Doreen Mende is a curator, writer and researcher based in Berlin. In relation to sound she has curated Ear Appeal (2006) at Kunsthalle Exnergasse in Vienna and co-programmed (with Philipp Oswalt) Shrinking Cities Music (2004). Since 2006 she is the chief editor of the annual magazine DISPLAYER published by the programme Exhibition Design and Curatorial Practice at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe (HFG) where she also teaches. Various essays on audio culture as well as on display politics. Co-founder of the collective/project space GENERAL PUBLIC in Berlin. Doreen is currently preparing an exhibition on photography and is working on a PhD in Curatorial/Knowledge at Goldsmiths College, London.