Astrid Busch studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and graduated as a master student of Katharina Grosse at the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee. The starting point of her works are mostly architectural designs, which she examines for their sensual perceptibility and effect. The motifs are transformed, changed in dimensions and then translated into space on various image carriers, linking media and time levels.

Michael Reisch is a visual artist and currently teaches as Professor of Photography and Digital Media at Alanus University, Alfter/Bonn. He works experimentally at the interface of photography and new digital imaging processes such as AI, ML, AR, 3D printing, etc. and is the initiator of darktaxa-project, a working and discourse platform of artists from this field. In 2023 he co-curated the exhibition Expect the Unexpected at the Kunstmuseum Bonn.

Andy Scholz studied philosophy, art and photography in Düsseldorf, Braunschweig and Essen. Since 2012 he has taught at various universities in Fargo USA, Bochum, Regensburg, Marburg and Ludwigsburg. Since 2016, he has been the artistic director of the International Festival of Photographic Images, editor of Fotografie Neu Denken. The Podcast as well as organiser of the German Photo Book Award.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Bartelsheim teaches at the Institute for Art and Design Studies at the HBK Essen.