Dea López López (Oaxaca, 1997) is a researcher, curator, and cook interested in relational practices, public art, and the affects for the linking of collective knowledge. Her practice unfolds within the body as a space to produce knowledge based on experiences and territory.

A graduate of the Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, she is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Contemporary Art History and Visual Culture at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in collaboration with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the Museo Reina Sofía. She is the founder of Co.Merr (2020), a residency and research space dedicated to the intersections between participatory art, food, and territory.
www.dealopez.com/

Emilio Hernández Martínez (Oaxaca, 1990) is a researcher, designer, and educator exploring the intersections of future studies, transition design, and eco-pedagogies for care and healing. His research delves into the causes of socio-ecological degradation, integrating local knowledge and participatory art to co-design creative strategies that respond to environmental challenges. His practice combines radical pedagogies with new narratives in art-education projects that address themes like communality, epistemic justice and biocultural memory. He's the founder of Oaxaca’s Imagination Centre – school of artivists, and coordinator of creative research processes at the food and art research collective, Cocina Colaboratorio.

His current inquiry into pluriversal studies and "slow disasters" explores how soil (as a pedagogical and cultural agent) can mitigate cultural erosion amidst global crisis.
www.colaboratorykitchen.com