César Escudero Andaluz is an artist and researcher focused on Human-Computer Interaction, interface criticism, digital culture and its social and political effects. His work spans image-making, sculpture, videogame, installation, networked culture, IoT, robotics, media archaeology.
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Charles Céleste Hutchins was born in San Jose, California in 1976 and currently lives in London, England. Growing up in Silicon Valley, he started programming at a young age and has continued to do so, even after leaving dot coms to pursue music composition – obtaining an MA from Wesleyan University in 2005 and a PhD from the University of Birmingham in 2012. He teaches music technology at the University of Kent and is a co-founder of the Network Music Festival. His computer music is primarily composed of bugs that sound good.
Chimbalab is an art and Technology laboratory based in Santiago de Chile. Since its inception in 2008 it has been focused in the creation of sharing networks, discussion and reflection spaces, open hardware research and DIY technologies practices. Chimbalab has been an active cultural agent both in the Chilean context as in the South American one, understanding and promoting the idea of the technology in a broad sense, as an artistic production strategy and as an alternative of subsistence.
Chimbalab is Claudia González Godoy & Constanza Piña Pardo
Chipp Jansen is a Postdoctoral Researcher on the Circular Supply Chain at the Textile Circularity Centre at the Royal College of Art. Most recently he completed a PhD in Robotics at King's College London researching human-robotic interaction in in visual arts. In the past, he has worked as a creative computing consultant and interdisciplinary artist in the areas of data visualisation, information aesthetics, interactive installation, and computational architecture.
hcv has a background in sociology and some in Vienna. He jobs mostly in the field of political education. Works with works councils. Engaged in social movements. 2011 he had a multimedia handbook published on social movements and social media. The last few years he is researching the precarious situation of employees in the digital age.
Christina Gruber is an artist and freshwater ecologist, who works at the intersection of art and science. In her work she deals with societal phenomena and their effects on the earth’s surface. Water is of special interest to her. Christina sees it as the element all things on earth have in common. It is the connector between stories of different places and layers, running through everything, from clouds to data centers.
Christo Buschek is a programmer and data journalist. His focus lies in data-driven research, which he combines with storytelling to expose human rights abuses and strengthen social justice. Among other projects, Buschek's open-source software, Sugarcube, has been used to preserve the most extensive collection of documentation on war crimes in Syria. Buschek received the Kim Wall Award, the Sigma Award, and the Pulitzer Prize in 2021 for the project "Built to Last," which documented the mass incarceration of Uighurs in China.
Christo is a technologist with a focus on data based investigations in the human rights. In his work he develops strategies, methodologies and tools to support individuals and organizations to complement their investigative work with computational processes. Prior to that he worked on digital productions around issues of data, privacy and digital security at Tactical Tech and developed software in various industries. He tries to empower activists and researchers by helping them to navigate the complexities of the digital realm.
Christoph merges technical expertise with a strategic mindset to approach artistic challenges. His innate drive to create led him to explore the world of computers, crafting diverse creations that manifest his creativity. By harnessing the potential of new technologies, he showcases how they harmoniously coexist with our society, inspiring others to embrace innovative possibilities. Christoph connects with diverse communities, fostering meaningful collaborations.