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SCHOOL OF MACHINES OFFERS YEAR-ROUND IN-PERSON AND ONLINE EVENING COURSES THAT MEET WEEKLY.
OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE WELL-ESTABLISHED ARTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE TOOLS THEY TEACH. LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR COURSE OFFERINGS BELOW.
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summer 2026
School of Machines offers in-person, immersive 4-week programs in Berlin.
Our four-week full-time programs are project-focused courses, aimed at bringing thoughtful humans together to connect with each other and with themselves. We explore the latest technologies while simultaneously questioning their usage, the world around us, and ourselves. Program sizes are small and participants actively engage their new-found skills and collaborators each step of the way, creating individual and group work towards a public exhibition at program’s end.
Additionally, each month-long program includes a one-month residency following program completion, giving you one extra month to continue your work or to begin something new.
This summer we are offering three summer programs, one program each in June thru August. More info coming soon!
July 2026
Creating Alt-Ctrl Games as Feminist Practice
Video games are the medium of the 21st century. While the indie movement enabled a lot of folks to go out and make their own ideas a video game reality, the field is still very limited to a privileged, homogeneous group. The aim of this program is to enable more people to share their points of view and tell their stories through the medium of game making.
In this program, you’ll learn a variety of skills for creating video games: from asset creation, non-linear writing, self-building alternative controllers, to putting it all together inside of a game engine. We’ll approach ideation from a feminist perspective and learn from games of the past, while looking more closely at the systems of power we want to understand and explore, in order to dismantle them.
Through art, technologies, and deep and truthful discussions about the current issues of our time, and a thoughtful approach, this program aims to bring out new perspectives in all of us.
Caring creative humans, family vibes included.
Come join us!
