Gerald Raunig is a philosopher, art theorist and author of seminal books such as Art and Revolution, A Thousand Machines, and Factories of Knowledge, Industries of Creativity, all published by Semiotext[e), one of most influential independent presses. Currently, he works at the Zürich University of the Arts, and the EIPCP (European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies) in Vienna. He is co-editor of the multilingual publishing platform Transversal Texts, and the Austrian journal Kamion.