Rachel Pacheco is a geographer and current PhD candidate in an international joint doctoral program between History and Civilizations (EHESS, Paris) and Human Geography (University of São Paulo, Brazil). Her research explores the history of technotopic conceptions of « cities of the future » through a critical approach to the « political economy of space ». In practice, her investigations unfold into artistic, literary, and pedagogical projects developed in collaboration with various collectives and associations.

Nirsa

Nirsa was born in southern Patagonia and has been on the move ever since. He has lived and worked in Chile, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Greece, and Mexico, and traveled widely. He signs under different pen names and uses illustration, painting, writing, sound, video, and other unconventional media combinations. His work has been shown in Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Jordan and Ukraine. He’s collaborated with artists worldwide, illustrating books and music covers. Since 2020, he has been developing a 22-episode graphic novel in 22 languages. His latest book is called Nama Nika Tiisto, a loose, hybrid study that portrays “the symbolic realm” of La Roma, the legendary and gentrified neighborhood of Ciudad de México.