Richard Jochum is a Visiting Scholar and Artist in Residence at Teachers College/Columbia University since 2004. He works as a media artist since the late 1990s setting up exhibitions and screenings all over the world. Richard received his MA in philosophy from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and his PhD from the University of Vienna dealing with strategies of coping with complexity in contemporary philosophy. He got his MFA in sculpture and media art from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna before he moved first to Berlin and later to New York. Richard’s art practice is accompanied by lectures in the field of contemporary art practice and cultural theory. He has been awarded several grants and prizes. One of his most recent public art projects—30 light boxes with photographs as a flip book—will be on display in the Arlberg tunnel along the Austrian railroad from June 2009. http://richardjochum.net