Participants

Rena Effendi is a filmmaker, writer, an award-winning documentary photographer and author of two monographs “Pipe Dreams: A Chronicle of Lives along the Pipeline” and “Liquid Land”. Her photography has been described as having a… Rena Effendi

Ri is a lens-based visual artist based in Myanmar. They work on stories that are entrenched upon being part of a queer community and intimate relationships. Along with this, they work with visual poems, geopolitical… Ri

Based in Paris, Tito Gonzalez Garcia (France, 1977) and Florencia Grisanti (Chile, 1983) founded the shared artistic practice Ritual Inhabitual in 2013. The collective is composed of artists, curators, publishers working together to develop long-term… Ritual Inhabitual

Salma Abedin Prithi is a Bangladeshi photographer exploring human vulnerability, resilience, and psychological experience. Her work Mundane focuses on social and domestic violence, capturing staged moments that reveal emotional intensity, endurance, and mental strength. Through… Salma Abedin Prithi

Samaa Emad, currently in Gaza is a visual artist whose dynamic and thought-provoking creations delve into the intersections of art, identity, and humanity. Born in Gaza, and holding a Diploma’s degree in Graphic Design, Samaa… Samaa Emad

Samar Abu Elouf is a Palestinian photojournalist and documentary photographer from Gaza City, known for her powerful visual storytelling on life under siege and the human impact of war. Her work captures themes of loss,… Samar Abu Elouf

Sheida Soleimani (b. 1990) is an Iranian-American artist, educator, and activist. The daughter of political refugees who escaped Iran in the early 1980s, Soleimani makes work that excavates the histories of violence linking Iran, the… Sheida Soleimani

Sumi Anjuman’s artistic trajectory unfolds against Bangladesh’s conservative Islamic social order, where gendered subjugation is naturalized as a cultural norm. Her lived encounters with gender-specific violence have sensitized her to the intimate and historical wounds… Sumi Anjuman

Born in Gaza in 1966, Taysir Batniji graduated in arts from Al-Najah University in Nablus, Palestine (1994), and from the Bourges School of Fine Arts in France (1997). Taysir Batniji’s multi-media artwork, often tinged with… Taysir Batniji

Lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Trained as a painter, Phan is a multimedia artist whose practice encompasses video, painting and installation. Drawing from literature, philosophy and daily life, Phan observes ambiguous… Thao Nguyen Phan