Matthias Fritsch

Lives and works in Berlin. He studied Media Art at the University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe (HfG) in Germany and at Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS), New York. Has made several short and long movies, and media-based installations. In the last years fritsch focuses on the digital communities formed within internet video platforms and examines their importance in the formation of the contemporary cultural production. Since 2010 Fritsch is the artistic director of the annual Moving Silence Festival in Athens and organizes other international events within this platform for contemporary silent film. On 27th October in Arteteka Matthias Fritsch will discuss about contemporary art & movie.