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Situated at the Institute of Art History of the University of Cologne, prometheus is supported by the non-profit association prometheus e.V. which promotes the ongoing developments of the digital media for science and research.

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Nevin Aladağ
„City Language“ – In her cinematic, sculptural and installation work, Stuttgart-born artist Nevin Aladağ uses sound to connect metropolis, landscape, people and animals. | more...


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A favorites bar is available on the left side of the screen with your personal access. There you can store individual images and entire image collections (see 1.) and access them directly. Icons and headings show you what you have stored.

You can expand and collapse these favorites in the form of boxes (see 2. and 3.), change their order, and delete them. When you delete them, you are only deleting the link to this sidebar. The images and image collections remain in their original locations.

In future, you will no longer find your favorites on the left-hand side, but in the top bar next to the search function, image collections and your database: