Experience culture. Poetry Slam in Hamburg

FOTOKURS: Nachtaufnahmen in der Stadt - 04 City Lights //

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At night all cats are Grey? Who said Hamburg lights and we catch it one with our cameras! In our photo trip through HafenCity and Speicherstadt we show you how to shoot surprisingly good night shots with a few simple tricks.

Step by step you get to know the various possibilities for picture composition. Experiment with perspectives and focal lengths, practicing the use of sharpness, blur, and motion blur and discover how to achieve with torches, sparklers or random passing cars great effects.

What it's all in the details

• The correct exposure at night
• The play brought light sources
• Image design: what prospects are best for my design
• Choice of focal length
• Use of selective focus, blur and motion blur
• How to avoid converging lines or how do I use it deliberately
• What is the Golden Rule, and how can it help in picture composition
• Use of a tripod and mirror lock
• Legal Fundamentals of Architecture Photography (no joke)
• Evaluation of the image results and feedback
• Notes on image processing and proper data backup
• All questions that are burning under the nails

Good to know

Duration 2 evenings: 19:00 to 23:00 and 18:00 to 21:00

1. Evening
19:00: Meeting point HafenCity, Big Grasbrook, Magellan Terraces on "Elbphilharmonie Pavilion" (black cube) After briefing and less theory photographic expedition begins

2. Evening
18:00: Meeting point LOFTACADEMY, Gertigstr. 46, 22303 Hamburg
There Picture Meeting until 21:00 including delicious catering, Cappuccino & Co

Number of participants: minimum 4 / maximum 8
Price per person: 139, -

Please bring

• Basic knowledge in dealing with their own camera
• A camera, in which aperture and shutter speed can be manually adjusted and the user manual
• Batteries - Load previously
• Charged extra batteries (if present)
• Wide / telephoto lens and tripod
• Flashlight at night photo and notebook (if available) at the meeting Evening
• Discovery is fun, figures and photographs

FOTOKURS: Porträtfotografie für Einsteiger & Fortgeschrittene - 02 Faces //

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Please smile! Namely, it is not so difficult to shoot good portraits of children, friends and other favorite people. In this course we will show you how to plan a photo session at home, builds and performs. They practice using the tripod, get an insight into the secrets of good lighting and learn from professionals how to get the desired reactions out tickles from his "model". You will also learn the tricks you significantly increase your hit rate in snapshots.

What it's all in the details:

• Planned portraits:
• type assessment
• Image Concepts, background
• Focal length, perspective
• Camera type tripod
• Lighting variations, light shapers, lighting
• little advice about hair / makeup / Styling
• Leadership model
• Criteria for the selection of images
• Snapshots:
• camera settings
• Light, background
• Focal length, perspective
• As well: All questions that are burning under the nails
• Practical exercises: planned portraits and snapshots

Good to know:

Duration 1 day
Welcome 9:30, price 10:00 to 17:00
Including delicious catering, Cappuccino & Co

Number of participants: minimum 4 / maximum 8
Price per person: 139, -

Please bring:

• When available: their own camera and its user manual (aperture / time should be manually adjustable)
• Batteries - please invite ago
• Enjoy photography

Free Improvisation Ensemble / Microtonal Ensemble (Ensemble Night)

Einlass: 18:30 | Beginn: 10:00 |

Im Zentrum des Abends steht Improvisation in ihren stilübergreifenden Dimensionen: Form und Gestalt, individueller wie kollektiver musikalischer Ausdruck sowie der Prozess von Spielimpuls, Interaktion und Kreativität. Untersucht und klanglich ausgelotet werden Spieldynamiken im Ensemble, das Spannungsfeld von Übungsstrategien und Spontaneität (»prepare for the unprepared«) sowie die Ästhetik des Ausdrucks. Zur Praxis gelangen Spielformen jenseits von Funktionsharmonik und Songform, die sich seit Ende der 1950er-Jahre bis heute im amerikanischen und europäischen Jazzkontext entwickelt haben. Das Microtonal Ensemble erweitert den Tonraum, indem es die Oktave in 24 Töne auffächert und damit eine Klangsprache entwickelt, die Vertrautes aus ungewohnten Perspektiven erscheinen lässt. Wie Spiegelscherben, die ihre Umgebung weiterhin reflektieren, wird die Welt nicht verändert, sondern neu erzählt: durch feinste Verschiebungen, Schattierungen und Reibungen im Klang. Für dieses Ensemble hat Freddi Sturm ein neues Programm geschrieben, das bekannte Klänge versetzt und Hörgewohnheiten behutsam in Bewegung bringt.

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Line-Up:

Free Improvisation Ensemble:

Nisan Bicer — Gesang

Jiuning Liu — Gesang

Fernanda Sachsen — Gesang

Josse Bergmeier — Saxophon

Moritz Christiansen — Saxophon

Philippe Carl Feuerhake — Trompete

Juan Pablo Ortiz Carrera — Gitarre

Pascal Vorwerk — Gitarre

Jasper Ludwig — Klavier

Moritz Schöwing — Klavier

Mario Kolbe — Bass

Jonas Grätzer — Schlagzeug

Johannes Kalt — Schlagzeug

Haozhuo Lu — Schlagzeug

Microtonal Ensemble:

Flavia Nuñez — Gesang

Tereze Anna Pogina — Gesang

Laura Ayala Halbach — Gesang

Ronald Feliz Pineda — Saxophon

Michael Brunzema — Keyboard

Sebastian Mueses Selig — Bass

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Eintritt und Vorverkauf: Siehe Ticketlink. Abendkasse: Gibt es, sofern nicht vorab ausverkauft.

Tickets: https://jazzhall.hfmt-hamburg.de/tickets/?eid=185347

Der Einlass zur JazzHall erfolgt über den Haupteingang der Hochschule für Musik und Theater in der Milchstraße 12 - nicht über den Harvestehuder Weg.

Veranstalter des Abends (bei Fragen zu Tickets oder Programm bitte direkt kontaktieren): Jazz@HfMT (jazzhall@hfmt-hamburg.de)

Führung durch das MakerLab

This year, the MakerLab opened in the Central Library. Curious to find out what it's all about? Then join one of our exclusive tours during the Age-Friendly Libraries campaign week.

We'll introduce you to the equipment, including 3D printers, laser cutters, embroidery machines, and much more. You'll learn how to use these devices to bring your own ideas and projects to life, and why the MakerLab is a place for all ages! The MakerLab is a place where curiosity is sparked and creative ideas are brought to life. A wide range of equipment, such as 3D printers, laser cutters, plotters, sewing machines, and embroidery machines, are available for your own projects. You can find all the information and dates for the MakerLab here .

Registration is not required.

Führung durch die Ausstellung Kinder, Kinder!

Our public guided tours take you on a minimum 30-minute walk through the current exhibition "Children, Children!". Whether as a creative lunch break, a cultural after-work event, or a relaxing weekend visit – we have a suitable tour for everyone!

To mark the exhibition "Children, Children!", we invite you on a journey through the centuries of depictions of children – from the Renaissance to contemporary works. Discover how images of children once represented claims to power and dominion, and how the understanding of childhood has changed: from the "little adult" to idealized representations and on to genuine snapshots of play, belonging, and family. Be surprised by the stories behind the images and learn how deeply reality and representation are intertwined.

GLOSSY EXHIBITION – Magazines, Photography, Stories.

For the exhibition project “GLOSSY,” magazine journalist David Baum has curated his personal favorites from three decades of great magazine photography and provides a background story or anecdote for each motif (don't forget your smartphone and headphones!).

Starting February 5, 2026, the Fabrik der Künste will show the works of photographers who shaped Germany's magazine culture, including Esther Haase, André Rival, Bryan Adams, Hubertus von Hohenlohe, Frank Zauritz, Jana Mai, Mathias Bothor, Robert Brembeck, Dirk Bruniecki, Laurent Burst, Simon Lohmeyer, Oliver Mark, Bernd Possardt, Peter Rigaud, Götz Schwan, Bodo Vitus, Christoph Voy, Markus Burke, Paul Schirnhofer, Cecil Arp – as well as Jan Riephoff, who is also involved as co-curator of the exhibition. The supporting program features panel discussions with editors-in-chief, art directors, photographers, and magazine makers who talk about their work, including Hatice Akyün (Jetzt.at), Christian Krug (Goodlife, formerly Max, Gala, and Stern), Wolfgang Behnken (art director of Stern and Max), and Anke Dehgenhard (curator and gallery owner).