Daniel Felstead is an academic and content producer whose practice focuses on the relationship between the body, technology, and culture. He is the course leader of MA Fashion Media & Communication at the London College of Fashion (UAL). Daniel has spoken and exhibited internationally including Architectural Association, Berlin Critics Week, Fundació Foto Colectania, Global Art Forum, MAPS, ICA, PAF, RCA, RISD, Shedhalle, Transmediale, University of Applied Arts Vienna, and V&A Museum.
Cem A. is an artist with a background in anthropology. He is known for running the art meme page @freeze_magazine and for his site-specific installations. His work explores themes such as virality and performativity, often through collaborative projects. He has held lectures at Royal College of Art London, HEAD Geneva, KASK Ghent and Universität der Künste Berlin.
Primavera De Filippi is an artist and legal scholar at Harvard University, exploring the legal challenges of AI and blockchain technology. Her artistic practice instantiates the key findings of her research, creating AI-enhanced blockchain-based lifeforms that evolve and reproduce themselves as people feed them with cryptocurrencies.
Ania Soliman is an Egyptian/Polish/American artist who grew up in Baghdad and is based between Paris and New York. Her practice encompasses drawing and painting—extending into text, performance, video, and installation. Working with AI-generated imagery and archival material, Soliman explores cultural translation and the ways representation shapes our relationships to nature and technology. Through intricate processes of tracing, coloring, dripping, spraying, and embellishing, she transforms her source material into layered, visually charged work. She is currently researching connections between generative AI, creativity, and psychoanalysis.
Amir Soleymani, known as Mondoir, is a leading art collector and visionary in both the traditional and digital art worlds. As the founder of Mondoir Art Gallery in downtown Dubai, Amir works closely with local government entities, including Dubai Culture, and partners with prominent brands such as Samsung, Brabus, and Infinity to cultivate a dynamic and innovative art scene in the UAE. Amir’s collection possess over 4,000 digital artworks and collectibles, alongside more than 700 physical pieces from renowned and blue-chip artists globally. In addition to his role as an art collector and gallery owner, Amir is a member of the Forbes Inner Circle and the creator of Directory.
Ben Cullen Williams is a London based artist, whose practice moves between mediums and modes of presentation. In his work, Williams explores the spectacle of human made alterations of our natural landscapes and corporeal world through various lenses and technological devices. He has collaborated with Sir Wayne McGregor, Polar Explorer Robert Swan and Google Arts and Culture and MIT Media Lab amongst others.
Sofia Crespo is an Argentine artist based in Lisbon, Portugal, whose practice explores the convergence of artificial intelligence and biological systems. Working as part of the artistic duo Entangled Others with Norwegian artist Feileacan Kirkbride McCormick, she investigates how organic life and artificial mechanisms simulate and evolve each other. Her work examines humanity’s evolving relationship with technology across time, drawing connections between historical innovations like microscopes and cameras that transformed our understanding of reality, to contemporary neural networks that reshape how we process and interpret complex patterns.
Ferdi Alici has been director and new media artist of the Ouchhh Studio for more than 15 years. Ouchhh Studio stands as a leading force in the realm of creative new media, boasting over a decade of unparalleled innovation in the intersection of art, science, and technology. This global studio has carved a niche in pioneering data-driven art forms, including data paintings and sculptures. Their unique methodology merges technological exploration with a deep understanding of the enigmatic roots of art, science, and technology, crafting a vision that’s decidedly futuristic.
Alexandra Payne is the Director of Creative and Content at Outernet London, the UK’s Number one Cultural and Entertainment destination. Since launching in 2022 she has commissioned and worked with artists and institutions such as The Serpentine, The Tate, D’strict, Digital Artweek and launched world class immersive experiences such as The Butterfly Trail.
With her experience spanning the media landscape, she works closely with brands to help them utilise emerging technology to create immersive, engaging experiences that create impact.
Krista Kim, author of the *Techism Manifesto* (2014), is a visionary artist merging AI, immersive tech, and blockchain to explore digital consciousness. Renowned for *Mars House*, *Continuum* in Times Square, *Mirror of the Mind* at the Sphere Las Vegas, and *Heart Space* AI biometric installation, she pioneers the future of art, humanizing emerging technology through sublime, transformative experiences.
Andrew Zolty, known professionally as BREAKFAST, is a data and kinetic artist whose mesmerizing sculptures transform real-time data into moving, physical stories. Driven by a lifelong passion for art, technology, and engineering, BREAKFAST translates natural phenomena—such as ocean tides in Normandy or solar flares on the sun—into dynamic, tangible experiences. Over the past 15 years, BREAKFAST has built a world-renowned studio at the intersection of creativity and engineering. This unique integration allows his work to push artistic and technological boundaries, creating captivating pieces that deeply connect viewers to distant places and unfolding events.
