Team
Thorsten S. Wiedemann (Artistic Director)
*1972, artist and curator,
…knows his way around. As STORNO he stirs things up since the year 2000. The “Roooar Berlin Punk” rocked Berlin and his guests at TV shows, radio shows, event-series or club-talkshows. With his successful “storno 8bit session” he unconstrained the secrets of the correlation between computer games and music. Doing so, he continuously focuses on the gap between technology and art.
Michael Liebe (Strategic Development)
*1978, game scholar and journalist,
…is searching for an aesthetic of gameplay. His PhD at the Institute for Arts and Media, University of Potsdam, reflects on “Interaction in and with computer games”. Someday it will be completed and perhaps he’ll know more when the time comes. In Potsdam he also co-founded the first German Center for Digital Games Research, DIGAREC, where he established the largest computer games collection at a public university in 2007. Gaming and studying belong together.
Karla Höß (Exhibition Management)
*1982, art lover,
…has studied Literature, Art History and Film and Media Studies in Constance and New London, CT. After working as project assistant at the museum Kunst Palast in Düsseldorf, she is now doing a master’s degree in European Media Studies at the University and FH Potsdam.
Christina Manoliu (Press and Public Relations)
*1984, publicity expert,
…studied European Media Culture in Weimar and Lyon and took the German and French B.A. Licence. Loving the French way of life, she spent one more year in Lyon working for the international dance festival ‘Biennale de la danse’ as communication assistant. Currently, she is doing her masters degree in European Media Studies in Potsdam.
Martina Kellner (Graphic Design/Layout)
*1984, freelance designer and journalist,
…born in the so called “Green Heart of Germany”, she studied Media Culture at the Bauhaus-University Weimar and spent an exchange semester in Sheffield, where she focussed on graphic design and the local music scene. Working as a music jornalist, she returned to Germany and is currently studying Applied Media Science in Potsdam. She lives and works in Berlin.
Bengt Jöran Eitel (Graphic Design/Merchandise)
*1982, games expert,
…studied the sciences of Literature, Arts and Media at Constance University before working at Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Pinakotheken Kunstareal Munich at the department of exhibition management. After his working experiences, he decided to continue his studies at the European Media Studies master’s program in Potsdam.
Emily C. Völker (Media Editor)
*1979, pixel pusher
…aka Lilly Lotus, is a moving image creator based in Berlin. In the past she has produced videos, VJ-ed and run workshops for BBC Blast, FACT, Tate Liverpool, Mercy, and other random organizations, bands and artist collectives. She has also worked on music videos (editing, camera, animation) for proper famous bands. Currently she is applying game theory to social networking whilst animating a sausage dog.
Arjan Dhupia (Game Research/Acquisition)
*1980, game afficionado
…holds a MA in Media Studies from the Brunswick University of Art. After completing his thesis in the field of Game Studies, he explored the game industry as a PR manager at the German Trade Association of Interactive Entertainment Software. With his secondary studies in Japanese Cultural Studies at the Free University of Berlin, his current aim is to unite two passions: game culture and Japan.
Georg Spehr (Sound Consultancy)
*1967, father and listener,
…still believes in the need for a good sound. Georg is sound director, multimedia designer, communication engineer, lecturer at the University of Fine Arts Berlin (Sound Studies) and at the FH Potsdam (interface design). By the way he is editor of the book: Fuctional Sounds (Funktionale Klänge).
Katrin Werner (Exhibition Consultancy)
*1971, media arts expert,
…is currently lecturing on the European Media Studies course at the University of Potsdam, specializing in the convergence of art and economics. She studied art history, business administration and psychology in Freiburg and Berlin. She organized extensive art exhibitions at the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe and at the Edith Russ Site for Media Art in Oldenburg and curated shows like Sound//Bytes, festivals like Re*- Recycling, Sampling, Jamming and co-founded several initiatives in the art and design sector.
Reinier Sikkens (Sponsoring)
*1984, master of finance,
… studied Business Administration and Cultural Economics in Rotterdam and in Lisbon. Because he felt attracted to the Berlin spirit, he moved from the sun into the darkness. After having done several software projects he is glad that he finally came across the arts. His main point of interest is Net Art and how to find a balance betwee culture and business on the internet.
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Stefanie Bücker (Consultancy)
…born in 1975 in Cologne, worked for a private broadcaster before beginning the course European Media Studies in 2003 at the University of Potsdam. She completed her Bachelor degree in 2007. While studying she freelanced as a project manager for exhibitions and festivals, which she continues to do today. Currently she is working as a Public Relations Manager for a television production company.
Ferdinand Hansen (Interface Design)
…was born in 1979 in Hamburg, Germany. He lived in Cleveland, Ohio for a couple of years and experimented with photography. He then returned to Germany, this time Berlin, to begin studying Interface Design at the Potsdam School of Applied Science. His specialties since then have moved to playful interface design and 3D visuals.
Paul Kudraß (Coding, Visuals)
…was born in northern Germany in 1978 and studied at Communication Design at the School of Applied Sciences in Potsdam. He concentrated on photography, motion graphics and interactive media. He graduated at 2007 and currently lives and works in Berlin.
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Frank Bültge (Coding, Theory)
…born 1979 in Bernau b. Berlin is now Master of Arts in Media Studies and works as freelanceweb developer and designer for the music and TV industry in Berlin.
Federico Dini (Project Management)
…born in Rome in 1979. He has completed his academical career between the “ Sapienza” University of Rome and the “Complutense” University of Madrid with a specialization in computational cinema. His final Tesis investigates new hybrid forms between spacial moving images and software art. Experience with black and white photography , experimental cinema, and video art. Now he is living in Berlin, working on cross New Media interactive games and installations.
Jiannis Sotiropoulos (Coding, Development)
…born in 1982 in the northern coastline of Crete, Greece, he finished his academical career in 2008 in Media Studies, where he concentrated on the attention economy of social networks. After experimenting with painting, film and television production, he currently codes interactions and computations in Berlin, Germany.
