Monument to Habitat Compensation Island

Media artist Marina Zurkow connects people to entrenched nature-culture tensions with affect and humor. She is a fellow at ITP/Tisch School of the Arts/NYU and a CAPA Fellow at Bennington College. She is represented by bitforms gallery. o-matic.com Nancy Nowacek is an interdisciplinary artist focused on the exchange between the body, the designed world, the cultural values that inform them and their impacts. She is on the faculty of the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. nancynowacek.com Abdullah Al Saadi is one of the Pioneer "Five" original conceptual artists from the United Arab Emirates. His work ranges from painting, drawing and the creation of lengthy artist notebooks to the collection and systematic categorization of found objects. Munira Al Sayegh is a curator based in the United Arab Emirates, who also speaks and writes on the contemporary art scene of the region. Nils Bubandt is Professor of Anthropology at Aarhus University, Denmark and from 2013 till 2018 co-director of the research project AURA (Aarhus University Research on the Anthropocene). His research asks how political landscapes and waterscapes are co-constructed by humans and non-humans. Una Chaudhuri is Professor of English, Drama, and Environmental Studies and the Director of XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement at New York University. Her work explores "ecospheric consciousness": ideas, feelings, and practices that attend to the multi-species and geo-physical contexts of human lives. Elaine Gan is an artist-theorist who teaches at New York University, Center for Experimental Humanities. She is co-editor of Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet (Minnesota 2017) and produces an audio podcast about climate change called Multispecies Worldbuilding Lab. www.elainegan.com Ayesha Hadhir is an Emirati artist working predominantly in textile-based installations. Her projects are inspired by elements and objects that revolve around familial histories, diving, and fishing. Hadhir also works in arts programming at Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi. Graham McKay is an independent architecture writer, critic and blogger. He writes about forces that shape buildings and urban development, including the link between design decisions and social and environmental responsibilities. He teaches at University of Sharjah, UAE. misfitsarchitecture.com