William Myers is a curator, writer, and teacher based in Amsterdam. His first book Biodesign (2012) identified the emerging practice of designers and architects integrating living processes in their work. It was published by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and Thames & Hudson in London. His recent book Bio Art: Altered Realities (2015) profiles art that uses biology in new ways or responds to recent research in the life sciences that disrupts our notions of identity, nature, and the definition of life. Currently William is developing a new exhibition for The Science Gallery in Dublin about the potential of artificial intelligence, opening in Spring of 2017. His work has been presented internationally in lectures and popular press. More at: www.william-myers.com

Having grown up on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in western Canada, where a seemingly endless wild gives way to the rapidly expanding influence of human hubris, Byron Rich was compelled to make things that ask unanswerable questions. He pursued a degree in art at The University of Calgary before wandering the islands of the South Pacific, finally finding himself in Buffalo, New York where he obtained an MFA in Emerging Practices at The University at Buffalo. He now teaches Electronic Art, Intermedia and Painting at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. byronrich.com