Tim Berresheim, born in Aachen in 1975, is a pioneer of computer-aided art. His work combines an interplay of art history, technology, science and nature. Berresheim studied under Albert Oehlen at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and at the HBK Braunschweig under Johannes Brus.

Since the end of 2023, the artist from Heinsberg has been involved in a large-scale digital art and participation project "Aus alter Wurzel neue Kraft" on behalf of the city of Aachen, in which Aachen pupils of different ages and school types have been significantly involved. This participatory project in the best sense of the word is based on a process of appropriation by the participants under the guidance of the artist, which consists of numerous workshops in the schools and at selected locations in the city and thus makes a concrete contribution to cultural education.

Right from the initial phase of this project, the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum sought a dialog with the artist in order to integrate the museum into the process and to open up the collection to the participants as a further component of the museum's work, which is currently strongly oriented towards cultural participation. After a comprehensive introduction by the museum's own curators, the participants of the vhs College engaged with exhibits from the permanent collection in workshops full of curiosity and then - in a way that is characteristic of the diversity of the group - chose a large-format mythological sculpture 'Apollo and Daphne' by the Italian sculptor Filippo Parodi (1630-1702) as the starting point for their creative experiments and thought processes.

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