Bruno Alves de Almeida (87, BR/ PT) is a curator and architect, currently the curator and resident liaison of the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht. His practice explores the co-defining relation between social and spatial dynamics and their influence in the shaping of our urban and natural environments, resulting in context-specific and transdisciplinary projects which foster intersections between art, architecture, urban theory, and the social and natural sciences. Bruno has collaborated with institutions such as: Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge; Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York; De Appel, Amsterdam; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; PACT Zollverein, Essen; São Paulo Architecture Biennial; Pivô Art and Research, São Paulo, among others. He is an alumnus of De Appel’s Curatorial Programme, Amsterdam. He holds a Master’s degree from the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture, Switzerland, and a Bachelor from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Oporto, Portugal.

Rouzbeh Akhbari (b. 1992, Tehran) is an artist working in video installation and film. His practice is research-driven and usually exists at the intersections of storytelling, critical architecture, and human geography. Through a delicate examination of the violences and intimacies that occur at the boundaries of lived experience and constructed histories, Akhbari uncovers the minutiae of power that regiment the world around us. He holds a BFA in Sculpture and Installation from OCAD University and a Master’s degree in Visual Studies from University of Toronto’s School of Architecture, Landscape and Design.