Berlin, Berlin, Germany
For 12+ years, Noah Anderson (he/him) has worked as a cultural manager, programme curator, creative strategist and project lead. In his projects, he designs spaces in which power, representation and belonging are questioned and rethought, and develops innovate event formats for this purpose in the cultural sector and creative industries, such as conferences, festivals, and programmes. He studied in London, Cologne and Istanbul (BA & MA). Among several scholarships he received the annual scholarship for graduates from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to complete his master's degree in 'Arts & Cultural Management' at King's College London and at Goldsmiths, University of London. Based in Berlin and working internationally on a freelance basis, he currently conceptualises and curates event series and programmes, leads projects, and builds partnerships that connect culture, technology, creative industries and society.
*The next re:publica under the motto "Never Gonna Give You Up" will take place from 20-22 May 2026 in Berlin.* https://re-publica.com/en re:publica Berlin is Europes largest digital society conference and is taking place annually since 2007. The focus is on exploring the "knowledge society", the concepts of cooperation, activism, emancipation and the transitions between (pop) culture, technology, science and politics. With over 1,200 (inter)national speakers from around 80 countries perform on our stages in over 600 programme hours - inventors, artists, musicians, hackers, activists, researchers, journalists, politicians and many more. Around 30,000 visitors over three days.
For the third time, re:publica was a guest at Reeperbahn Festival from 17+18 September in Hamburg. re:publica has established itself as a meeting point for the digital society, technologies, and culture. Since its founding in 2007, it provided a forum for discussions, talks, and workshops on internet freedom, data protection, digital innovation, and social media, with a diverse participant base including technology experts, activists, artists, and politicians. https://re-publica.com/en/news/was-republica-hamburg-x-reeperbahn-festival-2025
Next year's motto: Generation XYZ
Selection of projects and events: fluctoplasma Festival 22+26 (Talk + Jury) | Reeperbahn Festival 25+26 | re:publica Berlin 24+25+26 | Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises | Kulturprojekte Berlin | Most Wanted: Music Conference | Berlin Outbound International Pop Exchange 24+25, Pop-Kultur Festival/Musicboard Berlin | Podcast Fantasiemuskel by Vorstellungskraft X & monopol | Interview MusikWoche 25 | re:publica Hamburg 24+25 x Reeperbahn Festival | CityLAB Berlin Summer Conference 25 | Explorer Conference 2024, Filmfest Hamburg | Contemporary And (C&) | Schauspiel Dortmund | Goethe-Institut Toronto | University of Notre Dame, USA | University of Cologne | BMG - The New Music Company (Bertelsmann)@The New Black Festival 2024 | Co-curator/co-editor of the queer poetry anthology "Parabolis Virtualis 3" @Querverlag, Berlin -> talks: Haus für Poesie, AfroPolitan Berlin | DAICOR-Fellow 2023 (Building a Diverse and Inclusive Culture of Remembrance) by Cultural Vistas and funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the Embassy of the United States of America in Berlin, Germany/USA | Monumental Shadows - Participatory art project on colonial monuments | JOiN/Stuttgart State Opera | CIRCE - Creative Impact Research Centre Europe, Symposium "Transforming Economic Systems Through Creative Impact", Berlin | Allianz Foundation, European Future Lab, Berlin | Mentor in the TURN2 Residency Programme by the German Federal Cultural Foundation based at ZK/U, Berlin | Jury Member Berlin Project Fund for Urban Practice 2023 – Foundation for Cultural Education and Cultural Consulting, Berlin | Each One Teach One (EOTO) e.V., event series for young Black masculinities*, Berlin | Black Talent Initiative, Toronto | Black Men Educators Convening (BMEC), Philadelphia | Initiative Awareness, Leipzig | you promised me a city - Conference for Experimental City Development
The city partnership between Windhoek and Berlin was established in 2000 - in awareness of Germany's historical responsibility towards Namibia. To this day, it is Berlin's only one on the African continent and stands for living remembrance, mutual solidarity and future-oriented cooperation. In 2025, Berlin and Windhoek will celebrate 25 years of partnership - on the occasion of this anniversary and its historical and political relevance, a diverse, high-profile programme is to be created, which will take place in autumn this year in an anniversary week with numerous actors and partners in Berlin (17-23 November) and Windhoek (14-18 October) and will be accompanied by official delegation trips. The aim of the project is to make the town twinning visible and at the same time provide impetus for a lively partnership in the future. Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH is designing and realising the project to mark the anniversary together with various partners and is responsible for the accompanying communication measures.
"Monumental Shadows - Rethinking Colonial Heritage" is a participatory project on public monuments reexamining and transforming the shadows cast by colonial figures into the present. The long-term project, initiated by the Berlin artist duo Various & Gould was realised in 2021 from August to November at the Otto von Bismarck Monument in Berlin, in collaboration with Colonial Neighbours / SAVVY Contemporary. Following its successful implementation in Berlin, the project is now also being carried out in other European cities of countries that were involved in the devastating Berlin Conference/Congo Conference/Afrika Konferenz of 1884/85. The performative and discoursive art and cultural project "Monumental Shadows" explores the culture of remembrance critically and deals with monuments that continue to inscribe and reiterate the colonial logic in public space.