Fatma Bucak studied Philosophy at Istanbul University and History of Art and Etching in Italy at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts, before completing her MA in Photography at the Royal College of Art, London. Her works in performance, photography, sound, and video, center on political identity, religious mythology, and landscape as a space of historical renegotiation. Investigating the fragility, tension and irreversibility of history, the power of testimony and memory. In her practice she often questions traditional forms of history-making as well as cultural and gender norms. 

“I confess that I often have doubts about the strength of independent narratives in art and about resistance within art. I spend a fair amount of time thinking about how it might be done better, and even about whether one ought to simply disengage from these subjects all together. But ultimately there is no way by which you can isolate yourself from the world; all my works are influenced by, and influence, my surroundings.” 

With a PhD in Art History, Marcella Lista is, since 2016, Chief Curator of the New Media Collection at the National Museum of Modern Art – Centre Pompidou, Paris. She has devoted research work to the visual culture of sound. Her work also deals, more broadly, with experimental artistic practices involving film and video, installation, dance and performance. She was previously Associate Professor in History of Art in Université de Limoges and Head of Programs of the Auditorium of the Louvre Museum in Paris, where she has notably launched a series of contemporary art projects.  She has recently published : “Noter les seuils de l’écoute : entretien avec Lawrence Abu Hamdan”, Les Cahiers du Musée National d’Art Moderne, Hors –série 2017 « Notations », Paris, 2017 ; and the exhibition catalogue, Ryoji Ikeda : continuum, Paris, Editions Xavier Barral, 2018. She has recently curated exhibitions in the following centres : Beirut Art Center, Beirut; Carré d’Art, Nîmes;  Centre Pompidou, Paris;  Kanal-Centre Pompidou, Brussels ; and for the Prix Marcel Duchamp 2018.

Since 1997 Melanie Manchot has exhibited internationally and in 2017 was shortlisted for the prestigious Jarman Award by Film London. Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Open Stage. Back Stage’, Kunsthaus Centre d’art Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland (2019), BTV Stadtforum Innsbruck, Oesterreich (2018) ‘Open Ended Now’, MAC VAL, Musee d’art contemporain Valde Marne, Paris, France (2018), ‘White Light Black Snow,’ Parafin, London (2018), ‘Dance (All Night, London)’, Art Night, London (2017), ‘People Places Propositions’, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne (2016). 

Important recent group exhibitions include ‘Actions’, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (2018), the Marl Media Arts Awards at Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Germany (2016), ‘Group Therapy’, FACT, Liverpool (2015), ‘The Rhythm Is…’, Museum Folkwang, Essen (2014), and ‘Global Feminisms’ at the Brooklyn Museum, New York (2007). Manchot’s work is included in important public and private collections including the Arts Council Collection, London, Government Art Collection, London, MAC, Fonds Municipal d’Art Contemporain, Paris and the Brooklyn Museum, New York.