Mentors°
Ksenia Ravvina
Mentor Lab°
Photo credit: Ksenia Ravvina
Ksenia Ravvina is a Berlin-based theatre director, author, and curator working across theatre, performance, and artistic research. Her work explores (non)belonging as both a condition and a perspective from which familiar perceptions and assumptions can be unsettled. She has created projects for Deutsches Theater Berlin, RUHRTRIENNALE, and Opera Philadelphia, among others. From 2024 to 2026, Ksenia Ravvina served as Artistic Director of Fringify – Independent Arts Festival Hamburg together with Alexandar Hadjiev. At 180° – Laboratory for Innovative Art, she co-initiated an international lab for emerging artists and has led it for many years, encouraging participants to sharpen their artistic approaches through collaboration across disciplines.
AlanJames Burns
Mentor Accessibility°
AlanJame Burns is a neurodivergent, environmental and audiovisual artist, curator and producer. Their artistic practice centres on disability, climate change and the human mind.
Burns works highly collaboratively with diverse communities, artists and scientists to develop interactive and socially-engaged projects including: ‘Divergently Together,’ 2025-2027, exploring non-linear thinking and climate resilience; ‘Our Place,’ 2023-2026, fostering creativity and digital inclusion for intellectually disabled adults; Disrupt Disability Arts Festival, an annual Disability Festival by and for the disability community, held at Project Arts Centre, Dublin. They have been funded by Arts Council, Creative Ireland, ADI, Arts Council England and Cavan Arts.
Photo credit: AlanJames Burns