Armin Medosch, Austrian arts journalist, Died at 54

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Armin Medosch was born in 1962, in Graz and died in February 2017, in Vienna.
He was an Austrian artist, curator, theorist and critic working in the fields of net art, new media art and DiY networking.
He earned his PhD from the Goldsmiths with research on the New Tendencies movement.
Whilst he work as a journalist, Armin wrote extensively on art and technology for publications in German and English, and on lists such as Nettime.
Medosch was co-editor of Telepolis: The Magazine of Netculture from 1996-2002.
Medosch has worked with media art organization RIXC co-editing issues of their Acoustic Space Journal and co-curating exhibitions and collaborated with artist Shu Lea Cheang on the Kingdom of Piracy project for many years.
Previously he also taught on the MA course on Interactive Digital Media at Ravensbourne (college), London (2002–07).
Armin Medosch passed away at 54 years old.