Steven ten Thije (1980) is a project leader of the new L’Internationale project The Uses of Art – on the legacy of 1848 and 1989. L’Internationale is a confederation of six European heritage institutes dealing with modern and contemporary art and culture. He co-curated together with Charles Esche, Bart de Baere, Anders Kreuger and Jan de Vree Spirits of Internationalism (21-01-2012 until 29-04-2012). This exhibition was of the first L’Internationale project. He also works on a PhD research investigating the complex interplay between curating, art history and media-history. Before he was part of the team that organized Play Van Abbe (2009 till 2011). He is coordinator of The Autonomy Project (www.theautonomyproject.org) and has published various articles and reviews, among others in Exhibiting the New Art, ‘Op Losse Schroeven’ and ‘When Attitudes Become Form’ 1969, (2010). He has studied art history and philosophy at the University of Amsterdam.