Intervention #5 by Sylvère Lotringer

Sylvère Lotringer will be the gues for Intervention #5: Born 1938 in Paris; editor of Semiotext(e), he is professor of French Philosophy at Columbia University in New York and Jean Baudrillard Professor at EGS in Switzerland. He is credited for introducing "French Theory" in America. He has published catalogue essays for the Guggenheim, the Moma, the New Museum, the Musee du Jeu de Paume, Modern Kunst in Vienna, etc. and edited dozens of magazines and books. He has published *French Theory in America*, New York: Routledge, 2001; *Hatred of Capitalism*, 2002; *David Wojnarowicz*, 2006; co-published with Paul Virilio *Crepuscular Dawn*, 2002; *The Accident of Art*, 2005, *Pure War*, 2008, New York: Semiotext(e), 2007; with Jean Baudrillard,  *Oublier Artaud*, Paris: Sens & Tonka, 2005 and *The Conspiracy of Art* . His most recent book is *Overexposed*, New York: Semiotext(e), 2007. He is presently completing a book on Cioran.