Nils Röller is Professor for Media Theory at the Academy of Art in Zürich. He teaches and writes on the impact of modern technology on artistic production.

Recent publications in English include:

„Scientia Media – Simulation between different culturs of knowledge“. In: Gleiniger, Andrea und Vrachliotis, Georg (eds.): Simulation Basel: Birkhäuser, 2008

„Thinking with Instruments: The Example of Kant’s Compass”. In: Zielinski, Siegfried und Fürlus, Eckhard (eds.): Variantology 3. Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2007 (Excerpt online)

“Radical Migration – Media theory as a subversion of discourse and dialogue”. In: Broeckmann, Andreas and Nadarajan, Gunalan. (eds.): Replace. Weimar: VDG, 2008 (upcoming)

„Figur and Instrument“. In: Yves Netzhammer. Ostfildern: Hatje und Cantz, 2008 (upcoming) „Tentative instruments – artistic methods and the crisis of linearity”. In: Gerling, Winfried and NGBK (eds.): Multitasking. Stedelijk Museum s’Hertogenbosch/Netherlands, 2008 (Online Version)

„Revolution of the ear? The Typewriter as a Listening Aid”. In: Zielinski, Siegfried und Wagnermaier, Silvia (eds.): Variantology 1. Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2005 (Excerpt online)

„Brutally Beautiful – A Foray into the Border Zone between the Real and the Artificial” In: Jan Schuijren (curator/ed.): Drawn by Reality – Encapsulated in Life. Wood Street Galleries Space, Pittsburgh PA, USA, Oct 1 – Dec. 31, 2004 (Online)

„Timepearls”. In: Hug, Alfons (ed.): Carnaval. Rio de Janeiro: Goethe-Institut Rio de Janeiro, 2004

„Hierarchies of Communication“. In: Diebner, Hans and Ramsay, Lehan (eds.): Hierarchies of Communication. Karlsruhe: ZKM, 2003