Prof. Henning Eichinger studied Visual Communication at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund, Germany. Since 1997 he has been Professor for Drawing, Painting and Fine Art Conception with the faculty of Textiles and Design at Reutlingen University. As a painter and University Professor, he has worked for many years with themes which cross over the borders between art and science or art and technology. He investigates the intuative and emotional components of scientific and technological developments. In his artwork and with his students at the university he works on artistic responses to the important developments within society such as the impact of digital tools and networks on art and design. Since 2012 he is a member of the Design Research Institute of RMIT University at the Centre for Art, Society and Transformation (CAST).  His work has been shown in many exhibitions in Germany and  internationally, and is represented in both national and international collections. He has also received many grants and residencies.

Dr. Maggie McCormick is Adjunct Professor, RMIT University, Australia and Professor Reutlingen University, Germany. She is the recent Program Manager, Master of Arts (Art in Public Space) at RMIT School of Art and is a Core Member of the RMIT research group CAST Contemporary Art and Social Transformation. She co-edits the Art and Activism in Public Space issues of The Journal of Public Space (UN Habitat and City Space Architecture, Italy). Her research focus centres on the relationship between urban consciousness and cultural conceptualization and how this is evidenced in contemporary art practice. The research forms the basis of exhibitions, presentations and publications in Australia, Asia and Europe. Her doctoral thesis, 'The Transient City: Mapping urban consciousness through contemporary art practice' 2009, investigates the changing nature of urban consciousness through a study of contemporary Chinese artistic and curatorial practice. Recent publications include Carto-City Revisited: unmapping urbaness (2017) in Elizabeth Grierson (ed.) Transformations: Art and the City, Intellect Books, Bristol, UK/Chicago, USA.