Golden Cube

Paula Ábalos is a visual artist and videomaker working and living in Leipzig, Germany. She works mainly through the mediums of video, film, animation, photography and artist’s books, combining the documental with the fictional and the poetic. She completed a masters degree in Media Arts (class Expanded Cinema) at the Academy of Fine Arts of Leipzig (HGB). Her work has been shown at different exhibitions and festivals, such as the 18.VIDEONALE, the LOOP festival (city screen) and FIVA. In 2020 she received the Golden Cube Award at the 37.Kasseler Dokfest for her piece “Diarios de trabajos” (Work diaries).

Daniela Arriado is a Chilean-Norwegian Curator and Producer. She holds an MA in Curatorial Studies from the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen. Arriado is the founder of the Art Republic platform, located in Oslo and Berlin, and the artistic director of Screen City Biennial – dedicated to the expanded moving image in public space. Her curatorial research often explores present-day social, political, and ecological issues, and her projects often explores the relation between image, sound and architecture. She also works as advisor for organizations, fairs and collectors, with a focus on contemporary moving images.

Wolfgang Jung, born in 1973, is software designer and former co-founder of Micromata GmbH. Since 2015 he develops internet voting systems for the POLYAS Ltd. in Kassel. 2014 and 2015 he was lecturer for Physical Computing at the School of Art and Design Kassel in the department of visual communication. From 2012 and 2013 he ran the club Batterie at the KulturBahnhof. 2010 to 2015 he was part of the Project of the Nachrichtenmeisterei (electric hotel, stromodrom). Since 1993, he is active in technical support for the Kassel Dokfest.

Mario de Vega, born in Mexico City. Lives and works in Berlin. Through vibratory phenomena and interventions of systems and spaces, Mario de Vega’s work evokes situations, producing ambiguous relations between condensed energies and liminal zones of human perception. He has been guest artist and lecturer at Universität der Künste Berlin, Rijksakademie Amsterdam, Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, TU Berlin, Zurich University of the Arts, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Paris, Kyushu University, écal, among others. His work has been exhibited in Mexico, North America, Chile, South Africa, India, South Korea, China, Russia, Japan and around Europe. Since 2020, Mario de Vega is Professor at the Kunsthochschule Kassel.

Jeanne Charlotte Vogt works across disciplines between media art, performance and education. Since 2016, she has directed the international festival NODE Forum for Digital Arts in Frankfurt and is Artistic Director of NODE Verein zur Förderung Digitaler Kultur. She was a fellow at the Goethe Institute Villa Kamogawa in Kyoto, Japan, and is working as a dramaturg at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm since 2020. As a curator and producer, she develops international exchange formats and projects that explore how technologies shape our society. As a career changer in the arts, she is particularly interested in bringing together artists, technology experts, and civil society.