Entries by Christine Wegerle

Tina Lorenz – ZKM

Karlsruhe Tina Lorenz came of age in the Chaos Computer Club but went on to study theater studies and American literary history in Vienna and Munich. They were a lecturer for theater history at the Academy for Performing Arts Bavara. later dramaturge at the Landestheater Oberpfalz and finally consultant for digital communication at the Staatstheater […]

Elie Levasseur – Cannes Film Festival

York Elie has been appointed as Head of Immersive by the Festival de Cannes and the Marché du Film in 2024. He successfully launched the first edition of the Immersive Competition last year. He has previously served as Head of Cannes XR, Head of NewImages XR Market and head of programming at Cross Video Days, […]

Melanie Lenz – V&A Museum

London Melanie Lenz is curator of Digital Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum where she is responsible for developing the V&A’s digital art collections. She has organised multiple exhibitions, most recently co-curating Patric Prince: Digital Art Visionary (2023-2024). She co-edited the book Digital Art: 1960 to Now (2024) and has published on diverse topics […]

Eva Jäger – Serpentine

London Eva Jäger is Arts Technologies Curator and Creative AI Lead at Serpentine. She commissions artists working with advanced technologies, and is a collaborator in conceptualising novel approaches, workflows, and philosophies of emerging tech. At Serpentine she has worked with artists such as Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, Hito Steyerl, Suzanne Treister, and Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, […]

Sabine Himmelsbach – HEK

Basel Since 2012, Sabine Himmelsbach is director of HEK (House of Electronic Arts) in Basel. After  studying art history in Munich she worked for galleries in Munich and Vienna from 1993–1996 and  later became project manager for exhibitions and conferences for the Steirischer Herbst Festival in  Graz, Austria. In 1999 she became exhibition director at […]

Daniela Hanusova – Art VR

Prague Daniela is a curator, festival organiser and researcher. Born in Slovakia, she studied Film Studies and Gender Studies at Charles University in Prague, where she’s now based. She is the executive director of ART*VR – Festival of Virtual Reality and Immersive Art, the biggest festival in Central and Eastern Europe solely dedicated to XR. […]

Princely Hope Glorious – Ona Stories

Dar es Salaam Princely Hope-Glorious is a Tanzanian leader in immersive media technologies, storytelling, culture, and the creative industries, pioneering the use of VR, AR, and AI to expand how African narratives are created, preserved, and shared. As the Founding Partner and Director of OnaStories Group, he has spent the past 13+ years producing emerging […]

Peter Fischer – Khora

Chicago/Copenhagen Peter has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics and Animation, with a Minor in Studio Art from DePaul University in Chicago. For the past 17 years he has been working on pioneering how 3D content can be used in valuable ways, and is paving the way forward for the Scandinavian XR industry. Professionally, he […]

Alfredo Cramerotti – mm:museum

Doha Dr. Alfredo Cramerotti is a cultural entrepreneur working at the crossroads of modern and contemporary art, media and technology. He is the director of Media Majlis Museum (mm:museum) at Northwestern Qatar, where he explores the convergence of these fields in shaping contemporary narratives. Cramerotti also serves as president of the International Association of Curators […]

Paul Bouchard – Diversion

Marseille/Paris Paul Bouchard has over a decade of expertise in sales and distribution, with a focus on innovative storytelling and immersive arts. In 2018, he joined Diversion Cinema to lead its international XR distribution department, fueled by his enthusiasm for new creative formats. With Diversion, Paul is dedicated to developing a sustainable distribution model for […]