Erika Balsom is a reader in Film and Media Studies at King’s College London. She is the author of four books, including After Uniqueness: A History of Film and Video Art in Circulation (2017) and TEN SKIES (2021), and her writing has appeared in publications including Cahiers du Cinéma, e-flux, Grey Room, and New Left Review. Her curatorial projects across the cinema and the gallery have taken place at venues including Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Kunstverein Hamburg, Spike Island, MAXXI, TIFF, and ICA London. In 2026, Columbia University Press will publish her criticism collection The Edges of Cinema: Essays on 21st Century Film Culture.