Hola

Virtual space of a childeren’s cave world

Study project (2023)

“Fang mich doch, du Eierloch!”

About

One of the basic human needs is to create a protected space around oneself, to feel secure and to shield oneself safely from the outside world.

Concept

The objective was to create a childlike cave world consisting of toys and materials that children like to use. The aspects of hiding, seeking shelter, redesigning and repurposing are taken up and visualised, as well as a quest (for cats). A mysterious atmosphere is created, as well as a playful approach generated by interactions. The accessible cave can be explored and investigated. The aim is to experience childlike discovery.

Aesthetics

Children are particularly inventive and creative in what they do. The eternal unfinished, the constant change is characteristic. Younger children are constantly remodelling and redesigning. They are not as result-orientated as adults, the process, the play is more important than the result. I took up this aspect of imperfection by not post-processing the LIDAR scans or 3D scans. Their partially ‘broken’ and unfinished look is intentional. The architecture of the cave was a chaotic process, there is no real system, it was created a priori ‘by feeling’. Children are extremely curious and there is a lot to discover and to marvel at in a cave.

Tasks

• 3D Scans of objects like toys created with Polycam App
• Interactive world created with Unreal Engine 5

Hörweg

An Augmented Reality Project Series (Dieburg, Groß Bieberau, Schaafheim)

In coorporation with Hochschule Darmstadt and Odenwaldclub e. V. (2019–2021)

Objective

How can we raise awareness of the fact that environmental sounds have an aesthetic value and at the same time critically point to the ecological state of our natural habitats? Following the central principle of ‘Acoustic Ecology’ coined by R. Murray Schafer, it became a common goal to create something sustainable, that would engage the local community with the core ideas of Acoustic Ecology. Together, we decided to utilise a popular hiking trail to provide lasting ecological sound experiences for members of the community. The objective was, to identify conscious listening as a sound and fascinating approach that promotes understanding of the environment and its ecological problems.

Listening Path

Eleven listening stations along a popular hiking trail in the Dieburg Forest are intended to sensitise hikers / users to the acoustic value of the environment and nature and offer previously 'unheard' sounds. As active listeners, everyone contributes to protecting the forest and the environment.

Hörweg was so well received that even more listening trails were created: in Groß Bieberau and in Schaafheim. At audio stations around those cities, the audio trails offer so-called audio images. Each station focuses on one aspect of the town's history.

KI? KA!

Künstliche Intelligenz gendergerecht!

An Augmented Reality Web Project (2024)

For the Equal Opportunity Office of Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

„Diskriminierungen in den Daten werden vom Algorithmus also mitgelernt.“ (Zweig, 2019)

Objective

To claim more transparency in the use of AI to ensure equal treatment.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an area of strategic importance and an important driver of economic progress. Women must therefore be involved in the development of AI as researchers, programmers and users. While AI can offer solutions to many social challenges, it can also reinforce inequalities between women and men. Algorithms and associated machine learning can - if they are not transparent and robust enough - contribute to, repeat or reinforce gender discrimination because they are based on a particular selection of data or because the programmers may not even be aware of this (European Commission 2020).

Concept

Website pointing out the following Problems and challenges illustrated by AR face filters:

• Gender stereotypes
• Bias in the algorithm and in the data
• Discrimination due to (gender) imbalance
• Participation of women in AI development
• ore regulations and guidelines to read up on

Tasks

• Research
• Content Creation
• Creative Conception
• Web development and AR development and integration using Three.js, MindAR, Blender

Link to website

ki-gendergerecht.de

Zinefest Frankfurt

Exhibition, fair, library and place to hang out

Venue

Montez Frankfurt (2018)

About

The Zinefest is exhibition, fair, library and place to hang out all in one. In addition to the Frankfurt Book Fair, the festival shows self-made, non-commercial work, that is art and design magazines and books in an easy atmosphere. The idea of autonomy and exchange are further central aspects of the festival. Every visitor gets the opportunity to produce her or his own zine and exchange.

Tasks

• Project acquisition, project management
• A website was created to register
• Invitation and Poster

Sponsorship

Kulturamt Frankfurt

Japan Sketchbook

Travelling diary (2019)

Extracts from the stay in Kyoto

About

Electric Vehicle Sound Composer

Personalise the sound of your car!

Study project for AMG (2023)

About

The future belongs to electric vehicles. In contrast to combustion engines, electric motors are almost silent. The era of loud, rattling, howling and humming noises appears to be over. However, the EU claims that a sound must be emitted via the car's external loudspeakers (up to at least 20 km/h) to avoid accidents. This raises the question of how cars of the future will sound like: what if the driver could decide? In a world in which almost everything can be individualised – personalised car sound seems to be appropriate: The driver's mood, vehicle data, surroundings, time of day, road conditions, etc. can all be incorporated into the sound. What could something like this sound like?

Research

Which kind of sound is suitable for this application? I found out that using natural sound samples are a bad idea! Also morphing those sound turned out to sound bad. Why? All sounds change their pitch and speed. This means that the sound is sometimes played faster, sometimes slower. Depending on how many kilometres per hour the simulated car is currently travelling, this is referred to as pitch bending in sound design. However, this means that sounds that are not continuous but are interrupted or change in some way sound strange and disharmonious. This is why I used sounds with constant pitch and volume like electric organ, electric piano, string instruments, synthesizer et al. Percussion or plucked instruments, for example, cannot be used as the notes fall off very quickly.

Concept

The car is understood as an instrument that changes the sound depending on parameters such as speed. The car can even be understood as an orchestra in an extended version, as chords can change, sounds re added and removed again depending on the data situation. This means that the driving data (such as speed, torque, etc.) and the user input (which sounds were selected via the interface) generate the sound.

Objective

Tasks

• Research and testing
• Web Audio Simulator: HTML and Javascript
• Driving data for modulation: Speed, Torque and Accelerator pedal angle converted into json file
• Visualisation of data: Web GL, GLGS, Three.js

Cocktail Island

Unreal Quick and Dirty

Learning Unreal Engine 5 Workshop Result (2023)

About

Five hours to create Game about Cocktails. The world consists of three islands, each representing one cocktail. The recipes must be found. It was fun!

AI Comic

Task

Are Superhero comics still up-to-date? Which influence has AI on superheros of the future?
Images are generated with the help of Midjourney

Review

Not My Day – A Cyber-Futuristic Nightmare with a Wink The comic Not My Day is a delightfully absurd and visually striking short story that captures the chaos of an average day — set in a high-tech, dystopian future. With satirical humor, sharp visual storytelling, and punchy dialogue, the comic takes us through a series of escalating frustrations, from an SOS-labeled morning coffee to an ill-timed brain update error. Visually, the comic shines with a moody, neon-lit cyberpunk aesthetic. It combines near-photorealistic environments with surreal and comical elements — like a flying cartoon pony or the brain labeled “Error 503.” The mix of intense reds and cool blues adds to the sense of disorientation and high-stakes urgency. Narratively, Not My Day cleverly mirrors our modern struggles with over-connectivity and digital overload. The characters speak in urgent commands and snarky remarks (“Don’t forget to turn your brain on again!”), highlighting the absurdity of constant synchronization and system failures. The appearance of the animated pony in an otherwise dark futuristic skyline adds an extra layer of ironic humor — a clash of childhood nostalgia and cyberpunk stress. Final Verdict: Not My Day is an entertaining, visually rich comic that blends science fiction and dark humor to poke fun at the chaos of our tech-driven lives. Perfect for fans of dystopian futures, dry wit, and overstimulated protagonists. A small, clever gem of storytelling.

Reviewed by ChatGBT OpenAI. (2025). Review of “Not My Day” [Generated with ChatGPT on June 12, 2025].

Brennpunkt

Concept for Exhibition Pavillion

Study project (2022)

Objective

How to deal with waste and global warming?
The aim is to encourage people to:

• Encurage people to come up with ideas and solutions how to deal with environmental pollution and destruction in a creative way
• Co-Design, participation and community empowerment: Who owns the city? the public space? How do we want to shape the space around us?
• Motivate people to spend time together outdoors, cooking together, socialising, eating, using 'free' energy of the sun.
• Generate art pieces together

Concept

Three components create a community space in the public space:

• Melting plastic: Large sculpture and small DIY figures to take away
• Solar cooker & flint: Public barbecue area / cookshop
• The fountain lights up at night with photoluminescent algae

Street Art Comic

Live painting at Pixelkitchen Festival, organised by Grünes Theater Frankfurt

No projector, no spray can, no clue. This, my dear, is for you!

Lehre

Teaching at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

Design lesson for students of master‘sprogramme International Media Cultural Work

Systemwechsel

Exhibition at Kunst im Abgeordnetenbüro, Mainz (October 2013)

Systelwechsel is a graphic novel about a girl, who suffers fron an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Her life gets literally out of order.

Nach dem Winter

Comic

Release des dt-frz Fanzines SCHICK#10
21.07.2017 im Polylogue
Merseburger Str. 47, Leipzig
Initiated by Deutsch-französisches Forum junger Kunst

The Real Taunusstraße

Street Gallery Lantern Design

Illustration for TAB Street Gallery at Taunusstraße Frankfurt (2017)

One of 20 designs illuminating the Taunusstraße in Franfurt Hauptbahnhof area, the 'red light district'. One of the goals of this Project, initiated by TAB, was to literally put the neighbourhood in a better light and draw attention to its positive aspects.

Sesquipedalophobie

Just a small semester project to proof, that I have worked with After Effects. Sesquipedalophobie describes the fear of long words. Those affected try to avoid reading, writing using long words. This is a form of specific phobia.