Dr. Linnea Semmerling
is Director of the Düsseldorf IMAI – Inter Media Art Institute and Assistant Professor in Sound Studies and Sound Art at Leiden University. Her research and curatorial work focus on the exhibition, distribution, and preservation of sound and media art, with particular emphasis on multisensory accessibility and diversity in audiovisual collections. She is the author of Listening on Display: Exhibiting Sounding Artworks 1960 to the Present (Bloomsbury, 2026) and has curated and edited numerous exhibitions and publications, including projects with Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, TENT Rotterdam, and ZKM Karlsruhe. Her work examines how artistic practices negotiate the intersections of technology, institutional structures, sensory experience, and social participation.