German filmmaker, visual artist and writer Hito Steyerl (born 1966) is a leading voice on media and the global circulation of images. In this essay collection, she deals with images and sounds that create new relationships to objects, and themselves become and produce other objects.
Hito Steyerl (sometimes spelled Štajerl) is a German filmmaker, visual artist, and author in the field of essayist documentary video. Her principal topics of interest are media, technology, and the global circulation of images. Steyerl holds a Ph.D 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.
This essays collection from Hito is one of the most thought provoking books about media, institutions and culture that I have ever read. Is only a 4 star review because although it very articulate and well documented is feels dense on some parts. Besides this is a great book.