Lioudmila Voropai is a media theorist, art critic, and curator. She is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Art and Media Theory at the University of Arts and Design (HfG) in Karlsruhe, Germany. She is a co-founder of a research platform Kulturpessimismus pur – an Independent Institute for Critical Futures Studies. Her key research interests comprise theory of contemporary art and digital culture, critical theory, history of new media art, and institutional critique.