Strabi Open Air, 2015-2024

Art Direction | Graphicdesign | Eventdesign | Marketing | Program Curation

Mock-up festival poster 2024

Recap reel 2024 (video: alexander aue)

Guests 2024 (photo: johannes may)

Main stage 2018 (photo: tobias holzweiler)

Guests 2024 (photo: johannes may)

Recap reel 2024 (video: alexander aue)

Main stage 2023 (photo: christoph söldner)

Drone shot festival grounds 2024 (photo: christoph söldner)

Piringa stage 2019 (photo: tobi holzweiler)

Food court 2019 (photo: christoph söldner)

Main stage 2019 (photo: tobi holzweiler)

Recap video 2019 (video: domenico anzaldi)

The flat landscape of the Rhineland, where I grew up, doesn't offer many impressive natural sites. The most beautiful thing I knew in my neighbourhood was the quarry pond just around the corner. As a teenager, I spent long campfire summer nights there with friends. We dreamed of having a huge party on this beach one day.

After my graduation, I realised exactly that dream with a school friend of mine, Simon Rodenkirchen. For ten years, I organised a non-profit electronic music festival there and gave many young, local people the magical moments we had once dreamed of.

As one of two managing directors, I was responsible for all the financing (sponsors, funding, sales), the programme (art direction, booking, media) and the communication and marketing of the event. Over the past ten years, we have had over 20,000 visitors and more than 250 artists. We established the festival as a permanent fixture in the West German cultural scene and achieved a total turnover in the millions.

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Documentation 2024

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