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    Deutschland revisited

    Vor ein paar Wochen war ich in Deutschlands Hauptstadt zu Besuch, und die beiden Gruende fuer diese Reise – eine Filmpremiere und die Urauffuehrung mehrerer Musikstuecke – hatten mit dem Ort zu tun, an dem ich in den letzten zweieinhalb Jahren gearbeitet und gelebt habe: Dubai. In einem allseits bekannten Restaurant in Stadtmitte stand zur Mittagszeit ein aelterer Herr an meinem Tisch, den bestimmte Leute in Berlin fuer eine kulturelle Standardgroesse, andere fuer einen Kaffeehausinformanden halten. [...]

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  1. The Ghost in the Machine Reclaiming sovereignty in the age of AI

    2026

    Essay/Interview

    The Ghost in the Machine Reclaiming sovereignty in the age of AI

  2. "Efficiency is for Machines, Friction for Humans" Essay for Der Tagesspiegel Berlin

    2026

    Essay/Interview

    “Efficiency is for Machines, Friction for Humans” Essay for Der Tagesspiegel Berlin

  3. After The Deluge

    2025

    Assignments/Projects

    After The Deluge

  4. ROOTS: One Hundred Years Walter Spies in Bali

    2025

    Assignments/Projects

    ROOTS: One Hundred Years Walter Spies in Bali

  5. 2025

    Assignments/Projects

    Press Information | ROOTS exhibition at ARMA Museum in Ubud, Bali

  6. NOVALIS 2029

    2025

    Books

    NOVALIS 2029

  7. ROOTS

    2024

    Films

    ROOTS

  8. ROOTS BY MICHAEL SCHINDHELM 30 AUGUST – 17 NOVEMBER 2024 IN BASEL (KBHG)

    2024

    Assignments/Projects

    ROOTS BY MICHAEL SCHINDHELM 30 AUGUST – 17 NOVEMBER 2024 IN BASEL (KBHG)

  9. JETZT SONG

    2024

    Films

    JETZT SONG

  10. The End of Aging, exhibition at KBHG Basel

    2024

    Assignments/Projects

    The End of Aging, exhibition at KBHG Basel

  11. 2024

    Assignments/Projects

    LAVAPOLIS, a transmedia project for the Biennale in Venice 2014

  12. In the Mood for Art (The museum M+ and the art scene in Hong Kong)

    2023

    Films

    In the Mood for Art (The museum M+ and the art scene in Hong Kong)

  13. Bid(s) for Survival: Exhibition project for Basel (Switzermand) in two parts

    2023

    Assignments/Projects

    Bid(s) for Survival: Exhibition project for Basel (Switzermand) in two parts

  14. Project Lightspeed as Science exhibition in Berlin

    2022

    Assignments/Projects

    Project Lightspeed as Science exhibition in Berlin

  15. DOCUMENTARY ON HONG KONG’S MUSEUM M+

    2022

    Films

    DOCUMENTARY ON HONG KONG’S MUSEUM M+

  16. OUTLAND, Documentary film, 90 min

    2021

    Films

    OUTLAND, Documentary film, 90 min

  17. Mit Lichtgeschwindigkeit zum Impfstoff (Projekt Biontech), Dokumentarfilm, 52 min

    2021

    Films

    Mit Lichtgeschwindigkeit zum Impfstoff (Projekt Biontech), Dokumentarfilm, 52 min

  18. A Vaccine at the Speed of Light (Project Biontech), Documentary film, 52 min

    2021

    Films

    A Vaccine at the Speed of Light (Project Biontech), Documentary film, 52 min

  19. NINE MONTHS TO SAVE THE WORLD. COVER STORY IN DAS MAGAZIN, ZURICH, Oct 2021

    2021

    Essay/Interview

    NINE MONTHS TO SAVE THE WORLD. COVER STORY IN DAS MAGAZIN, ZURICH, Oct 2021

  20. She reminds me on Queen Victoria (Interview Der Spiegel about Angela Merkel)

    2021

    Essay/Interview

    She reminds me on Queen Victoria (Interview Der Spiegel about Angela Merkel)

  21. WHAT IT WAS AND WILL BE. (Audio project in the CULTURAL FORUM Berlin)

    2021

    Assignments/Projects

    WHAT IT WAS AND WILL BE. (Audio project in the CULTURAL FORUM Berlin)

  22. MY NEIGHBOURS AND I IN OUTLAND, Das Magazin, Zurich, August 2021

    2021

    Essay/Interview

    MY NEIGHBOURS AND I IN OUTLAND, Das Magazin, Zurich, August 2021

  23. CULTURE IN THE TIME OF COVID: EPISODE 1 (Asia Europe Foundation, Singapore)

    2021

    Essay/Interview

    CULTURE IN THE TIME OF COVID: EPISODE 1 (Asia Europe Foundation, Singapore)

  24. ANTI-TANGO : ESSAY FOR DAS MAGAZIN, ZURICH, JULY 2020

    2020

    Essay/Interview

    ANTI-TANGO : ESSAY FOR DAS MAGAZIN, ZURICH, JULY 2020

  25. 30 YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF BERLIN'S WALL: FLAGS RATTLING, Essay for BERLINER TAGESSPIEGEL

    2019

    Essay/Interview

    30 YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF BERLIN’S WALL: FLAGS RATTLING, Essay for BERLINER TAGESSPIEGEL

  26. Diriyah Gate Development Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (cultural advisory)

    2019

    Assignments/Projects

    Diriyah Gate Development Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (cultural advisory)

  27. THE WONDROUS LIFE OF WALTER SPIES (Upcoming Documentary)

    2019

    Films

    THE WONDROUS LIFE OF WALTER SPIES (Upcoming Documentary)

  28. Tempelhof Airport Berlin, New Development Concept

    2018

    Assignments/Projects

    Tempelhof Airport Berlin, New Development Concept

  29. EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE DRESDEN 2025 (Curator)

    2018

    Assignments/Projects

    EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE DRESDEN 2025 (Curator)

  30. 2018

    Books

    Walter Spies – An Exotic Life

  31. ZÜRICH ORAKEL (Audio project in public space)

    2018

    Assignments/Projects

    ZÜRICH ORAKEL (Audio project in public space)

  32. 2017

    Essay/Interview

    “Abwehrschlacht von der Felsenburg”

  33. 2017

    Lectures

    Soft Power in the Global Race for a new Social Contract

  34. 2017

    Books

    Letzter Vorhang

  35. 2017

    Lectures

    Soft Power as Political and Business Acumen

  36. 2016

    Books

    Happy Tropics No. 1

  37. 2016

    Lectures

    Who is afraid of Cultural Globalization?

  38. 2016

    Essay/Interview

    “Und dann kam Sigg”

  39. 2016

    Films

    The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg – Feature Documentary

  40. 2015

    Essay/Interview

    “Angela und ich”

  41. 2015

    Essay/Interview

    “Vorsicht bei solchen Entscheidungen”

  42. 2015

    Lectures

    Cultural Export / Cultural Import – But what’s Actually Culture?

  43. 2015

    Books

    CAS Contemporary Chinese Art I / Executive Education on Global Culture [Reader]

  44. 2015

    Books

    LAVAPOLIS / FRIDAY IN VENICE. Designing Contemporary Political Media

  45. 2015

    Lectures

    Global Culture and its Discontents

  46. 2015

    Lectures

    “WOWHAUS” at Architektur Galerie Berlin

  47. 2014

    Books

    Why Hong Kong

  48. 2014

    Lectures

    “Die Welt bei uns zu Hause”. The Humboldt Forum at the Berlin City Palace

  49. 2014

    Lectures

    Global Urbanization: Chances and Challenges

  50. 2014

    Essay/Interview

    In conversation with Rem Koolhaas

  51. 2014

    Assignments/Projects

    LAVAPOLIS / Friday in Venice

  52. 2014

    Books

    Lavapolis (English)

  53. 2014

    Books

    Lavapolis

  54. 2013

    Lectures

    ZHdK Lectures on Global Culture: North Korea and Myanmar

  55. 2013

    Lectures

    ZHdK Lectures on Global Culture: Hong Kong

  56. 2013

    Lectures

    ZHdK Lectures of Global Culture: Moscow

  57. 2013

    Lectures

    ZHdK Lectures on Global Culture: Dubai

  58. 2013

    Lectures

    ZHdK Lectures on Global Culture: What Is the City but the People?

  59. 2013

    Lectures

    ZHdK Lectures on Global Culture: Introduction

  60. 2013

    Lectures

    What is the City but the People?

  61. 2012

    Lectures

    Salon I: „Becoming a Cultural Metropolis“

  62. 2012

    Assignments/Projects

    Strelka Institute Moscow

  63. 2012

    Assignments/Projects

    Zurich University of the Arts

  64. 2011

    Assignments/Projects

    Skolkovo Innovation Center Moscow

  65. 2011

    Essay/Interview

    Teenage Dream

  66. 2011

    Assignments/Projects

    Artkvartal Moscow

  67. 2011

    Assignments/Projects

    West Kowloon Cultural District Hong Kong

  68. 2010

    Travel reports

    Travels in a Quiet Land

  69. 2010

    Assignments/Projects

    German Agro Action

  70. Drilling for Art, Documentary about my work at the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, 52 min

    2009

    Films

    Drilling for Art, Documentary about my work at the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, 52 min

  71. 2009

    Assignments/Projects

    Dubai Culture and Arts Authority/Sama Dubai

  72. Through the night with... Zaha Hadid and Michael Schindhelm, Documentary, Arte, 52 min

    2008

    Films

    Through the night with… Zaha Hadid and Michael Schindhelm, Documentary, Arte, 52 min

  73. 2008

    Films

    Bird’s Nest – Herzog & de Meuron in China

  74. 2007

    Books

    My Swiss Adventure

  75. 2007

    Assignments/Projects

    Opernstiftung Berlin

  76. 2006

    Assignments/Projects

    Theatre

  77. 2006

    Assignments/Projects

    World in Mercury Light

  78. 2006

    Books

    The Challenge

  79. 2004

    Books

    The Camel on the Runway

  80. 2003

    Films

    Chant of the Steppes

  81. 2001

    Books

    The Magic of the West. An Experience

  82. 2001

    Assignments/Projects

    Opera Libretto: Black Soil

  83. 2000

    Books

    Robert’s Journey

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