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Diedrich Diedrichsen


Diedrich Diedrichsen is an author and curator. His work has been widely published in art and culture publications. He is a regular contributor to and editor fo the magazines Sounds and Spex, and he frequently writes for Texte zur Kunst, Artforum, Tagesspiegel, Tageszeitung, Theater heute, and other publications. He is currently professor at Merz Akademie and co-leader of the Department of Theory. His recen publications include Golden Years: Dokumente und Materialen zur queeren Subkultur, 1959-1974 (co-editor); Camera Austria, 2004; Sexbeat (new edition); Shcallplatten von 1979-1999; Der lange Weg nach Mitte; Der Sound und die Stadt; Loving the Alien (editor); Politische Korrekturen; Yo! Hermeneutics. Schwarze Kulturkritik: Pop, Medien, Feminismus (editor).

Selected exhibitions include Die Kraft der Negation at Theater der Welt Cologne and Volksbuhne, Berlin; BildSchirmAuge at the Bauhaus Archiv, Berlin; Cross Genre, Steirischer Herbst, Graz; Loving the Alien; Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles; Renée Green: Import/Export Funk Office, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, and Jutta Koether, Michael Krebber, Stepphan T. Ohrt, Felix Reidenbach, Bettina Semmer at the Forum Stadtpark Graz.