Artists
The 2025 artist lineup will feature practitioners who are reshaping how we gather, play, and make meaning together.
In addition to the official programming, all participants will have opportunities to share work and playtest ideas through intentionally designed open blocks in the schedule.
Aaron Landsman
Multidisciplinary Artist
ThinAar Studio, Princeton University, Perfect CityAfroRithm Futures Group
Co-Founders and Afrofuturist Worldbuilders Fathomers, Stanford d.school, Institute For The Future, Long Now FoundationAlejandro Tey
Theatre Maker, Associate Artistic Director
Mixed Blood TheatreAlex CoulombeStudio Head Agile LensAlexander Devriendt
Theatre Director
Ontroerend Goed
Angela WashkoMedia Artist, Game Designer, Educator
Catherine B. Heller Professor of Art & Design and the Director of the MFA Program at University of MichiganApril SoetarmanArtist & Creative DirectorArlo Howard
Interactive Theatre & Game MakerBrandon PowersDirector & ChoreographerCaro MurphyExperience Designer, EducatorCelia PearceGame and Experience Designer
Northeastern University, Playable Theatre, IndieCadeThe Fourcast LabDesign Collective
The University of ChicagoJeff and Andy CrockerExperiential Theatre Makers
Mister and Mischief Jessica CreaneInteractive and Narrative Architect
IKantKoan Play/sKatie GreenExperience Designer & Immersive Theatre-Maker
Twin Alchemy Collective and Ginkgo End of LifeKevin LaibsonMixed Reality Artist
Agile LensLaJuné McMillianNew Media ArtistMichael RauLive Performance Director
Wolf359, Stanford UniversityMichaela Ternasky-Holland
Artist & Director
Onassis ONX, Museum of the Moving ImageNovySanExperience Designer, Researcher, Educator, Creative Coder, Analog Astronaut
Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Research Affiliate MIT Media Lab; Ocean Discovery League; Analog Astronaut FoundationPeter FlahertyDirector & Interactive Artist Flaherty Pictures, Visually Positioned Surgery, and CalArtsRisa Puno
ArtistSammy StoneDesigner and Producer
Red Kite Project, DrachenFest US, Philadelphia Larp SocietyStrother Gaines
Therapist, Speaker, & Immersive Artistic Director
The Adult Play Therapist