Mark Fisher

theorist, writer, and editor, London

Mark Fisher (born 1968) is a writer, theorist, and Programme Leader of the MA in Aural and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, London and a lecturer at the University of East London, London. He is a founding member of the Cybernetic

Mark Fisher (born 1968) is a writer, theorist, and Programme Leader of the MA in Aural and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, London and a lecturer at the University of East London, London. He is a founding member of the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit and author of Ghosts Of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures (2014), and Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (2009). Fisher’s writing has appeared in many publications, including Frieze, The Guardian, New Humanist, New Statesman, Sight & Sound, and The Wire. He has also produced two acclaimed audio-essays in collaboration with Justin Barton: londonunderlondon (2005) and On Vanishing Land (2013). Fisher lives and works in Suffolk and London. [Last updated 2014]