A media artist whose work focuses on memory, database, and new forms of cinema, Andreas Kratky was born in Berlin, Germany, and lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles. He is designer and co-director of several award winning projects including That’s Kyogen (2001), Bleeding Through – Layers of Los Angeles 1920-1986 (2003), Soft Cinema (2004), and Title TK (2006).
Since 1998, Kratky has worked with the ZKM | Center for Art and Media and directed ZKM’s Multimedia Studio. Currently he is working on several projects in conjunction with the Humboldt University, Berlin, the Université Paris 1, Pantheon Sorbonne, and the University of New South Wales, Sydney. His current work includes The Night Journey, a computer game project in collaboration with the video artist Bill Viola, and the interactive database narratives The Imaginary 20th Century and Venture to the Interior.