Ian Hatcher (he/they) is an artist, writer, voice actor, and sound poet whose work focuses on technological narratives. He is the author of a poetry collection, Prosthesis, as well as chapbooks, records, and assorted digital ephemera. He is a member of the performance collective Lucky Pierre and the theatrical synth-punk band SLZY MYLFS. A former Fulbright Scholar, he currently teaches at MassArt and is a doctoral candidate at CU Boulder.

Bimbonita (Ethan Bradford Barrett Villarreal) is a Mexican-American web developer and DJ specializing in cumbia, reggaetón, and Spanish-language hip-hop. They also serve as the director of Denver Arts Organized and are on the board of Tilt West, a nonprofit for community exchange and critical dialogue on art, ideas, and culture. While currently based in Denver, Bimbonita's family ties to Iztapalapa, Mexico City—the birthplace of Mexican reggaetón—have deeply influenced their love for dance music. Drawing from their experiences in both cities, Bimbonita seamlessly blends the latest releases with reimagined classics from Latin America, igniting dancefloors with friends from Black Pony Club, Dirty Little Secret, Consensual, among others.

Colleen Lee is a Denver-based video artist, actor, and photographer whose work explores the world of language, communication, and linguistic expression. Through her use of video and live performance elements, her work investigates themes of inarticulacy, verbal repetition, and language reduction in our lives. Inspired by the complexities of human communication, Colleen’s art aims to challenge viewers to reflect on how language shapes our understanding and relationships with others and ourselves.

Johannes DeYoung (US) is an accomplished artist and filmmaker whose innovative approach bridges the realms of computational and material processes. His moving-image works have garnered international acclaim, showcased at prominent venues such as the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Alicante in Spain and Festival ECRÃ in Brazil. His pieces have also graced significant exhibitions like the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts and the B3 Biennale of the Moving Image in Germany, alongside numerous festival screenings across various countries, including Australia, Greece, and Vietnam.

DeYoung's artistic contributions have been recognized in reputable publications such as The New York Times and The Huffington Post. His academic role includes serving as an Associate Professor of Electronic and Time-Based Media at Carnegie Mellon University School of Art, where he continues to inspire the next generation of artists. Previously, he held the position of Senior Critic and Director of the Center for Collaborative Arts and Media at Yale University School of Art from 2008 to 2018.

Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh is a Taiwanese-Australian composer currently based in the United States. Her music has been presented internationally at events including Lucerne Festival, Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music, WasteLAnd Music Series (LA), Tectonic Festival, ISCM World Music Days, International Rostrum of Composers, SEAMUS, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, Sonic Matters (Zurich), Pittsburgh Festival of New Music, and Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music. She received her doctorate from the University of California, San Diego, and is an Associate Teaching Professor of Electronic Music Composition at Carnegie Mellon University.

Adán De La Garza is an artist, co-conspirator, curator/programmer, and recovering academic. Usually in that order, depending on what job he’s applying for. Recent works have begun to examine the dire circumstances of late capitalism, the relationship between political and emotional stagnation, catharsis and protest, sonic warfare, and emerging futures brought about by climate change. Adán has shown all over the place and shook some hands. If you wanna see that proof you can check out his CV here. 

Adán was a co-conspirator of the media arts exhibition seriesNothing To See Here(2013-2016), is the sole member of the anonymous video screening seriesCollective Misnomer(2016 - present), smashes a lot of buttons putting on video game exhibitions withDizzy Spell(2018 - present), and recently co founded the city wide video art biennialDenver Month Of Video(2023-present). Originally from Tucson Arizona, Adán is currently based in Denver, Colorado, where he hates writing in the third person.

Phillip David Stearns is a Denver based artist whose practice deals with themes that include the impacts of contemporary information systems, electronics and communications technology, emerging materials and hybrid processes. Through playful experimentation, deconstruction, and reconfiguration, Phillip engages these themes to reveal the obscured or invisible, and give form to the intangible. He approaches technology as a critical medium, positioning it in a way that is self-reflexive to seek out the sublime in the mundane.

Phillip is a Greene Fellowship recipient for 2024. His projects have been featured in WIRED, The Huffington Post, VICE Motherboard, The Creators Project, Hyperallergic, and FRAME. His work has been exhibited internationally by institutions including the Zhongzhou Art Museum, Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation, Haus der Elektronischen Künste Basel, Park Avenue Armory, ELEKTRA-BIAN, Tate Britain, Transmediale, Anyang Public Art Project, Festival de Arte Digital (FAD), FILE, and Transitio MX.

Phillip has taught as adjunct professor at the University of Denver’s Emergent Digital Practices program, Parsons School of Design Design + Technology program, NYU IDM, NYIT, and led a seminar on the digital dark age at Hochschule Düsseldorf. He holds an MFA in music from the California Institute of the Arts and a BS in music from the University of Colorado in Denver.

In 2012, Phillip Stearns founded GlitchTextiles, a textile design studio dedicated to exploring the intersections of digital art and jacquard weaving. In 2023 he launched Pickl.art, a weave on demand platform that allows anyone to create their own custom woven products.

Rachel Halmrast: Rachel is a dance artist and maker based in Boulder, CO. They received their BFA in Dance from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2022. Their personal practice and choreographic work centers athleticism as aesthetic, finding flow in effort, and the play between strength and vulnerability that can be found through physicality.

Deven Verma is an experimental filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. Negotiating the intersectionality between classical experimental tropes and modern technology, he plays with, muddies, destroys and rebuilds the film plane in order to find narratives where narratives typically are not.

My name is Edward Lee and I’m currently at the University Of Colorado in my last year studying to achieve my Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in dance. I was born and raised in Aurora, Colorado, and I didn’t start dancing until I was about 15 years old. What I hope to achieve through my movement is inspiring others to get up and move their bodies at any capacity. Uplifting communities and exposing myself to allow for deeper connections.

Indi approaches movement from a solid foundation in the dance world. Growing up in classical ballet, she found deep appreciation for movement as a container for emotional process. Indi holds a BA of Interdisciplinary Studies from Naropa University, where they studied the intersection of somatic psychology and dance under mentorship of Gwen Ritchie, dance faculty. She has experience in a variety of genres such as ballet, jazz, modern, tap, social dance, and assorted street styles, with her immediate focus being contemporary/modern technique and improvisational repertoire. Currently, Indi’s attention lies within the inherent intimacy of movement; being that our emotional landscape is intricately woven into our physical form, how can we deeper explore that relationship through process, protest, and proclamation?

Brianna, originally from Littleton, CO, has been passionately dancing since the age of three. She trained at a pre-professional studio, specializing in ballet, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip-hop, and tap. A graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder, Brianna holds degrees in Psychology, Dance, and Business. In addition to her extensive training and performance experience, she has co-choreographed pieces in jazz, contemporary, and burlesque/heels for various CU Boulder performances, showcasing her versatility and creativity across multiple dance styles.

Emily grew up outside of Boulder, CO and went to the University of Colorado. She studied biology and dance and now works as a research assistant for the university. She loves exploring new movements and getting to continue dancing.

Sparrow earned a BA in Philosophy & Neuroscience from Duke University, where they were a member of and choreographer for student-run dance groups Embodiment Contemporary Dance, Duke Swing, and Street Medicine (also serving StreetMed as an artistic director). Currently, they are a Ph.D student in Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. They work in aesthetics and the philosophy of dance while training in styles of Breaking, House, to Julio, Nathan, Taino, Bobby, Luca, and the rest of the breakers for teaching, welcoming, and inspiring them.

Sumi graduated from Sarah Lawrence college with a BA in Dance and Philosophy and then went to NYC to train with Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Brown, Albert Reid. After teaching and performing in England and Wales for 10 years, Ms. Komo returned to Boulder, Colorado where she taught at Naropa University and the University of Colorado as well as developing workshops for the Colorado Dance Festival on Alexander Technique and dance. For the last 3 decades she has found ways in both performance and teaching to interweave dance, movement, meditation and martial arts to create subtlety and sensitivity to moment to moment awareness. Ms. Komo is currently the director of the ATMA (R) Centre where she teaches the Alexander technique privately and runs a Three Year Internationally approved training program for teachers of the Alexander technique.