Michael Blum (1966, Jerusalem) is based in Vienna. His practice involves videos, publications, installations and public interventions to critically reinterprete cultural production and historical memory. Recent projects include: The Monument to the Birth of the 20 th Century (2004), A Tribute to Safiye Behar (2005) and Lippmann, Rosenthal & Co. (2006). He has exhibited widely including recently at O.K. Centre Linz, De Appel Amsterdam, Rooseum Malmo and the 9 th Istanbul Biennial. www.blumology.net

Nick Crowe (1969, Barnsley UK) lives and works between Manchester and Berlin.  He works with film, installation, sculpture and the internet explores the cultural effects of new technologies in leisure, communication and representation.  Recent work includes the project Operation Telic (2005), a series of glass engravings of the occupation of Iraq based on British army propaganda images shown at Con'temporary, Berlin.  He has previously exhibited at KIASMA, Helsinki; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;  Chisenhale Gallery, London; PS1 New York and 9th Istanbul Biennial.  A solo show of his work in sculptural glass opens at the Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester later this year. www.nickcrowe.net

Igor Grubic (1969, Zagreb) established his reputation as a political artist in Croatia with Black Peristil, intervention that referred to the ‘Red Peristil’ action of 1968, in which the entire square inside the Diocletian’s Palace in Split was painted red as a protest against totalitarianism. In his clandestine re-enactment in black, Grubić left the following message: ‘In honour of the group Red Peristil, 30 years after, Peristil, as a magic mirror, reflects the state of society's conscience.’ His recent work includes Reinventing the Revolution (2004) and Sooty Faced Angels (2006) about the Kolubara miners who helped bring down the Milošević regime in Serbia. He has exhibited widely including Manifesta 4, Apexart New York and Cornerhouse Manchester.

Sanja Iveković (1949, Zagreb) is one of the pioneers of contemporary video art and critical post-conceptual art, who has been dealing with social and political issues from the perspective of feminist criticism since the 1970s. She has exhibited in Tate Modern London, Dokumenta 11 Kassel, Seccesion Vienna, Manifesta 2, After the Wall Moderna Museet Stockholm, and in 2006 had a major retrospective in Kölnischer Kunstverein.

Gergely László (1979, Budapest) Péter Rákosi (1970, Kaposvar)live and work in Budapest.

Nils Norman (1966, Kent) lives and works in London. In his book projects, such as The Contemporary Picturesque and An Architecture of Play, he explores alternative public space and examines the possibilities of resistance offered by the modern city. In his on going project The Exploding School, Norman imparts a critical understanding of sustainability and social processes through the practices of alternative education. He has exhibited widely, including the 50 th Venice Biennial, The Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds in Bilbao, and Beyond Green at Smart Museum of Art Chicago.

Adrian Paci(1969, Shkoder, Albania) lives and works in Milan. His work deals with individual experiences of emigration and memories of his youth in 1970s Albania, while communicating ideas of universal relevance and appeal. In 2006 he had solo exhibitions at Galleria Civica Modena, BAK Utrecht, and PS1 New York and also participated in shows at Kölnischer Kunstverein , OK Centre for Contemporary Art Linz, Royal College of Arts London, Frankfurter Kunstverein, and the Sydney Biennial.