About us

Rembert Biemond was born 1958 in the Netherlands. After completing a bachelor's degree in economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam and a masters in management and organisation at Groningen University, he was the manager of a college in his home country from 1983-1987. From 1987-1997 Rembert worked at the Goetheanum, Dornach, among other things as the executive director of the Goetheanum Bühne. In 1997 he started Biemond & Partners Basel, Agents & Consultants under the roof of which PASS, Performing Art ServiceS, the predecessor to CULTURESCAPES was founded. Rembert was managing partner at Unternehmen Mitte, Basel and from 2002-2009 CEO of Lehmann Natur, Mönchengladbach.

Since 2010, Rembert is living in Järna, Sweden with his wife and two children, where he is working as a cultural entrepreneur. At Kulturcentrum Järna he initiated a large-scale exhibition tetralogy under the title ‹See! Colour!›, which included vast light instalations by the american artist James Turrell.

He retains his ties to Switzerland as a board member of the Edith Maryon foundation, the Ackermannshof AG, the Evidenz foundation, as well as the Pro Denkbilder association and as co-founder and founding president of CULTURESCAPES.

Dipl. Ing. (Industrial Engineer)

Born in Dresden in 1943, Michael moved to Basel in1989 after previously living in Zürich and Berlin.

Michael graduated in Technology and Business Administration from the Technical University Berlin and subsequently worked as a director of studies and an assistant lecturer, as well as a consultant and a manager, initially at GDI Rüschlikon and then at the WWZ Forum of the University of Basel. He is currently course coordinator und director of an MBA programme at the University of Basel.

Born 1960 in Bern, Daniela Settelen-Trees has lived in Basel since 1989. After her studies of art history in Bern, Basel and Munich, worked as an art historian in museums, galeries and foundations.

Since 2008 she is the directior of the GGG Atelierhaus in Basel, among other mandates in cultural management, and has published several art books.

Born in Waldshut-Tiengen in 1982. Works for CULTURESCAPES since 2009.

During her studies, she completed work placements within the field of exhibitions, including curatorial work for an exhibition project at the University of Frankfurt am Main including the publication of an exhibition catalogue. Eva has also worked as a project assistant for "artsite.tv" in Frankfurt am Main. In January 2009, she successfully graduated from the Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main having studied Art History and Cultural Anthropology.   

Born 1982 in Potsdam. Works for CULTURESCAPES since 2009.

Internships in the editorial field (Elbe-Elster Rundschau, 2003, BILD Berlin, 2005), in project management and cultural work at the Goethe-Institut Strasbourg (2006) and at the Festival Première (2006) in Strasbourg at the Theater Le Maillon, Scène européenne.

Research assistant at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Potsdam. Editorial work and layout for the publication "Kunst und Wissenschaft" (ed. Ott/Mersch, 2007). After completing her studies in European Media Studies (M.A.) at the University of Potsdam in 2007, she worked for two years in the field of cross-border public relations for La Filature, Scène nationale - Mulhouse. 

Katharina lived and worked in China between 2000 and 2009.

She has worked as a freelance documentary maker ("My camera doesn't lie"), TV producer and researcher for Austrian broadcaster ORF and other European TV stations, and as a journalist and film festival curator in Beijing.

Born in Leipzig in 1985. Works for CULTURESCAPES since 2006.

She previously completed work placements at the German TV station RBB (2005) and the news agency REUTERS (2005) in Berlin, and as a production assistant at the Neue Theater am Bahnhof Dornach and the Od-theater for the anniversary production of The Abduction from the Seraglio (February/March 2006, Dornach) and the theatre production of Antigone (September/October 2006, Basel) respectively.

Franziska graduated from the University of Potsdam in European Media Science (BA) in September 2007 and has been studying Cultural Management (MA) part time since October 2009.

Born 1980 in Buxtehude (Germany). Works for CULTURESCAPES since February 2009.

Studied Turkology, Islamic Studies and Political Science at the Free University of Berlin and the State University of Baku with numerous research and language stays in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Since 2006 she has been active as a journalist for "Zenith - Zeitschrift für den Orient". During her studies, she did homework supervision at KIDÖB, an association of the Schöneberg neighbourhood home for women and girls with a migration background. Organisation and realisation of an international conference in the German Bundestag on the topic "Future" on behalf of an Azerbaijani student organisation (Alumni Network) in April 2007. Project management assistant at the "Year of Culture of Azerbaijan in Germany 2008" at the Dr. Gabriele Minz GmbH in Berlin. 

Born in Basel in 1965. Works for CULTURESCAPES since 2008.

Thomas worked at Kaserne Basel until 2001 before becoming a self-employed light and sound technician for various companies, such as Biennale Bern, Anna Huber Company, Christoph Marthaler, and was the technical director of the Music Festival Bern.