Ralf Baecker

Ralf Baecker serves as Professor of Experimental Design of New Technologies within the Digital Media department at Bremen University of the Arts' School of Art and Design since 2016. His practice bridges artistic creation with technological experimentation through installations and autonomous systems.

Research focuses on fundamental mechanisms of media/technologies via thought experiments that question digital systems and their socio-political entanglements. His work explores new imaginaries of the mechanical and artificial through radical engineering combining traditional machine logic with alternative perspectives on materials and intelligence.

Award highlights include:

• Japan Media Art Festival 2017 Grand Prize
• Prix Ars Electronica Honorable Mentions (2012, 2014)
• VIDA 14.0 Art & Artificial Life Award Second Prize
• Grants from Kunstfond Bonn and Lower Saxony Foundation

His international exhibitions span ZKM Karlsruhe, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, and Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. Current teaching includes Master Project 2025 and 'Just Another Intelligence' exploring non-human cognition through experimental art-technology interfaces.