CURATIONS
Spaces are curated where art, society and collective action intersect. Working with simultaneities and complexities are embraced to create connections rather than simple polarities.
The practice is political: questioning structures, making solidarity visible or shaping cultural landscapes together.
2025
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As part of BUNDESTREFFEN25, curated by the Fonds Darstellende Künste, I created a program line that opened an exchange format about how we stay effective in these unstable times. I wanted to offer a space where people from the arts, cultural policy and civil society could really listen to each other - beyond exhaustion and symbolic debates. It became a place to share knowledge, rethink our possibilities for action and look together for ways of working that support us instead of overwhelming us.
INVITED IMPULSES:
Dandan Liu, Diana Weser, Dorothea Marcus, wir-vier-Kollektiv u.a.
2024
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THE ART OF STAYING MANY was a nationwide project to explore theater as a space for negotiation, participation and collective action, especially in Eastern Germany. I programmed the whole series and co-curated it with the partner venues. The project created spaces where artists, cultural workers and audiences could come together beyond competition and precarity.
INVITED IMPULSES:
Andras Dömötör, Dr. Anna Lux, Arne Vogelgesang, Heike Geißler, Hito Steyerl, I can be your translator, Isabel Lewis, Jan Sowa, Jean Peters, Joana Tischkau, La Fleur, LIGNA, Luce de Lire, Ntando Chele, Oliver Zahn, Radikale Töchter, Rita Gretchen, Seyda Kurt, Sookee, Tanja Krone, Tina Pfurr, Zeyno Pekünlü u.a.
2022
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MOVE! 2022 was for me a deliberate impulse.A way to give a long-standing festival room to open up and renew itself. In my guest curation, I created spaces that both expand and connect, offering new artistic impulses and fostering deeper exchange in the dance scene.
INVITED ARTISTS:
La Fleur, Rykena/Jüngst, Christoph Winkler u.a.
2022
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For the nationwide Artist Lab together with the stage designer Philine Rinnert we invented a set up full day of workshops and discussion sessions running simultaneously, creating a space where participants could get lost in exchange and expertise. My aim was to make the encounter itself a laboratory - a place for experimentation, dialogue and collective reflection. It was important that knowledge and experience circulate freely, allowing unexpected connections to emerge.
INVITED IMPULSES:
Jörg Albrecht, Bojana Kunst, Monika Gintersdorfer, Heinrich Horwitz, Gobs Squad, LIGNA, Ogutu Muraya, Dr. Sibylle Peters, Sahar Rahimi, She She Pop, Philine Velhagen, vt corps u.a.
2021
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For the 9th Industry Get‑Together I curated a hybrid format that experimented with radio as a medium for exchange. I focused on the notion of EXCEPTION, reflecting on administration as a field that became especially urgent to address during the Corona period.
INVITED IMPULSES:
Anja Kerschkewicz, Annett Gröschner, Julian Warner, Kainkollektiv, Kallia Kefala, Keiken, Lisa Schettel, Marietheres Jesse, Marie Schleef, Max Czollek, Gerhild Steinbuch, Stefanie Wenner u.a.
2020
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For the 8th Industry Get‑Together, I curated a full day of simultaneous workshops and discussion sessions, creating a space that allowed participants to truly lose themselves in exchange and expertise. I focused on FLEXIBILITIES, exploring how the independent arts community navigates shifting structures, expectations and possibilities.
INVITED IMPULSES:
Ewelina Benbenek, Gob Squad, Max Gadow, Gosie Vervloessem, Hannah Lesser, Melmun Bajarchuu, Merel Smitt, Monika Gintersdorfer, Philip Steimel, Sarah Johanna Steinfelder, Sibylle Peters, Yael Sherill & Lianne Mol, Lina Zehelein u.a.
2019
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For the RATSCHLAG DER VIELEN in Nürnberg I aimed for a dense programme of workshops and discussions to bring the independent scene into critical dialogue. I wanted to turn the event into a political agora - a moment of collective reflection, debate and practical solidarity. With this programming, I wanted to open a space where diverse voices meet, connect and shape cultural politics together.
INVITED IMPULSES:
Arne Vogelgesang, Bernadette La Hengst, Carina Book, Jean Peters, Kathrin Röggla, Kübra Gümüsay, Max Dorner, Maya Alban‑Zapata, Peter Laudenbach, Ulf Aminde u.a.
2019
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For the 7th Industry Get-Together on SOLIDARITIES I curated a program that brought workshops, talks and collective experiments together in overlapping sessions. My goal was to create a space where participants could truly encounter each other, lose themselves in exchange and test forms of working together. The gathering opened room for reflection on what solidarity means in practice.
INVITED IMPULSES:
Daniel Imboden, Hannah Wallenfels, Hauen und Stechen, Heinz Bude, Julia*n Meding, Laura Strack, Navild Acosta, Dr. Mithu Sanyal, public movement, Anna Stiede, Station 17, virtuelles theater u.a.
2019
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For the 2019 Introducing‑Platform I curated a selection of emerging talents together with HAU, Ballhaus Ost, Sophiensäle and Theaterdiscounter. The invited newcomers I paired up with inspiring mentors. My aim was to foster a space where the Berlin scene can continue to grow and develop. Where artists stay curious about each other and their practices. Through this platform, we encouraged dialogue, exchange and collective learning as the foundation for a resilient and interconnected artistic community.
INVITED ARTISTS:
CHICKS*, Frauen und Fiktion, Jan Rozman, Julia Plawgo, Paweł Świerczek and Rodrigo BatistaLINK:
https://2019.performingarts-festival.de/de/2019/programm/introducing.html
2018
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For the 2018 Introducing‑Platform I curated a selection of emerging talents together with HAU, Ballhaus Ost, Sophiensäle and Theaterdiscounter - and paired each with inspiring mentors. My aim was to foster a space where the Berlin scene can continue to grow and develop, and where artists stay curious about each other and their practices.
INVITED ARTISTS:
Andrew Keaton, Elektro Kagura, Emmilou Rößling, Kasia Wolinska, Lina Gomez, Lulu Obermeyer, Marlies Pahlenberg, Przemek Kaminski, Romuald Krezel & Monica Duncan
2018
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As dramaturge for the Theatertreffen 2018 I shaped together with an amazing team the program around the invited plays. I wanted to open moments of exchange and reflection, where artists and audiences could speak, listen and challenge each other. It was an attempt to make the festival itself a space of political thought, collective questioning and shared curiosity beyond the stage.
INVITED IMPULSES:
André Wilkens, Antje Prust, Bahareh Sharifi, Elahe Haschemi Yekani, Katharina Kühn, Kübra Gümüşay, Laura Bates, Margarita Tsomou, Matthias Weigel, Paula Peters, Peggy Piesche, Sahar Rahimi, Signa Köstler u.a.
2017
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For the very first BUNDESFORUM 2017 I designed a program that brought together key actors from the independent performing arts, policy‑makers and funding institutions to create a real forum for structural change. My aim was to use this gathering as a political space to question existing funding and support structures.
INVITED IMPULSES:
Annemarie Matzke, Sigrid Gareis, Janina Benduski, Thomas Oberender u.a.
2017
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In my dramaturgical work for the final edition of the festival IMPULSE under Florian Malzacher, I helped select the program and shaped the accompanying symposium, connecting the local independent scene in NRW with international positions. I supported spaces for exchange that highlighted political questions, challenged existing structures and explored of what happens on stage. This work demonstrated how theater can be a site of collective reflection, critical debate and cultural intervention.
INVITED ARTISTS:
Alexandra Pirici, Boris Nikitin, Daniel Kötter / Constanze Fischbeck, Die Rabtaldirndln, Dries Verhoeven, FUNDUS THEATER, Gintersdorfer/Klaßen, Monster Truck & The Footprints, Nature Theater of Oklahoma, Swoosh Lieu, vorschlag:hammer, She She Pop, internil, Chantal Mouffe, Margarita Tsomou, Dan Perjovschi u.a.
2014
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Together with Johanna Yasirra Kluhs, I curated FAVORITEN 2014 as a temporary artist house in an empty museum - a space for encounter, experimentation and shared responsibility. Over 1.5 years of curatorial work, we mapped the independent scene, tracing networks, practices and emerging voices that sustain it. The festival became a living space of solidarity, where artists could meet, share resources, and build alliances. Only through such mutual support can art truly emerge and thrive.
INVITED ARTISTS:
Begüm Erciyas, Ben J. Riepe, Bianca Mendoza, body talk, copy & waste, David Rauer, Drama Köln, Heine Avdal & Yukiko Shinozaki, Jens Heitjohann, kahnkollektiv & OTHNI, Kreidler, Lukas und, Martina Gimplinger, Mouvoir / Stephanie Thiersch, Naoko Tanaka, SEE!, subbotnik, Unusual Symptoms/Andy Zondag, Vorschlag:hammer, Wolfgang Kienast, Yoshie Shibahara u.a.
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