Juha van ‘t Zelfde is a Dutch-Finnish curator with an interest in new developments in art, music, technology, economics and the public domain. In March 2014, he joined Lighthouse, Brighton as Artistic Director. In 2013 he curated the ground-breaking exhibition Dread, Fear in the age of technological acceleration, at De Hallen Haarlem. Dread… examined the effects of fear of a future disaster, whether by terrorism or technological catastrophe, on society after 9/11.
He has worked with the Stedelijk Museum, Marres, Stroom and The New Institute, and with a multitude of internationally renowned artists, including Thomas Hirschhorn, Haroon Mirza, Metahaven, Trevor Paglen, James Bridle and Micol Assaël. He has written articles about the cultural implications of new technologies for VICE magazine, Metropolis M, Volume, MONU, Tate Modern and has lectured at leading international festivals such as Open Knowledge Festival, FutureEverything and Ars Electronica. His book Dread – The Dizziness of Freedom was published in 2013.