SEADS

"At the intersections of disciplines no one is an expert which allows everyone to learn"

SEADS (Space Ecologies Art and Design) is a transdisciplinary and cross-cultural collective of artists, scientists, engineers and activists. Its members come from all corners of the world, from places such as the Philippines, Belgium, the UK, Malaysia, Kosovo, and the US. SEADS is actively engaged in deconstructing dominant paradigms about the future and develops alternative models through a combination of critical inquiry and hands-on experimentation. As a member of SEADS, I can combine my fascination for research with my motivation for outreach and art. Working on different projects with a diverse team from various backgrounds.

Sven Kiefer giving his exomoon presentation.
The low gravity walk of exomoon.
Imagination of previous captains of the ship that brought the audience to exomoon.

One of the projects I worked on was Exomoon, an immersive theatre experience that lets its audience get a feel of what it is like to wake up on an exoplanet system after a long journey in hybernation. Going though the theatre spaces the audience experiences news from the past, scientific investigations and the low gravity of their new home world. My part in this exhibition was to greet these newcomers with a short introduction to the climate and weather of exoplanets. Seeing the audience going through this experience and afterwards listening carefully to my presentation showed me once more how immersive experiences can bring science much closer to a broad audience.

Metafuturism

A group of interdisciplinary projects with the goal to tackle future problems already today.

Entrance to the MEME in 2020

MEME (Massive Exoplanet Meme Exposition)

Together with 3 friends, I co-founded the MEME. Every year in January, the MEME presents memes all around exoplanets, astrophysics and student life.

ARIS

ARIS is the rocket team of ETH Zuerich. In 2019, I was the payload team leader and together we won 2nd place.

TeamDerpalert

A game development team that started from a high school project. Several groups worked on the design, coding and screen play.

Astrowoche

A week on Diavolezza at 3000m trying to observe stellar clusters during a snow storm.

SYPT (Swiss Young Physicist Tournament)

The SYPT is a annual competition where high school students have to prepare, conduct and present a physics experiment.

Around Distant Suns

A collaboration between writers and exoplanet scientists to create short stories, poems and radio plays based on contemporary research.

Screen Play Writing

Writing stories and bringing them to life has always been a fascination of mine. With Dungeons and Dragons I have a way to live it.