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Diana Anselmo, born in ’97, is a performer, an activist, and an improvised human being. Currently majoring in Theater and Performative Arts at IUAV University of Venice, during the bachelor’s degree in Sociology they begin to know the world of Festivals by working in it - and won’t leave it anymore. Deaf Activist for anti-ableism [...]

I am based in Sofia, Bulgaria and I work as a freelance content creator and cultural practitioner. I am very interested in the topics of cultural entrepreneurship, educational initiatives in culture, sustainability in the cultural sector, alternative ways of funding, collective authorship and dreaming. One of my most recent projects is ICC/ Imaginative Choreographic Center

I am an interdisciplinary artist based in the UK, originally from Japan who undertakes participatory projects internationally. Over the last 20 years I have made work in 15 countries using the media of performance art, installation and film/moving-image. Such work has focused on the lives and experiences of marginalised communities and individuals and allowed me

Tihana Pupovac, theoretician and cultural worker, has been working as the coordinator of Kooperativa since 2020. For the last ten years, she’s been active on the independent cultural scene in Croatia and the region, developing and implementing numerous projects, events and publications related to the cultural heritage of Yugoslavia, memory studies, urbanism etc. She was

Sanja Burlović, coordinator of the association, also in charge of networking and partnership programs, born in Rijeka in 1977, studied history/art history on University of Humanistic Science in Zagreb. Non-formal education: Center for Peace Studies, peace activism, strategic planning of organizational development in non-profit cultural organizations, production in culture. since 2000, she participated in the organization of

I am a freelance composer/lyricist and pianist/conductor. Prior to Covid I worked extensively internationally as both MD and conductor and have since started lecturing more at Napier University and the RCS in Scotland. As I also had a brief previous life as head of Culture for the City of Edinburgh Council (and continue to work

I am currently working as a project manager at the Green Pillar of Pro Progressione. I've got my BSc degree in Environmental Engineering in English, where I focused on sustainability and mobility issues. Earlier worked as a project coordinator for an Environmental Conservation Organisation on awareness-raising and engaging people in environmental protection on various air

After graduating in Political Sciences in Trieste and Brussels, I joined the internship programme of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and I subsequently worked as Junior Protocol Officer at the Italian Pavilion of Expo Milan 2015. Instead of starting the diplomatic career, I chose to work in the cultural sector and within the field

I am a director, writer and creative facilitator living in Edinburgh; I am Artistic Director of Magnetic North, which develops and produces new work as well as running a comprehensive multi-artform artist development programme. Recent work I have directed for Magnetic North includes 'Aberdeen' by David Fennessy (Spitalfields Festival and Sound Festival, 2021), 'The Dream

Actress, director, pedagogue, artistic director, passionate about photography, I grow up and live in a bilingual family. I began my theatrical studies in the very first years of university. Attracted by the Other, I travel, I am passionate about the alchemy that arises from linguistic and cultural contaminations. I study in Barcelona, Moscow, Athens, Berlin