About

Norman Maýn (*Berlin) graduated 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 and forensic methods as artistic-scientific research methods 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.