Contributors
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Maryam Sehhat
IR
Maryam Sehhat was born in Iran, studied painting at University of Art and Architecture in Tehran and immigrated to Austria in 2017. From 2006 until now she had many solo and group exhibitions with her paintings in Iran and Austria. In her paintings she tries to show the physical and mental relation between humans and…
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Maniza Khalid
IN
Maniza Khalid leads programs at The Queer Muslim Project. They are a Swedish Institute Leader Lab fellow and served as an advisor to queer donor organizations such as Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. They are currently part of a collective crafted by the Asia Feminist LBQ Network. With experience in organizations like Rekhta—leading Urdu’s renaissance…
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Lo Lai Lai Natalie
HK
Lo Lai Lai Natalie was born in Hong Kong. Lai Lai is a former travel journalist. She is interested in food, farming, fermentation, surveillance, and meditation. She is a learner at the collective organic farm Sangwoodgoon (Hong Kong), where she also explores a practice that seeks alternatives and autonomy as an artist and Hong-Konger. Her…
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li li k.s.a
MM
li li k.s.a, born in 1990 in Bhamaw, Kachin, Myanmar (Burma), is a multifaceted composer, improviser, sound artist and violinist. After graduating in theology in Myanmar, he briefly studied at Dr. Hoch’s conservatory in Frankfurt before pursuing composition studies with Frank Gerhardt at the music academy in Kassel. In 2022, he relocated to Paris on…
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Leila Samari
IR
Leila Samari, who is an Iranian artist living in Vienna, has a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from Tehran University of Art and Architecture. She immigrated to Austria in 2017. From 2001 onwards, she has had many solo and group exhibitions of her paintings in Iran and Austria. The pictures, stories, and poems that Leila…
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Kateryna Zhuravlova
UA
Kateryna Zhuravlova is an artist at the Ethno Contemporary Ballet. Originally from Ukraine, she is currently based in Finland. She also works as an assistant at the ECB, a dance theater that explores a symbol-based system interwoven with allusions to daily rituals and ceremonial practices, as well as reflecting diverse cultural perspectives. With a foundation…
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Jeremy Kamal
US
Jeremy Kamal is a film and game maker creating landscape mythologies through animation, sound, and video games. His geomyths explore the rituals, technologies, and ecologies that emerge when overlooked cultural values shape landscapes. Leveraging the design methods of landscape architecture and the accessibility of pop culture and music, his 3D environments host speculative narratives that…
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Jan Zuiderveld
NL
Jan Zuiderveld is an artist and researcher with a background in physics, electrical engineering, neuropsychology and artificial intelligence. His work explores the interface between technology and life, prompting reflections on the essence of being and our rapidly evolving relationships with machines. Zuiderveld’s work is currently exhibited at the Nieuwe Instituut. His research has been featured…
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Indu Antony
IN
Indu Antony is a multidisciplinary artist based out of Bengaluru and Kerala in India. Having pursued a degree in medicine, Antony later moved on to learning and practicing art full-time. Her works consist of understanding feministic standpoints. Recognizing the presence of gendered bodies in public spaces, she encourages conversations around this topic with her long-standing…
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Gabriel Massan
BR
Gabriel Massan is a Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist. Combining storytelling and worldbuilding, they create worlds that simulate and narrate epistemic states of inequality. Through “fictional archaeology,” the artist investigates possibilities for subversive otherness. In 2024, Massan opens a solo show at Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, participates in the 38th Panorama of Brazilian Art: 1000º…
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Fragmentin
CH
Fragmentin is an artist collective based in Lausanne, Switzerland, founded in 2014 and composed of three ECAL alumni: Laura Nieder (1991, Lausanne), David Colombini (1989, Lausanne) and Marc Dubois (*1985, Basel). At the crossroads of art and engineering, Fragmentin’s work scrutinizes the impact of the digital on everyday life. Fragmentin’s works are often conceived as…
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Diane Cescutti
FR
Diane Cescutti born in 1998, is a French transmedia artist based in Saint Etienne, France. Adopting a histo-futurist, speculative and narrative approach, she explores the historical, technological, mathematical and aesthethic links between weaving, textiles and computers. She seeks to redefine our understanding of technology and textiles through weaving, sculpture, installations, videos, and 3D. She also…