Thomas Zummer

Thomas Zummer is a Professor of Philosophy at The European Graduate School (EGS) and an artist/lecturer at Temple University's Tyler School of Art. He holds affiliations with institutions like Brown University (visiting professor) and New York University. His work bridges philosophy, media studies, and art, focusing on virtuality, embodiment, and semiotics.

Education: BFA from Hartford Art School (1976), studies with Paul de Man and Jacques Derrida at Yale (1982), research assistant to Michel Foucault at Berkeley, and semiotics studies at University of Toronto (1981–1986). His research explores intersections between media, philosophy, and art, particularly the boundaries between virtual and real.

Key themes in his articles include cinematic monstrosity, digital exhibition possibilities (e.g., co-curating CRASH: Nostalgia for the Absence of Cyberspace), and the role of memory in image-making. He has curated major exhibitions at institutions like the CAPC in Bordeaux and collaborates with the Wooster Group.

Zummer's artistic practice emphasizes process-driven media and sculpture, exhibited globally. His publications include Graphology: Drawing from Automatism and Automation (2012) and essays on artists like Vik Muniz and Leslie Thornton.