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Steyn Bergs is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, specializing in modern and contemporary art. He is a critic and art historian whose research operates at the intersections of contemporary art, aesthetics, critical theory, political economy, and media theory. He obtained his PhD from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2022, with a dissertation titled 'Control Copy: Digital Reproducibility Valorization Contemporary Art.' Currently, his research focuses on the aesthetics of infrastructure in contemporary art and explores how current artistic practices address the uneven development and challenges posed by linear conceptions of time in history. Bergs has published texts in various magazines and journals, including Text, Radical Philosophy, Afterimage, Art Journal, and Journal of African Cinemas. Additionally, he collaborates with artists and practitioners on field projects and is a founding member of MAX, a self-organized space for artists, designers, and researchers in Brussels.
Department of Psychology