Communications professor at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, member of the European Film Academy and of the Magic Lantern Society of Great Britain, Siegfried Zielinski is an international reference in the video art world. In addition to his solid academic background in theatre, philology, philosophy, linguistics and political science, Zielinski also developed media related studies at the Technical University of Berlin. Between 1990 and 1993 he was a professor in audiovisual studies at the University of Salzburg, Austria. He has authored publications in history, film theory and practice, television and radio and has written on video productions, exhibits and installations. Since 1994 he has focusing his studies on media archaeology.