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About Me

To keep it short and simple: Bicyclist, web- and software-developer currently working as graphic designer, who's interested in movies, music, photography, art, science, nature and mountains.

To those interested in me for freelance projects: I'm not able to take on as much work as before, but feel free to contact me with your project scope, details and deadlines, and I will try to make it work. I can help you with your print and publishing needs, translations (German/English and vice versa), as well as web and software development projects at a low rate. I'm especially interested in software projects as my current job utilize what I once studied for. I would hate to lose all my skills over the years.

And to those who haven't met me yet...here are some very random and uninteresting blurbs for you:)

    ...on life Child of the 70s, spent most of my life in Mönchengladbach in Germany (near Düsseldorf, Cologne and the Dutch border). Capricorn. Love the winter season. Too bad there isn't much of winter anymore. Heinz Edelmann (best known for Yellow Submarine) was probably one of the strongest influences in my childhood. He created the look and feel for schoolbooks, brochues, illustrations, television trailers, and so much more beyond the movie. I wonder if his old everyday life kind of work was published. Enjoy playing chess and table tennis. Never played in clubs (except chess in highschool until I lost in the state competition) but would love to play again sometime. Moved to Baltimore in 2004. One of my favorite artists is Andy Goldsworthy. Enjoy taking pictures...I have a special fascination with faces. Unfortunately I'm never brave enough to approach interesting strangers to take a portrait. Want to continue studies one day. Would love to get involved in the area of geography, math and physics with a focus on signal/image processing & visualization. League of American Bicyclists member Always looking for new biking routes in the Baltimore area, riding opportunities, and nice people to ride with.
    ...on cinema Too much to fit on this page. Ingmar Bergman is my favorite director and filmmaker. His death was a true loss to the world of cinema. Also love Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch's work. Kooyanisqatsi, Baraka, Ashes and Snow. Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film 'Cтaлкep' left a lasting impression on me when I was a child. He is probably responsible for how some of my film tastes developed over the years. Friend and supporter of the Maryland Film Festival, since 2004. Films should always be presented with original sound and subtitles...I really don't like the dubbing-culture in Germany and other countries. I like films and stories that manage to touch or move me and make me think. It doesn't really matter to me whether it's a highbrow art-movie or a mainstream production, what genre it is, who made it and where it came from. Hm..that's all for now... check my movie list on the left, it pretty much covers it all :)

    ...on music Used to be a 4AD subscriber a few years ago and collected everything this label released. I was also a big fan of Vaughan Oliver/v23, 4AD's graphic designer at that time. Scott Walker is one of the most interesting and fascinating musicians I have discovered not too long ago. I love his albums Scott 3 and Scott 4 as much as his more recent and more "difficult" work on The Drift. Have been a David Sylvian fan and collecting his music since early 90s. My favorite albums are included in his Weatherbox, his work with Holger Czukay, Approaching Silence/Ember Glance and Blemish. "Geheimnisvoll aber nicht Geheimniskrämerei" Blemish is a true masterpiece. I'm still stunned remembering the 2003 live performance I have witnessed in Cologne from the first row center. Brendan Perry is one of my favorite musicians even after all those years and the reunion-tour. Too bad he only released one solo-album after Dead Can Dance disbanded. I hear a new album is going to be released soon. "The music was new black polished chrome and came over the summer like liquid night." Jim Morrison...Tim Buckley... Love Boards of Canada, too. I have a last.fm profile , too. But I haven't listened to a lot of music lately. Enjoying my new record player. Long live the vinyl record! Some of my all-time top favorite albums are Wolfgang Voigt releases as "Gas"... Zauberberg and Königsforst. There is so much music across all genres I listened to and loved, much more than I could list in my box on the left. One day I will add a little mixtape player to this page.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Hm, I don't know... those who meant a lot to me and died, geeks, astronomers, physicists, mathematicians, scientists, cyclists or fans thereof, anybody sharing any of my interests, or just anybody interested in knowing me :)

My Blog

MFF2009: Friday

When we put together our five screenings for the first full festival day I already thought it would become quite an exhausting Friday. And this really turned out to become one rock star day o...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 20:10:00 GMT

MFF2009: Opening Night Shorts

This year it was especially difficult to create our movie schedule for the film festival weekend. The line-up includes so many great movies, documentaries and foreign entries&it is impossible...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 20:09:00 GMT

Keiichi Tanaami

Art by Keiichi Tanaami found here. Beautiful work, didnt know him before.
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 20:07:00 GMT

Daily commutes or: Riding with Gerrit

Last week I built a little handlebar camera mount and tested it on my ride to work and back, and used it again today on my ride on the Jones Falls Trail. Although the recording is quite rough and p...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:49:00 GMT

I so need one of these...

Adult size big wheels! How great is that?! When I searched for grown-up big wheels I could only find bigwheelrally.com... they are all sold out, and I suppose I don't need another bike... although, we...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:39:00 GMT

The Owl who Married a Goose

In anticipation of the upcoming Ulrich Schnauss show in Baltimore I was surfing YouTube and ran across this amazing NFBC short film
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:40:00 GMT

Johnny Berlin

Alice and I ran across Johnny Berlin on the Documentary Channel last night and just loved it. I tried to write while it was on, but I had to stop and listen to Johnny's fascinating monologue. I didn't...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:43:00 GMT

Ethic of Reciprocity

The Ethic of Reciprocity or The Golden Rule is a fundamental moral principle found in virtually all major religions and cultures. It simply means "treat others as you would like to be treated." ...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:05:00 GMT

Thomas Feiner & Anywhen

I can't wait to welcome the new Samadhisound release by Thomas Feiner to my collection soon. The following track is just wonderful. I get goosebumps every time I listen to it. I spare you a long speec...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:33:00 GMT

The Fall

Directed by Tarsem Singh Written by Dan Gilroy, Nico Soultanakis, Tarsem Singh, and Valeri Petrov (1981 screenplay) With Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Lee Pace, Kim Uylenbroek, Aiden Lithgow, Sean ...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:55:00 GMT