Contributors

  • Jeremiah Diephuis

    Jeremiah Diephuis

    US/AT

    Jeremiah Diephuis grew up in the great arcades of the American Midwest. After studies in computational linguistics and media, he focused his attention on the utilization and development of games for public spaces. He currently works as a researcher and lecturer in the Digital Media department at the Hagenberg Campus of the University of Applied…

  • Ingrid Kopp

    Ingrid Kopp

    ZA/GB

    Ingrid Kopp is the co-founder and co-director of Electric South, a nonprofit organisation based in Cape Town supporting immersive work in Africa. Kopp is also co-chair of the Global Future Council on the Future of Metaverse at the World Economic Forum, and is a co-founder of Immerse, a publication on emerging nonfiction storytelling. Prior to…

  • Nikoletta Karastathi

    Nikoletta Karastathi

    GB

    Nikoletta Karastathi is an architect, lecturer and PhD candidate at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. With a background in both industry and academia, she has worked in award-winning practices in Newcastle and London and taught in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Bristol and Cardiff. Her research explores the intersection of architecture, textiles, computation and material…

  • Noor Stenfert Kroese

    Noor Stenfert Kroese

    NE

    Noor Stenfert Kroese is a new media artist, scenographer and doctoral researcher at the Creative Robotics lab of the University of Arts Linz.Her work integrates technology and biology, exploring the complex interrelations of human and non-human elements. Noor’s current research focuses on data storytelling of living organisms, fungi-inspired biocomputing, and non-human interactions with industrial robots.

  • REX|LAB

    AT/DE/IT/GB/RU

    REX|LAB at ExpArch is a collective of researchers committed to advancing sustainable, innovative, robotic additive manufacturing. Current team members: Georg Grasser, Kilian Bauer, Catalina Tripolt, Simon Hildebrand, Theresa Biesalski, Amy Ehinger, Anna D’Eredità, Daria Smakhtina, Dr Peter Massin, Dr Andreas Körner, Prof Marjan Colletti.

  • Richard Küng

    Richard Küng

    AT

    Richard Küng is full professor for Computing Technologies at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. As of 2024, he is also an elected member of the youth wing of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Küng pursues an interdisciplinary research agenda at the intersection of computer science (algorithms and computational complexity), physics (quantum information and quantum technologies)…

  • Sabine Leidlmair

    Sabine Leidlmair

    AT

    Sabine Leidlmair is currently project manager at the Future Thinking School by Ars Electronica. She studied art history (main subject), archaeology, political science and philosophy at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (graduated in 2006). She has been part of Ars Electronica since the Capital of Culture year 2009 in Linz and has worked in…

  • Sandra Muciño

    Sandra Muciño

    MX/AT

    Sandra Muciño is a bassoonist, performer and sound artist. She is a graduate of Escuela Superior de Música in México, as well as Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität in Austria. She has played in various ensembles and orchestras, studying with Christian Wolff, Wade Mathews and Walter Thompson. Muciño is a member of Sonidero 13, Soundpainting Orchestra…

  • Simon Mraz

    Simon Mraz

    AT

    Simon Mraz is an art historian and curator

  • Stadtwerkstatt / STWST

    AT

    The Stadtwerkstatt / STWST has existed since 1979 and is the first autonomous art and culture house in Linz. From the beginning, it has been associated with a self-image of initiative, activism, subculture, and not least, a practice of constantly redefining art contexts. In the context of new media and media art, the location has…

  • Stefan Czerny

    Stefan Czerny

    AT

    Stefan Czerny has been part of the Ars Electronica Center team since 2023 and joined the Future Thinking School in the same year. He lived and worked in Vienna until 2022, most recently as Event Manager at the Natural History Museum. He studied plastics and environmental engineering and zoology, with a passion for zoology, specializing…

  • Toyboi

    TW/PT/NL/ES

    Hsiang-Yun Hunag is an art curator and filmmaker with a background in philosophy and sociology. Claudia Oliveira is an artist and researcher exploring technology-mediated realities. Lotte Louise de Jong is an artist investigating identity, economy and sexuality. Gema is a psychologist and social scientist researching human technology interaction.