Thom Donovan lives in New York City where he edits Wild Horses of Fire weblog (whof.blogspot.com) and coedits ON Contemporary Practice with Michael Cross and Kyle Schlesinger. He is a participant in the Nonsite Collective and a curator for the SEGUE reading series (NYC). He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University at Buffalo and teaches at Bard College, Baruch College, and School of Visual Arts.
Pip Ryan’s practice explores themes that surround the uncanny and absurd, using drawing, painting, sculpture, installation and video. Referencing humour and themes of horror within her practice, she is interested in how these two states of consciousness overlap. Ryan often uses colour and humour to explore themes that are often dark and surreal. Ryan completed her Master of Fine Arts (research) at Victorian College of the Arts with the assistance of Australian Post Graduate Award. Ryan is an Australian artist based in Narrm/Melbourne.
Sara Morawetz is an artist with a background in graphic design. Her extensive practice is founded on how the core concepts of the ‘Scientific Method’ (namely observation, experimentation and standardisation) have come to operate as both scientific and cultural apparatus that shape the way we see the world around us.
Her work has been exhibited throughout Australia and internationally, including exhibitions at the Museé des Arts et Métiers (France) and has been awarded several prestigious awards including ‘the churchie’ National Emerging Art Prize, the Moya Dyring Studio Scholarship (AGNSW), the Vida Lahey Memorial Travelling Scholarship (QAGOMA Foundation) and project funding from the Australia Council for the Arts. Sara has just completed her PhD at the Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.