Academic Work | Luis Negrón van Grieken - Media Artist & Live Cinema

Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)

From 2008 to 2018, I served as a asisstant professor at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln - KHM), one of Germany's leading institutions for media arts education. In this role, I guided students in art, design, and film through the development of open creative processes within the field of Media and Video-Art.

Media Scenography 2008–2016

Prof. Heide Hagebölling-Eisenbeis / Luis Negrón van Grieken media-scenography.org

Media scenographies and dramaturgies have increasingly transformed the aesthetics and expressive means of space-related works in recent years. This is clearly evident in artistic installation, but also increasingly in stage, performance, and exhibition contexts—becoming especially visible in the staging of urban environments and public architecture.

Spatial experience is therefore characterized by various elements: dimensions and proportions, form and material, color, acoustics and sound, light and shadow, aromas, static and moving elements.

Interactive Media / Video 2016–2018

Luis Negrón van Grieken

I understood the teaching area of Interactive Media and Video as an open platform for exploring cultural, social, and aesthetic aspects arising from the relationship between narration, space, and the use of electronic media. For me, it played a crucial role in how these relationships lead to a poetics that transports both philosophical and social content. My pedagogical approach emphasized experimental investigation of the medium's technical possibilities while fostering critical discourse around the artistic strategies available to contemporary video art. Students worked across diverse formats including single-channel video, video installation, performance, sound art, interactive media, and open experimental formats.

Academic Legacy

The collaborative nature of my teaching culminated in joint exhibitions outside the university, where students presented their work in professional contexts. These exhibitions included series such as "Nelson ist ausgebrochen" (2012), "A" (2013), "Gaze" (2014), "Deep Haus" (2015), "Perlen un Korallen" (2016), and "Timeshare Vacation" (2017).

My extensive international teaching experience, spanning institutions across Germany, Poland (Katowice's Art Academy), and Colombia (Nuiversidad Nacional, reflects a commitment to cross-cultural artistic exchange and pedagogical innovation. These collaborations, particularly through the DAAD exchange program with UNAL Bogotá, addressed the role of artists and filmmakers in society and their possibilities for intervention in complex social dramas.

Through this academic journey, I helped shape a generation of media artists who continue to explore the boundaries between technology, narrative, and social engagement across diverse cultural contexts.

International Teaching Experience

2015 - Guest Lecturer and Referent Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL), Bogotá ISAP DAAD Exchange Program

  • Workshop with Prof. Nelson Vergara and Mauricio Bejarano, Rosario López at the Faculty of Fine Arts
  • Workshop in advanced studies for interdisciplinary work
  • Curricular consultation for Faculty of Art and Music
  • Supervision and working discussions with students

2006 - Lecturer International School of New Media, Lübeck Module: Multimedia Design, Master in Digital Studies

2005 - Lecturer Bauhaus University Weimar Teaching area: Multimedia Environments with Prof. Ursula Damm Module: Realtime Programming

2005 - Lecturer Academy of Fine Arts, Katowice, Poland

  • Workshops in digital media
  • Project supervision and preparation
  • Consultation for the creation of Digital Design curriculum

2004-2005 - Guest Lecturer Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) Workshop discussions with Prof. VALIE EXPORT and Ursula Damm

  • Technical consultation
  • Workshops with students
  • Collaboration on specialized seminar conception

Academic Projects & Teaching (selection) (42)

  • Mesa Arqueología de los Medios - métodos, historias e investigaciones(2023)
    Venue: Bogotá
    Format: lecture, telefante, video-art
    Expanded Talk on Media Archaeology
    Arqueología de los Medios: ¿campo de estudios o método? an expanded conversation unfolding across distances – five voices excavating what media archaeology means in local contexts, where art meets…
  • Post-Konflikt(2018)
    Venue: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
    Format: curatorial
    Symposium über Kolumbien
    English Description POST-KONFLIKT: Symposium on Colombia On the Necessities and Possibilities of Artistic Interventions The Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), in collaboration with UNAL, its partner…
  • Film ohne Film Exhibition(2018)
    Venue: Filmwinter Festival, Stuttgart
    Format: academic
    the last seminar at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne
    Film without Film after being part of the academic staff of Academy of Media Arts Cologne for several semesters  I was lucky to work together on the last seminar at the Academy with my colleagues…
  • expanded Powerpoint(2018)
    Venue: Kunstbezirk, Filmwinter Festival, Stuttgart
    Format: performance, video-installation, event, academic
    Negation as Reduction
    EXPANDED POWERPOINT - Negation as Reduction Negation as Reduction I would like to invite you to dive into an empty space. Could you imagine yourself immersed in that space, almost body-less…
  • Lehrgebiet : Interactive Media / Video an der KHM(2017)
    Format: academic
    Interaktive Medien / Video. 2016 - 2018 Als künstlerisch-wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter leitete ich mit Studierenden der Kunst, Gestaltung und Film bei der Entwicklung von offenen Prozessen der…
  • Videokunst II / Bewegtbild II(2017)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Videokunst II / Bewegtbild II Type: Grundlagenseminar (Foundation Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2017 Location: Overstolzenhaus Course Description Dieses Seminar erforscht experimentell die…
  • Video/Bewegtbild(2017)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Video/Bewegtbild Type: Grundlagenseminar (Foundation Seminar) Semester: Wintersemester 2017/18 Location: Overstolzenhaus Course Description Dieses Seminar widmet sich den künstlerischen Möglichkeiten…
  • Film ohne Film(2017)
    Venue: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
    Format: curatorial, performance
    Fachseminar, Mediale Szenografie
    The seminar focused on developing time-based audiovisual forms that operate without recording through classical media such as film, video, and audio equipment, or that make these visible and audible…
  • Film ohne Film(2017)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Film ohne Film (Film without Film) Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Wintersemester 2017/18 Location: Filzengraben 8-10 Course Description Dieses Seminar interessiert sich für…
  • Videokunst II (Gold + Beton)(2016)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Videokunst II (Gold + Beton) Type: Grundlagenseminar (Foundation Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2016 Location: Overstolzenhaus, Film- und Videostudio A Course Description Dieses Seminar entwickelt…
  • völlig Utopisch(2016)
    Venue: Britney / Schauspiel Köln
    Format: curatorial
    Über eine Pataphysik elektrische Utopien
    völlig Utopisch! Pataphysical Investigations into Electric Utopias Curatorial Statement "völlig Utopisch!" represents a significant pedagogical and artistic exploration that bridges theoretical…
  • Phantasmagoria(2016)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Phantasmagoria Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2016 Location: Filzengraben 2, Multimedia-Atelier H 4.02 Course Description Dieses Seminar erforscht Konzepte der optischen…
  • Das Unbekannte: Über eine Pataphysik elektrischer Utopien(2016)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Das Unbekannte: Über eine Pataphysik elektrischer Utopien Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Wintersemester 2016/17 Location: Filzengraben 2, Multimedia-Atelier H 4.02 Course Description…
  • Das erste Projekt(2016)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Das erste Projekt Type: Bereichsübergreifendes Seminar (Interdisciplinary Seminar) Semester: Wintersemester 2016/17 Location: Overstolzenhaus Course Description Dieses Seminar richtet sich an…
  • Videokunst I (2015)(2015)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Videokunst I (2015) Type: Grundlagenseminar (Foundation Seminar) Semester: Wintersemester 2015/16 Location: Overstolzenhaus, Film- und Videostudio A Course Description Dieses Seminar bietet eine…
  • Videokunst II: Ausstellungsprojekt im Bunker(2015)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Videokunst II: Ausstellungsprojekt im Bunker Type: Grundlagenseminar (Foundation Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2015 Location: Filzengraben 2, Compositing Course Description Dieses Seminar setzt…
  • Digitales Theater und Hybrider Aktionsraum (SS 2015)(2015)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Digitales Theater und Hybrider Aktionsraum (SS 2015) Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2015 Location: Filzengraben 2, Multimedia-Atelier H 4.02 Course Description In diesem…
  • Digitales Theater und Hybrider Aktionsraum(2015)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Digitales Theater und Hybrider Aktionsraum Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Wintersemester 2015/16 Location: Filzengraben 2, Multimedia-Atelier H 4.02 Course Description Dieses Seminar…
  • Work in Process(2014)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Work in Process Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2014 Location: Filzengraben 2, Multimedia-Atelier H 4.02 Course Description Dieses Seminar untersucht die Performanz der…
  • Videokunst II: Quartier am Hafen(2014)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Videokunst II: Quartier am Hafen Type: Grundlagenseminar (Foundation Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2014 Location: Overstolzenhaus, Kölner Atelierräume „Quartier am Hafen" Course Description Dieses…
  • Videokunst I(2014)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Videokunst I Type: Grundlagenseminar (Foundation Seminar) Semester: Wintersemester 2014/15 Location: Overstolzenhaus, Seminarraum und Studio A Course Description Dieses Seminar bietet eine Einführung…
  • Platform 5:1(2014)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Platform 5:1 Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Wintersemester 2014/15 Location: Filzengraben 2, Compositing Course Description Dieses Seminar nutzt ein Medienfenster im Format 5:1 am…
  • Imaginäre Räume: György Ligeti(2013)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Imaginäre Räume: György Ligeti Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2013 Location: Filzengraben 2, Multimedia-Atelier H 4.02 Course Description Dieses Seminar erforscht die…
  • ELECTRONIC GATE COLOGNE(2013)
    Venue: Musikfabrik
    Format: curatorial, academic, sound-art
    eine VORTEXperformance
    ELECTRONIC GATE COLOGNE - eine VORTEXperformance Venue: Musikfabrik Studio Location: Cologne Date: Samstag, 13. April 2013, 20 Uhr Konzept Electronic Gate Cologne – eine Vortex Performance. Dialog…
  • VIDEOKUNST / EXPANDED VIDEO(2012)
    Venue: Various venues in Cologne
    Format: curatorial
    year exhibition for video art seminars
    VIDEOKUNST / EXPANDED VIDEO (2012-2017) In der Videokunst wird die Suche nach geeigneten künstlerischen Strategien zunehmend komplexer. In diesem Grundlagenseminar werden anhand unterschiedlicher…
  • Video II: Ausstellungsprojekt im Kölner Zoo(2012)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Video II: Ausstellungsprojekt im Kölner Zoo Type: Grundlagenseminar (Foundation Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2012 Location: Kölner Zoo und Transmedialer Raum, KHM Course Description In diesem…
  • Die unsichtbaren Städte: Räumliche Inszenierung(2012)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Die unsichtbaren Städte: Räumliche Inszenierung Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2012 Location: Filzengraben 2, Multimedia-Atelier H 4.02 Course Description Dieses Seminar…
  • How Do You Know I Like Mushrooms?(2012)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: curatorial, academic, sound-art
    How Do You Know I Like Mushrooms? A Curatorial Project Exploring John Cage's Interdisciplinary Legacy Date: May 4-5, 2012 Festival: ACHT BRÜCKEN Musik für Köln Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne…
  • OFF TOPIC #3: UNTERBRECHEN|WIEDERHOLEN(2011)
    Format: academic, publication
    OFF TOPIC #3: UNTERBRECHEN|WIEDERHOLEN Academic Journal for Media Arts - Issue #3: Interrupt|Repeat Publication Overview "OFF TOPIC" represents a significant contribution to contemporary discourse in…
  • Video II: Raumbezogene Videoprojekte(2010)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Video II: Raumbezogene Videoprojekte Type: Grundlagenseminar (Foundation Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2010 Location: Witschgasse 9-11, KHM Course Description Dieses Seminar dient als…
  • Crossroads (2010)(2010)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Crossroads (2010) Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2010 Location: Filzengraben 8-10, Atelier Grafik und Malerei Course Description In diesem Kolloquium entwickeln die…
  • Expanded Video II(2010)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Expanded Video II Type: Grundlagenseminar (Foundation Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2010 Location: Filzengraben 2, Computerseminarraum Course Description Das Seminar konzentriert sich auf die…
  • Austerlitz: Theaterinszenierung und Mediale Szenografie(2010)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Austerlitz: Theaterinszenierung und Mediale Szenografie Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2010 Location: Peter-Welter-Platz 2, 4. Obergeschoss Course Description Dieses…
  • Videology II(2009)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Videology II Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Wintersemester 2009/10 Location: Filzengraben 8-10, Atelier Grundlagen der Gestaltung Course Description In diesem Seminar wird die…
  • Hermes Conspiracy(2009)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Hermes Conspiracy Type: Kompaktseminar (Compact Seminar) Date: 5. bis 6. November 2009 Location: Große Witschgasse 9-11, Atelier/Transmedialer Raum Course Description Dieses Kompaktseminar…
  • Derive(2009)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Derive Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Sommersemester 2009 Location: KHM Course Description Dieses Seminar befasst sich mit der künstlerischen Praxis der „Dérive", einer spielerischen…
  • Austerlitz(2009)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Austerlitz Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Wintersemester 2009/10 Location: Multimedia-Atelier H 4.02 Course Description Dieses Seminar entwickelt eine audio-visuelle Szenografie für…
  • Crossroads(2009)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Crossroads Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Wintersemester 2009/10 Location: Filzengraben 8-10, Atelier Grundlagen der Gestaltung Course Description Das Seminar konzentriert sich auf die…
  • Compone(2008)
    Venue: Atelier Gallerie Staab
    Format: academic
    Collaborative intermedia project with students from Cologne music academy and KHM media art academy
    Compone: Collaborative Intermedia Project Compone is a collaborative intermedia project developed in partnership with students from the Cologne Music Academy and the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM…
  • Inszenierter Raum(2008)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Inszenierter Raum (Staged Space) Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Wintersemester 2008/09 Location: Filzengraben 8-10 Course Description Dieses Seminar untersucht die Verbindung von Raum…
  • Videology(2008)
    Venue: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
    Format: academic, seminar
    Videology Type: Fachseminar (Advanced Seminar) Semester: Wintersemester 2008/09 Location: Filzengraben 8-10, Atelier Grundlagen der Gestaltung Course Description In diesem Seminar wird die…
  • Schneekönigin(2007)
    Venue: Animax e.V.
    Format: curatorial, media-scenography
    multimedia dance theater for kids
    SCHNEEKÖNIGIN - multimedia dance theater for kids Venue: Animax e.V. Location: Bad Godesberg