Services
Writing & code
Scientific and journalistic writing, conceptual texts, and web applications — including CMS and shop systems tailored to culture and science communication.
Artistic development
Identity, product and format development for artists and labels — from experimental concert formats to long-term artistic positioning.
Project management
End-to-end project management for culture and music projects, event organisation, funding strategy and public relations.
Communication & knowledge transfer
Communication formats, editorial work for English-language web presence, social media and copywriting.
References
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2014 – 2018 · Berlin, Weimar
Manager & Artistic Development — Martin Kohlstedt
I developed and managed the artistic identity, product development (3 music albums, experimental concert formats), built the full corporate infrastructure via an in-house label, sustainable networking, and coordinated public relations and campaigns.
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2012 – 2013 · Berlin
Communication & Knowledge Transfer — HIIG Berlin
I developed communication formats, conceived and edited the English-language website including social media and copywriting.
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2006 – 2018 · Berlin Metropolitan Area
Playnary — Strategic Concepts, Artistic Development & Digital Communication
I led freelance project management for culture and music; scientific & journalistic writing; event organisation; and web applications for culture and science communication.
Selected partners:
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2016 – 2017
Associated Researcher — The Machine To Be Another
I collaborated on VR and sensor-based art: body-swap experiments and immersive environments at the intersection of artistic practice and perception research.
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2005 – 2010 · Erfurt region
End Pilot Festival
I co-organised an internationally staffed, curated indoor music festival under EU funding — strategy and event production, accompanying brochures and an interactive magazine, and curating an associated exhibition.
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2003 – 2006
Editor — Radio F.R.E.I.
I worked in the youth editorial team — programme production and organising music and literature events.
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2012 · Book chapter
End Pilot Festival — in Phase 0
My chapter in Phase 0 — How to make some action (Fruehwerk Verlag, 2012) — on co-organising the festival and project culture more broadly.
Writing samples
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2015 · Zebrabutter
Du siehst das tote Kind nicht. Du siehst ein Bild eines toten Kindes.
My long-form essay on image politics, refugees, and editorial responsibility after the Alan Kurdî photograph.
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2012 · Book chapter
Warum man mit Flow alleine nicht die Welt rettet
My contribution to flow aus spielen (DE) — gamification and problem spaces.
Contact
Interested in collaboration? Get in touch with a short outline of your project.
Academic portfolio: playnary.de