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 Liestal in 1986. Works for CULTURESCAPES since 2010. 

Graduated DMS 3 in Liestal in 2005, commercial apprenticeship in a travel agency in Basel (2005 - 2008). 2008 - 2010 Luisa was working as a commercial employee. Additionally she assisted at several cultural events e.g. JKF Basel, offene Bühne and Bscene. Since 2010 she is a member of the external executive board of Bscene.

English studies abroad in Canada as well as in USA in 2008 and longer travels throughout Asia in 2009.

Born 1954, Swiss-Finnish dual citizen. Works for CULTURESCAPES since 2009. 

Originally responsible for the cultural sponsoring of a big bank, for 20 years Managing Partner of Commpact AG. He worked among others as a manager of the office of candidature for "Basel 2001 - Cultural Capital of Europe", as commissioner for PR and fund raising of the Goetheanum-Bühne as well as member of the specialized group for cultural projects of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports of the canton Basel-Land.

Furthermore he is founder and vice-chairman of the association for the support of basel sinfonietta, chairman of the association Platform for new forms of music as well as co-initiator of the IG Klassik.    

Born in Tel Aviv in 1979. Since 2002 has been working as a dramaturge, production manager and director's assistant at the repertoire theaters in Israel (The Cameri Theatre and Beit-Lessin theatre).

Since 2008 has been focusing her work in international collaborations. Lately, has been working as the director's assistant and Co-dramaturge in two collaborations with the Heidelberg theatre, Germany.In 2005, has graduated with honors from the Department of Theatre at Tel-Aviv University, specializing in stage directing.     

Born in Basel 1984. Has been working for CULTURESCAPES since 2011.

Master of Arts in German philology and history at the University of Basel (2010). Various assistantships and internships in the fields of directing and dramaturgy with focus on theatre and dance at the Kulturzentrum Rote Fabrik / ZH (Zürcher Theater Spektakel 2006 u. 2007), Luzerner Theater (2007), Theaterhaus Gessnerallee / ZH (2008), Helmut Förnbacher Theater Company / BS (2009).

In 2009 she was responsible for dramaturgy and staging for the vocal ensemble „Larynx"./ BS.

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 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 in Bitola / Yugoslavia in 1971. Tatjana has lived in Basel since 1996 and worked for CULTURESCAPES since 2011.  

Tatjana studied Croatian and Southern Slavic Philology at the University of Zagreb as well as Russian and Germanic Languages, Literature and Linguistics at the University of Basel.

She has been working as a Russian teacher at secondary schools in Basel since 2001. Between 2004 and 2009, she was a scientific assistant for literature and media science at the University of Basel and has been an editor for Croatian/Serbian at the Slavish Seminar of the University of Basel since 2003. As a member of the Osteuropa-Forum Basel, she has been head of the working group "Film" since 2005 and helps organise events in cooperation with various cultural institutions in Switzerland. Tatjana also freelances as a translator/interpreter for Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian/Macedonian. 

Born 1964 in Winterthur. Working for CULTURESCAPES since 2011.

Studied Slavic and English language and literature at the University of Zurich, with a year abroad at the Universities of Zagreb (Croatia) and St. Petersburg (Russia), Licentiate 1994. Further professional training as Dipl. Leiterin Aussenwirtschaft (Diploma in Foreign Economics), graduated in 1997.

Regula Spalinger has been working as an independent business consultant and entrepreneur for 15 years. She supervises export projects for companies, with a focus on supporting business relationships between partner companies from Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. In addition, she has worked in various associations related to Eastern Europe in project management, as a cultural promoter in sponsor support, in the economics department or in the (co-)executive committee. 

Born in Basel in 1975. Works for CULTURESCAPES since 2010.

Patrick graduated German studies, art history and English literature studies at University of Basel. He had worked as an assistant director during the season 2005/06 at Schauspiel of Theater Basel before he started his work as a freelance dramaturg - amongst others with: one hit wonder, Krähenbühl & Co and KLARA Theaterproduktionen, at Theater Neumarkt with Anna-Sophie Mahler, ‹X Wohnungen› (Idea and conception: Matthias Lilienthal) in Fribourg, Istanbul and Vienna; production management of Christoph Schlingensief's „Sterben lernen" at Theater Neumarkt/Schauspielhaus Zürich.  

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.