About

Norman Maýn (*Berlin) graduated between Conceptual and Spatial Design (Master’s) under Barbara Kotte and architect Gabi Schillig, and studied Moving Image (Bachelor’s) under media artists Anna Anders and Manja Ebert at the UdK Berlin. Driven by personal interest, he also studied law for several semesters, focusing on legal philosophy, legal history, and criminal law — and pursued further training in ethology (behavioral biology) at private institutes to gain a profound understanding of the causes and effects of environment-driven behaviors in all living beings. During his studies, he increasingly focused on multimedia mapping as an artistic-scientific research method and investigating the visual, spatial manifestations of violence, such as dominance, isolation, and ritualistic phenomena, as well as intersections between them. Consequently, his multisensory installations often take shape within ephemeral, improvised architectures and structures. He situates these works within universal contexts: Death, primal pain, exclusion — yet the pieces transcend simple ‚memento mori’ motifs, serving instead as processes of lived cultural practice.