The Sea of Kinship

Aga Pokrywka has an academic background in animated film and computer simulations, works with video, graphic design, and collaborative practices in order to build eclectic narratives. She is interested in re-telling stories and capturing diverse viewpoints through interactive and non-linear strategies. Aga collaborates with bacteria (https://fermentradio.com/), computers, and humans (https://www.supereclectic.team/).

Jana Pejoska is an academic researcher in mediated communication and collaboration culture, an investigator and designer of experiences mediated by technology, as well as future studies enthusiast. At Aalto University, Finland she's leading a design research development of a physical tool for facilitating communication and collaborations. Driven by interests in socio-technological developments, in the last years, Jana has been teaching posthuman theory and design methods to Master level students at the school of Art, Design and Architecture at Aalto. At the same time, she co-founded the Geist Institute, exploring the intersections of design, technology and social impacts on the ever-changing culture, observed from diverse and complex perspectives

Mirabelle Jones is a queer, non-binary creative technologist, interdisciplinary artist, and researcher based in Copenhagen critically investigating creative practices in technology. Their work explores the immersive storytelling potential of sensors, spatialized sound, LEDs, animatronics, XR, wearables, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, deep fake, and computer vision. They are a PhD candidate at The University of Copenhagen in the Department of Computer Science (DIKU) within the Human-Centered Computing section and possess an M.F.A. in Book Art & Creative Writing from Mills College and a BA in Literature from UC Santa Cruz. Their works have most recently been featured at the Harvard Art Museum, Currents New Media, Catch: Center for Art, Design, and Technology, ATA Gallery, the Museum Meermanno and the Center for Performance Research and appear in several collections including the One National Gay & Lesbian Archives and the Center on Contemporary Art's historic Hear Our Voice collection. Their performances and visual works have been heralded by the Huffington Post, ArtNet, Ms. Magazine, Ingeniøren, Bustle, ATTN, Refinery29, Inquisitr, Mic., Sleek Magazine, Feminist Magazine, Deutsche Welle, Google News, Yahoo News, PBS, Berliner Zeitung and elsewhere.