Hito Steyerl
Date of Birth:
Jan 01, 1966
Place of Birth:
Munich, Germany
Date of Birth:
Jan 01, 1966
Place of Birth:
Munich, Germany
Biography:
Hito Steyerl (born 1966 in Munich) is a German filmmaker, visual artist, writer, and innovator of the essay documentary. Her principal topics of interest are media, technology, and the global circulation of images. Steyerl holds a PhD in Philosophy from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She is currently a professor of New Media Art at the Berlin University of the Arts, where she co-founded the Research Center for Proxy Politics, together with Vera Tollmann, Maximilian Schmoetzer, and Boaz Levin.