Dr. Claudia Schnugg is an independent social and economic scientist and curator developing methodologies for innovation and meaningful interaction with the arts. As advocate of artscience collaboration, she has been producer and curator of residency programs, and catalyst for numerous international artscience projects. Thereby, Claudia is working with leading scientific institutions, universities, tech corporations and cultural partners. She was assistant professor at JKU in Linz, visiting researcher at Copenhagen Business School, at Art|Sci Center + Lab, Los Angeles, and at European Southern Observatory, Chile. As Senior Curator she headed the Ars Electronica Residency Network (2014-2016) and was first Artistic Director of Science Gallery Venice (2018-2019). Her most recent book is “Creating ArtScience Collaboration” (2019).

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Tal Yizrael is an artist, curator, collaborator, and educator. Her interests lay in intersections, transdisciplinary research, serendipity and collaborations of art and science. She is the curator of “NANO—the Joseph Fetter Museum of Art and Nanoscience” at the BINA Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials of Bar Illan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. There, she fosters collaborations of artists and scientists that lead to transdisciplinary research.

Orit Adar Bachar, a multidisciplinary artist engaged in sculpture, painting and space and video works, has been studying for years the creative moves associated with art work. Her diverse work has received many grants and awards including:  Mifal HaPayis, the Ostrovsky Foundation, the Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation, the New Film and Logic Foundation, the Philharmonic Orchestra and the Ministry of Education.