Prof. Dr. Clemens Apprich

Prof. Dr. Clemens Apprich
Universitätsallee 1, C5.303
21335 Lüneburg
Fon +49.4131.677-2285
clemens.apprich@leuphana.de

Vita

Clemens Apprich is full professor in media theory and history at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, as well as guest researcher at the Centre for Digital Cultures at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. He is an affiliated member of the Research Centre for Media Studies and Journalism at the University of Groningen, of the Digital Democracies Institute at Simon Fraser University, and of the Global Emergent Media Lab at Concordia University. His current research deals with filter algorithms and their application in data analysis as well as machine learning methods. Apprich is the author of Technotopia: A Media Genealogy of Net Cultures (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2017), and, together with Wendy Chun, Hito Steyerl, and Florian Cramer, co-authored Pattern Discrimination (University of Minnesota Press/meson press, 2019). He is is a founding co-editor of spheres – Journal for Digital Cultures (www.spheres-journal.org).

Publications

Books and Anthologies

Pattern Discrimination
Apprich, C., Kyong Chun, W. H., Cramer, F. & Steyerl, H. 2019 Lüneburg: meson press. 124 p. (In Search of Media Book Series)
Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies

Technotopia.: A Media Genealogy of Net Cultures
Apprich, C. 10.2017 London: Rowman & Littlefield International. 212 p. (Media Philosophy)
Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs

Vernetzt: Zur Entstehung der Netzwerkgesellschaft
Apprich, C. 2015 Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 210 p. (Digitale Gesellschaft)
Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs

Plants, Androids and Operators: A Post-Media Handbook
Apprich, C. (Hrsg.), Berry Slater, J. (Hrsg.), Iles, A. (Hrsg.) & Schultz, O. L. (Hrsg.) 2014 London: Mute Books. 188 p.
Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies

Provocative Alloys: A Post-Media Anthology
Apprich, C. (Hrsg.), Berry Slater, J. (Hrsg.), Iles, A. (Hrsg.) & Schultz, O. L. (Hrsg.) 2013 London: Mute Books. 160 p.
Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies

Journal Contributions

Editorial: #5 Spectres of Artificial Intelligence
spheres Editorial Collective, Apprich, C., Beverungen, A., Hille, L., Ganesh, M. I. & Lohmüller, S. 01.11.2019 In : spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 5, p. 1-4 4 p.
Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.)

Die Maschine auf der Couch. Oder: Was ist schon 'künstlich' an Künstlicher Intelligenz?
Apprich, C. 09.2019 In : Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 11, 2, p. 20-28 9 p.
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles

The Corrupt State of Artificial Intelligence: Clemens Apprich on Machine Learning and Bias
Apprich, C. 03.2018 In : Texte zur Kunst. 109, p. 136-141 6 p.
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles

Secret Agents: A Psychoanalytic Critique of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Apprich, C. 2018 In : Digital Culture & Society. 4, 1, p. 29-44 16 p.
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles

Vom Wahn- und Wahrsprechen des technologisch Unbewussten
Apprich, C. 2018 In : Le Foucaldien. 4, 1, 20 p., 7
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles

Contributions to collected Editions/Anthologies

Media Genealogy: Back to the Present of Digital Cultures
Apprich, C. & Bachmann, G. 23.06.2017 Digitisation: Theories and Concepts for Empirical Cultural Research. Koch, G. (ed.). London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, p. 293 - 306 14 p.
Research output: Conference contributions › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

Mediengenealogie: Zurück in die Gegenwart digitaler Kulturen
Apprich, C. & Bachmann, G. 2017 Digitalisierung: Theorien und Konzepte für die empirische Kulturforschung. Koch, G. (ed.). Konstanz, München: UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, p. 405-426 22 p.
Research output: Conference contributions › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

Paranoia
Apprich, C. 2017 Nach der Revolution: Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 78-86 9 p. (Duisburger Dialoge)
Research output: Conference contributions › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

Sovereign Media, Critical Infrastructures, and Political Subjectivity
Rossiter, N. & Apprich, C. 31.12.2016 across & beyond: A transmediale Reader on Post-digital Practices, Concepts, and Institutions. Bishop, R., Gansing, K., Parikka, J. & Wilk, E. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 270-289 20 p.
Research output: Conference contributions › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

Preface
Apprich, C., Berry Slater, J., Iles, A. & Schultz, O. L. 2014 Plants, Androids and Operators. Apprich, C., Berry Slater, J., Iles, A. & Schultz, O. L. (eds.). London: Mute Books, p. 6-12 6 p.
Research output: Conference contributions › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

Activities

spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures (Journal)
Apprich, C. (Editor)
15.10.2014 → …
Activity: Transfer › Editor of journals

kamion (Journal)
Apprich, C. (Editor)
01.01.2014 → …
Activity: Transfer › Editor of journals

Mute Books (Publisher)
Apprich, C. (Editor)
01.12.2013 → 01.12.2014
Activity: Research › Editor of series

Urban Heterotopia: Zoning Digital Space
Apprich, C. (Speaker)
12.2008
Activity: Research › talk or presentation in privat or public events

Press

Imaginational Landscapes
Clemens Apprich
05.12.14
1 media contribution
Press/Media

Post-Media
Clemens Apprich
01.01.14
1 media contribution
Press/Media

Im Netz der Gemeinschaft
Clemens Apprich
01.01.13
1 media contribution
Press/Media

Abschied von gestern: Das Prinzip WikiLeaks ist nicht mehr aus der Welt zu schaffen
Clemens Apprich
20.01.11
1 media contribution
Press/Media

Awards

Leuphana Research Award
Clemens Apprich (Recipient), 07.2018
Prize: Research › Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments

Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities at Universities and Research Institutes in the U.S. and Canada by Volkswagen Foundation
Clemens Apprich (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Research › external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments