Curation and Artistic Direction
INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP
The UBS Digital Art Museum, opening in Hamburg in 2026, will be Europe’s largest museum for digital and immersive art. Its highlight is the permanent teamLab Borderless exhibition, where interactive artworks respond to visitors and create ever-changing experiences.
Art Dubai Digital, the leading platform dedicated to digital art in an art fair context, showcases a curated selection of visionary artists, galleries, studios, collectives, and tech partners reshaping the digital landscape today. By spotlighting practices that often sit outside conventional systems, the section explores new market models and sparks exchange between regional and international perspectives.
The BFI London Film Festival is the UK’s leading festival for international cinema. LFF Expanded is its section for immersive and interactive art, featuring innovative works in VR and digital storytelling.
VRHAM! Digital & Immersive Art Biennale in Hamburg is the world’s first biennale solely focused on digital and immersive art, showcasing innovative works in VR, AI, and interactive media by international artists.
SELECTED CURATED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
The Ephemeral Lake, a digital installation by Jakob Kudsk Steensen at Hamburger Kunsthalle. Inspired by Caspar David Friedrich, it featured a virtual, ever-changing desert ecosystem, exploring the transient beauty of nature through 3D animation, sound, and light.
The URBAN IMMERSION Summit in Berlin reimagined urban culture through cutting-edge digital technologies, making the city’s stories and spaces vividly tangible in entirely new ways.
The Habitat International Film Festival is a key platform for diverse, global cinema - championing accessibility and cross-cultural dialogue within the international art scene.. Supported by Goethe Institute New Delhi, this exhibition presented international works from XR creators and artists.
Spotlighting works from all over the world, this exhibition SHIFTING REALITIES celebrated the female and non-binary artists who are pushing the boundaries of both storytelling and the immersive tech sector as a whole, aiming to challenge the preconception that emerging technology is often perceived as a predominantly male domain.
ULTRAMARIN is an immersive exhibition showcasing works by artists from around the world. Utilizing cutting-edge technologies such as Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality, along with Projection Mapping and New Media Art, the exhibition explores the theme of “water.”
Creative Consulting and Advisory
CREATIVE AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION
Playful, satirical and surreal, Sweet Dreams is the newest multi-sensory experience by artist collective Marshmallow Laser Feast. The immersive multimedia narrative-driven show invites audiences to explore their place in the food chain wrapping big ideas about appetite and desire into a surreal pop package.
Guy Maddin’s first venture into the world of augmented reality, Haunted Hotel sees the Canadian avant-garde filmmaker and artist explore the hidden layers of human nature. Drawing from Maddin’s personal archive of newspaper clippings, surreal paper worlds invite audiences to look through virtual peepholes into rooms filled with longing, seduction and betrayal.
THE INFINITE LIBRARY (Mika Johnson / Goethe-Institut) is an immersive installation that reimagines the library as a multisensory, nonlinear VR environment - merging archival narratives, global knowledge systems, and digital poetics into an interactive, evolving space.
STRATEGIC CONSULTATION AND MEMBERSHIP
SPARK Art Fair Vienna is a contemporary art fair known for its solo presentations and strong focus on digital and innovative media.
SXSW Festival Austin is a renowned international festival that fuses art, film, music, and cutting-edge digital culture, serving as a global hub for creative innovation and interdisciplinary exchange.
NEXT LEVEL Festival for Games in Dortmund is a key platform for digital games, interactive art, and creative technology.
IMMERSIVE TECH WEEK Rotterdam is a major international event for XR, VR, AR, and AI, bringing together innovators, artists, and industry leaders to explore the latest in immersive technology.
Goethe-Institut Tashkent is a key hub for German language, cultural exchange, and contemporary art collaborations in Central Asia.
Workshops on Co-Working and XR Marketing. Clients include Porsche, Volkswagen AG, Credit Suisse and Beiersdorf.
JURIES AND ADVISORY BOARDS
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The Arts & Creative Economy Advisory Group connects the British Council with leading voices and trends in the global arts sector.
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The Lumen Prize is a prestigious international award recognizing outstanding digital art at the intersection of creativity and technology.
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The LG Guggenheim Award is a major annual prize for innovation in technology-based art, awarded by the Guggenheim.
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The Luxembourg City Film Festival stands out in Europe for its strong focus on immersive media, accessible atmosphere, and dedicated support for young audiences - bridging international auteur cinema with innovative digital storytelling.
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The FEDORA Digital Art Prize is endowed with €50,000 and supports innovative digital projects in opera and ballet that explore new forms of artistic expression and engagement through technology.
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The DKB Art Prize (VR Kunstpreis) is a German award for virtual reality art, supporting selected artists with grants and an exhibition in Berlin.
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The MOIN! Film Fund (Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein) supports film and media projects with regional ties and is open to international co-productions.
Public Engagements and Thought Leadership
SELECTED PANELS AND MODERATION
The Cannes Film Festival is an annual international film festival in France featuring global premieres, competitions, and a major film market.
SXSW Festival in Austin is an annual event for music, film, interactive media, and technology, featuring global premieres, conferences, and exhibitions.
REMIX Summit London is a leading forum for cultural innovation, connecting arts, tech, and creative entrepreneurship.
Digital Body Festival examines the interplay of embodiment and digital technologies, spotlighting experimental approaches to movement and perception in post-digital art.
The Venice Film Festival - as the oldest international film festival and a pillar of the Biennale - serves as a critical platform for auteur cinema, restoration, and expanded moving image practices, bridging historical legacy with contemporary innovation.
New Images Festival (Paris) focuses on XR and immersive media, exploring digital narratives and the intersection of virtual environments and cinematic forms.