Marcel René Marburger studied Art History, German Literature and Philosophy at the University of Cologne with a PhD on theoretical art relevance in Vilém Flusser’s writings.
Michelle Kasprzak is a Canadian curator and writer based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She has appeared in Wired UK, on radio and TV broadcasts by the BBC and CBC, and lectured at PICNIC. She founded one of the world’s leading art curating blogs, Curating.info. She has written critical essays for Rhizome, CV Photo, Mute, and many more. Michelle is currently a Curator at V2_ Institute for Unstable Media, Project Director at McLuhan in Europe 2011, and a member of IKT (International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art).
José Luis de Vicente is a researcher, curator and writer working around the edges of new media arts and innovation in design and culture. Recent projects include The Atlas of Electromagnetic Space and the Exhibition Machines and Souls at the Reina Sofia National Museum, Madrid.
Yves Bernard is an artist and curator. He curated and co-curated various exhibitions on the implications of media art in Belgium, Finland and The Netherlands. He is also engaged in the creation his own solo or collaborative works and moreover teaches media arts in Belgian art schools.
Doreen Mende is a curator, writer and researcher based in Berlin. She has curated a number of exhibitions focussing on sound, and is one of the co-founders of GENERAL PUBLIC in Berlin. She is currently doing a PhD in Curatorial/Knowledge at Goldsmiths College in London.
Sabeth Buchmann is an art historian and art critic. She is a professor for modern and postmodern art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and director of the Institute of Art Theory and Cultural Studies. Edits books on art and has been published in numerous books and magazines herself.
Oliver Grau is an art historian and media theorist. He is professor of image science (Visual Studies) and head of department at the Danube University Krems. Grau initiated the first international Database of Virtual Art in 1998.