Dieter Daniels initiated 1984 the Videonale Bonn, he was director of the ZKM Video Library from 1992 to 1994, since he is1993 Professor of Art History and Media Theory at the Leipzig Academy of Visual Design. As well as authoring and editing numerous publications (incl. Duchamp und die anderen. Der Modellfall einer künstlerischen Wirkungsgeschichte in der Moderne, 1992; Media Art Interaction. The 1980s and '90s in Germany, 2000, Kunst als Sendung. Von der Telegrafie zum Internet, C. H. Beck Verlag, Munich 2003, Vom Readymade zum Cyberspace. Kunst / Medien Interferenzen, Hatje-Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2003), and curating many exhibitions ( e.g. 1994 Minima Media, MedienBiennale Leipzig) he is Co-Editor of the Net-Project mediaartnet.org.