In 2013, I began carrying the idea of art on commission from citizens to other countries, sometimes in collaboration with Goethe Institutes, sometimes at the invitation of third parties, and occasionally on my own initiative.
Argentina, India, Iceland, Cameroon, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Sweden, Tunisia, USA. In these countries, I have met potential partners, sought mediators, and learned a great deal about the conditions of possibility for art and culture in different systems and about the limits of art on commission from citizens. In India, an initiative began but was later abandoned. The same happened in Nigeria and South Africa. In Lebanon, there were several collaborations that stopped after the 2020 explosion and, as a result, could not be revived. Currently (2025), I am advising a pilot project in the Netherlands. As the first non-European country, Cameroon has joined the network of New Commissioners. I was able to kick-start and make possible the first pilot project there.