Additionally, they were integral in establishing the MARS-Exploratory Media Lab and the eCulture Factory at Fraunhofer Research, demonstrating their commitment to pushing the boundaries of media-related endeavors.
From 2001-2014, Fleischman assumed the role of Head of Department at the Fraunhofer Institute Centre Schloss Birlinghoven, located in Sankt Augustin, Germany.
[4] [6][5] In 1992, together with her partner Wolfgang Strauss, she received the Golden Nica of the Prix Ars Electronica[7] in Linz, Austria for Home of the Brain[8] (1990/1992), the first artistic virtual reality installation.
[10] 1992 Golden Nica in the Interactive Art category for "Home of the Brain[11]" of the Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria; 1993 Nominated for the UNESCO prize '92, Paris, France; 1995 Sparky Award in the Interactive Media Festival, Los Angeles, California; 1996 Main prize in the Female Artists in North Rhine-Westphalia; 1997 Recommendatory Prize in the "ARTEC '97," the 5th International Biennale in Nagoya, Japan for "Liquid Views"; 2000/01 TIME magazine ranks Monika Fleischmann among the People to Watch; 2002 the Fraunhofer IMK – MARS Exploratory Media Lab is internationally recognized as one of the leading 14 Art & Technology Labs; 2002–07 Member of the Supervisory Board of the Confederation of cultural events in Berlin GmbH [KBB]; 2003–06 Member of the board of directors of the Fraunhofer Institute for Media Communication (IMK); 2007 US-Patent for PointScreen – Theremin inspired touchless technology, that takes in advance new cognitive models and bio-sensory interfaces; 2007 The Interactive Poster, the Semantic Map and the PointScreen are among the "ground-breaking ideas that" change our lives.
Presented in 100 Products of the Future by Nobel Laureate TW Hänsch, Econ, Berlin; 1987 "IFA – Internationale Funkausstellung," Deutsche Telekom, Berlin, Germany 1990 "Fleischmann – Strauss," Werkbund-Galerie, Berlin, Germany 1991 Architektur Forum, Zürich, Switzerland 1992 "Endo Nano – Ars Electronica," Linz 1993 "New Realities – Neue Wirklichkeiten II," Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland 1993 Liquid Waves[12] in "Machine Culture – SIGGRAPH '93 Art Gallery," Anaheim, California 1994 "The Virtual Body – Revue Virtuelle," Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France 1995 "Interactive Media Festival," Los Angeles, California 1995 "La nuova Europa," Biennale Venice, Venice, Italy 1996 "Ich und Du," Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland 1997 "Deep Storage – Arsenale der Erinnerung," Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany 1997 "ARTEC '97"[13] – The 5th International Biennale, Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan 1998 Liquid Views – Rigid Waves[14] in "SIGGRAPH '98 Art Gallery: Touchware," Orlando, Florida Strauss, Wolfgang, Fleischmann, Monika, Denzinger, Jochen, Groenegress, Christoph, Li, Yinlin (2003): Information Jukebox – A semi-public device for presenting multimedia information content.
[15] Novak, Jasminko, Fleischmann, Monika, Strauss, Wolfgang, Wurst, Michael, Morik, Katharina, Kunz, Christoph, Ziegler, Jürgen (2003): Verbindung heterogener Experten-Communities durch die Entdeckung, Visualisierung und Nutzb.