Sabine Niederer

Researcher and producer at the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam. She works as a researcher, producer and curator of international events on new media, arts and digital culture, such as Hoogt 4 (2001-2004), Level Up Games Conference (2003), A Decade of Web Design (2005), Incommunicado 05 (2005), Urban Screens (2005) and The Art and Politics of Netporn (2005). She earned her MA in Art History from Utrecht University (thesis on manipulated art photography from Dada – now), and taught media theory at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and Utrecht University. She is currently lecturer in new media studies at the University of Amsterdam. Sabine is curator of the bi-monthly film and video programme, Cinematiek, and publishes regularly on new media and popular culture and runs a research project on databodies and surveillance theory. Professional pursuits include new media theory, visual arts, urban studies and social software. Lives in Amsterdam.