Adam Vukmanov is an award-winning, creative architect and designer with over 15 years of experience in building construction, interior architecture, and production design. Since 2018, as a core member of Studio Taktonika, his focus has mainly been on developing innovative spaces in the workplace, healthcare, and residential design. After graduating from dieAngewandte, Adam has worked for Span-Arch in Vienna, completing the Austrian pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, and later joined Acme in London, where he realized several large-scale projects in the UK and the Middle East. His interdisciplinary approach to design, focus on high-end craft, and advanced fabrication brought him into the set design and concept art environment in the film and advertising industry, where he was nominated for the 18th USA Art Directors Guild Award in the category of production design. His clients include Renault, Nissan, Genesis, and PlayStation, among others. Adam has taught architectural design at UMPRUM and ARCHIP in Prague, Lund School of Architecture, CITA Kadk in Copenhagen, and Architectural Association Global School in Paris. His research work and the work with his students have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, as well as many galleries and conferences across Europe and the US. Influenced by his stay at the MAK Schindler Artist and Architect in residency program, Adam pursued a passion for photography and works as a professional photographer specializing in landscape photography, fashion, and architecture. Adam is currently based in Prague, Czech Republic.

Julia Koerner is an award-winning Austrian designer working at the convergence of architecture, product and fashion design, specialized in 3D-printing. She is the founder of JK Design GmbH /JK3D and a professor at UCLA. Her recent collaborations include 3D-Printed Haute Couture and costumes for Marvel’s Hollywood blockbuster ‘Black Panther’ earning two Academy Awards.

Markus Zeber (*1979 in Carinthia, Austria) completed his studies of architecture at the Technical University Vienna in 2005 and then obtained his diploma in Sculpture at the University of Applied Art in 2011. He then spent time abroad, had exhibitions in Los Angeles (MAK-Schindler Scholarship), in Paris and Vienna, as well as teaching assignments at the Technical University of Vienna, the Art University of Linz and the University of Applied Art.

Mandla Reuter works in between places

Many of the themes in Ortmeyer’s work draw from her keen interest in — and uncanny understanding of — cultural, human, and political interrelations, whether contemporary or historic, highbrow or lowbrow, academic or punk. Years of working on her publications about chess have taken her on a world library tour de force (Mexico City, New York, Reykjavík, Paris) and have equipped her with a scientific rigor that is rare among contemporary artists. But rather than taking a purely analytical approach, Ortmeyer marries her scholarly inclinations with an inquisitive and sometimes biting naïveté, allowing her to effortlessly break down the most complex intricacies of the human psyche in what may otherwise seem benign or platitudinous contexts. And in all her ongoing quest to discover deeper universal truths, she never compromises her unapologetic passion for beauty … and for love.

Ortmeyer’s solo exhibitions were shown in Kunstverein München, MoMA P.S.1. (New York City), 21er Haus (Vienna), S.M.A.K. (Ghent), KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin), among others. She was part of various group exhibitions, including in the Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin), Kunsthalle Zürich (Zürich), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art (Warsaw); Palais de Tokyo (Paris); MAK Center (Los Angeles), KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin), Stedelijk Museum Bureau (Amsterdam), Monnaie de Paris (Paris), Swiss Institute (New York). During her career, Ortmeyer won numerous awards and prizes, e.g.; the MAK-Schindler Scholarship (Los Angeles), Stiftung Kunstfond (Bonn, Germany). Her works are featured in the collections of the MoMA, (New York), Belvedere Museum (Vienna), S.M.A.K. (Ghent), Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin) and FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais.

Felix Burrichter is a New York-based creative director, curator, editor, and publisher. Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, he was trained as an architect in Paris and New York. In 2006 Felix founded the multimedia platform PIN–UP, a self-described “Magazine for Architectural Entertainment” with a biannual print edition, of which he is the editorial and creative director. In addition to PIN–UP, Burrichter curates exhibitions and consults on design and architecture projects for various design brands. Burrichter has edited a number of design and art books including Barbie Dreamhouse: An Architectural Survey(Mattel/FEBU), Cassina: This Will Be The Place (Rizzoli), Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau: A 21st Century Show Home (Karma), Rafael de Cárdenas: Architecture at Large (Rizzoli), PIN–UP Interviews(powerHouse), and Paul Mpagi Sepuya: Studio Work (Familiar). His curatorial projects include: Paper Weight, an exhibition on the culture of independent publishing (Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2013); Pavillon De L’Esprit Nouveau: A 21st-Century Show Home (Annual Architecture and Design Series, Swiss Institute, New York, 2015); Superbenches, a project for the permanent installation of 10 public park benches (Stockholm, 2017); and Blow Up, a group show on design and scale (Friedman Benda gallery, in New York, 2019). In 2022 he founded the platform for contemporary home accessories, PIN–UP HOME.

A practicing architect in Bombay, India, Zameer Basrai has been an associate to TheBusride Design studio since 2006 working on a wide range of institutional, commercial and residential projects. He has also been pursuing his diverse interests in research ranging from contemporary marginalization and conservation practices to domesticity and urban living. He completed his Bachelor of Architecture degree from CEPT, Ahmedabad, India in 2005 and graduated with a SMArchS degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA in 2009.

Maruša Sagadin was born in 1978 in Ljubljana, Slovenia and is based in Vienna, Austria. She studied architecture at TU Graz before transitioning to performative arts and sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. In 2015/2016, she participated in the ISCP Grant in New York City (USA), and in 2010, she was awarded the Schindler Grant at the MAK – Center for Art and Architecture in Los Angeles (USA). From 2011 – 2017 she was Assistant Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, in the department for Performative Arts and Sculpture.

Stephan Lugbauer, born in 1976, now lives and works in Vienna and Lower Austria. He studied architecture at the Technical University of Vienna and received his MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts, New Media Department, Vienna. He was a fellow of the MAK Schindler Residency in Los Angeles, the BMUKK Studio Residency in Mexico City, and the Cité des Arts in Paris.

Edmund Kwong is a Project Architect at Morphosis Architects with broad experience in the design and construction of a range of project types including academic, cultural, high-rise, and commercial buildings.

Through his studies in both Architecture and Fine Arts, Tobias Klauser (1981) has always worked at the intersection of the two fields. Since 2013, together with Carlo Lienhard, he has run a design studio in Zurich. With their own label, Maybesoon, they explore the possibilities of local and sustainable production, creating sculptural works that are also marketable.

Hans-Peter Thomas aka Bara (b. 1968, Bonn, Germany) is an artist whose work moves between painting, music, performance, and installation. Over the past two decades he has developed a practice that interrogates the act of mark-making and authorship, beginning with early alphabet paintings (2003) and extending into monochrome canvases inscribed with scratches and cuts that probe the limits of painting’s surface. Working also under the pseudonym Bara, Thomas has produced music, collaborative performances, and experimental objects that explore identity through layered gestures of inscription and erasure.

Bernhard Wolf was born in 1965 and lives in Graz. He studied at the Free Academy in Moscow and is a member of FOND/Graz. From 2007 to 2010, he was director of Forum Stadtpark in Graz together with Carola Peschl. His work has been presented at venues including Kunsthaus Graz, Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, NCCA Moscow, Mystetskyi Arsenal Kyiv, and in public commissions across Austria.

Rainer Prohaska, (*1966) lives & works in Vienna and Krems.

The artist Rainer Prohaska studied Experimental Media Art at the Angewandte in Vienna and is particularly interested in phenomena and objects of everyday life, which he puts into the art context in a humorous way and in adapted form.

Elke Uitentuis (1977) is a visual artist, human rights activist and mother. From 2005 until 2013, Elke was part of the artist duo Osterholt/Uitentuis. Osterholt/Uitentuis realised community projects with the aim to democratise people’s relationships with their direct surroundings.

At the time the collaboration between Osterholt and Uitentuis came to an end, the refugee collective We Are Here started their protest in Amsterdam. Elke got herself involved with this group of newcomers fighting for their basic rights. Together they founded Here to Support. This foundation set up the We Are Here Academy, a school for refugees in limbo, who have otherwise no access to education, and several art related projects like the theater play and a cooking project. Elke left Here to Support in 2017 to dedicate herself to the Vluchtmaat. This was a temporary shelter for 40 undocumented refugees and a workspace for artists and social entrepreneurs. Within the environment of the Vluchtmaat, the collective We Sell Reality came to life. We Sell Reality is a social rebellion label which is set up as a collective of both undocumented and documented artists. We Sell Reality makes products and installations and creates performative interventions in public space with the aim of providing insight into the lives of undocumented refugees.

Elke Uitentuis is also one of the participating artists of the exhibition Taking Stock (2021) at Framer Framed, Amsterdam.

Wouter Osterholt designs public interventions along the faultlines and breaking points of our (political) landscape where social injustices, conflicts or ecological problems come to light. Within his site-specific and interdisciplinary practice, he uses art to contribute to the social and ecological re-imagining of these exploited places by introducing a process in which local cultural and archaeological objects and/or social phenomena, such as rituals, are being used to recreate a sense of belonging.

The artefacts created by Vienna-based artist duo Hanakam & Schuller are often shape-shifters, changing their external form and reappearing in different contexts. As artists and researchers, Markus Hanakam and Roswitha Schuller redefine the rules of visual art and construct idiosyncratic orders and new world designs in videos and objects. In doing so, they repeatedly work with applied art forms. Their works have been exhibited at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, the Eyebeam Centre for Art + Technology in New York, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Culture in Moscow, the MAK in Vienna, the MAK Centre for Art and Architecture in Los Angeles and the National Art Centre in Tokyo, among others.

The artefacts created by Vienna-based artist duo Hanakam & Schuller are often shape-shifters, changing their external form and reappearing in different contexts. As artists and researchers, Markus Hanakam and Roswitha Schuller redefine the rules of visual art and construct idiosyncratic orders and new world designs in videos and objects. In doing so, they repeatedly work with applied art forms. Their works have been exhibited at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, the Eyebeam Centre for Art + Technology in New York, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Culture in Moscow, the MAK in Vienna, the MAK Centre for Art and Architecture in Los Angeles and the National Art Centre in Tokyo, among others.

Stefan Rutzinger is professor for structure and design and head of i.sd at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Innsbruck. Since 2023 he is also head of the Department of Design. He is a principal investigator in the Special Research Project „Advanced Computational Design“ and co-project leader of the SFB subproject“Computational Immediacy“. Prior to his appointment at UIBK he was an interim professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and a guest professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He taught at the TU Vienna and the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL London where he led MArch Unit 15 together with Kristina Schinegger. Stefan Rutzinger is an architect, civil engineer and member of the Austrian chamber of architects. He is co-founder of soma architecture. The office has received numerous prizes in international competitions and has been shown in renowned exhibitions such as the such as the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010, Archilab 2013 „Naturalising Architecture“ or the TAB Tallinn Architecture Biennial 2019. soma has carried out international architecture projects, such as the Theme Pavilion for the EXPO 2012 in South-Korea and was commissioned to various design installations in art contexts, such as the MAK Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, the Museum Belvedere Vienna or the MAK Center in Los Angeles. Stefan Rutzinger received several prizes and awards e.g. the Recognition Award for Experimental Architecture and the TISCHE Grant by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture, or the MAK Schindler Scholarship. He studied architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Studio Prix) and the Bartlett School of Architecture in London.

Kristina Schinegger is Professor for Structure and Design and Co-Head of the research group i.sd at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Innsbruck. She is a principal investigator in the Special Research Project Advanced Computational Design and co-project leader of the SFB subproject Computational Immediacy. From 2016 to 2022, she served as Dean of Studies at the Faculty of Architecture and, until 2022, as Scientific Director of the advanced studies program Designing Future Realities at the University of Innsbruck and Werkstätte Wattens.