and phD), Art Education (Bachelor), as well as Performing Arts / Arts in Action (Bachelor, Master of Education) at HBK.

Characteristics

The special profile of the HBK consists of relatively open studies. Individual projects, the discourse between students and professors and finally the discourse between the students (learning from and with each other) are supported. Students have the opportunity to link different subjects together and participate in all college courses and activities.

Persons

Visual Arts *

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John Armleder John Armleder (born 1948, in Geneva) is a Swiss performance artist, painter, sculptor, critic, and curator. His work is based on his involvement with Fluxus in the 1960s and 1970s, when he created performance art pieces, installations and collecti ...

Stephan Berg Stephan Berg (born 11 February 1957) is a Swedish composer and songwriter. He was the writer of the Carola Häggkvist, Carola song Fångad av en stormvind, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, Eurovision Song Contest in 1991. See also *Car ...

* Candice Breitz *

Michael Brynntrup Michael Brynntrup is a German experimental filmmaker and media artist living in Berlin. Besides experimental films and video installations, his better-known works also include electrography, digital art and internet art projects. Since 2006 he ...

Jochen Gerz Jochen Gerz (born 4 April 1940) is a German conceptual artist who lived in France from 1966 to 2007. His work involves the relationship between art and life, history and memory, and deals with concepts such as culture, society, public space, parti ...

* Asta Gröting *

Birgit Hein Birgit Hein (born 6 August 1942) is a Germans, German film director, film producer, producer, performance artist, Professor, university professor, and screenwriting, screenwriter who has made experimental films since 1960s, with her then husband Wi ...

Thomas Huber Thomas Huber (born 18 November 1966 in Palling, Bavaria) is a German climber and mountaineer. He lives in Berchtesgaden with his family. His brother and climbing partner is Alexander Huber and the two are called "Huberbuam" (Huberboys) in the B ...

* Olav Christopher Jenssen * Lothar Osterburg *

Thomas Rentmeister Thomas Rentmeister (born March 4, 1964 in Reken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a German artist. He currently lives in Berlin and teaches at the Braunschweig University of Art ( Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig). Biogra ...

* Rita Rohlfing * Melati Suryodarmo Visual Communication * Gosbert Adler * Eku Wand

References

External links

official website of the HBK
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