Dr Giulia Bini, art historian, theorist and curator

Head of Program “Enter the Hyper–Scientific”, College of Humanities (CDH), EPFL / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (CH)

Profile: Giulia Bini is an art historian who works at the intersection of visual art, media, science, and emerging technologies. She holds a MA in visual and curatorial studies from Instituto Universario di Architettura (IUAV), Venice (IT), as well as a PhD. Bini’s work develops along two axes of theory and institutional practice. She has served as a member of the curatorial team of the ZKM | Karlsruhe (2014 – 2017) and as curator and production manager at EPFL Pavilions (2018-2021). In 2021, Bini co-curated the exhibition and virtual environment “Spatial Affairs” at Ludwig Museum, Budapest, and became head of program and curator for the newly established Artist-in-Residence Program of the College of Humanities (CDH) at EPFL.

She is also co-curator with Lívia Nolasco-Rózsás of the Web-based project “ARE YOU FOR REAL. Phase II” from ifa / Institute für Auslandsbeziehungen (DE), starting in 2023.

Associate Prof. Christophe Guignard , architect, professor and independent designer

ECAL/University of Art and Design, Lausanne (HES-SO) – MID & Theory departments

Profile: Christophe Guignard is an associate professor at ECAL/University of Art and Design, Lausanne (HES-SO), in the Media & Interaction Design as well as Theory departments. Christophe Guignard studied architecture (MSc) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL). He completed his education with a series of seminars in the philosophy and theory of architecture, before obtaining a postgraduate diploma in the information science research laboratories at EPFL.

He is also one of the founding members of fabric | ch (https://www.fabric.ch), an architecture and research studio based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Dr Sabine Himmelsbach, director and head curator

Haus der elektronischen Künste (HEK), Basel (CH)

Profile: Sabine Himmelsbach, Director and Head curator of the Haus der Elektronischen Künste (HEK) in Basel, is a member of the Scientific Committee for the Paik Replayed research project. Her expertise in digital exhibition issues is highly valued and consulted during WP 1, WP 2.2, and WP 4. She is also invited to the final symposium during WP 4.

Prof. Dr Hanna Hölling, research professor in art history, theory and conservation

BFH / Berner Fachhochschule (Bern Academy of the Arts), Bern (CH)

Profile: Hanna Hölling is a recognized and international specialist of critical conservation and material culture, as well as of the Korean artist Nam June Paik and the Fluxus movement, on which she has published several books. She is an Editorial Board member of ArtMatters – International Journal for Technical History and is currently leading two SNF-funded research projects.

Her expertise on the artist N. J. Paik will be of primary importance to the research, and will be called upon during the WPs dealing with the online exhibition of transposed artworks and during the symposium organized with all peers, specialists, advisors, the public, professors and students.

Dr Adeena Mey, researcher, film historian and curator

Afterall Journal, UAL / Central St Martins, University of the Arts, London (EN)

Profile: Adeena Mey is Managing Editor of Afterall journal and a Research Fellow at the Afterall Research Centre, Central St Martins, Univer-sity of the Arts London. He is Principal Investigator of the digital research project “Black Atlantic Museum” funded by the Paul Mellon Centre in London, co-initiator of the workshop series “Terms and Conditions of Writing and Publishing Art in Southeast Asia” funded by the British Academy, and a lecturer in Contemporary Art History at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne.

He is currently working on a genealogy of exhibitions conceived as ecosystems from the 70’s to documenta15.