1. About Me

Social media: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-gundlach-5b4596107/ 

YouTube: singingstranger

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingstrangers/

Itch.io: https://singingstranger.itch.io/


Contact Me:

e-mail: singingstranger.projects(at)gmail.com

phone: +49 (0) 176 – 4355 7776


Who am I?

I am a versatile artist working as a developer and game designer for BeamXR in Berlin.

Aside from my studies I work as a tutor and commission artist. A few of my written works and comics have been published and exhibited and I always have something big going on. 

When I am not creating, I might be found taking a walk in the park, embroidering, practicing the piano or studying languages (programming or real life, I’m not picky!)

Online, I am known as singingstranger. I use the name Joshua socially and as an artist, and you may find many works under my birth name.

What am I doing with my work?

This webpage is primarily there for business and professional endeavours. But that does not exclude me uploading some passion projects as well.

I try to focus my artistic energies on telling a story. Art, as I understand it, is an inherently political medium where I feel obligated to consider what message I am conveying with my work. I strive to use this opportunity I have to share knowledge and ideas not only to tell my stories but also amplify the voices of those who are too rarely heard. Primary themes of my art are Judaism, relationships, gender and sexuality, and philosophy. 

The biggest compliment to me is when someone says that my work comforted them.

Exhibitions

October 2023

Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023, panelist and exhibitor

“Hineini”, Point and Click game about judeoqueerness, collaboration with Ariel Jacob

B3 Festival of the Moving Image 2023, exhibitor in the Astor Cinema, Shopping Center MyZeil, Frankfurt

“Hineini”, Point and Click game about judeoqueerness, collaboration with Ariel Jacob

October 2022

B3 Biennale of the Moving Image 2022, participant and first place winner of the Hessenlab programme, Frankfurt

October 2021

B3 Biennale of the Moving Image 2021 in the Talent Forum graduate presentation in the Shopping Center MyZeil, Frankfurt

“Facing” 3D game about neuroqueerness

September 2021

Nacht der Museen Kassel: Afterlife – Interaktive Spiele // Kurzvorträge in the Museum for Sepulkralkultur

A presentation about my game project “Sitting Shiva”.

July 2021

Audiorundgang Kassel with qrew Kassel

Read poem about growing up trans

June 2021

48 Stunden Neukölln

ECHO. Stimmen aus der Isolation illustration and graphic design for posters about interviews of disabled people in the pandemic

May 2021

ITFS GameZone in the category “GameZone Talents”

“Name Age Gender” Text Based Game

April 2021

SmolShorts Student Film Festival 2021, St. Petersburg, Russia

“Another Room Meeting” Collaborative Animation Anthology, “Dreidel” being my clip contribution

June 2020

Kunsthochschule Kassel Digital Rundgang 2020, Games Class, Theory and Practice Class, Textile Workshop

“404 Rundgang Not Found” Collaborative Online Multiplayer Game
“Studentische Publikation: Pattern Code” Collaborative Digital Publication (more info here)
“Omer Count” Solo Illustration Project

June 2019

Kunsthochschule Kassel Rundgang, Games Class, Drawing Class

“Recollection – A Tree Adventure” 2D-Game
“Augmented Reality – Drawing From a Jewish Archive” Augmented Reality

April – May 2019

ITFS GameZone

“Frayed Ends” Visual Novel

June 2018

Kunsthochschule Kassel Rundgang, Games Class

“Hagar’s Journey” 3D-Game project

September 2017

Fachschaft Kunsthochschule Kassel in “Untergegangene Talente”, Newcomer

“Life” Touchable Comic project

June 2017

Kunsthochschule Kassel Rundgang, Basisklasse

“Life” Solo Comic Project, won the Basisklasse Newcomer Price
“True Story” Collection Comic Project, with the comic “What Pride Is About”
“Unravelling” Solo Comic Collection
“X Kassel” Collaborative Animation

July 2015

ABK-Hannover, School-accompanying studies

Solo Graduation Exhibition

November 2014

Leine-Center Hannover, Ausstellung zum Kunstpreis (Exhibition related to the art award), Theme “Light and Shadow”

Surrealist Oil and Acrylic Paintings