sense\salon

 

What counts in life? What expe­ri­en­ces are we loo­king for and how do we build our own sto­ry?

Some­ti­mes it takes encoun­ters with peo­p­le who take a dif­fe­rent path to remind us that not ever­y­thing can be mea­su­red in num­bers. The sinn\salon crea­tes a space for sto­ries, ques­ti­ons and exchange. 

sinn\salon – a for­mat from the work­shop of HEINEKOMM foun­der Bar­ba­ra Hei­ne.

sense\salon #2

The sinn\salon #2 took place on July 12, 2025.

This time, five WELTREPORTER.NET cor­re­spond­ents from France, Ita­ly, the USA, Argen­ti­na and New Zea­land repor­ted on fashion, Hol­ly­wood, reli­gi­on, spi­ri­tu­al com­mu­ni­ties and the cult of pre­si­dents such as Trump and Milei in Bar­ba­ra Hei­ne’s sinn\salon – real, con­tem­po­ra­ry cult trips.

A uni­que oppor­tu­ni­ty to see more than just the beau­tiful sur­faces, as our tour gui­des were five jour­na­lists from WELTREPORTER.NET who rese­arch the hot­spots of glo­bal cult phenomena.

Tog­e­ther with them, we explo­red the psy­cho­lo­gi­cal, cul­tu­ral and social mecha­nisms that cap­ti­va­te peo­p­le around the world. What helps, what is hype – and what is threa­tening, des­truc­ti­ve or even criminal? 

Mar­kert

Bar­ba­ra Mar­kert berich­tet aus Paris über die Mode­indus­trie – vom Glanz der Lauf­ste­ge über die »klei­nen Hän­de« in den Ate­liers der Hau­te Cou­ture bis zu aus­ge­feil­ten Stra­te­gien die­ser knall­har­ten Indus­trie und ihren schmut­zi­gen Fol­gen für den Planeten.

sense\salon #1

Sinn\salon #1 with the sail­or, psy­cho­lo­gist and light­house kee­per Tho­mas Bick­hardt had his pre­miè­re on May 16, 2025.

After a life as a sail­or and a degree in psy­cho­lo­gy, Tho­mas Bick­hardt set off from Ham­burg 30 years ago in a VW bus and made the remo­te and dila­pi­da­ted KrÃ¥ke­nes Fyr light­house on Nor­way’s stor­my west coast his home more than a thousand kilo­me­ters fur­ther north.

In the first sinn\salon, Tho­mas Bick­hardt shared his expe­ri­en­ces: About arri­ving in Nor­way, the best color for pain­ting the exte­ri­or of the wea­the­red light­house, about the raging hur­ri­ca­nes and about unbe­lie­va­ble silence.