Cecilia Andersson (born in Stockholm in 1961) is curator at Bildmuseet in Umeå, Sweden. She studied photography at ICP in New York and holds a masters degree in curating at Goldsmiths college, London. In 2003 she initiated Werk in Liverpool, a platform for discussing the changing role of the artist in contexts of urban regeneration. Her interests today are primarily concerned with the social function of art and include co-creation processes, interdisciplinary approaches and contextual challenges in terms of communication and presentation of artists’ works.

She has lived and worked in a number of countries, among them Spain, Great Britain, United States and Lebanon. Her writing has been published extensively in various international journals, magazines and artists’ catalogues.

Mathias Schwartz-Clauss (born in Düsseldorf in 1964) is an art historian and curator. He studied art history and philosophy at Universität Trier and Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. From 1992 until 2013 he was curator at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, and in charge of numerous internationally travelling exhibitions and catalogues such as The World of Charles and Ray Eames, the first Ron Arad retrospective, Frank Lloyd Wright – The Living City, Living in Motion, Jean Prouvé – Poetics of the Technical Object, Antibodies – The Works of Fernando and Humberto Campana, The Essence of Things, or Pop Art Design. Since 2013 he is responsible for workshops, exhibitions and the architectural park at Domaine de Boisbuchet in France. His special interests are aimed at the human condition and the intersection of design and art.