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Peter Szendy Editor & Author

Peter Szendy is Professor of Comparative Literature and Humanities at Brown University. Previously, he worked as Maître de conférences and accredited research director at Université de Paris Nanterre, Visiting Professor at NYU and Princeton, and Maître de conférences at Université Marc-Bloch in Strasbourg. In 1995, he obtained his doctoral degree in Musical Aesthetics at École des hautes études en sciences sociales (Ehess), Paris.

Art historian, Marta Ponsa is the Head of artistic projects and public programs in Jeu de Paume, (Paris) where she curates exhibitions, conferences, performances, together with cinema and video programs. He is the author of Le Supermarché du Visible (Editions de Minuit, 2017)

Emmanuel Alloa is Research Leader in Philosophy at the University of St. Gallen and teaches Aesthetics at the University of Paris 8. He holds a binational Ph.D in philosophy (Paris 1 Panthéon/Freie Universität Berlin).