KATJA BAUMEISTER-FRENZEL
Cultural Science M.A.
Responsibilities:
Creator, project manager, academic input, research, execution
Katja Baumeister-Frenzel studied Cultural Science and European Ethnology and Aesthetics at the Humboldt University of Berlin. She has lectured on the topic of ‘1920s Berlin’ to international students attending Potsdam University in Brandenburg.
Operating freelance as ‚KulturGut’ KulturGut initiates and supports projects that make the past visible, tangible and relatable, therein creating new spaces for shared cultural and social experiences.
She is a certified project manager and has many years of experience in the 5-star hotel and tourism industry in Germany and the USA.
Website: www.kultur-gut.berlin
MICHAEL BIENERT
Author, tour guide and Berlinologist
Responsibilities:
Curatorial consultant, author of exhibition texts
Michael has been involved in both publication and exhibition projects concerning Berlin’s cultural history for over 30 years. Author of numerous books about Berlin, including “Die Zwanziger Jahre in Berlin. Ein Wegweiser durch die Stadt” (with Elke Linda Buchholz), as well as “Kästners Berlin”, “Döblins Berlin”, “Brechts Berlin” and “Das kunstseidene Berlin” in the “Literarische Schauplätze” series. Several of these books can be bought at the exhibition shop.
Internet:
Website: www.michael.bienert.de
Website: www.text-der-stadt.de
Youtube: www.youtube.com/@michael_bienert
Instagram: www.instagram.com/berlinologe/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/text.der.stadt
DR. CHRISTIANE BARZ
Literary Scientist
Responsibilities:
Curatorial Consulting
- Research associate at the Nordeuropa-Institute of the Humboldt University, Berlin.
- Academic curator of exhibitions on cultural-history and literature (Lebensreform, Fontane, Günter de Bruyn)
ARNE KRASTING
Historian
Responsibilities:
Research, networking, academic input
- Founder of the agency ‘Zeitreisen für Geschichtstourismus, History Marketing and videoSightseeing’ and partner of the TV-series Babylon Berlin
- Cooperation with Berlin’s Tourism Board Visit Berlin to develop concepts regarding sustainable tourism in Berlin.
- Moderates a podcast on the Weimar Republic, “Goldstaub” with Else Edelstahl
- Author of books, including “Fassadengeflüster: Berliner Bauten der Weimarer Republik”
- Creator of the social media project “Zwanziger Jahre in Berlin” –
Blogger, curator of film series (e.g. for Achtung Berlin) and exhibitions (e.g. for GASAG) and moderator // presenter
Internet:
Website: www.zwanziger-jahre-berlin.de
Blog: zwanziger-jahre-berlin.de/blog-neuigkeiten
Instagram: www.instagram.com/timetravel.berlin
Facebook: www.facebook.com/videoBustour/
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/VideoBustour/videos
Podcast: www.gold-staub.de
ROLAND POHL
Theater and event technician
Responsibilities:
Specialist: Visitors to the Romanisches Café, technical execution
After working at the Berlinische Galerie (head of event and exhibition technics) and the Akademie der Künste (event technics), he now works as a technical planner for events at the Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival. In 2019, he also became a specialized technical planner for preventive fire security (EIPOS) and offers his services in connection with exhibition projects and events.
Internet:
Website: www.vabelhaft.berlin
CARSTEN KNOBLOCH
Communication designer
Responsibilities:
Art Director, corporate design
Carsten operates as a freelance art director. He specializes in concept development and the design of print media, digital media, corporate architecture and exhibition design.
A focal point in carsten’s work is the design of corporate identity. His unique approach links all communicative elements of a project through an interconnected and recognizable visual identity.
As art director of the “Romanische Café” project, he is responsible for the design of the exhibition as well as graphic and web design.
Internet:
Email: carsten.knobloch@q-7.de
JAN SCHNEIDER
Communiction designer, scenographer
Responsibilities:
3D design and VR applications
Degree in communication design in Munich (diploma 1996) and scenography at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF (diploma 2009).
Employed as a graphic designer (advertising agency) and as a game designer.
Artistic assistant at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF from 2009 to 2014
Lecturer for “Digital Design” at Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF since 2014
Freelance concept artist and set designer for film productions (animation and live action), as well as 3D artist for VR and Previz.
He has contributed to the project ‘Romanisches Café’ as a 3D designer for the virtual reality exhibit.
Internet:
Website: www.pixler.berlin