Alexander Peterhänsel

Alexander Peterhänsel is an interdisciplinary media artist and researcher. He is a professor for Visual Computing at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden; he holds a Diploma in Audiovisual Media Arts from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM).

Blurring the lines between art and science, Peterhänsel's work offers an examination of big data aesthetics  and the implications of machine intelligence on our societies. He explores the frontiers of ubiquitous computing and what it means to be human in the age of AI. As both an artist and a researcher, his works result in artefacts that range between purely scientific to purely artistic or anything in-between. His conceptual approach results in multi-sensorial, dialogical artefacts and spaces of communication on multiple scales and in different contexts that lead to the emergence of an experimental speculative reality, based on computer-mediated processes.

He has exhibited internationally, has received and has been nominated for several fellowships and prizes, amongst others: Artist in Residency with the European Commission (2018 – 2019), Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year (2023), Ars Electronica (2017, 2018), Media Art Biennale Wroclaw (2019), Bozar Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (2019), European Parliament (2019), Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival (2018) and re:publica Berlin (2018).

Peterhänsel is also is the founder of the Audiovisual Architectures Lab and an external expert to the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC).