Ania Malinowska is a culture theorist, author and professor in media and cultural studies at the University of Silesia in Poland. She has published widely on media semiotics and technologically constructed relationships.

Valentina Peri is an art curator and cultural anthropologist with expertise in new media and digital art. She runs Galerie Charlot with locations in Paris and Tel Aviv, where she exhibits projects focused on new media art. She is also a co-founder (with curator Anne Roquigny) of SALOON Paris, an international network for women working in the art scene.