Matthew Adeiza (Lagos) studied mass communication at the University of Jos (Nigeria) and African studies at the University of Oxford (UK). He is a media researcher and journalist.

Babak Afrassiabi (1969, Iran) is a visual artist working with various formats such as video, objects and text. He currently works in Rotterdam, often in collaboration with Nasrin Tabatabai.

Amy Alexander (b. 07.01.1965) is an audiovisual artist who has worked in film, video, music and software. Her most recent work approaches digital media art from a performing arts perspective, often examining intersections of art and popular culture. Amy’s projects have been presented on the Internet, in clubs, on the street, and in festivals and museums. She is an Associate Professor of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego. During summer and fall 2012, Amy is Artist-in-Residence at the iotaCenter in Los Angeles.

Laurie Anderson (us) was born in 1947 in Chicago, Illinois (USA), and lives in New York City. She completed her studies in Art History at Barnard College in 1969 and obtained an MFA in sculpture from Columbia in 1972.

Marie-Luise Angerer is professor of media and cultural studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany. She is currently working on the relationship of affect & media technology.

Kim Asendorf (b. 24.09.1981) is a conceptual artist and works in a large area of media and digital related art. He loves to transport things from the Internet into real life and back. Kim did several net art projects, often based on data taken from the Internet or gathered from other individuals through the Internet. He works very experimental with generative strategies, physical computing, data and glitch. From 2006 to 2011 he studied at the School of Art and Design Kassel with a focus on New Media Art.