Steffen Köhn

Steffen Köhn is a filmmaker, video artist, and assistant professor of multimodal anthropology at Aarhus University who harnesses ethnography to understand contemporary sociotechnical landscapes.  For his video and installation works he engages in local collaborations with gig workers, software developers, or science fiction writers to explore viable alternatives to current distributions of technological access and power arrangements. His works have been shown at the Warsaw Biennial, Academy of the Arts Berlin, Kunsthaus Graz, Vienna Art Week, Hong Gah Museum Taipei, Lulea Biennial, The Photographers’ Gallery, and the ethnographic museums of Copenhagen and Dresden. His films have been screened at the Berlinale, Rotterdam International Film Festival, and the Word Film Festival Montreal, among others.