INTRODUCTION

This journey traces a continuous movement across media culture, artistic experimentation, healthcare transformation, communication systems, and human-centered innovation.

Beginning in the experimental media environments of the 1980s — spanning participatory television, immersive installations, interactive communication systems, and early virtual space research — my work gradually expanded into healthcare, organizational transformation, clinical logistics, leadership consulting, and strategic business development.

Across decades, I have continuously explored the relationship between humans, systems, communication, adaptive environments, and emerging technologies — while a recurring question has remained central throughout artistic, technological, and healthcare-related contexts:

How do human beings navigate complexity, transformation, perception, communication, and participation within evolving systems?

The projects, collaborations, environments, and professional experiences gathered here reflect an ongoing exploration of adaptive structures, cultural change, human relationships, and the evolving interaction between people, technologies, institutions, and living systems.

Rather than following a linear career path, this body of work emerged through interdisciplinary movement across art, healthcare, communication, business, and social systems — shaped by curiosity, experimentation, and what I describe as:

The Creative Act in Research of the Erratic.

 

EARLY MEDIA, NETWORKS &

PARTICIPATORY SYSTEMS

1984 – 1992

 

1984 — inteam
While still in school, selected in the “Marilyn Monroe Look-alike” casting at Bavaria Film Studios, Munich.

Appearance in the short film inteam, shown during the premiere of The Hit by Stephen Frears at Filmfest München and Gloria Palast Munich.

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1985 – 1986 — New York & Rio de Janeiro
Extended independent stays in New York and Rio de Janeiro during early adulthood.

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1986 – 1987 — Hamburger Kunsthalle
Student Assistant within the Hamburger Kunsthalle.

Early involvement in museum education, cultural communication, and interdisciplinary exhibition environments.

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1986 – 1987 — Art Network / Hamburger Kunsthalle
Project Assistant within one of the world’s first user-oriented interactive computer applications in an art museum environment.

Participation in the pioneering interactive exhibition Kunst im Netzwerk / Art Network, exploring associative navigation, participation, and early digital knowledge systems.

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1987 — Hamburger Kunsthalle
Assistant to Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, Director of the Hamburger Kunsthalle.

Early exposure to museum leadership, curatorial environments, institutional communication, and cultural perspectives on society and transformation.

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1987 — European Museums' Network / Forte di Belvedere, Florence
Project Assistant within the European interactive museum project European Museums' Network in Florence.

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1987 – 1992 — Studies in Philosophy & Contemporary Art History
Studies in Contemporary & Postmodern Philosophy and  Art History in Berlin and Hamburg.

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1988 — Neuendorf AG / early Artnet environment
Assistant within the international art trading environment surrounding Hans Neuendorf, Neuendorf AG and the early development context of artnet.

Exposure to international art commerce, emerging digital information systems, and network-based communication structures.

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1988 – 1993 — International Art Fair Environments
Experience within international gallery and art fair environments including Art Basel, Art Cologne, Art Frankfurt, Art Paris, and Art Basel Miami Beach.

Worked across client communication, art sales support, collector relations, and international exhibition contexts for Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Hamburg and Galerie Bernard Jordan, Paris.

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1988 – 1993 — Van Gogh TV & Ponton European Media Art Lab
Member of the artist collective exploring participatory television, virtual communication systems, cyberspace, and interactive media environments.

Projects included:

• Ars Electronica, Linz (1988 & 1989)
• Hotel Pompino, Ars Electronica (1990)
• Piazza Virtuale, documenta IX, Kassel (1992)

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Since 1989 — Writing, Visual Poetry & Media Culture
Publication of anagrammatic, concrete, and visual poetry, prose, typewriting art, art criticism, catalog essays, and media culture articles.

Contributions to taz, Frankfurter Rundschau, Prinz, and Szene Hamburg, including texts such as:

• Broadcasting and Being Broadcast (Senden und gesendet werden)
• A Few Minutes of Real Life (Ein paar Minuten echtes Leben)
• Shaping Plastic Perception (Gestalten plastischer Empfindung)

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1990 — Towards the Immaterial Gesamtkunstwerk in Timeless Space – From Product to Process
Conceptual working text developed for the Siemens Cultural Program competition Arbeitsräume heute und morgen (“Workspaces Today and Tomorrow”).

Exploration of process-oriented thinking, immaterial systems, and future-oriented communication environments.

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1992 — Museum der Arbeit Hamburg
Assistant to founding director Prof. Gernot Krankenhagen during the development phase of the Museum der Arbeit Hamburg.

Exposure to institutional development, cultural communication, public engagement, and interdisciplinary perspectives on work, society, and transformation.

 

IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS, COMMUNICATION & HUMAN EXPERIENCE

1992 – 2006

 

1992 – 1996 — Dieter Roth Foundation
Curatorial and interdisciplinary collaboration within the artistic environment surrounding Dieter Roth.

Strong influence from Fluxus, Happening, Eat Art, installation art, participation, communication spaces, and experimental cultural practice.

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1992 – 1995 — Co-creations with Bernhard Cella
Development of communication-oriented artistic formats and events within European consulate environments in Hamburg, Linz, and Vienna.

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2000 — Mega Kerls – A Journey to Sugarloaf Mountain
Winner of the Artist-Designed Room competition at Florida – The Art Hotel, Hamburg.

Installation exploring representations of masculinity and the history of male nude photography through immersive spatial staging.

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2001 — Lovepangs – Join the Lovesick Society
Interactive opera by Christoph Schlingensief, Alexander Kluge, and HeavyGirlsLighten.

Performance as Lovepangs Expert within the proclamation of the “love-sick society.”

Volksbühne Berlin.

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2002 — SchmerzKapitale
Interactive opera by Christoph Schlingensief and Carmen Brucic.

Performance as Pain Expert within the proclamation of the “money-sick society.”

Schauspiel Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main.

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2003 — Scholarship & Artist-in-Residence
Recipient of the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Culture scholarship.

Artist-in-Residence at Kloster Cismar, Germany.

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1996 – 2006 — Immersive Environments, Installations & Participatory Projects
Development of immersive installations, artist-designed rooms, performances, communication environments, and participatory artistic formats across Germany, Canada, Greece, and Italy.

Selected institutions and collaborations included:

• Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
• Volksbühne Berlin
• Schauspiel Frankfurt
• Kunstverein Heidelberg
• Goethe-Institut Toronto
• Eastern Front Gallery Toronto
• [Bracket] Gallery Toronto
• Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin

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2005 — The Dumbells – DRAG WALLPAPER
Winner of the Artist-Designed Room competition at the Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.

Creation of an immersive artist-designed room within the internationally recognized Gladstone Hotel art program.

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2006 — Image and Language
Workshop series on the interpretation of text and image in contemporary art.

Goethe-Institut Toronto, Canada.

 

 

HEALTHCARE, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT &

HUMAN-CENTERED TRANSFORMATION

2004 – Present

 

 

2004 – 2008 — Founder & Senior Consultant

THEOPHANU in TECH

Toronto, Canada | Germany | International

Founded an international consulting practice supporting organizations operating within clinical logistics, healthcare operations, executive search, and regulated healthcare environments.

• Led Executive Search, Talent Consulting, and Business Development initiatives within healthcare and clinical logistics ecosystems
• Built trusted relationships across pharmaceutical, healthcare logistics, and innovation-driven sectors
• Supported organizations in identifying and placing highly specialized professionals within operational and healthcare-related environments

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2008 – 2012 — Director Business Development

ICON plc Clinical Research Organisation

Business Development within international CRO and Life Science environments across the DACH region.

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Since 2012 — Founder & Managing Director

SUBLIME of CHANGE

Consulting boutique operating across healthcare transformation, leadership, organizational development, digital health, and human-centered innovation.

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Since 2018 — Speaker & Facilitator

Leadership, healthcare transformation, human-centered innovation, women in tech, and social design.

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Since 2021 — SOCIOPLEASURE

Social Design Project exploring participation, perception, otherness, communication, and human connection.

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Since 2023 — The Creative Act in Research of the Erratic in a Post-Purpose Era

Ongoing interdisciplinary research and communication platform.

 

CURRENT INTERESTS

 

• Human-Centered AI
• Adaptive Healthcare Systems
• Communication Architectures
• Emerging Human-Technology Relationships
• Participatory Digital Culture
• Organizational Transformation
• Future Healthcare Systems
• Meaningful Digital Transformation

 

CLOSING POSITIONING

 

My longstanding interest in human-centered systems emerged through early involvement in participatory media, interactive communication environments, associative navigation, immersive spaces, and adaptive digital knowledge systems.

Today, I bring this interdisciplinary perspective into healthcare transformation, clinician-centered innovation, strategic business development, and AI-supported environments.