As part of a research association with UDK Graduate School, the London-based author and editor will work to develop Theodor Adorno's reflections on the 'aesthetic relations of production' researching artistic and cultural practices in the context of the present economic crisis. During his visits to Berlin there will be opportunities to exchange with fellows of the Graduate School for the Arts and Sciences at the University of Arts Berlin and with students at the university.

Anthony Iles is a writer of criticism, fiction and theory. He currently assistant editor of Mute, an online and quarterly print magazine, a project coordinator of the Post-Media Lab at Leuphana University and an Associate Researcher at the UDK Graduate School.