Armen Avanessian

He completed his dissertation, 'Phenomenology of Ironic Spirit: Ethics, Poetics, and Politics in Modernity' , under the supervision of conservative theorist Karl Heinz Bohrer at the University of Bielefeld.

In 2011, Armen Avanessian founded the bilingual research and publication platform Speculative Poetics[3] that brings together philosophers, writers, and artists from across the world around the idea of a new theoretical discipline in the making.

It includes widely discussed statements on current affairs such as the refugee crisis, numerous lectures in the international art and culture scene, as well as a large number of interviews and intellectual portraits.

Within the framework of the ninth Berlin Biennale, Avanessian conducted a ten-day Young Curators Workshop on alternatives to the economic and political models of contemporary art.

For several years now, Avanessian has collaborated with the graphic artist, Andreas Töpfer, which has led to publications in print (with Merve and Sternberg Press) and on film.

With columnist Georg Diez, media theorist Paul Feigelfeld, and author Julia Zange, Armen Avanessian hosts "60 Hertz",[7] a talk show airing every Monday on Berlin Community Radio.

With Berlin director Christopher Roth, he has produced the film Hyperstition[8] (2016), which draws on ontology, science fiction, and sociology to question the concept of time.

[9] Screened at several festivals in Europe and the United States, the film consists of conversations with established as well as younger philosophers such as Nick Srnicek, Elie Ayache, Ray Brassier and others.