Public Art Lab (PAL) is a Berlin based action research lab and platform for urban media art that investigates, curates, and produces artistic projects in the urban public sphere at the intersection of media arts, urban planning and creative technologies. PAL is specialised in creative citymaking, citizen science and translocal dialogue that empower social interactions […]

Susa Pop is a curator, cultural entrepreneuer, lecturer, artistic director and co-founder of Public Art Lab, the Urban Media Art Academy and the Connecting Cities Network. Having originally studied Design at the University of Arts, Berlin and EU Cultural Management, she is interested in curating translocal networks / scenarios and creative city-making platforms through urban […]

Ela Kagel is a freelance curator and producer. She holds an M.A. in European Cultural Planning from the De Montfort University in Leicester / UK and is a member of Public Art Lab since 2005. Ela is co-initiator of the Mobile Studios project and curator of Upgrade! Berlin, a series of events on digital culture. Together with Public […]

Wiegner modifies urban settings into artificial landscapes. In his installations mood, ambience and spatial perception underline the importance that Wiegner attaches to a dialogue with the observer. For the reopening of the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin, 20 meter long light sculptures were installed in the forecourt, with reference to the Berlin Wall which was previously there. […]

Michaela Vieser is a Nature Writing author who focuses on new narratives by applying a method of extended research, combining information from the sensual as well as the scientific world. She is a graduate from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, Tohoku University in Japan, an alumni of the Royal Asiatic Society, […]

Isaac Yuen holds a B.Sc. in Environmental Biology, a B.Tech in Environmental Engineering, and a Masters of Arts in Environmental Education and Communication. He is the creator of Ekostories: Nature, culture, and self, an award-winning blog series that has garnered over half a million views since launch while exploring the power of story to affect environmental change. A […]

Sarah Langnese supports Public Art Lab as curatorial and project assistant. After graduating in cultural studies (social sciences, linguistics, economics) in Frankfurt Oder and Paris, she studied intercultural Franco-German studies in Freiburg and at the ENS de Lyon with a focus on political philosophy. Complementing her intercultural and academic background, Sarah gained experiences in multiple […]

Jasmin Grimm is involved in Public Art Lab since 2012 and works as international coordinator for the Connecting Cities Network, which is funded by the European Union and currently includes 21 urban media art institutions. With a background in Media Management (B.A., IJK Hannover) and M.A. in Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftskommunikation at the University of the […]

Joanna worked as freelance curator and cultural manager. Her involvement with Public Art Lab included the coordination of Connecting Cities Network, City Visions Jena festival as well as the development of new international projects. Before graduating in Cultural Science at the University of Hildesheim (Diploma) and in Marseille in Médiation Culturelle des Arts Contemporains (B.A.) […]