The concept and design for the artwork were created by our student Mildred Maass, who is studying Communication Design and Media.
With WABBERT, she offers a unique artistic perspective on the otherwise often invisible, highly complex world of microorganisms and their significance in biotechnological processes. The artwork allows visitors to experience microbial structures, interactions and dynamics through the senses, thereby combining design, science and process engineering in a vivid way.
The idea originated back in 2025 as part of the MikroMesoMakro module, a joint initiative by Professor Tom Hanke (Dipl.-Des.) from the Faculty of Arcitecture and Design and Dr Falk Hillmann (Dr rer. nat.) from the Faculty of Engineering. WABBERT has now found its home in the show garden, where it adds an artistic perspective to the exploration of biological and technical processes.
Kevin Bläsing, Luca Lass and Kathleen Hoffmann provided organisational and practical support during the on-site installation. The new artwork was then officially unveiled at the end of May in the presence of numerous staff members from Wismar University of Applied Sciences.