Sofy (@horusVacui) is an experimental film maker, artist, and educator working with video, interactivity, projections, code, paper, and salvaged material. Her work focuses on techno-occult rituals, street performance, and participatory art. Sofy’s performances enact and reframe hegemonies, she works with materials that exemplify our deep entanglement with petro-culture. She has worked on projects at Eyebeam, 3LD, the Rubin Museum, the Netherlands Institute voor Media Kunst, ARS Electronica, Games for Learning Institute, and has taught workshops at GAFFTA, and MoMA. She is a member of the Fast Food Video collective and the organizer of the NYC Patching Circles
Talya Chalef is a Brooklyn based South African/Australian performance maker who has developed and presented new work since 2004. Talya is concerned with themes of cultural geography, social justice, memory, history and identity and seeks out new forms of performance. Her practice often involves site specific locations, interdisciplinary theatrical elements and international collaborations. Talya completed an MFA at Columbia University(2013) and holds a graduate diploma in Animateuring from the Victorian College of the Arts (2004). She is the recipient of multiple awards including the Columbia Dean’s Fellowship, the Elizabeth Murdoch Travel Fellowship and the Australia Council of the Arts 2014 ArtStart grant. www.talyachalef.com