ARTISTS BIOS

Artistic conceptualization, research and design

Emil Hrvatin is theatre director, editor and performance artist from Ljubljana. His works has been shown throught Europe and United States. He is the author of the book Jan Fabre - Le chaos de la discipline, la discipline du chaos (Paris, 1994) and has edited several other book titles. Among others, he created peformances Camillo Memo 1.0 (Milan, 1998), Q&A. Very Private, Very Public (Ljubljana, 2001), Miss Mobile (Gent, 2001) and as co-author Collect-if (Gent, 2003) and installation The Cabinet of Memories (Ljubljana, 1998). He has been nominated for the European theatre prize. He is the director of Maska, institute for publishing, production and education based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Peter Šenk has studied architecture at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and The Berlage Institute, Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. After working in several architectural offices he has established Studio Stratum, research and design practice in the fields of architecture and urbanism, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Questionnaire, Political aspects [RCFWC]

Katherina Zakravsky is philosopher, cultural theorist, performance worker, based in Vienna.
She has published essays on war, politics, humanism and is particurarly focused on developing Agamben's concept of Camp. She has held several workshops and numerous lectures internationally. Regularly collaborates with artists from different fields.

Religious aspects [RCFWC]

Anton Bole, born 1.5.1964. Member of the Jesuit order since 1988. Studied Theology in Innsbruck and completed it with the thesis work: Zen as a path of conteplation 1997. In 2003 he has completed his masters studies of ecumenism in Dublinu with the thesis work: Conflict and Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently he is involved in parish work.

Workshop / MEXICO

AURA architecs (Architecture Urbanism + Research Agency), Berlin/Mexico was found by Marisol Rivas Velázquez and Christian Schmutz in 2003. The practice incorporates design as well as research on the various scales of architecture and urbanism. In 2004 they will research as visiting professors the topic of temporary structures with the students of the ITESM during the core design 'CCR' (Camp for Catastrophe Refugees).

Marisol Rivas Velázquez (* Mexico) studied architecture at the ITESM/ Monterrey. After working in several offices in Mexico she finished her studies at the Berlage Institute/ Rotterdam.

Christian Schmutz (*Germany) studied architecture at the University of Stuttgart, the Technical University of Graz and the Berlage Institute/ Rotterdam. Between and after his studies he was working in several architects offices in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium.

FIRST WORLD CAMP
is a platform in artistic research of demilitarisation of the capsular societies initiated by Emil Hrvatin and Peter Šenk. FWC research is focusing on refugee camps, military bases, gated communities and other modes of capsularity.