Alina Folini is a non-binary artist and researcher, working in the areas of choreography, dance, writing and curatorial practices. They teach Performing Arts Practice and Culture (University of Castilla La Mancha and Museo Reína Sofia, Madrid) and took part in the Performing Arts Advanced Creation Programme (Fórum Dança, Lisbon). They are currently attending the Das Choreography 2022/24 master’s course (Amsterdam University of the Arts). They have presented their work at various international festivals, and since 2014 have run the platform Arqueologías del Futuro (Archaeologies of the Future) in Buenos Aires.

Rita Natálio is an artist and researcher in the areas of performance and fiction and non-fiction writing. She coordinates the project Terra Batida (Beaten Earth), a platform that studies ecological violence in different territorial contexts. She is studying for a doctorate in Artistic Studies (UNL, Lisbon) and Anthropology (FFLCH-USP, São Paulo), focusing on the Anthropocene and its impact on the redefinition of the relationships between art, politics and ecology. She has published two books of poetry and held a series of conference-performances.

Äline Besourö is a graphic artist. Her experiences inspired her to develop her work as a dialogue between art, education and design. Her artistic projects are strongly influenced by experiences of the life cycle and of invisible beings. Curiosity and courage are two concepts that permeate all her creative work. She has a master’s in Contemporary Artistic Processes (PPGARTES/UERJ, Rio de Janeiro) and a degree in History of Art (UERJ, Rio de Janeiro).

Dani d’Emilia is an artist, educator and researcher. They work in the intersection between body arts, radical pedagogies and eco-social-relational justice, inspired by the political concept of healing through ‘Radical Tenderness’ and by issues of transfeminism and decolonisation. They are part of the Brazilian-Canadian collective Gestos Rumo a Futuros Decoloniais (Gestures Towards Decolonised Futures), editor of the Arts Everywhere platform and they collaborate on diverse projects researching the way political-emotional artistic practices can help us face the complexities of the climate crisis.

Maura Grimaldi is an artist, non-binary dyke and researcher. Their work approaches themes related to obsolete technologies based on experimentation with diverse optical devices, reflecting on the economy of attention and forms of subjectivism in contemporary life. They gained a degree and a master’s in Visual Arts from the University of São Paulo. They are currently studying for a doctorate in Lisbon (FCSH-UNL).

Laila Algaves Nuñez is a researcher, writer and project manager in the area of communication and cultural production. She is interested in studies relating to the future and transfeminist contributions to social and ecological thought. She has a degree in Film (PUC, Rio de Janeiro) and a master’s in Aesthetics and Artistic Studies (FCSH-UNL, Lisbon), and she took part in the Imagination Laboratory in 2022. She works with Rita Natálio as a production and creative assistant. She also collaborates with the magazine Umbigo, BoCA – Biennial of Contemporary Arts and Futurama.

Luciana Chieregati is a choreographer, playwright and performer. She develops her work in the extended area of the performing arts. She trained in Dance (Anhembi Morumbi University, Brazil) and has a master’s in Stage Practice and Visual Culture (University of Castilla-La Mancha and Museo Reína Sofia, Madrid). In recent years, she has developed various choreographic projects. She lives in Barcelona and is studying for a master’s in Choreography and Performance at the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies in Frankfurt (Justus Liebig University, Frankfurt).

Feña Celedon, also know as Norma Mor (Muerte a la norma), her drag identity, is a multi-disciplinary art, transvestite and non-binary activist. In the area of performance, she researches the boundaries of gender performativity through transvestism and stage practices relating to drag. She has a degree in Theatrical Representation (Finis Terrae University), with a post-graduate in Theatre Pedagogy and Art (University of the Americas, Santiago de Chile). She is currently taking part in the Independent Studies Programme (PEI) at MACBA (Barcelona).