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Centre of interest

• History and theory of art of the 20th century
• Concepts and strategies of the independent network scenes in the 1960s and 70s and their approaches in recent art discourses and practices
• Visualizing and reflecting ambiguous and informal knowledge in research-based university studies

Particular projects

• Archiving, cataloging and exhibiting books by artists
• Music and writings by visual artists
• Ulises Carrión (1941-1989)
• Bas Jan Ader (1942-1975) and his artistic reception
• Religious representations of the 20th and 21st centuries in practical theology
• Artistic strategies of recording as practice of consciousness raising 

Background

• Doctorate (Dr. phil.): Bas Jan Ader and his Contemporary Artistic Reception, University of Bremen
• Magistra Artium (M.A.): Art history and musicology, University of Bremen
• 1st and 2nd state examinations: Teaching profession for music, University of Osnabrück

Professional practice

                    Current

• Lecturer: Catholic University ICP, Paris
• Research commissioner/curator: European archives, museums and universities
• Author of monographs, essays and scientific treatises

                     Before 2012

• Scientific evaluator: European Network for Visual Literacy, Mozarteum University Salzburg
• Lecturer: Institute for Art and Art Theory University Cologne / Faculty of Fine Arts Porto
• Research associate: Interdisciplinary research group at the Institute for Kath. Theology, University of Münster / TU Dortmund

• Action researcher: Fine Arts school pilot project, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

• Empirical researcher: Interdisciplinary research program at the IPN-Leibniz-Institut Kiel

• Post doc: Institute for Art History, Film Studies, Art Education at the University of Bremen

• Member of the art education team: documenta 12, Kassel

• Teacher for music: Music schools and public schools, Freiburg i. Br. / Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen

• Organist: Ostfriesland

Memberships

• Research Network Artist Publications, Bremen
• AG Künstlerbücher|RDA und Sondermaterialien (working group artists' books|RDA), Committee for Standardisation at the German National Library
• BDK, Hannover, Berlin