Kathia von Roth is a Hamburg (D) based artist, activist and social engineer. Since her studies in theatre direction (graduated B.A. in 2013) she has been combining methods of theatrical play and performance with tools of analogue game design. In her work she is setting up physical and/or conceptional formats of temporary ‘utopian zones’ for collaborative creation, from immersive theatre spaces built on fictional storytelling to gamified working structures in the context of festivals, conferences and collective art work. By using the save environment of a game format, she is enabling the “spectators” to bypass the fear of failing and a subservient insecurity to act. In this, she is creating realms of experience that cause alterness and a change of behaviour in its participants and can therefore take effect into so called reality.

In her work, Kathia von Roth is consulting a possible revolution, deeply believing in a post-competitive future.

Since the early noughties Bailey (CA) has ploughed a compelling, and often hilarious, road through the various developments of digital communications technologies. Ostensibly a satire on, and parody of, the practices and language of “new media,” the jocose surface of Bailey’s work hides an incisive exploration of the critical intersection between video, computing, performance, and the body.” (Morgan Quaintance, Rhizome) Recent projects include performances for Rhizome’s Seven on Seven in New York, The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and Tate Liverpool.

His work has been shown widely including recent solo shows at Transmediale in Berlin, and group shows Mediamatic in Amsterdam, Museums Quartier in Vienna and Balice Hertling in Paris. Recent commissions include projects for the Southbank Centre in London, FACT in Liverpool, Turner Contemporary in Margate UK, and The New Museum in New York. Bailey is represented by Pari Nadimi Gallery in Toronto.

Florian Egermann’s (D) work addresses the transformative impact of technology on both a personal and the society level. His objects, performances and installations are mostly devoid of technology, but question the behavioral patterns shaped by it. 

As a member of art groups, he has co-created several participative projects on the borderline of art, activism and social work. He is a founding member of „wielebenwir e.V.“, an association that creates and runs sustainable urban projects.

International performances, exhibitions and workshops („vvvv“, performances), lectures and workshops for sustainable grass-root projects. 

He lives & works as an artist, activist and astronaut in Cologne. 

Lauren McCarthy is an artist, programmer and social engineer based in Los Angeles and Brooklyn. In her work she examines the potential of technologies like social media to create positive social interaction. She makes software, performances, videos, and other things on the internet.

Lauren has exhibited at Ars Electronica, Conflux Festival, SIGGRAPH, LACMA, Onassis Cultural Center, IDFA DocLab, and the Japan Media Arts Festival, and worked on installations for the London Eye, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She holds an MFA from UCLA and a BS Computer Science and BS Art and Design from MIT.

She is an Assistant Professor at UCLA Design Media Arts. She was previously a resident at CMU STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Eyebeam, NYU ITP, and Ars Electronica / QUT TRANSMIT.

Felix Kosok is a design researcher and graphic designer. He received his doctorate in 2020 from the HfG Offenbach on the aesthetic-political dimension of design. In addition to research, he is himself active in design with Bureau069, founded in Frankfurt. Felix Kosok has received many awards for his work. Since 2021, Felix Kosok has been Associate Professor for Graphic Design and Design Theory at the German International University Berlin as well as on the board of the German Designer Club (DDC).