Miha Turšič is an artist, art-science-technology researcher and Space Lab lead at Waag Futurelab. He works on international and transdisciplinary collaborations and the initiation of projects touching on the themes of biotechnology, material research, digital fabrication, open-source hardware, ecology and outer space. He is involved in S+T+ARTS from its beginnings, mainly focusing on collaboration methodologies,…
Martin Nadal is an artist and creative coder based in Berlin. In the past years he has produced a variety of art projects and taught workshops mainly related to money, blockchain and surveillance. His work has been exhibited or produced at: ZKM (DE) Nam (JP), CAC (CN) Ars Electronica (AT), WRO (PL), Piksel (NO), Radical…
The Lo-Def Film Factory was created by South African artist duo Francois Knoetze and Amy Louise Wilson. Their work involves archival research and visual strategies associated with video art, collage, installation and new media.Russel Hlongwane is a South African cultural producer whose practice includes research, design theory, writing, film and curatorship. His work obsesses over…
Govert Flint studied Architecture at TU Delft (2011, BSc), worked in Shanghai as junior architect and did his master at Design Academy Eindhoven (2014). He graduated with the Bionic Chair, an exo skeleton chair to control the computer with through body movements. In 2015 he founded his design studio Enrichers which is specialized in applying…
David Rickard is a New Zealand artist based in London, UK, working across a range of media including installation, moving image and performance. His original studies in architecture have a lasting impact on his art practice, embedding queries of material and spatial perception deep into his work. Often involving collaboration with scientists, industry and community…
Carolin Liebl and Nikolas Schmid-Pfählers generate strange plastic sculptures in collaboration with quirky robots. With these and other sculptural and installation works, the duo explores the interweaving of natural and artificial, human and non-human, material and ideology. They are both graduates of the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach, where they founded the interdisciplinary art space…
Bana Saadeh is a Palestinian social designer and DJ based in Vienna. She mixes beats from different genres including hip-hop and electronic music, all infused with a powerful feminine energy.
Anka Letycja Walicka is an artist, designer, and chemist with 14 years of experience in sustainable, innovative design, specializing in footwear, fashion and conceptual design. She continuously seeks new solutions that allow her to transcend the boundaries of traditional design, creating sustainable and timeless projects. Merging artistic vision with environmental care ensures that her designs…
Aileen Derieg is a translator and media activist focussing mainly on free software with an emphasis on autonomous cultural initiatives. After decades of translating in the cultural field she retired in 2018 and has since intensified her work with initiatives such as servus.at, AMRO, Eclectic Tech Carnival, among others. Soon after having closed the chapter…
Jaskaran is an artist, researcher, teacher based in Vienna and Linz. His* work emerges at the intersections of scientific, technical, artistic and cultural mediums spanning choreography, directing, writing, performance, music, film and interfaces. Through his Linz-based organization trivium, promoting research and cultural intersectionality in humans, he* has led projects like City Voices, L-INKED and place…
Pheline Roggan is a well know actress from Hamburg, Germany. She started her career playing the female lead in Fatih Akins Soulkitchen which won the Grand Price of the jury on the Venice Film Festival 2009. Since the she is continually working for Film, TV and VoD Productions as well as playing Theatre and having…
Hua Yang is the Professor, Executive Director of Design Interaction Visual Lab (DIV Lab) School of Creativity and art, ShanghaiTech University. Her main research interests include information design, interaction design and new media art. Her art works have been shown in exhibitions home and abroad, and have won several international awards in the field of…