As a PhD in Culture and Performance, anthropologist, dance scholar, and peacebuilder through arts, I engage with the concept of in-between art as a critical and generative cultural space—where the tensions and synergies between conservation and innovation, as well as between rooted locality and fluid translocality, are not only explored but embodied through performance practices that serve as sites of memory, resistance, transformation, and relational healing—enabling art to function not merely as expression, but as a vital modality for reimagining identities, negotiating cultural boundaries, and fostering sustainable peace through creative, embodied dialogue.

He earned his Doctorate in Theater Creation at ISI Surakarta, focusing on performative dramaturgy within socio-ecological discourse. As founder of Border Crossing Space Burneh, he developed projects like Klepon Cetot and Performative Discussions that combine community, criticism, and local documentation.

He curated for East Java Biennale, EXIT Theater, and led collaborations such as Bus Jalur Wajan Penyok and Beras Dhumpa with support from the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and DAAD Germany.

His works—dramatic texts, novels, essays, and lectures—have been presented at Ubud Writers Festival, Biennale Jogja, and Djakarta Theatre International Platform. Through his cross-regional practice, he positions art as a way to explore identity, space, and ecology in Nusantara.

She has taught at California College of the Arts since 1996, and held roles at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and the San Francisco Art Institute. Her work has been supported by the Guggenheim Fellowship and U.S. State Department grants, notably for her Water City project exploring rising sea levels in coastal cities worldwide.

Anno collaborates with scientists, theologians, planners, and communities to create intermedial narratives about resilience, adaptation, and indigenous ecological knowledge. Her work has been exhibited globally in institutions like SFMOMA, Berkeley Art Museum, and the Goethe Institut in Johannesburg.

She also founded Wild Projects, which engages the public in environmental issues through art. Her major works include ¡Quba!, Peaceable Kingdom, and PacificAFuture, all emphasizing climate justice through collaborative, intersectional art practices.

With academic degrees from UNAM and a foundation in contemporary, Butoh, and classical Asian dance, Yuliana bridges embodied practice and scholarship. She studied Javanese dance at ISI Surakarta under the Darmasiswa scholarship and is now pursuing a Master’s in Cultural Studies at Sanata Dharma University under the KNB program.

Her projects include founding Body Experiences (BE)—a platform for community-based arts research—and ECOrrespondences, which links dance, ecology, and indigenous knowledge. Yuliana emphasizes embodied methodologies to reimagine coexistence and relational ecology in diverse cultural contexts.

She has presented her work in residencies and performances across Mexico, Japan, and Indonesia, advocating for bodily knowledge as a critical tool for environmental and intercultural awareness.

His formal education includes ASTI Bandung, Yogyakarta, Wesleyan University, and the University of Washington. He has taught at various institutions, including KOKAR, KONRI, Cornell, UC-Santa Cruz, and others.

He has been involved in contemporary and experimental arts, such as Teater Loh in Bali, Aladdin by La Mama Theater, and Tempest of Borobudur.

His ethnomusicology work includes research, documentation, and revitalization efforts in Java, Sumatra, and NTB.

He led publications like Seri Musik Indonesia, Gong Magazine, and Tikar Media, and founded LPSN which developed multicultural arts education and bamboo instrument labs.

He has received support from institutions such as Ford Foundation, Fulbright, Japan Foundation, and the Indonesian Ministry of Culture.