So, what do I do?

The honest answer takes time — and I respect yours.

What follows is less a list of job titles and more a description of how I work and what I stand for. If you stay with me and make it to the end, you’ll understand that sometimes things need space and time before they can be moved responsibly.

Basically, I work at the intersection of culture, institutions, and people.

My work moves between writing, moderating, curating, and building cultural platforms at the intersection of art, architecture and design. I develop and accompany institutions, create frameworks for collaboration, and moderate conversations in which different perspectives need to meet. What connects these activities is not a fixed role, but a way of working: designing and holding spaces in which people can think together, work across differences, and act with mutual respect.

Much of my work begins before anything visible happens. It starts with listening — to intentions, to tensions, to what is said between the lines. I am often involved when different worlds come together and translation is needed: not only between languages, but between values, expectations, and cultural contexts. In a globalized world, we often assume mutual understanding, while overlooking the lenses through which people perceive meaning. My role is to translate what wants to be said into a form, tone, and context that can be understood by a specific audience — without simplifying or diluting the underlying idea.

I was trained as a certified translator and interpreter, and while I no longer work in the classical sense, this foundation continues to shape how I work today. Translation taught me that meaning is never neutral, and that clarity depends on who is listening, from where, and why. This sensitivity to nuance, context, and reception remains central to my practice.

I develop and lead institutional models that operate at the intersection of corporate structures and independent non-profit governance. These platforms are not ends in themselves, but infrastructures for shared knowledge, learning, and collaboration. Alongside this, I work with fundraising and sponsoring, guided by the belief that the resources already available in the world need more conscious redirection toward initiatives that strengthen the common good.

Writing is an integral part of my work. I write freelance for international magazines, focusing on profiles, long-form conversations and reviews — formats that allow for depth, trust, and ambiguity. Writing, for me, is not commentary from the outside, but a way of thinking from within cultural processes.

Travel and transitional spaces — trains, cities, exhibitions, shared meals — play an important role in how I work. These in-between moments often soften hierarchies and allow real conversations to emerge. That lead to my Train Diaries Substack in 2025 where I publish observations from public transport and how community acts, behaves and feels – or simply what I’m thinking about when travelling.

At the core of everything I do is a belief in shared responsibility and collective knowledge. I am interested in moving beyond individualistic models of success toward more collaborative ways of thinking and working — without denying economic realities, but without making them the sole measure of meaning.

Platforms

a&o Kunsthalle Leipzig (2018)

stART Foundation (2020)

Artist Residency in Warsaw (2021–2023)

Selected Collaborations

a&o Hostels, Barcelona Design Week, Design Miami, German Pavilion 2025 — La Biennale di Venezia, Haus der Kunst, Laufen, MK&G Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Object Carpet, Paradiso Institute, Prada, Roca, Triennale Milano, Vibia