Luise Körber

Luise Körber was born in Germany in 2002. Until 2024 she studied Theatre, Film and Media Studies at the University of Vienna and Université Paris Nanterre. This helped her to get a broad understanding of cultural places, cultural studies, its implications and philosophy, of art and film history and in which way rooms can be (re)written. She gained a sharper look of noticing meanings and connecting topics, to phrase and analyze them in relation to their century, social situation, society, context, mood and intention. Moreover she enjoyed the connection of knowledge concerning all media, them being intertwined far behind the conscious. In her later seminar essays she explored theatre and design further, by writing a thesis about the use of video mapping and projection effects in contemporary stage design as well as alternative realities in music videos.  She also took classes at Angewandte (University of applied arts Vienna). In addition, she learned more about storytelling and clues in photography and examined the framing of documentaries and the philosophy behind the essayist filmmaker movement. She really enjoys getting in touch with people abroad and seeing cities as a space for poetic intervention.
Scenography inspired her since she watched movies with detailed sets, little objects and artefacts that bring characters to life. Through Viennas offer of theaters and culture festivals like Wiener Festwochen and Impulstanz she discovered the immense power of stage design, stages that can spin, show several things at once, that play with light, that tell a story in action and immersive designs, never being the exact same play each showtime- fully built on liveness. Furthermore, after working in an art museum and spending a lot of time in exhibitions, it became exciting to see in which ways objects and rooms are connected and how people interact with their surroundings. For her, scenography means working with multiple interfaces, subjects, actors, viewers, consumers and the imagination all at once, making it a unique way of design. She likes to keep sight on the little things that shape one’s daily life, thoughts and dreams.
She assisted as an intern (Hospitanz) for the property and costume department at Schauspiel Essen for a play by Selen Kara, which sharpened her interest in being part of a longterm design process and creating cohesive scenery in a team. In 2025 she focused on production design, working as a set designer on the short film ‚Gefallen’ in cooperation with Atelier Ludwigsburg Paris and Filmakademie Ludwigsburg and the series pilot ‚Zula‘, a BA project for Hochschule Darmstadt. She doesn’t limit herself to one scenographic field and is looking forward to work hands-on in the Masters program at TU.