Markus Maicher (1984) is a Vienna-based experimental filmmaker and media artist. His artistic practice is centered around a fascination with the cinematic dispositiv and the material poetry of analog film, photography and video. He studied at the Friedl Kubelka School for Independent Film as well as Film and Media Studies at the University of Vienna and is currently doing his PhD at the University of Applied Arts. He works as a projectionist at the Austrian Filmmuseum and is part of the artist-run film lab filmkoop wien. He regularly curates experimental film programs and teaches film at universities. His films and installations have been shown at numerous international festivals, cinemas and galleries.