SEP 2020
A digital cultural initiative developed during the Covid-19 lockdown.
During the global lockdown, when physical stages disappeared and artistic communities were fragmented, I collaborated with jazz guitarist and composer Dekel Bor and the independent label Ropeadope Records to create Let Love Rule — a two-part digital cultural initiative designed to foster connection, mentorship, and creative exchange in a time of isolation.
The project emerged from a deeply human narrative: Dekel’s return to music after surviving a life-altering motorcycle accident. We positioned its story as a reflection on artistic resilience — asking how vulnerability, interruption, and uncertainty can become catalysts for creative transformation. It combined a remix competition for young producers with a series of livestreamed conversations featuring internationally recognized artists and industry figures. The result was a hybrid cultural platform where education, community-building, and emotional storytelling converged.
We launched an international remix competition in partnership with leading Berlin music institutions (SAE, BIMM, Catalyst) and global audio brands including Sennheiser, Gibson, Modal Electronics, JHS Pedals, and Soundbrenner.
Students were invited to reinterpret a track from Dekel Bor’s latest album and share their work publicly via Instagram — transforming social media into a temporary stage for experimentation and dialogue. The winning participant received professional equipment and the opportunity to produce an EP with Ropeadope Records — offering not only visibility but direct access to mentorship and the professional music ecosystem.
Jury Members:
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Dekel Bor
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Louis Marks (CEO, Ropeadope Records)
- Robert Sadin (Grammy-winning producer for Herbie Hancock, Sting, Stevie Wonder).
Parallel to the competition, we produced On the Record, a livestream series featuring in-depth conversations between Dekel Bor and leading producers, A&Rs, and musicians from the jazz and electronic scenes.
These conversations were useful for creating dialogue to explore the realities of artistic life: creative process, failure, industry structures, mental health, and long-term sustainability. The series expanded the project’s pedagogical dimension — turning spectatorship into participation and reframing the music industry as a space of shared vulnerability and collective learning.
“Isolation exposed the fragility of artistic careers — but also revealed how creative communities could reorganise themselves across distance.”
Let Love Rule operated as a cultural intervention during a moment of collective disorientation.
It activated digital platforms as spaces for artistic transmission, mentorship, and emotional resonance — creating a distributed yet intimate community across geographies.
For me, the project consolidated a practice that moves fluidly between cultural production, digital storytelling, education, and affective infrastructure-building. It marked a shift from creating objects to designing relational
artistic ecosystems.