about

i am a writer, critic, and art historian. my academic work revolves around the relation between aesthetic forms and global capitalism, specifically in post-reunification germany.

before joining harvard’s department of art, film, and visual studies as a phd candidate, i studied art history and classical archaeology in berlin, paris, and berkeley. i grew up on the baltic sea and in scotland, and now live in cambridge, ma, and berlin.

i write a substack called softshell and collect artworks and images on tumblr. my essays, interviews, and criticism have appeared in e-flux, texte zur kunst, the baffler, x-tra, mubi notebook, taz, the brooklyn rail, BOMB, and senses of cinema, among others. i am an associate of harvard’s davis center for russian and eurasian studies, a member of aica, and a resident tutor at cabot house.

contact: luisemoerke [at] gmail [dot] com