Jochen Becker (Berlin/Stockholm) works as an author, lecturer and curator. He is a founding member of metroZones – Center for Urban Affairs. He has (co)edited several books, e.g. bignes? (2001) or Kabul/Teheran 1979ff (2006), and recently Urban Prayers (2011) as well as Faith his the Place (2012) and Global Prayers (2014). He (co)curated exhibitions such as the Urban Cultures of Global Prayers (2012/13, nGbK Berlin, Camera Austria, Graz) and Self Made Urbanism Rome (2013/14, nGbK Berlin, Maxxi Rome, Teatro Valle Occupato Rome). He is artistic director of the Global Prayers project at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), where he curated Aernout Mik – Speaking in Tongues. Since 2014 he is director of the Art & Architecture program at the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm. He was a member of the Haben und Brauchen group that was formed in 2011 to demand an open cultural political dialogue about the situation and future of the production and presentation of contemporary art in Berlin. http://metrozones.info http://habenundbrauchen.de