Kunstenaar

Dichter en performer Nick J. Swarth beweegt zich door het B-plot van zijn bestaan als een ongeboren vrucht in een blikje tuttifrutti. Hij j was  van 2005 tot 2007 de stadsdichter van zijn Tilburg. Hij is de auteur van eigentijdse, zij het verwaarloosde klassiekers als ‘Mijn onsterfelijke lever’ (2012); ‘¡Mondo Manga!’ (2010); ‘Naked City Poems’ (2007) en ‘De napalmsessies’ (2005).

Arjan van den Haak. Hij hield als jongen al zoveel van spannende griezelboeken over (weer)wolven, vampiers en geesten, dat hij zelf griezelverhalen ging bedenken. In 2011 kwam zijn eerste griezelboek ‘Nick en de Nevelheksen‘ uit.

De reacties van lezers waren zo enthousiast dat hij besloot hier een vervolg aan te geven. Dit werd ‘Nick en de schaduwen van Utrecht’. Het tweede deel in de serie schrijverszoon, waarvoor Paul van Reeven de vaste illustrator is.

Dagmar Pachtner (1961) mainly focuses on sculptures, art in public space, installations, video art, and photography. She searches for traces in a conceptual and documentary way. The respective location and its history inspire the artist and become part of her work. She exhibited in Germany, Bulgary and Japan.

Graduated in Fine Arts in 2005, now Unai is making a PhD about playing and games in the University of the Basque Country. He has taken part in collective exhibitions since 2003, showing in cities such as Bilbao, Madrid, Bristol, Breda, Palermo, Tetouan, Oporto or Beijing. He works mainly with video, photo and drawing, and also with sound and music. Sometimes he is interested in leisure and tourism as subject. His artworks take different shapes or ways to approach art, but there is usually a component of a kind of humour or fun. This one is an exception.

Lilia Scheerder (Eindhoven, 1986) is a performance artist, printmaker and organiser of cultural events. . Her performances are inspired by music and live performances by musicians. She has been working on integrating this element into her work as good as possible for several years. Since 2007 she has been working with her partner Lars Leeuw on a regular base. He is a musician and philosopher himself. This makes that her work can these days be defined as sound performance with a strong visual element. Lilia has worked with several other musicians.