Elena Posokhova is a producer and curator of contemporary art projects. She holds a master’s degree in Art History and Cultural Studies from the Kuban State University in Russia and has also studied contemporary art at the Louvre School. Elena specialises in studying the Mediterranean region and its natural and cultural relationships. She has completed a Master’s degree in MAVI at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Since 2014, Elena has been working with contemporary artists, proposing artistic projects developed in collaboration with scientists, ecologists, and artisans. In this context, the art residencies organised by Elena initiate and support the production of new works by artists and their exhibitions in cultural institutions and various art festivals (such as Musee Es Baluard in Mallorca, Goodplanet in Paris, Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporania in Valencia, Loop Barcelona, etc.).

Currently, Elena is working on the MARLANDS project  which explores the Mediterranean Islands through contemporary art and multidisciplinary collaboration. This project is supported by the European Union, the United Nations, and several prominent Mediterranean research institutes, art museums, and cultural centres. 

Elena, a resident curator at the Thinkers Bureau in Poush, Art Center in Paris, recently curated the exhibition There is no lonesome wave.

Lives and works in Barcelona, Catalonia. An interactive communication artist and researcher, Pares’ work is characterized by the poetic and critical experimentation with digital technologies, and has been presented and exhibited in festivals, art centers and museums in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Parés holds a PhD in Audiovisual Communication and a degree in Fine Arts. He is a Professor and Researcher in the Communication Department at the Pompeu Fabra University, and his research projects have been published by the British Computer Society, Academic Press, FECYT, Macba, and MIT Press, amongst others. He has launched pioneer platforms in electronic art, such as, for example, “Galeria Virtual” (1993-2000), dedicated to the development of virtual reality as an art form; ‘Macba En Línea’ (1995-1997), a pioneer platform for net.art; and M.A.L. (2011-2013), an art lab with smartphones. From 2010 to 2015 he was co-director of the Master’s in Digital Arts, UPF. His commitment to an inter-discplinary culture (which he defends for its anti-dogmatic potential and for its civilizing power), has led him to explore the intersections between art, science, technology and society.

Last update: May 10th, 2017

She studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York. She furthered her studies by pursuing a degree in Art History (UB). Within her artistic pursuits, she embraces a wide spectrum of audiovisual, photographic, and pictorial expressions, all centred around the exploration and interrogation of varied approaches to authority and control, encompassing the realms of the body, territory, and language. Currently, she is part of the collective management team responsible for the Sala d’Art Jove, an establishment devoted to the development, exploration, and instruction of young artists, supported by the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Since 2021, she has been collaborating regularly with the Education Department of MACBA. She recently participated in the “Cultures d’Avenir” programme, initiated by the Pompidou Centre in Paris, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin (HKW), and the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), with the support of OFAJ.

Pau Faus is a filmmaker, visual artist, and architect. During his time working as an architect, he became interested in contemporary art movements such as Situationism, Land art, and Relational Aesthetics, the latter led him to rediscover architecture and urbanism beyond academia. In 2009, he began exhibiting his works, carrying out projects, and running workshops at various local and international art venues. In 2013, due to the social and political climate in Spain, he swapped contemporary art for activism; he joined the main nationwide movement against evictions, the PAH (Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca [Mortgage Victims Platform]). There, he co-founded Comando Vídeo, a collective for video communication in social movements, and with whom he directed the featurette ¡SÍ SE PUEDE! SIETE DÍAS EN PAH BARCELONA (YES WE CAN! SEVEN DAYS WITH PAH BARCELONA) in 2014. A few years later, in 2016, he produced his first critically acclaimed feature film ALCALDESA (MAYORESS), which portrays the journey of an activist who runs for the position of mayor in Barcelona. His second feature film is titled FAUNA (2023), a science fiction fable exploring the relationships between humans, animals, and science in post-pandemic times.

Irit Batsry is an artist working mainly in video and installations probing perception, image-making and collective and personal
memory and identity.

Her work has been shown extensively in 35 different countries. She was awarded the prestigious Whitney Biennial Bucksbaum
Award(2002) given to ”an artist whose work demonstrates a singular combination of talent and imagination – a person who
promises to make a significant contribution to the visual arts”. She received the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1992 and
the Grand Prix Video de Création of the Société Civile des Auteurs Multimedia, Paris (1996 and 2001) as well as many festival awards.

Selected shows include the National Gallery in Washington, theNational Film Theater and the ICA (London), Reina Sofia Museum (Madrid), Museu d’Arte Moderna (Rio), Ludwig Museum (Koln), Tel Aviv Museum, Artists Space, the Whitney and the MOMA in NYC. In 2006 the Jeu de Paume in Paris organized a retrospective of her videotapes (1981- 2006).

Last update: 11th November, 2019

Vivian Vivas is a New York-based visual artist who fuses moving image, sound, performance, unchoreographed dance and installation. Her work addresses the boundaries of contemporary issues, challenging prevailing notions around migration, identity and climate collapse. Vivian earned her MFA from Columbia University and her BA in Film and Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. She previously studied photography at the Andy Goldstein School of Creative Photography in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Last update: 20th November 2023