Steph Kretowicz
A Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary writer, editor, and researcher with a focus on music, contemporary art, and online culture. Spanning curation, creative direction, and production to publishing, digital strategy, and consulting, the work bridges multiple mediums and disciplines.
Founder and editor of the global arts publication AQNB, and host of its Artist Statement podcast. Lead editorial at Berlin-based music and event platform Creamcake, and co-curator of the concept and creative direction behind its 3hd Festival—an annual exploration of art, sound, and technology.
Writing & Editorial
Writing and criticism on art, music, and culture for over fifteen years. Cover features on Billie Eilish, Arca, Tame Impala, and Sia. Interviews with Tori Amos, Mica Levi, and Oneohtrix Point Never. Regular contributions to The Wire, FACT, RA, Flash Art, and Dazed. Editorial work for The Guardian, i-D Magazine, and the Oxford Artistic and Practice-Based Research Platform.
Books & Publications
Lead editor of the Chronologies of Creamcake and AQNB 2021-2022 anthologies. Contributions to the Goethe-Institut’s Techno Worlds, Live Art Almanac, and Deste Prize. Author of the travelogue Somewhere I’ve Never Been, published by Berlin’s TLTRPreß. Contributions to print publications, catalogs, and journals for the V&A Museum, Somesuch Stories, Sorbus Helsinki, and others.
Creative & Art Direction
A decade of consulting and directing concept, messaging, and visual identity for live events, programs, and product rollouts. Collaborated with Creamcake and the 3hd Festival, whose partners include Berghain, Berlin Art Week, and HAU Hebbel Am Ufer. Led the creative direction and digital strategy for AQNB’s Compendium series, featuring tracks and original artwork by artists in its community.
Sound & Performance
Solo and collaborative projects span spoken word, music, and interdisciplinary storytelling. Collaborations include releases with CURL (Mica Levi, Coby Sey), radio play I Hate It Here (Ben Babbitt, felicita), and the recording and live duo Ultra Instinct. Exploring narrative through sound, performances, DJ mixes, and multimedia readings, work has appeared at 3hd, Meakusma, NTS, and beyond.
Radio & Podcasts
Presenter and producer of audio projects exploring art, culture, and storytelling. Artist Statement, a conversation series for AQNB, examines experimental practices in music and visual art. Timezones delves into global artistic realities through immersive sound collages. Somewhere I’ve Never Been expands on the eponymous novel, blending narrative, place, and sound.
Film & Video
Working in production since 2008, film and multimedia projects include associate producing On Air: Purity, Corruption & Pollution and writing and creative production for the upcoming docudrama Pluto is Raging. AQNB Productions collaborates with artists and institutions like Serpentine Galleries and Delfina Foundation, producing digital content that distills complex curatorial ideas for broad audiences.
Events & Curation
Curated Sophie Serber’s solo exhibition at Shore Gallery, Vienna, and a duo show at Ceradon, Los Angeles. Co-produced events at ICA London, FORMA Arts and Media, and Import Projects Berlin. Led workshops, screenings, panels, and multimedia readings at art spaces and institutions internationally, including Frame Contemporary Art Finland, the Museum of Art in Lodz, Silent Green Kulturquartier in Berlin, and more.