Teachers and students at the HFBK Hamburg can use the repository via their central HFBK account, register at projekte.hfbk.net, edit their profile, and upload their projects themselves. The projects can also include preliminary studies, sketches, drafts, or research materials, as well as images and film documentation of completed works and presentations. The repository is specifically designed to document not only the finished work, but also the artistic and scientific process as such.

The aim of this repository is not only to serve as an archive for the university’s artistic production, but also to document those artistic practices that otherwise remain invisible: productive failure, irritating inspirations, and unexpected encounters. The repository aims to give artists and theorists the opportunity to add an extra dimension to their work through cross-referencing and contextualization. The focus is therefore not on presentation and self-presentation, but rather on research, collaboration, and a fluid form of knowledge generation, a meandering through the artistic work of the HFBK Hamburg.

Collective projects (e.g., class projects for annual exhibitions) can also be created in this way and used for collaborative work. Teachers can also share seminar documents or accompanying materials with their students in this way.

All registered HFBK users can decide individually with whom they want to share their projects and who can see what: individual professors, fellow students, the entire seminar, or the general public can be selected. The public can only see the projects and content that have been shared publicly via the website. A full-text search and selected tags make it easier to find specific content.