Hack x FDU, Shanghai, November 2017

Hack x FDU, Shanghai, November 2017

In a 36-hour hackathon at Fudan University in Shanghai, students from all over China build anything they want with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, FinTech or services in the cloud. 18 hours in, equally important like the software are snacks and...
Los Angeles-Paris, September 2017

Los Angeles-Paris, September 2017

A trip from Los Angeles to Paris costs one hour in traffic, three hours of airport time, and ten hours in the air. It’s experience versus convenience. With consumer technology, which are we emphasizing? Die Reise von Los Angeles nach Paris kostet eine Stunde im...
Drums of El Paso, September 2017

Drums of El Paso, September 2017

El Paso is the American border town with the infamous Juarez in Mexico. El Paso turns into a tense ghost town after 6 PM, the football stadium one of the few places left with activity. Two brothers hit their drum kit outside above an intersection a few blocks away....
Texas, Lone Tech State, August 2017

Texas, Lone Tech State, August 2017

Austin is an emerging alternative to Silicon Valley for young tech entrepreneurs. Instead of sitting in traffic in the San Francisco Bay area, they spend their weekend at the Austin river or attend music festivals. Not everything is bigger in Texas, after all. Austin...
Downtown Los Angeles, August 2017

Downtown Los Angeles, August 2017

Every street corner of Los Angeles tells a story, but downtown has more stories to tell than the rest of the city. There is a jewelry district, a fashion district, and many creative startups. People come here because they work in a specific field or have no business...
San Francisco, August 2017

San Francisco, August 2017

Most people living in San Francisco work on the digital future in some form or another. Is this a reason that next to many other things, it is also the city of second-hand book stores? Die meisten Menschen, die in San Francisco wohnen, haben mit der digitalen Zukunft...
Los Angeles, June 2017

Los Angeles, June 2017

Research for the film takes me to Los Angeles, where I visit old friends, go to their filmshoots and screenings, and meet potential interviewees. There were always more screens here than people. Traffic is as slow as ever, and it’s no wonder people desire...