Madara Gruntmane-Dujana is a poet, artist, pianist from Liepaja, Latvia. Since 2015 she has participated in several workshops, poetry readings and international organisations including Iowa University’s International Writing Program, Davenport FIGGE Art Museum Reading, Iowa City Book Festival and varios poetry festivals in Europe such as Riverbank Arts Center in Ireland, International Poetry Festival Transpoésie in Brussels, International Poetry Festival in Birmingham, London Book Fair, Cretes poetry festival, Istanbul poetry festival and others.
She published three poetry collections Aizmīlestība (Afterlove. Riga: Neputns, 2022), Dzērājmeitiņa (Drunk Daddy’s Girl. Riga: Neputns, 2018) and Narkozes (Narcoses. Riga: Neputns, 2015). Her books have been published in UK and Turkey. This year her video works were exhibited in Tallin Art hall and Kommagene Bienal in Turkey.

Krišjānis Elviks is Latvian scenographer and visual artist. He has graduated from the Art Academy of Latvia with a BA degree in Scenography. In his work Elviks explores topics of tolerance, beauty standards, sexuality, normality by using different elements of provocation, irony and crossing boundaries of conventional values and norms.