Carsten Stabenow (DE)
(born 1972) works as independent curator, producer, communication designer and artist on the intersection of artistic production and mediation. He studied communications and postgraduate interdisciplinary studies in Berlin and is initiator of diverse festivals, formats and initiatives within the context of new media, art + science and sound art. Stabenow is the founder of the German media art festival garage, initiator and artistic director of Tuned City, and co-founder of the Berlin art and media production platform DOCK. Since 2000 he is partner and co-founder of the design agency milchhof:atelier for cultural communication and project development and is teaching in the fields of art and design. As a member of the Staalplaat Soundsystem and solo, he has realised several installations and performed internationally. In his work he is interested especially in physical, social and political parameters of space.
Together with Carsten Seiffarth he is artistic director of the sonic explorers project.