The Journey: From Art to Architecture

Joining scinteco (2014)

In 2014, I joined scinteco, where all the threads of my experience came together. Building processes and systems to deliver software to pharmaceutical companies in validated environments required everything I'd learned: the organizational skills from student activism, the creative problem-solving from art, the community-building from Schmiede and Ada, and the technical rigor from research.

The result was improve-not just software, but a philosophy of how complex, regulated work could become transparent, reproducible, and verifiable.

Research at Semantic Technologies International

Working in semantic technologies, I explored how meaning could be structured and computed-insights that would prove crucial for building systems that could capture and verify complex scientific workflows. This experience laid the groundwork for preparing data for machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Co-founding Ada (2015)

Ada grew as an organic, open space-an eclectic mixture of fine arts, performance, music, media art, and theory. Each exhibition, each event added to its history, creating a living system that evolved with its community. Ada taught me that the best systems are those that grow with their users.

Co-developing Schmiede Hallein (2010)

Schmiede became a laboratory for collaborative creation. From the very beginning, we built it as a system that could evolve with its participants-a festival that wasn't just an event, but a process for bridging art, technology, and science.

Open Source Teaching Methods

Through open source software, I discovered new ways of teaching among peers-methodologies that would later become central to how we organized Schmiede. Knowledge sharing wasn't just about transferring information, but about creating systems where everyone could be both teacher and student.

Founding plankton Labs (2005)

With plankton Labs, I explored how technology could become a medium for storytelling. Our installations weren't just technical achievements-they were playful approaches to revealing structures and problems in society, where the implementation itself became part of the narrative.

Educational Policy Officer, Student Union

Here I discovered how policy shapes possibility. Working with educational frameworks taught me that the most powerful systems are those that create space for others to build within them.

Austrian Member, Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions

My journey began in student organizing, where I learned that effective systems aren't just about structure-they're about empowering people to act collectively. As Austria's representative, I helped coordinate across borders, languages, and educational systems.