Jonas Leifert works as a curator, dramaturge and cultural manager in the Ruhr area. He studied theater and film studies at the FU Berlin and performance studies at the University of Hamburg. He has worked for the University of Hamburg, the Probebühne im Gängeviertel, PACT Zollverein, the Regionalverband Ruhr, the Kunsthaus Mitte in Oberhausen and the FIDENA Festival, among others. His current focus is on initiating artistic projects that address current social issues from the historical and regional perspective of the Ruhr area.
Franziska Pierwoss works as an artist in the field of performance and installation. She studied at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig and at the Lebanese University of Beirut. With a strong focus on durational performance and collaborative practices, she develops site-specific installations that create situations of engagement, in which personal and political boundaries are called into question. Her performances havebeen shown at the Fast Forward Festival Athens, the Sharjah Biennial 13, at Halle 14, Leipzig and the Literaturforum Brecht-Haus, among others. She has worked for many years with Sandra Teitge creating dinner performances on questions of political, social and financial economies of waste management and has in various formats dealt with the social consequences of long-term pollution. Franziska Pierwoss gives workshops on the implementation of ecological sustainability in the arts and is the author of the Eco Rider.
