Claudia Paetzold is a graduate of the Sorbonne, Harvard and Christie's Education, born in Germany and currently based between Paris and Athens. Her curatorial practice focuses on art as a portal for awareness and evolution. She was the inaugural artistic director of SFER IK Museion in Mexico until 2020. Michael Marder is Ikerbasque Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz. An author of numerous articles and books, he focuses on ecological thought and plant philosophy, political theory, and phenomenology.