Sergey Teterin:
Artist, writer and media art festival organiser in Moscow and Perm (director of Read_Me 1.2 and director/ curator of Machinista 2003) . Cyber-Pushkin 1.0 AI multimedia installation featured in exhibitions and festivals in Russia, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia and Latvia. Sergei was born in Perm in 1969.
www.teterin.ru
Danya Lebedev:
Journalist and publisher of "Computerra+Perm" newspaper. Graduated from the modern art academy and currently curator of the Machinista Perm event. Art event organiser including 2002 festival of electronic and media art, machinista 2003, actions and performances from Permian/ Russian artists. Lives and works in Perm.
www.gif.ru/texts/lebedev-perm
Ilia Zouev:
Interpreter and co-ordinator for Machinista 2003/ 2004, currently works as an English teacher at Perm Technical University. Born in Perm in 1981, Ilia studied foreign languages and intercultural communication.
Roman Arefiev:
Media / video-artist, curator and programmer at Soros Center for Contemporary Art- Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Born in Almaty in 1973 where he currently lives. Studies: 1990-1995 Al-Farabi Kazakh State University, Department of Mathematics.
www.samal.kz/~scca/whoiswho/en/001.htm,
www.arba.ru (published papers on symbolic logic)
Rustam Sabirov:
Fakel magazine editor.PhD student at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Born in Moscow in 1977.
Interests: mysticism, politics, culture. Special field of interests - future of the Internet, virtual reality and its possibilities of changing human society and culture.
www.fakel.org
Vadim Epstein a.k.a. eps:
Moscow media artist, vj, promoter and curator .Started as artist with net.art in 1996, then moved to avantgarde club culture and experimental video. produced video installations and live visuals for most of russian electronic musicians and djs. own style usually tends to weird aesthetics, aimed at slight overloadof the audience.
other recent projects: videoprogram for kazantip beach fests [concept/cinema/vj shows], russian video program at jeune creation 2003 exhibition, supervision of "visual" category at machinista 2003.
www.vjcentral.com/member/show/2049 (vj profile),
eps.here.ru/v/x (pieces of live vj sets)
Robb Mitchell:
Event organiser, curator and artist whispered to be the shadowy force behind the celebrated Chateau.
Founder and two-times director of Free Gallery, Glasgow where his recruitment campaign "Curator Wanted: No Experience Necessary" brought world wide attention to a disused hairdressers basement. Trained in Environmental Art (Glasgow) and Multimedia Technology (Napier University). Has exhibited or worked in and/or for far too many other cultural venues in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
www.chateaugateau.co.uk,
www.lethaprojects.com/majorityrules-home.html
David Bernard:
Audiovisual performer and club visuals provider with Pointless Creations, MIDI instruments designer with The Sound Surgery and regular event/ club/ free party organiser with various Glasgow collectives. Born in Paris (1971), David moved to Glasgow in 1991, his background includes Product Design Engineering [BSc, Strathclyde University] and Electronic Imaging [MSc, Dundee school of television and imaging]. Received the John Logie Baird young innovator's award in 1999 for his collaboration on the Skins MIDI Drum Project. Pointless Creations performed in Perm and Moscow for Machinista 2003.
www.pointlesscreations.co.uk,
www.digitalcow.net,
www.thesoundsurgery.co.uk
James Coupe:
Principal researcher of I, Project , an AHRB funded project to create a "conscious artwork". The project is hosted by London South Bank University, where he is also Senior Lecturer in Art and Media. He has exhibited experimental art work throughout the UK and internationally, ranging from parasitical mobile phone agents to autonomous robot systems.
www.ctrl.me.uk,
www.iproject.org.uk (in progress)
Maria X (M. Chatzichristodoulou):
Researcher in the field of web-based performance and cybertheater (PhD student, Goldsmiths College, Univ. of London and Community Participation Co-ordinator at the Deptford Albany). She has studied theatre and has worked as an actress, curator, producer and marketing officer for numerous cultural events and activities. She has had a six years' long collaboration with Fournos Centre for Art & New Technologies (Athens) and she co-founded, in 1998, the 1st Hellenic Art & Technology Festival, now known as Medi@terra.For the years 2000-2 Maria X was the Co-director of both Fournos and Medi@terra.
www.cybertheater.org (site under construction),
www.mediaterra.org
Torsten Lauschmann:
Artist and musician, studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art and Media Art at HfG Karlsruhe (ZKM). He has been exhibiting and performing his artwork/videos/music/software in the UK and internationally since 1997. Last year he was selected for the Scottish Participation at the Venice Bienale. He is a founding member of german Club/Art Organisation "Vene Hammerschlag".
Since 1998 various regular Music/DJ/VJ collaborative projects in Glasgow (Idealhome, Elbowwobble, Horseplay, Das Booty). In 2002 he started his solar-powered Laptop busking under music-alterego "Slender Whiteman", support act for Ladytron, SchneiderTM and Dadelius. Loves sausages.
www.lauschmann.com (under construction),
www.slenderwhitemann.com,
www.egoburger.com (under construction)
Francis Mckee:
Head of Digital Art and New Media at CCA in Glasgow and research lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art where he teaches on the MFA course. He has curated many exhibitions including ‘Words and Things’ for the relaunch of CCA, Glasgow in 2001 and co-curated the Scottish Pavillion at the 2003 Venice Biennale. A prolific freelance writer on many topics.
www.francismckee.com,
www.zenomap.org
Josh Hale:
Researcher at Glasgow University's Computer Vision and Graphics Lab in the field of human motion and animation techniques. He has also spent many months at ATR International in Kyoto Japan. He studied computer science at Oxford University (BA) where he also won the C.A.R. Hoare prize for computation, Edinburgh university (M.Sc.) and Glasgow University (Ph.D.).
www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/people/personal/halej
Teresa Dillon:
Performance practitioner, researcher and event organiser, whose interests lie in the use of digital technologies within performance and the role of technology within society. Teresa’s particularly interested in technologies influence on identity, memory and perception and its use in sociocultural, collaborative and creative contexts. Teresa is currently working on various mixed-media performance projects and as a researcher at NESTA Futurelab, Bristol, UK.
www.nesta-futurelab.org
Simon Yuill:
Glasgow-based artist who works with code. He is interested in both the formal aesthetics of code and its relationships to societal structures. He makes software, organises public events engaging in these issues and writes. He is part of the code art group slateford.
www.spring-alpha.org,
www.slateford.org,
www.lipparosa.org,
www.livingzeroes.org
Guy Veale:
DJ / electronic musician / event organiser / tour manager living in Glasgow since 1992. Resident DJ @ "Solar" 92-94, performed regularly @ clubs and free parties across the UK, Europe & USA for over 14 years. Currently working on a number of projects involving internationally funded collaborations with artists from various record labels & production companies. Long-term associate & part-time member of "Spezialmaterial" collective from Switzerland.
www.spezialmaterial.ch
Willie Sullivan:
Strategic communicator and organiser. He is Director of Taleem Trust a charitable organisation whose is aims to develop cross community cohesion by building Social Capital.
Vicki Anderson:
Vick is a marketing executive for The Big Issue in Scotland Magazine and an accomplished musician. Has previously worked in advertising, production and marketing for various entertainment publications in London, Canberra and Sydney. Studied Art History and Curatorship at Australian National University.