Mirror Me – Social media as a stage
26.06.2026
|
17:00
-
19:00
h
XRT at Staatstheater Nürnberg
|
Richard-Wagner-Platz
2-10,
90443
Nürnberg
Social media is the biggest stage of our reality
We put on a show, battling for interpretation and meaning. Algorithms and filter bubbles shift our discourses and radicalise us without us even realising it. As part of this joint event organised by the Staatstheater Nürnberg and bayern design, we want to examine the underlying mechanisms and ask:
How can art and design, as a counterforce, reclaim digital public spheres?
We will be speaking with practitioners from the fields of design and activism who do not merely inhabit digital spaces, but actively question, disrupt and reoccupy them. Take Myke, for instance, a subversive digital campaign by onlinetheater.live, which creates a powerful emancipatory counterweight to masculinist radicalisation online.
And we’ll discuss Mirror Me, an interactive installation by the design studio Elastique., which allows visitors to directly experience the mechanisms of digital self-presentation in physical space by confronting our desire for the perfect virtual image with the relentless logic of automated systems.
Afterwards, we’ll take a 15-minute walk to the interdisciplinary cultural and project space Space Between, where bayern design is showing the installation Mirror Me during the Nürnberg Digital Festival from 26 to 30 June.
Programme:
4.30 pm: Doors open at Staatstheater Nürnberg
5.00 pm: Talk
6.30 pm: Walk to Space Between
6.45 pm: Mirror Me: Interactive Cobotic Installation
Recommended for: The panel addresses people who see design, technology, and digital culture as a shared social experience. Everybody is invited, especially designers, creatives, tech‑enthusiasts, and festival visitors who are open to immersive, interactive formats.
Also suitable for:
Students
Hosted by
bayern design GmbH
bayern design is the international design competence center in Bavaria and offers knowledge transfer and opportunities for collaboration in the field of design.
Verena Westernacher
westernacher@bayern-design.deRecommended Events
Discussion
Society & Culture
Mirror Me – Social media as a stage
26.06.2026
|
17:00
-
19:00
h
XRT at Staatstheater Nürnberg
|
Richard-Wagner-Platz
2-10,
90443
Nürnberg