Contributors

  • Ilia Dergousoff

    Ilia Dergousoff

    CA

    Ilia Dergousoff began dancing at the age of four and received his training at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre. He was then part of EDge Dance Company where he performed in works by Alleyne Dance, Igor x Moreno and Riccardo Buscarini. In 2020, he graduated from London Contemporary Dance School with a Master’s Degree…

  • Ildiko Mayr

    Ildiko Mayr

    AT

    Ildiko Mayr is an artist and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She experiments with different forms of animation, as well as video art and storytelling.

  • Dragos Silion

    Dragos Silion

    RO

    Creative technologist and co-founder of ArtLink. He spends most of his time working on various immersive projects for tourism, arts and education. Currently, he is doing his PhD in “XR Digitization for large Institutions” with a special interest in NeRF and Gaussian Splatting technologies.

  • Doris Allhutter

    Doris Allhutter

    AT

    Doris Allhutter is a PI in the international research project AUTO-WELF, which analyzes automated welfare provision across European welfare regimes. It examines the implications of algorithms for the transformation of welfare infrastructures. These infrastructures have a significant impact on the living circumstances of citizens and are shaping how citizens encounter, and are addressed by, the…

  • Dominika ÄŒupková

    Dominika Čupková

    SK

    Dominika ÄŒupková is an interdisciplinary designer connecting the dots between AI, art, design, and tech. She is a doctoral student at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, where she explores the intersection of AI and design through a feminist lens. She is a core team member of the international collective AIxDESIGN. Through…

  • Clemens Wenger

    Clemens Wenger

    AT

    Clemens Wenger, born 1982, lives and works in Vienna as musician and composer of contemporary jazz, pop and electronic music. “Clemens Wenger has long become a key figure of the young scene in Vienna (…)“, Klaus Nüchtern writes in his portrait in FALTER magazine. Wenger initiated the JazzWerkstatt Wien, has directed this collective of musicians…

  • Bahanur Nasya

    Bahanur Nasya

    AT

    Bahanur is an architect and researcher, managing projects, as well as teams, and is also a film producer. She has studied in Vienna and Barcelona where she has specialized in sustainable architecture, just and fair scenarios, and future proof development concepts. She supports communities throughout Europe to work collectively, to serve everyone and not just…

  • Anna Desponds

    Anna Desponds

    PL

    Anna draws from her broad experience in the creative industries to enable research & business development support for consulting clients and trade missions at THE CATALYSTS. She curates events in the digital media & art fields, always interested in edgy topics, fresh angles and new speakers.

  • Anil Seth

    Anil Seth

    GB

    Anil Seth is a Director of the Centre for Consciousness Science and Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex. His research focuses on the brain basis of conscious experience and on how consciousness science relates to technology, society and the arts. He is the lead scientist on the collective immersive experience…

  • Angelica Mattiazzi

    Angelica Mattiazzi

    IT

    Mattiazzi received her dance training at Liliana Cosi & Marinel Stefanescu Ballet School and later at the Balletto di Toscana in Italy. Her career began at the BDT dance company, dancing in the most important Italian theatres and working with renowned choreographers, such as Diego Tortelli, Davide Bombana, Arianna Benedetti, Nicola Galli. She was later…

  • Ameera Kawash

    Ameera Kawash

    US/PS

    Dr Ameera Kawash (PS/IQ/US) is an interdisciplinary artist, journalist, and critical technologist. Her work reimagines the role of technology in art to address social justice, dismantle discriminatory and oppressive technologies, and innovate ecological practices. Currently, she is researching representational and epistemological justice while developing decolonial frameworks in the context of generative AI. She is Palestinian-Iraqi-American…

  • Rachita Sai Barak

    Rachita Sai Barak

    IN

    Rachita is a trans-feminist filmmaker and creative director. She leads communications at The Queer Muslim Project, creating digital content and brand identity for their literature and cinema initiatives. Rachita holds a Master’s degree in filmmaking and has spent the last decade working on short films, documentaries, media research projects, and campaigns. Her work has been…