CARMAH

Commissioned by HfG Karlsruhe in collaboration with Carmah (Center for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage), this project explored how digital tools are reshaping the way we interact with art and cultural heritage.

The series included five illustrations created for a research publication investigating digital curation—how people engage with museum collections both online and in person. Each image was inspired by a different facet of this evolving relationship:

• Censorship on Phones – Exploring how everyday tech can restrict or reshape our view of art.

• Digital vs. Physical – Comparing the experience of seeing 3D objects in person versus through a screen.

• Inspiration from Archives – Showing how open access to historical collections can spark creativity across disciplines.

• Art on Social Media – Highlighting how platforms like Instagram are becoming new spaces for sharing, curating, and interpreting cultural artifacts.

• Augmented Reality – Reimagining how technology can reveal what places may have looked like in the past.

The illustrations were published alongside ethnographic research, including an eye-tracking study with the Berlin School of Library and Information Science, giving a visual voice to the complex ways we look at—and look through—art in the digital age.

client: HfG Karlsruhe in collaboration with Carmah