Sylvere Lotringer, founder of Semiotext(e), is widely credited for introducing "French Theory" in America. He is professor emeritus of French Philosophy at Columbia University, Jenan Baudrillard propfessor at the European Graduate School , and visiting professor at SciArc in Los Angeles.
(Mis)reading Masquerades is the result of a two year exploration by If I Can't Dance of the cultural, social and political meanings of the concept of masquerade, in collaboration with more thn fifty artists, curators, writers and theoreticians.