studied social pedagogy/social work at the University of Kassel and has worked for the non-profit organization Kulturzentrum Schlachthof e.V. since 1998. Her work focuses on intercultural education, anti-racism concepts, and networking on local, regional, and international levels. She is active in the development of selforganized initiatives (related to women’s issues and migration) and developed the documenta 12 advisory board, for which she served as spokesperson.
studied applied cultural studies at the University of Lüneburg, worked in its exhibition space Kunstraum, and also worked on the exhibition series The Government. In addition, she was active in a number of different projects on contemporary art and social and political movements and on art in urban space, including the Culture and Social Movements Archive and Park Fiction. She was the assistant to the artistic directors of documenta 12 and developed the documenta 12 advisory board and the documenta 12 Halle.