Eric Kluitenberg (NL)

Eric Kluitenberg is a theorist, writer, and organiser on culture, media and technology. He is head of the media program at De Balie - Centre for Culture and Politics in Amsterdam, where he also co-ordinates the CultureBase / Living Archive research trajectory. He lectures and publishes extensively on culture, new media, and cultural politics throughout Europe and beyond.

He taught media theory at the Institute for Interactive Media at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, the New Media program of the University of Amsterdam, and for the post-graduate education programs in art & design and new media at Media-GN / Frank Mohr Institute and Academy Minerva in Groningen. He also worked on the scientific staff of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.

Since 1988 he has been involved in a series of important international art and new media events, conferences and festivals.

Recent publications include The Book of Imaginary Media (2006) and the theme issue Hybrid Space of Open, Cahier for Art and the Public Domain (2006).