Gerda Lampalzer is a media theorist and media artist whose special focus is artistic research. This encompasses curatorship, lectures, workshops, and publications in the field of video and media art. Her art works include installation, photography, video, concepts, and texts. Since 1993 she has collaborated with Manfred Oppermann; the artist duo LAMPALZER/OPPERMANN operate mainly in the areas of staged photography, transdisciplinary media projects, and performance lectures. Gerda Lampalzer has been a co-director of the Media Workshop Vienna Studio for Independent Media Work since 1980, a member of FLUSS ­The Lower Austria Society for the Promotion of Photo and Media Art since 2006, and since 2003 a member of the Association of Visual Artists Vienna Secession and IG Fine Arts. From 2013 to 2015 Gerda Lampalzer-Oppermann was a guest professor for time-based media in the MA program at the University of Art and Design Linz.