Studio Mayn is an artistic and scientific interface run by Norman Mayn. B36 is the German location of the studio south of Berlin. The studio focuses on new approaches to transmedia art and design as well as artistic research. Our work is directly linked to the artistic work and approach of Norman Mayn and at the same time an open medium for exchange between different disciplines of art, design, research and sustainability. Norman Mayn studied at the Berlin University of the Arts UdK in the areas of Visual Communication & Media Art and is creating transmedially in installation, photography, film and painting. His works ritually address an archaic primal pain, discrepancies and areas of tension in human existence and work on earth in the context of a saturated and at the same time empty society. The clear lack of comprehensive descriptions of the postmodern world is translated in Mayn's visual language particularly through reduction and omission, but also a grasp of fragile and seemingly quickly diffusing moments. Non-colors and raw materials determine the overall visual appearance. The tortured creature and human caused sorrow became central themes.

Art means to learn about environment and our own nature. We know that and care.

B36, the german studio location, is located a little south of Berlin in lower Spreewald, surrounded by beautiful nature and reserves that are some of last resorts for rare animal and plant species. We are grateful participants and not as an isolated institution. At the moment we create a huge studio garden to invite a comprehensive and native collection of plants and trees to work and grow with us.

The main practical part of our work happens in Germany, while basic research often took a lot of time visiting locations on the Iberian Peninsula, mainly in Andalusia. A permanent location is planned as the next step. Our connection to Spain is based on both an emotional and a professional level. Multiple research stays in southern Spain and the Canary Islands developed into larger groups of works such as GHOSTS, which deal with the relationship between humans and animals, but also with human dominance over nature and its inhabitants. At the same time, Spain is a country of progress and creativity. The studio is particularly committed to nature conservation and the networking of creative institutions, primarily in Andalusia and research about the hispanic culture, nature, art, and history.