Anna-Luise Lorenz is a designer, researcher, and artist based in Berlin. Her research-based work explores the corrupting forces of reality which find expression in the anomalies of empiricism and rationalism: the weird, the absurd, or the enigmatic processes within biological and technological systems. Through a wide range of media such as performance, installation, animation and fictional short stories Anna explores the human and non-human body as a pivotal point for the emergence of new hybrid beings, and accidental or deliberate non-human design practices.

Summarised in one word, Klimentina’s focus lies on interaction. Her work ranges from stage-based concepts through audio-visual compositions to educational forms of social experiments. Klimentina’s narratives are researching on the common grounds of those fields while questioning the already known. Her background in theater and pedagogy inspires her to observe new strategies for empirical communication and immersive experiences.

Alexander is a designer, artist, and media researcher, with a background in graphic / interaction design, software art and programming. His research investigates the diverse implications of human-computer interaction with a focus on the creative use of software. His practice explores the intersection of programming, design, and software culture. He is regularly teaching workshops on creative coding, web technology and interaction design. Currently, he is holds a position as a Tandem-Professor for media informatics in design at the faculty of design Mainz University of Applied Sciences together with NODE.

Ibo Ibelings is a Dutch creative coder, artist and overall technology enthusiast. His work ranges from making drawing robots to programming websites. Ibo teaches the modules Generative Design and DIY Hardware at Graphic Design at ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem.

Jelle is an artist in the Netherlands who works with electronics, robotics, machines and code. He is interested in questioning new technologies, for example in terms of their ethical implications.

Lisa, Neander and Esther are three creative individuals who have a strong sense of social responsibility. They always like finding out new ways to express themselves, and during this, like to ask questions about what it means to express themselves in this way and invite others to do the same in a playful way. They all have their own specific specialty within Katpatat, but know the basics of each other’s specialty. This is what allows Katpatat to make bridges between these skills and find themselves in weird innovative spaces that they like to explore!