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Hito Steyerl

Hito Steyerl is an internationally acclaimed artist and theoretician based in Berlin.

A prolific writer, filmmaker, theorist and teacher, Steyerl¹s research and interests cover topics as diverse as cultural globalisation, feminism, and itinerant media. Her films are a montage of politics and pop, Hollywood and independent film, interviews and voice-over commentaries, which  present provocative filmic analyses of the present.

Steyerl is Visiting Professor for Experimental Media Creation at the University of Arts, Berlin. Her book Die Farbe der Wahrheit (The Colour of Truth, Turia und Kant, Vienna, 2008) explores documentary strategies in contemporary art.

Recent solo exhibitions include Henie Onstad Centre, Høvikodden; Villa Stuck, Munich; Collective, Edinburgh (all 2010); Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (2009); and Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2008). Group exhibitions include Tapei Biennial; 1^st Ural Biennial; Gwangju Biennial; Antiphotojournalism, La Virreina, Barcelona; Horizons, BAK, Utrecht (all 2010); Dispersion, ICA, London; U-Turn Kvadriennale for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen (both 2008); documenta 12, Kassel (2007) and Manifesta 5, San Sebastian (2004).