Mind and Matter

Günther Friesinger is philosopher, artist, curator and producer. He is founder and head of the paraflows festival, chairman of the QDK - quarter for digital culture, general manager of monochrom, producer of the Arse Elektronika festival, the Roboexotica Festival and the KOMM.ST Festival. Friesinger teaches cultural management, production, social media, scenography & exhibition design at several universities in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

Johannes Grenzfurthner is an artist, writer, curator, and director. He is the founder of monochrom. He teaches art theory and aesthetical practice at the University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria.

Thomas Ballhausen studied Comparative Literature and German at the University of Vienna. He is a lecturer at the University of Vienna and head of the Studies-Department of the Austrian Film Archive.