Sima Ehrentraut operates at the intersection between the Cluster’s research projects and the cooperating cultural institutions in Berlin. In her role as Academic Coordinator of the Berlin Partners Network she conceptualizes and co-curates formats that combine research positions and artistic approaches as well as supporting the transfer-oriented projects at the Cluster.

She studied philosophy and theatre studies at Freie Universität Berlin with a focus on philosophical aesthetics, concepts of body and aesthetic experience, and performance theory.

Her recent research interests lie in questions of digital corporeality, the modeling of reception in digital arts, and art and financialization.