Participants Lab°
Ivet Dimitrova
Visual Artist
Photo credit: Ivet Dimitrova
Ivet Dimitrova is a visual artist based in Sofi a, Bulgaria. She is active in the fi eld of interactive installation and performance art, where she uses digital media such as video, sound, and electronics. Prior projects include work in the fi elds of painting and textile art. In her work she explores topics related to individual perception, psychological states of affect and interaction between people.
Ludmilla Mercier
Performer, composer and installation artist
Ludmilla Mercier (b. 1997) is a performer, composer and installation artist working at the intersection of music theatre and multimedia performance. Her practice combines composition, electronics, visual media and handcrafted objects, often creating performative situations rather than fixed concert formats.
Collaboration and human relationships are central to her work. She explores personal stories, memory, language and intimacy, using sound, hybrid languages, light, projections and analogue and digital techniques as compositional materials.
Mercier is artist in residence at Gare du Nord (2026–2027) and part of the Music Theatre Now Creators Connection Programme (2025–2026). Her work has been presented across Switzerland, Germany and Europe.
Website: mercierludmilla.com
Instagram: @ludmilla_mercier
Photo credit: Ella Josephine Campbell @ellajocampbell
Martin Marijanović
Croatian tambura (brač) player
Photo credit: Martin Marijanović
Martin Marijanović (b. 1999) is a Croatian tambura (brač) player and teaching assistant at the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek, where he graduated in 2023. During his studies, he received numerous awards at national and international competitions and spent a semester at the Academy of Music in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed at festivals and concert series across Croatia and collaborates regularly with the Croatian Radiotelevision Tamburitza Orchestra. His practice has a strong focus on contemporary music, with several new works composed for him.
He is currently a member of the Hegeduš–Marijanović Duo, dedicated to contemporary Croatian music for tambura and piano, as well as the Golden Strings Tambura Orchestra and Bastion Tambura Quartet.
Martina Jembrišak
Accordionist and bandoneonist
Martina Jembrišak (b. 1995) is a Croatian accordionist and bandoneonist. In 2020, she received the Ivo Vuljević Prize, Croatia’s highest national recognition for young musicians.
She has performed across Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, appearing at festivals including Music Biennale Zagreb, Hong Kong Contemporary Music Festival, Dubrovnik Summer Festival and Festival Ljubljana. As a soloist, she has collaborated with ensembles including the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and Zagreb Soloists.
Her debut solo album, Echoes of Croatia: Accordion Adventures, is the first album dedicated entirely to original Croatian works for accordion. Alongside performing, she is active as an educator and lecturer at music institutions and festivals internationally.
Photo credit: Martina Jembrišak
Petar Denchev
Visual & digital Artist
Photo credit: Petar Denchev
Petar Denchev (b. 1992) is a Bulgarian visual and digital artist based in Sofia. He graduated in Poster and Visual Communication from the National Academy of Art in Sofia and is currently completing a Master’s degree in Digital Arts, while working professionally in the field.
Denchev is interested in art that takes a clear position and goes beyond purely visual aesthetics. His practice is influenced by artists working across experimental video, media and conceptual art, including Gretchen Bender, Harun Farocki, Wolf Vostell and Chris Burden.
Sebastijan Sarapa
Clarinetist
Sebastijan Sarapa (b. 1998) is a Croatian clarinetist working across contemporary and historical performance. He studied clarinet at the Academy of Music in Zagreb and the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, and is currently pursuing postgraduate studies in historical clarinet at the Luca Marenzio Conservatory in Brescia.
A prizewinner at numerous Croatian and international competitions, Sarapa has performed as a soloist with the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra and Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, and collaborated with orchestras and ensembles across the region.
He is the founder and artistic director of the Chamber Music Ensemble Sklad and, since 2026, a member of Serious Ensemble Zagreb, with a particular focus on contemporary music.
Photo credit: Sebastijan Sarapa
Serøja Leonov
Composer and audiovisual artist
Photo credit: Amalia Chraiti-Martin
Serøja Leonov is an electronic music producer, composer and audiovisual artist working across electronic music, instrumental composition, experimental pop and interdisciplinary performance. His practice combines sound, moving image and light, exploring hybrid forms between concerts, installations and audiovisual performance.
His work has been presented at festivals and platforms including Electron Festival, IRCAM Forum, KorSonoR and La Nuit des Musées de Genève, and he has collaborated with ensembles across Europe and the United States.
Leonov works at HEAD – Genève within the Image-Sound Pool and is co-founder of LECZ, a Geneva-based association dedicated to experimental and interdisciplinary artistic creation. His current projects span experimental opera, IDM and art-science research.
Timm Cornelius
Bassoonist, improviser and performer
Timm Kornelius is a bassoonist, improviser and performer based in Basel, working across contemporary music, performance and interdisciplinary formats. His practice explores new concert forms and the intersection of musical and performative work. With temporanea, he released EARTHWORMS on Rubber.Commune in 2025.
He completed a Master’s degree with distinction at the Basel Music Academy and performs with ensembles including the Basel Sinfonietta and Stegreif Orchestra, alongside numerous independent projects.
His performative and interdisciplinary works have been presented at venues including Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel Social Club, TONALi Hall and Staatstheater Augsburg. He is currently developing a documentary project exploring the soundscapes of the former Repubblica dell’Ossola.
Photo credit: Timm Cornelius
Yoana Tuchkova
Visual artist
Photo credit: Yoana Tuchkova
Yoana Tuchkova is a visual artist based in Sofia. She studied Fine Arts Pedagogy (specializing in Painting) for her Bachelor’s at Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts – Plovdiv, and is currently doing her Master’s in Digital Arts at the National Academy of Art in Sofia.
At the core of her practice are contrast, memories, dreams, symbolism, mysticism, and human imperfection. Guided by specific concepts, she unfolds her visual universe across diverse media – from traditional oil painting to video art, 3D graphics, performance, and animation. Her work explores personal memory and the threshold between reality and illusion, creating atmospheric spaces and conceptual environments.