Marc Siegel is Professor of Film Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz since October 2020. His research focuses mainly on issues in queer studies and experimental film. His book A Gossip of Images is forthcoming from Duke University Press. Publications include the co-edited volumes, Serge Daney and Queer Cinephilia (meson press, 2022), Film Culture 80: The Legend of Barbara Rubin (Spector Books, 2018), Synchronisierung der Künste (Fink, 2013), Outside. Die Politik queerer Räume (b_books, 2005) and a 2014 special issue of the journal Criticism on underground artist Jack Smith. He has also been active as a freelance curator. He curated numerous film series and programs for film and performance festivals, as well as museums und galleries, including the Berlin Biennial; the Berlinale; Tate Modern (London); CCCB (Barcelona), Bunkier Sztuki (Cracow) and the Goethe Institute (Kolkata). He also co-curated the festivals "EDIT FILM CULTURE!" (Berlin, 2018); "Camp/Anti-Camp: A Queer Guide to Everyday Life" (Berlin, Frankfurt, 2012); and "LIVE FILM! JACK SMITH! Five Flaming Days in a Rented World " (Berlin, 2009). He is a member of the Akademie der Künste der Welt in Köln, on the advisory board of the Forum Expanded section of the Berlinale and one of the co-founders of the Berlin-based artists' collective CHEAP. He is also the artistic director of ZOOM – Ludwig Schönherr Lab.