Michael Liebe studied Political Science and Media Studies in Trier, Bochum, Madrid and Potsdam. He has a M.A. in European Media Science and is working on his Ph.D in rules of the computer game. He is cofounder of the Digital Game Research Center at the University of Potsdam (DIGAREC) and was the strategic head of the game art festival A MAZE. As a free journalist he is specialized in digital culture, markets and technologies. At the moment he is a speaker in new media at the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (web, games, mobile).
Bengt Sjölén is an independent software and hardware designer/hacker/artist based in Stockholm with roots in the home computer demo scene. He mainly works in the areas of media art, science, sound, visuals, architecture and technology. He experiments with, amongst other things, programmatic generation of design, function, hardware and software. His work has been exhibited internationally in places such as Synthetic Times Exhibition (Beijing), NTT ICC (Tokyo), the Venice Biennale of Architecture, Kulturhuset (Stockholm) and Ludwig Muzeum (Budapest). more...
Adam Hyde founded FLOSS Manuals in 2007, the aim being to increase the quantity and quality of free documentation about free software. The project explored methodologies for collective book production (Book Sprints) and lead to the creation of the new collaborative writing platform Booki. As a digital artist Adam Hyde explored digital-analog hybrid broadcast systems as part of Radioqualia. Projects included The Frequency Clock, Polar Radio, Radio-Astronomy, Free Radio Linux, Paper Cup Telephone Network and Silent TV. more...
Susa Pop is curator and cultural manager. 2003 she founded Public Art Lab together with Hans Wiegner, artist and Ela Kagel, curator. Public Art Lab is a platform which conceives and implements cross-national creative projects and communication formats at the interface of urban space and the digital worlds. Together with the urbanist Mirjam Struppek, she initiated the Media Facades Festival Berlin 2008 and Europe 2010. Susa Pop is preparing the innovation forum Urban Screens 2011 together with the Federal Ministry of Education and Science. more...
Tobias Leingruber (tbx) is an artist and free communication designer using viral media, popular culture, amateur aesthetics and client-side browser software in his work. As an advocate for openness and freedom online he has worked with many artists and organisations including the F.A.T. Lab, Artzilla.org and Mozilla. Best know for Pirates of the Amazon and China Channel he has exhibited work worldwide and has been featured by the NY Times, LA Times, Wired, Spiegel, 3sat(TV) or Liberation.fr.
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Art Claims Impulse is a gallery in Berlin specialized in video art, performance, and new media installations. Its main interest is in art with an unusual approach that is innovative from a thematic, technical and aesthetical point of view.
