Contributors

  • Hans Block & Moritz Riesewieck

    DE

    Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck are German writers and directors. Their debut film THE CLEANERS celebrated its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018, was nominated for an Emmy and the German Television Award, and received a Prix Europa and the Grimme Audience Award.

  • Ulli Ullmann

    AT

    Ulli Ullmann has made notable contributions to dance, collaborating with UNIque@dance and serving as a guest student at the University of Music and Dance Cologne since 2023, while also leading successful workshops. Her notable performances include Meet me at my p(l)ace (2024), Symbiose (2023) and Rolling by the River (2022).

  • Dominika Meindl

    Dominika Meindl

    AT

    Dominika Meindl, born 1978 in Linz, is the “President of the Republic of Austria”. As a writer, presenter, journalist and literary event organizer, she divides her time between Upper Austria and the Totes Gebirge. She is the director of “Original Linzer Worte”, Austria’s longest-running reading stage, and curates the “experiment literatur” series in Wels. She…

  • Liang He

    CN

    Liang He (born 2000 in Foshan, China) is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and gamer. He creates sculptures, installations and cartography to replicate and counterbalance anxiety about human subjectivity under capitalism. Liang is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Fine Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

  • Marjan Colletti

    Marjan Colletti

    IT

    Dr Marjan Colletti is an architectural designer, researcher, educator and innovator. He is the Chair Professor of Architecture and Postdigital Practice (first worldwide) and of Building Design and Construction at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Colletti’s academic achievements include chairing the Department of Experimental Architecture at Innsbruck University and founding its robotic experimentation lab…

  • Gordon Fung

    US

    Gordon Fung expands the traditional caretaking role of the curator. He applies stewardship to artworks, artists, history, culture and the community at large to ensure constructive dialog between them. Recognizing the cultural significance of media and technology, his curations bring equilibrium to art scenes where media arts are underrepresented.

  • Merlin Tuttle

    Merlin Tuttle

    US

    Dr. Merlin Tuttle is widely recognized as the godfather of modern bat conservation. He is a resident of Austin, Texas and an internationally known leader in research, conservation and photography of bats. His photos and research have been featured in five National Geographic articles, the journal Science, and many other leading publications. He founded Merlin…

  • Sebastian Sieghartsleitner

    Sebastian Sieghartsleitner

    AT

    Sebastian Sieghartsleitner is a PhD student at the company g.tec medical engineering GmbH, which produces invasive and non-invasive brain-computer interfaces and neurotechnologies. He studied medical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and both his bachelor’s and master’s thesis focused on brain-computer interfaces for neurorehabilitation. His expertise lies in signal processing and machine…

  • Kerstin Borchhardt

    Kerstin Borchhardt

    DE

    Kerstin Borchhardt is an Associate Professor at the Institute of History and Theory of Art at Catholic Private University Linz. She has worked as a postdoc and lecturer at several German universities and was a cooperating partner at UNAM in Mexico City. Her research interests include hybrid creatures, posthumanism, and the relationship of art, science…

  • LynnMayya

    LynnMayya

    SY

    Lynn Mayya is a Syrian-born multimedia artist based in Linz, Austria. She blends art, technology, and politics in her time-based interactive media creations. Her musical style is characterized by raw, playful synths and a fusion of groovy, darkly energetic sounds that captivate and move audiences.

  • Sule

    Sule

    CO/AT

    Sule is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans creative coding, audiovisual generation, and photography. She studied Fine Arts at the National University of Colombia and is pursuing a Master’s in Interface Cultures at the University of Arts Linz. She is an active member of Toplab Bogotá, a live coding community, and Vestidas y Alborotadas, a…

  • Lai Tsung-Yun & Huang Ya-Nung

    Lai Tsung-Yun & Huang Ya-Nung

    TW

    Lai Tsung-YunLai explores feedback noise from audio mixers and environmental sounds, creating performances that blend audio and visual elements. His video works are rooted in folk religious rituals and AI art, merging mixed noises and oversampling test tones. Huang Ya-NungYa Nung, a suona musician, goes beyond traditional Chinese music, experimenting with pop, jazz, Latin, and…