Art, research and politics

Dieter Lesage (1966) is a Belgian philosopher, writer and critic. He obtained his Doctorate in Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy in Louvain on his dissertation Names like Faces. A consolidation theory of proper names [Namen als gezichten. Een consolidatietheorie van de eigennaam] in 1993. Dieter Lesage was a visiting professor at the Piet Zwart Institute of the Willem De Kooning Academie (Rotterdam) (2003-2005) and full-time visiting professor at the Institut für Kulturtheorie of the Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (2007). Since 1999, Dieter Lesage is a professor of philosophy, politics and arts at RITS | School of Arts (Brussels), whose director he became as of October 1, 2013. Dieter Lesage lives in Berlin.

Ina Wudtke (1968) is a German artist. Her work addresses issues of sound, performance, identity, work, gender and urban housing. Exhibitions include The Very Last Judgment Triptych (xhibit, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, 2014), Strut Your Stuff (Hebbel Am Ufer Theater, Berlin, 2013), Incheon Women Artists' Biennial (Incheon, South Korea, 2011), Black Sound White Cube (Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin 2011), A Portrait of the Artist as a DJ (solo exhibition, Studio Voltaire London, 2007). Ina Wudtke lives and works in Berlin.