ABOUT US

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DOROTA SAJEWSKA

FABIENNE LIPTAY

Dorota Sajewska is a professor at the Department of Theatre Studies at the Ruhr University Bochum. Her research focuses on...

Fabienne Liptay is a professor of film studies at the University of Zurich. An essential aspect of her research and writing is...

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ALEXANDRA BACHZETSIS

Alexandra Bachzetsis is a choreographer and visual artist, based in Zurich. Her practice unfolds at the intersection of...

RUTH BAETTIG

Ruth Baettig is an artist working with video, photography and performative interventions. Her practice is rooted in...

DALIDA MARÍA BENFIELD

Dalida María Benfield is an artist-researcher, filmmaker and theorist (Panama/US/Finland). Her current work is focused on...

ELENA BISERNA

Elena Biserna is a researcher and curator based in Marseille. She writes, talks, facilitates workshops and...

MATEUSZ BOROWSKI

Mateusz Borowski is a professor at the Department for Performativity Studies at the Jagiellonian University in...

ALICE JASMINE CRIPPA

Alice Jasmine Crippa is a futurist, cultural producer and creative facilitator working at the intersection of...

EDUARDO JORGE DE OLIVEIRA

Eduardo Jorge de Oliveira teaches visual culture, comparative literature and literary theory. He is a researcher at the...

GIUSEPPE DI SALVATORE

Giuseppe Di Salvatore was trained as a philosopher (Rome, Paris, PhD), worked as a researcher in Geneva and founded...

BURCU DOGRAMACI

Burcu Dogramaci is a professor at the Institute for Art History at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and a director of...

HENDRIK FOLKERTS

Hendrik Folkerts (MA, Art History, University of Amsterdam) is a curator of international contemporary art and head of...

ALEXANDRA GELIS

Alexandra Gelis is a Colombian-Venezuelan-Canadian media artist, curator and researcher whose work...

MARIE GLASSL

Consequently positioned in between disciplines, fields and languages, Marie Glassl aims to connect...

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LILIANA GÓMEZ

Liliana Gómez is a professor of art and society at the University of Kassel, Kunsthochschule Kassel and the documenta Institut...

HENRIETTE GUNKEL

Henriette Gunkel is a professor for the transformation of audiovisual media with a particular focus on gender studies and...

MICHAEL HEITZ

Michael Heitz is the founder and director of DIAPHANES, an independent multilingual publishing house based in...

JULIAN HETZEL

Julian Hetzel is the founder and the artistic director of Studio Julian Hetzel, a creative laboratory for...

EMMA WALTRAUD HOWES

Emma Waltraud Howes oscillates between movement and form to create time-based performance installations that merge...

NICCOLÒ MORONATO

Niccolò Moronato is an artist, namer, researcher, translator and language designer whose practice challenges...

MARÍA INÉS PLAZA LAZO

María Inés Plaza Lazo was born and raised in Guayaquil, and from an early age projected her own nomadic future. Trained as an...

SYLVIA SASSE

Sylvia Sasse is a professor of Slavic literary studies at the University of Zurich. She is co-editor of the online magazine...

DOROTA SOSNOWSKA

Dorota Sosnowska is a cultural studies scholar at the University of Warsaw. She is interested in the histories and theories of...

MAŁGORZATA SUGIERA

Małgorzata Sugiera is a professor and the head of the Department of Performativity Studies at the Jagiellonian University in...

ARTUR ŻMIJEWSKI

Artur Żmijewski—born in 1966. He studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studios of Gustaw Zemła and...

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HELENA BAUR

Helena Baur is a master's student in the final phase of her degree in Theatre Studies at the Ruhr University Bochum, where she also...

BABYLONIA CONSTANTINIDES

Babylonia Constantinides is a research assistant at the Department of Film Studies at the University of Zurich. She studied fine arts...

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MAIA GUSBERTI

Maia Gusberti (*1971) is a visual artist and a researcher. She studied Media Arts at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and ...