Adorno's Grey, 2012

Among the most influential voices of her generation, Hito Steyerl is an artist, essayist, activist and university professor. After studying cinema between Tokyo and Munich and her debut in the world of documentary, she grew closer to philosophy, a discipline in which she completed a doctorate in 2003. Her videos and immersive installations, her essay-pamphlets and the lecture-performances she holds around the world explore some of the key themes of contemporaneity with a clear gaze and a solid grasp of theory: the pervasiveness of the media and the circulation of images in the digital era; the use of technology in the field of military operations, the mechanisms of video surveillance and the development of artificial intelligence, not to mention the various forms of exploitation within the arts system.  [...]