Sandor Ellix Katz (he/him/they) is a fermentation revivalist. A self-taught experimentalist who lives in rural Tennessee, he is the author of five books. Sandor's book The Art of Fermentation, which received a James Beard award and has been widely translated, was selected by the New York Times as one of "The 25 Most Influential Cookbooks From the Last 100 Years." Sandor's books, along with the hundreds of fermentation workshops he has taught around the world, have helped to catalyze a broad revival of the fermentation arts.

gal sherizly (they/them), aka fungal 9669, is a transdisciplinary artist, a writer and FEELed researcher. From a place of longing for belonging, they aims to create bridges through listening to differences. gal generate sensorial storytelling, and collages edible & audible, visual & tactile, written & spoken into rituals, collective gatherings, installations and workshops. They chooses each ingredient, word and frequency intentionally to heal bodies and cistems by trans/forming dietary lexicons and expanding linguistic and cultural terrains. They writes non-edible recipes for the preservation and accessibility of knowledges, using and questioning wor(l)ds as ingredients for cooking a planetary change.

Soñ Gweha (formerly Anna Tje) is an artist, researcher, community organizer and vinyl collector born in 1989, who lives and works between the outskirts of Paris in France and Vienna in Austria. Through a transdisciplinary practice, Soñ Gweha works with music, poetry, video, performance, installation, sculpture to deconstruct the mechanisms of survival, mindfulness and healing.

Noam Youngrak Son is a communication designer, design theorist, and cultural worker. Their design work encompasses small-scale publishing projects, speculative worldbuilding, workshops, lectures, writing, net art, and occasional performative interventions. As a cultural worker, they have co-organized the Ghent-based queer publishing collective Bebe Books (https://bebebooks.be/) since 2021. Son has expanded their focus from design to theory in order to critically engage with the ontology of the design industry, media, and broader material culture. This turn is informed by their observations of cultural assemblages that echo the extractive operations of capitalism on racialized and more-than-human populations. They are particularly attentive to the interconnected notions of speculation—both as an open artistic approach and as a process of value increase in capitalism. They research the tendency of the former in design to be subjugated by the latter and explore alternative methods for speculative design practices to realize their transindividual potential through collective organization and workshop facilitation. In this process, Son utilizes queer publishing as a technology for mobilizing attention beyond the financialized “scarce resource” of the attention economy. In this context, publishing extends beyond mere printed matter to encompass the maintenance of communities and the cultivation of interspecies relationships. The term "queer" here is not used as a statement of identity but as a process—small yet collective strategies of publishing that challenge the modern myth of the heroic designer.

Stephen Vider (he/him) is Associate Professor of History and co-director of Gender and Sexuality Studies at Bryn Mawr College. He is the author of The Queerness of Home: Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Domesticity after World War II (University of Chicago Press, 2021), and curator of the exhibition “AIDS at Home: Art and Everyday Activism” (Museum of the City of New York, 2017). His popular writing has appeared in the New York Times, Avidly, Time, and Slate, among other places.

Isaias Hernandez (he/they) is an environmentalist, educator, and creative devoted to improving environmental literacy through content creation, storytelling, and public engagements. Isaias is more commonly known by his moniker, Queer Brown Vegan: the independent media platform he started to bring intersectional environmental education to all. His journey to deconstruct complex issues, while centering diversity and authenticity, has resonated with a worldwide audience. He also collaborates with other leaders from the private and public sectors to uplift and produce stories of change for his independent web series, Sustainable Jobs and Teaching Climate Together. @queerbrownvegan

For about a decade, Sophie Seita (she/they) has worked with language as a sensuous, sculptural, and sonic material, translated and moulded into live performances, performative objects, publications, sound pieces, drawings, and textiles. She teaches in the Art Department at Goldsmiths, University of London, and recently held the Werner Düttmann Fellowship at Akademie der Künste (Berlin), and a research residency at Studio Voltaire. Often working collaboratively, she’s currently developing an artistic research project on ecoliteracy with Youngsook Choi, and a performance ritual for and with queer ancestors and water alongside Victoria Perrie, Jehan Roberson, Naomi Woo; and is nurturing the ongoing flourishing of The Hildegard von Bingen Society for Gardening Companions.

Every Mouth Needs Filling is a curatorial collaboration between Elisha Fall (they/she) and Caitlin Fleming (they/them), exploring the intersections of queer practice. Envisioned as a future project space, it responds to London’s contemporary art structures through site-specific programming, communal making, critical discourse, and alternative exhibition models. The name from Hilton Als’ White Girls reflects their practice as married collaborators: “Every mouth needs filling with something wet or dry, or unfamiliar and savory, like love.” They aim to consider the tongue through research and commensality and explore intimacy through its varying facets. @everymouthneeds

Every Mouth Needs Filling is a curatorial collaboration between Elisha Fall (they/she) and Caitlin Fleming (they/them), exploring the intersections of queer practice. Envisioned as a future project space, it responds to London’s contemporary art structures through site-specific programming, communal making, critical discourse, and alternative exhibition models. The name from Hilton Als’ White Girls reflects their practice as married collaborators: “Every mouth needs filling with something wet or dry, or unfamiliar and savory, like love.” They aim to consider the tongue through research and commensality and explore intimacy through its varying facets. @everymouthneeds

Safiya Robinson (she/her) is a self-taught vegan chef and writer creating spaces where intentional nourishment, community, and critical conversation meet. As the founder of Sisterwoman Vegan, a plant-based social enterprise exploring wellness through food, she creates modern, plant-forward dishes, using food as a tool to foster community, connection and collective healing. Her work is not just about what we eat, but how, why, and with whom we eat, and celebrates the legacy of Black diasporic and ancestral foodways and rituals. @sisterwomanvegan

Dee Pascal Mahoney (they/them) is an organic food grower working in East London. Interested in the practice of growing whilst inflicting as little harm as possible and maximising the joy that growing can bring.

hannon Higgins (she/her) is a creative, working where food and art come together, focusing on seasonal produce and how it changes throughout the year. She like experimenting with recipes that are fun and a little different, hoping to help people notice and enjoy the simple, natural flavors each season has to offer. [@kiwi.munched]

Ghost (he/him) and John (he/him) are two multidisciplinary artist-researchers, a cultural entrepreneur duo, and a married couple, from computer science and marine biology research backgrounds. They are best known for their collaborative approach to delivering socio-politically pertinent projects, and using technology to create embodied experiences. Ghost and John’s works are presented internationally in theatres, galleries, outdoor and other odd spaces. They collaborate with local governments, community organisers and cultural workers to drive social change through imagination infrastructure building work. They are two of the six co-founders of Hidden Keileon CIC.

Marf Summers (they/them) is an artist, architect and leatherworker whose work explores themes of trans dyke identity, domesticity and class. They work in mediums ranging from sandpaper to hard candy, creating object work that turns a subversive and eroticising eye on the everyday. Their work often employs butch camp sensibilities to open up playful dialogues with the often fraught terrain of the home. Marf’s work has been exhibited internationally and they are currently part of the Conditions Studio programme in Croydon, London.

rishita Maheshwari-Aplin (they/them) is a queer theorist, campaigner and grassroots organiser exploring the transhistorical cultures and political realities of the queer community. Their essay/manifesto, Roses for Hedone: On Queer Hedonism and World-Making Through Pleasure (2025) reframes queer hedonism from a transient individualistic phenomenon to a collective and futuristic transformational energy. Previously Politics Editor at BRICKS Magazine, Prishita now campaigns with Greenpeace UK and sits on the Advisory Board of Split Banana. Their advocacy in pursuit of queer liberated futures, a Free Palestine and a dismantling of all oppressive structures is informed by their trans, migrant and multicultural identity.

QUEERCIRCLE is a LGBTQ+ led charity working at the intersection of arts, health and social action. QUEERCIRCLE was founded to fill the gaps and advocate for systemic change where other arts, health and education institutions fail or actively perpetuate harm. This work requires us to be vigilant of, and challenge systems of oppression.

Based in the heart of London, Delfina Foundation is an independent, non-profit foundation dedicated to facilitating artistic exchange and developing creative practice through residencies, partnerships and public programming.