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Leena Lee & Robertina Šebjanič

Mexico & Slovenia

Leena Lee (Lena Ortega Atristain) is an atmosphere artist, researcher, and designer. She holds a PhD in Art History, specializing in contemporary art that explores natural phenomena as expressive media. Her work delves into embodied affective experience, environmental correlations, and cohabitation. She is part of the duo Bosque Vacío. With the London-based label Flaming Pines, she also hosts the radio program Sin Superficie, la Piel no es el Límite, dedicated to active listening. Leena has taught at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and other institutions and has collaborated with the interdisciplinary group Arte+Ciencia. As a visiting artist and scholar in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, she has participated in exhibitions and contributed to philosophy, design, and sound art publications.

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Robertina Šebjanič is an artist whose work explores the biological, geo-political and cultural realities of aquatic environments and the impact of humanity on other organisms. Her projects emphasize the need for developing empathetic strategies to recognize and engage with more-than-human. In her analysis of the Anthropocene and its theoretical framework, the artist uses the terms “aquatocene” and “aquaforming” to refer to the human impact on aquatic environments. Since 2023 she has been an associate professor at the University of Nova Gorica – School of Arts. Her works received awards, honorary mentions and nominations at Prix Ars Electronica, Starts Prize, Falling Walls., Re: humanism.

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