Marius Watz (NO) works with software processes as an aesthetic material. His work is concerned with hardedged rule-based geometric abstraction, exploring the expressive potential of generative systems. In 2005 Watz founded Generator.x, a curatorial platform that has resulted in a series of events related to generative art and design.

Sebastian Oschatz, founding partner of the design studio MESO Digital Interiors GmbH, originator and one of the original authors of vvvv.

Frieder Nake has been producing pieces of digital art long before the screen was the output device of choice.

Not without good reason is he considered a pioneer of computer arts. He started exhibiting his work as early as 1965, being part of some of the first exhibitions on computer art ever held, including the famous Cybernetic Serendipity 1968 in London, and Biennale Venice 1970.

Klaus Mainzer is a german philosopher and systems scientist.
He studied mathematics, philosophy and physics and has been teaching and researching at the intersection of science, technology and philosophy ever since.
He is director of the Carl von Linde-Academy (TU Munich), member of several international institutes such as the Institute for Advanced Study (TU Munich), International Research Center for Education and Information of the Beijing University or the Academia Europaea (London).

Scott deLahunta is Senior Research Fellow, Coventry University/ R-Research Director of R-Research Wayne McGregor|Random Dance and Programme and Research Coordinator for Motion Bank, a new four-year project of The Forsythe Company providing a broad context for research into choreographic practice.

Sebastian Gregor is part of the vvvv group, one of the main developers of vvvv and principally involved in the language design of vvvv.

Paul Prudence is an artist and real-time visual performer working with generative and computational systems. He is particularly interested in the ways in which sound, space and form can be synthaesthetically amalgamated. He is a researcher in the fields of visual music, process art, and computational design.

Chris Engler teaches vvvv at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts & Design since 2004. As part of his job at the University, he developed not just the very first dome projection system with vvvv (ICH²) but also a neat Multitouch Table called Future Ocean Explorer. Chris runs a design studio in Hamburg called wirmachenbunt.

Born in southern Germany in 1981. Started studying Informations - und Elektrotechnik in 2002. Changed Univerity in 2003. Changed study path to Media System Design at University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt; spent practical experience semester in 2008 with Meso in Frankfurt. Diploma in 2009 “Webbased Configuration Interface for VVVV”. Since summer 2009 he is working for Meso Digital Interiors as a Freelancer.

Tebjan Halm has studied mathematics and computer science and is closely related to the vvvv group as an active developer since 2004.

Matthias Zauner studied Digital Media at the Fachhochschule Hagenberg. After his internship at Meso Digital Interiors in 2006, VVVV became his weapon of choice and he continued working for Meso on several projects.

André Knörig is an interaction designer with a distinct interest in physical, embodied interactions. André is working as a researcher at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, where he is also project lead of Fritzing, an ambitious open source hardware initiative.

Philipp Steinweber is a concious media designer, covering a broad field of activities. He gained lots of experience in navigating through highly multimedial workflows during his projects for MESO Digital Interiors since 2007.

Starting of as an intern he began working for the vvvv group as a programmer in 2008. The work he's done so far includes the COLLADA plugin, which allows vvvv to load 3D scences based on the open COLLADA standard.

Rainer Kohlberger is an Austrian born Freelance Visual Artist and Designer living in Berlin. He is member of the collective pan am scan improvising artists based in berlin. they form their sound simply with vibraphone, drums and live processing.

Johannes Timpernagel, *1985, is a motion and interactive designer from Halle, Germany. He works in the fields of generative graphic-design, audioreactive visualsand interactive installation done in VVVV.

Chris Plant has been creating live visuals for nearly 20 years, ranging from vjing, content and visual playback systems for TV shows and rock tours, to more recently building projections in Vienna, Berlin, Qatar and Cannes.

Besides his actual profession on the interface of audio, visual and dance Jacob Korn has also been producing electronic music for what seems like an eternity. Born to parents with progressive dispositions and a record collection to match the path that led him to the 2007 edition of the Red Bull Music Academy in Toronto had long been paved. Early in his career he combined Hip Hop and Techno with elements of Jazz and weird electronics under the moniker Granufunk. Under his civil name he is now focussing predominantly on classic but versatile Techno and House.

Frank Langer worked for 3 years as broadcast cameraman and got interest in interactive video. At university he dived into video tracking, gestures and lighting, which he completed with his graduation on Digital Film Production Techniques.

Graduation work was done with V4 and kindly supported by Meso / Max Wolf. His particular interest covers the field from light->capture->algorithm->interaction with image Frank lives and works in Cologne as Interaction Designer for ag4 mediafacade.

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ID_Frankfurt/ Independent Dance is a collective of almost 50 artists that are working and living as independent, professional dancers, choreographers, dramaturges and theater educators in Frankfurt.

With their variety of artistic approaches and their broad spectrum of aesthetic and content-related expression they add to the offer of Frankfurt's established institutes.

Strukt Studio is a design agency specialized in events and exhibitions. Their working field comprises interactive design, generative design, motion design, stage design and graphic design. Besides their commercial work they support cultural institutions and invest in research and development of new technologies, mainly multi-touch hard- and software.

Matthias Böttger studied architecture and urban planning in Karlsruhe and London. He heads the Berlin-based think-tank “raumtaktik — spatial intelligence and intervention”. 2007/2008 he was Visiting Professor for Art and Public Space at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremburg. In 2008 he was commissioner and curator for the German contribution “Updating Germany— Projects for a Better Future” to the 11th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice.

Daniel Tauber is a Designer currently living and working in Munich.
Born in a small town in the heart of Bavaria, he studied Design in Bolzano (IT), Istanbul (TR) and Lausanne (CH). Prior to his studies he worked for 3 years as Interface and Web Designer in multimedia and advertising agencies in Munich and travelled the world for 2 years.

Jonas studies Digital Art at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna since 2006.In his works he deals with the consitution, reception and enhancement of digital media.
His works have been shown at the European Media Arts Festival in Osnabrück and the FILE Festival in São Paulo. "v+" was also nominated for the FILE PRIX LUX.

Florian Egermann works as a graphic designer, programmer and media artist in colgone, germany. His focus are installations and video performances, surveillance, public interventions, the human body and site-specific artworks.