Kraut Kontrol

In 2010 I discovered how to hack a gamepad and change it into a MIDI controller. Soon after this discovery I got attracted by Arduino and all the possibilities it offers for creative applications. Since 2 years I´m giving workshops about hardware hacking and Arduino. Most of them in a museum for contemporary art (NRW Forum, Düsseldorf/Germany). I also like to make performances with homemade instruments and devices, sometimes including audience interaction. In 2018 I have been invited to create an installation for the NRW Forum museum, it´s called "ADI" (audience development interface). Before 2010 I have been mostly interested in contemporary art and worked as a gallery assistant in Düsseldorf, Berlin and Vienna. Since 2018 I live and work in Paco de Arcos/Portugal.

Born in Bulgaria, currently living in Portugal, Nora Mincheva is an interdisciplinary artist, an event coordinator and a workshop facilitator. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Cultural studies with her graduation thesis being about the contemporary interactive stage performances and the figure of the ‘Prosumer’ within them. Her artistic skills are in the following art fields : music (singing and songwriting), alternative theatre, art performance, contemporary dance, photography, drawing, creative writing, handcraft and others.She created and took part in alternative theatre performances, theatre plays, music performances, concerts, exhibitions. Her focus is music and she has collaborated with artists from Bulgaria, Poland, Spain, Germany, France, Greece and others. Through her musical projects she is trying to express the concept that music unites – it doesn’t matter where you’re coming from and what is your background: ‘Music is a tool which allows us to connect with each other and reconnect with ourselves on the first place’. Her artistic approach is based mainly on improvisation and experimentation, while her artistic mission is to inspire, heal and empower. She also has experience with non-formal education. Besides taking part in several international projects and training courses, in 2017 she gave her first workshop on music improvisation and communication. She plans to continue giving workshops, based on artistic non-formal methods of education and focused on assisting the participants in their individual self-explorational journeys while maintaining a deeper connection with the surrounding world.