Florian Mazacher is professor of dramaturgy and curatorial practice at the Karlsruhe University of Arts as well as a curator, dramaturge, author and host of the series The Art of Assembly. From 2012 to 2017 he was Artistic Director of Impulse Theatre Festival (Dusseldorf, Cologne, Mülheim), before that he was co-programmer of Steirischer Herbst festival (Graz) for seven years. His publications include numerous articles and books on curatorial practice and the relationship between art and politics, as well as monographs on theatre makers such as Forced Entertainment, Rimini Protokoll and Nature Theater of Oklahoma. In 2023, his book The Art of Assembly. Political Theatre Today was published at Alexander Verlag. His texts have been translated into over 15 languages.