Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The ICAM researches the conditions, effects and aesthetics of digital media in connection with processes of culturalization, the technologization of social and economic relations, and the generation and archiving of knowledge. Our studies reflect on how (digital) media always also contribute to shaping the signs and objects they store, transmit or process in a specific way. At the same time, we are interested in how certain cultural techniques contribute to shaping the usage and areas of application of digital media.

Researchers at the ICAM explore the cultural and technological history of digital media—from cybernetics and the beginnings of the computer all the way to present-day network technologies, from textual and acoustic to visual forms of media representation, and from the classics to current concepts of media theory formation.

Main research areas

The ICAM researches the conditions, effects and aesthetics of digital media in connection with processes of culturalization, the technologization of social and economic relations, and the generation and archiving of knowledge. Our studies reflect on how (digital) media always also contribute to shaping the signs and objects they store, transmit or process in a specific way. At the same time, we are interested in how certain cultural techniques contribute to shaping the usage and areas of application of digital media.

In the different core areas researchers at the ICAM explore the cultural and technological history of digital media—from cybernetics and the beginnings of the computer all the way to present-day network technologies, from textual and acoustic to visual forms of media representation, and from the classics to current concepts of media theory formation. 

The ICAM maintains close institutional contact and cooperates with the Leuphana, e.g., the Moving Image Lab of the Innovation Incubator, the Leuphana College, the Leuphana Arts Program and the Leuphana Graduate School. Furthermore, the ICAM is responsible for the Audio and Video Labs of the Computer and Media Center of Leuphana. 

  1. Published

    The ontological politics of artistic interventions: Implications for performing action research

    Beyes, T. & Steyaert, C., 03.2011, In: Action Research. 9, 1, p. 100-115 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibilities of Life in Capitalist Ruins

    Conrad, L., 04.2021, In: Management Learning. 52, 2, p. 255-259 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  3. Published

    The multimedial challenge

    Grossmann, R., 07.2005, In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik : das Magazin für neue Töne. 4, p. 22-24 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The messenger as a model in Media Theory. Reflections on the philosophical di-mensions of theorizing Media

    Krämer, S., 01.01.2016, Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe. N. F. (ed.). Cham: Springer Verlag, p. 197-213 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    The media arcane

    Beyes, T. & Pias, C., 01.05.2019, In: Grey Room. 75, Spring, p. 84-107 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Late Masterwork of Gilles Deleuze: Linking Style to Method in What Is Philosophy?

    Schönher, M., 01.06.2020, In: Qui Parle: Critical Humanities and Social Sciences. 29, 1, p. 25–63 39 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The iPhone’s Failure—Protests and Resistances

    Leistert, O., 2012, Moving Data: The iPhone and the Future of Media. Snickars, P. & Vonderau, P. (eds.). USA/ Vereinigten Staaten: Columbia University Press, p. 238-248 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    The Instrument as Medium: Phonographic Work

    Großmann, R., 2020, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art. Krogh Groth, S. & Schulze, H. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 436-445 10 p. 23. (Bloomsbury handbooks).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    The Instrument

    Großmann, R., 2021, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Anthropology of Sound. Schulze, H. (ed.). 1 ed. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 59-76 18 p. 3

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    The Hidden Space of Production: Virtuality in Henri Bergson and Gilbert Simondon

    Kasprowicz, D., 2017, You were not expected to do this : On the Dynamics of Production: Distraction/Interference - Resistence/Accident. Blanga-Gubbay, D. & Ruchaud, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Düsseldorf University Press, p. 111-126 16 p. (materialisierungen; vol. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    The Great Pacific Garbage Catch: Müll als Medium einer ›Plastic Oceanography

    Vehlken, S., 10.2020, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 23, 2, p. 84-98 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    The Game Player's Duty: The User as the Gestalt of Ports

    Pias, C., 2011, Media Archaeology: approaches, applications, and implications. Huhtamo, E. & Parikka, J. (eds.). Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 164-183 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    The Form of Becoming: Embryology and the Epistemology of Rhythm, 1760-1830

    Wellmann, J., 03.2017, New York: Zone Books. 423 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

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    The eyes of the olms

    Berz, P., 2009, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 31, 2, p. 215-238 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    The Environmentalitarian Situation: Reflections on the Becoming-Environmental of Thinking, Power, and Capital

    Hörl, E., 01.07.2018, In: Cultural Politics. 14, 2, p. 153-173 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Depths of Illusion: Knowing Reality Through Computer Simulation

    Dippel, A. & Warnke, M., 16.12.2024, 1 ed. Berlin: transcript Verlag. 138 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    The Corrupt State of Artificial Intelligence: Clemens Apprich on Machine Learning and Bias

    Apprich, C., 03.2018, In: Texte zur Kunst. 109, p. 136-141 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    The Case of Willetta Huggins

    Wiechern, A.-L., 2020, Stimmen Hören. Klaut, M., Schnödl, G. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: ciconia ciconia Verlag, p. 277-284 8 p. (Ciconia ciconia; vol. 34).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    The Break In and With History: Nancy‘s Thinking of History in the Light of the Disruptive Condition

    Hörl, E., 06.2023, Thinking With – Jean-Luc Nancy. Lindberg, S., Magun, A. & Tatari, M. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 185-200 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    The Anthropocenic Illusion: Sustainability an the Fascination of Control.

    Hörl, E., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Wuggenig, U., Behnke, C., Knoll, V. & Kastelan, C. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 352-368 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    The Actions that Make a Musical Instrument: Exploring Club-DJing as an Instrumental Practice

    Förstel, A., Hardjowirogo, S.-I. & Egermann, H., 2015, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research: 16 – 19 June, 2015; Plymouth, UK. Kronland-Marinet, R., Aramaki, M., Ystad, S. & Eaton, J. (eds.). Plymouth: The Laboratory of Mechanics and Acoustics, p. 762–769 8 p. (Publications of the LMA).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    T. Haigh (Hrsg.): Exploring the Early Digital

    Müggenburg, J. K., 20.03.2020, 3 p. Berlin : Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearch

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    Text und Technik

    Warnke, M., 2000, Deutschunterricht zwischen Kompetenzerwerb und Persönlichkeitsbildung: Germanistentag des Fachverbandes Deutsch im Deutschen Germanistenverband e.V. in Zusammenarbeit mit der Universität Lüneburg. Witte, H., Garbe, C., Holle, K., Stückrath, J. & Willenberg, H. (eds.). Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 160-178 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History and Culture

    Krämer, S. (Editor) & Weigel, S. (Editor), 08.2017, London: Rowman & Littlefield International. 294 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  25. Published

    Television memories and cultures of viewing: Domestizierungsprozesse in Großbritannien 1950 - 1965

    O'Sullivan, T. & Peil, C. (Translator), 2007, MedienAlltag: Domestizierungsprozesse alter und neuer Medien. Röser, J. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 71-88 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  26. Published

    Technologien als Diskurse: Konstruktionen von Wissen, Medien und Körpern

    Lösch, A. (Editor), Schrage, D. (Editor), Spreen, D. (Editor) & Stauff, M. (Editor), 2001, Heidelberg: Synchron. 256 p. (Diskursivitäten; vol. 5)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    "Technisches Leben": Simondons Denken des Lebendigen und die allgemeine Ökologie

    Hörl, E. H., 08.2017, Black Box Leben. Muhle, M. & Voss, C. (eds.). Berlin: August Verlag, p. 239-266 27 p. (Schriften des Internationalen Kollegs für Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie; vol. 28).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Technikvergessenheit? Ernst Kapps und Georg Simmels nichtinstrumentelle Techniktheorien

    Schnödl, G., 2016, In: Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialtheorie und Philosophie. 3, 1, p. 131-150 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Technik – Magie – Medium: Geister, die erscheinen

    Kümmel, A. (Editor) & Spreen, D. (Editor), 2004, Berlin: Ästhetik & Kommunikation e.V. 128 p. (Ästhetik & Kommunikation; vol. 35, no. 127)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  30. Published

    Tausch, Technik, Krieg: Die Geburt der Gesellschaft im technisch-medialen Apriori

    Spreen, D., 1998, Berlin: Argument Verlag. 199 p. (Argument-Sonderband; vol. N.F. 261)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

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    Tausch, Technik, Krieg: Zur Diskursanalyse der Medien und des Sozialen

    Spreen, D., 2004, Landschaft, Geschlecht, Artefakte: Zur Soziologie naturaler und artifizieller Alteritäten.. Eßbach, W., Kaufmann, S., Verdicchio, D., Lutterer, W., Bellanger, S. & Uerz, G. (eds.). Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, p. 49-59 10 p. (Identitäten und Alteritäten; vol. 15).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  32. Published

    Szintetikus történelem

    Pias, C., 16.11.2015, In: Tiszataj. 4, p. 83-92 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Systemic aspects of auditory interactive art in the public sphere.

    Großmann, R. & Otto, A., 2010, In: V!rus. V!3, 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  34. Published

    Synthese, Mimesis, Emergenz: entlang des Zeitpfeils zwischen Berechenbarkeit und Kontingenz

    Warnke, M., 2005, Einbildungen. Huber, J. (ed.). Zürich: Edition Voldemeer, p. 75-92 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  35. Published

    Synchronschwimmen: Von Schlafmaschinen zu Swarm Intelligence

    Vehlken, S., 2013, Kulturtechniken der Synchronisation. Kassung, C. & Macho, T. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 131-160 29 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Symbolischer Wert und Warenwert

    Rudolph, S. & Wuggenig, U., 2012, Das Kunstfeld: Eine Studie über Akteure und Institutionen der zeitgenössischen Kunst am Beispiel von Zürich, Wien, Hamburg und Paris. Munder, H. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Zürich: JRP Ringier Verlag, p. 315-341 27 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  37. Published

    'Svjedok – Der Zeuge' (2012) oder: Kann ein Film ein Zeugnis sein?

    Krämer, S., 2016, Zeugen in der Kunst. Krämer, S. & Schmidt, S. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 141-162 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Supercomputing

    Vehlken, S. & Engemann, C., 15.12.2011, Takt und Frequenz. Balke, F., Siegert, B. & Vogl, J. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 143-161 17 p. (Archiv für Mediengeschichte; vol. 2011, no. 11).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    'Summoning art to save the city': A Note: 'Saving' the city: Collective low-budget organizing and urban practice

    Beyes, T., 2015, In: Journal of Management Inquiry. 15, 1, p. 207-220 13 p., 15.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    ‚Suicidal Attacks’ und ihre medialen Repräsentationen: Geschlechtertheoretische Überlegungen und Befunde

    Thomas, T. & Virchow, F., 2010, Medien – Krieg – Geschlecht: Affirmationen und Irritationen sozialer Ordnungen. Thiele, M., Thomas, T. & Virchow, F. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 235-256 22 p. (Medien - Kultur - Kommunikation).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  42. Published

    Subversive Gamification

    Fuchs, M., 27.02.2018, Playful Subversion of Technoculture. Cermak-Sassenrath, D. (ed.). Singapore: Springer Verlag, p. 198 - 208 11 p. (Gaming Media and Social Effects).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Street Wisdom

    Vehlken, S., 01.2020, Universalenzyklopädie menschlicher Klugheit: Festschrift für Bernhard Siegert. Krajewski, M. & Maye, H. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 212-213 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  44. Published

    Störung als Normalfall

    Pias, C., 2011, Störfälle. Koch, L., Petersen, C. & Vogi, J. (eds.). 2 ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 27 - 43 17 p. (Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Stille Wasser sind kalt: Winde, Wellen und suprafluide Gewässer nahe Null

    Vehlken, S., 2007, Stehende Gewässer: Medien der Stagnation. Butis, B. (ed.). Zürich, Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 225-237 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  46. Published

    Stille, Geräusch, Rauschen: Ästhetische und medientechnische Anmerkungen

    Großmann, R., 06.12.2018, In: Texte zur Kunst. 28. Jg., 112, p. 30-45 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Stilgeschichte des berechneten Kinos

    Warnke, M., 2006, NMI 2005: Neue Medien der Informationsgesellschaft: "Film & Computer" . Rebensburg, K. (ed.). Shaker Verlag, p. 293-310 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Standpunkt, Standard, Stillstand: immer Ärger mit E-Mail

    Siegert, P. F., 2008, Mensch - Technik - Ärger?: zur Beherrschbarkeit soziotechnischer Dynamik aus transdisziplinärer Sicht . Gumm, D. (ed.). Berlin [u.a.]: LIT Verlag, p. 119-132 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  49. Published

    Spur, Zeuge, Wahrheit. Zeugenschaft im Spannungsfeld zwischen diskursiver und existenzialer Wahrheit?

    Krämer, S., 2017, Über Zeugen: Szenarien von Zeugenschaft und ihre Akteure. Däumer, M., Kalisky, A. & Schlie, H. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 147-166 20 p. (Trajekte).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Spurensuche im All: Perry Rhodan Studies

    Bollhöfener, K. (Editor), Farin, K. (Editor) & Spreen, D. (Editor), 2003, 1. ed. Berlin: Tilsner. 182 p. (Archiv der Jugendkulturen)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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