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Vikhorst (Vik). Screenwriter, director, author of the ReencarNation project.
Vikhorst grew up and lived in Kyiv. He graduated from the National University of Theater, Film and Television I. K. Karpenko-Kary of Kyiv in 2019 as an actor and acting teacher. He has participated in several shows in Kyiv since 2012 and has played supporting roles in various TV shows, music videos and commercials. Since 2019 he composes songs, sings, writes fiction and teaches private acting lessons.
In 2022, after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he initiated the performative documentary project ReencarNation.

Kateryna Pokora is a Ukrainian artist who delves into topics such as fragility and the human relationship with the environment through her artistic practice. Her work spans various mediums, including installation, objects, photography, and graphics. Kateryna holds a degree in Monumental Painting from the Lviv National Academy of Arts (LNAA) and has enriched her artistic journey by participating in the PK Round53 Residency Program in Leipzig and an educational program at the UAP Academy in Poznan. She currently resides in Lviv, Ukraine, where she works and studies

Jorge Dabaliña (1997) and Roser Domingo (1998). Multimedia artists and researchers based in Valencia and members of the "Laboratorio de Luz" research group at UPV, where they are pursuing their doctoral theses and participating in the project "Argos: Audiovisual Performances developed from sound and stage space" (PID2020116186RA-C32). Both hold degrees in Design and Creative Technologies (UPV) and a Master's in Visual Arts and Multimedia (UPV). As a duo, they have carried out audiovisual performances and installations, exploring new experimental possibilities for working with image and sound. They have performed at various festivals, completed artistic residencies, and participated in exhibitions in notable venues such as Matadero, CCCC, Etopia, Las Cigarreras, La Mutant, Veles e Vents, and Atarazanas del Grao.

Marta Flisykowska. Transmedia artist, researcher, and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland. Her research primarily focuses on the human element in the realm of technology. She employs experimental and speculative methods in her creative and artistic research, with a special emphasis on aspects such as intuition, imagination, and aesthetics, which she combines with a thorough study of cultural codes, materializing these elements in her artworks. Furthermore, Flisykowska is distinguished by her fascination with the cosmos and futurology, which serve as defining themes in her projects, exhibitions, and publications

Sofia Melnyk. This artist is specialized in video art, performance, installation, and sound.
She graduated from the Lviv National Academy of Arts (LNAA) in Ukraine, with a focus on the Department of Contemporary Art Practices. Her work likely encompasses a wide range of creative expressions within the realms of video, performance, installation, and sound art.

Carmelo Gabaldón. An audiovisual artist whose work revolves around the human body, its various representations, and its interaction with the surrounding context. He investigate his artistic practice using archival formats and constructions of memory and identity within contemporary queer communities.
Apart from being an artist, he is also a doctoral student, holding the position of associate professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Valencia within the Department of Drawing. He is also a member of the Animation research group at UPV.

Ruslana Kliuchko. She resides in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she works with themes related to time, memory, and history. Her most common techniques include printmaking and monotype, as well as collage and animation. Ruslana is also passionate about creating artbooks and fanzines. Education: 2019-2023 - Graphics and Illustration at NAFAA, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine. Exhibitions: "The Day Before/ The Day After," Backery, London, 2023. "Say the Tree," Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, 2023. "Art Shurf: North of Ukraine," Shostka Art Center, 2023. "Connected Art," ZenArt, Warsaw, 2022. "And Stand Up...," Lavra Gallery, Kyiv, 2022. "Urban Nostalgic Experience," Senka, Kyiv, 2021. "Budynok," Prostir Kryla, Kyiv, 2021. Ruslana's work and exhibitions reflect her artistic journey in exploring these themes through various mediums and platforms.

Oksana Udovyk. Researcher by profession and education, activist at heart, and collective intelligence designer by vocation. Passionate about bridging grassroots innovations with cutting-edge research and bringing together citizens, science, nature, technology, and politics for the common good. Currently pursuing postdoctoral research at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), collaborating with the EU Mission: Climate-Neutral Smart Cities, and exploring how to connect the recovery of Ukrainian cities to this project.

Ruth M-Domenech . Designer and doctoral student in Local Development and International Cooperation at UPV. Through a JAE Intro, collaborates on the project 'Participatory work with Ukrainian refugees in Valencia - Imagining cities we want to come back to,' from the Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management [INGENIO (CSIC-UPV)]. Her academic interest is focused on community art as a mechanism for emancipation and political impact in participatory projects for reparative futures.

Ivan Tsidylo. Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Full Professor of the Department of Informatics and Methods of its Teaching, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ukraine. Head of the research laboratory "Artificial Intelligence in Education". His research is mainly focused on the use of artificial intelligence technologies in professional activities, which make it possible to model mental activities related to both logical and imaginative thinking. The concept of intelligence in such systems is the ability to work with formalised human knowledge and human learning and thinking techniques.
Currently, he works as a researcher at UPV in Departamento de Dibujo, and his research focuses on finding general and fundamental patterns of effective implementation of generative artificial intelligence technological solutions in the process of training future art professionals. He actively studies Spanish and explores Spanish culture. .

Chris Baldwin is known widely for Teatro de Creacion (TdC) and citizen-centred dramaturgy - approaches to making large scale performances designed for a place, about that place and made in deep collaboration with the people of that place. He specialises in directing large scale events for live audiences often created as hybrid performances for television broadcast and streaming.
Chris was Artistic Director for the Opening Weekend for 2023 Eleusis (European Capital of Culture, Greece), was Artistic Director of big events for Kaunas 2022 (European Capital of Culture, Lithuania), was Creative Director of Galway 2020 (European Capital of Culture, Ireland) and previously Curator of Interdisciplinary Performance for Wroclaw 2016 (European Capital of Culture, Poland). He was also Cultural Coordinator for Piran4Istria2025 (Slovenia). He directed two large scale performances as part of the 2012 London Olympics.

Katya Taylor. She is a curator, cultural project manager, and an expert in contemporary art. Her current volunteer project, Artists Support Ukraine, helps organize exhibitions worldwide to promote and support Ukrainian artists during the Russian invasion. Katya comssaried "The Captured House," an exhibition that tells the story of the war in Ukraine through the eyes of 50 contemporary artists. The exhibition traveled to Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, and Rome.
Katya is the founder of the agency Port.agency. Her multidisciplinary collaborations include projects with UNICEF, ONU Women, the World Food Programme, the European Union Anti-Corruption Initiative, UNDP, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (England), the British-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and Vogue Ukraine, among others.

Laura Silvestre. A Ph.D. in Fine Arts, this individual serves as a professor and researcher in the Department of Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Valencia (UPV). Throughout her career, she has combined teaching and researching with administrative roles, such as being the director of the Master's in Artistic Production-UPV (2014-2017), director of the DKV Chair of Art and Health-UPV (2017), and since November 2017, Vice Dean of Culture at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV).
Her research focuses on contemporary art exhibition spaces, particularly considering the significant impacts that the integration of new technologies has had on exhibition discourse. She has conducted research stays at institutions like the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid (2002), Tate Modern in London (2003), and MoMA in New York (2004). Since 2017, she has been coordinating the exhibition program at the Sala Josep Renau of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Valencia. She has also been a guest lecturer at various institutions, including the Athens School of Fine Arts (2004 and 2006), the School of Visual Arts in New York (2009), FH Joanneum University in Graz, Austria (2016), and Bauhaus Universität Weimar in Germany (2017). 

Miquel Ángel Herrero-Cortell. A Ph.D. in Art History from the Universitat de Lleida, this individual has a dual background, holding a degree in Fine Arts and a bachelor's degree in Art History, along with master's degrees in Artistic Production and the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage. His career has been focused on historical and scientific research, particularly in the material and technical development of painting, specializing in pictorial practices from the Renaissance to the 20th century.
For over five years, he conducted research at the Centre d’Art d’Època Moderna (CAEM) at the Universitat de Lleida, where they worked on image-based diagnosis applied to historical and artistic heritage. He has also had international research experiences at institutions like the Laboratorio di Analisi Non Invasive su Opere d’Arte (LANIAC) at the Università di Verona and the Max-Planck Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence. Additionally, he has participated in various international research projects. Currently, he balance teaching as a professor of Art History (UPV) with diagnostic and procedural researching in painting