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Irene Campolmi is a Copenhagen-based curator, art historian, and researcher whose work bridges art, science, and philosophy. Her curatorial practice explores how artistic and scientific methods can transform our understanding of time, consciousness, and knowledge itself. As the Curator at Large and Head of Yonder ArtsScience at NBI, she develops experimental frameworks for interdisciplinary collaboration between artists and physicists. Rooted in feminist and decolonial thinking, her interdisciplinary approach redefines artscience curating as a critical, imaginative, and transformative form of research.

Campolmi has curated projects and exhibitions with institutions including The Estonian Pavilion at the 2019 La Biennale di Venezia, MAAT Lisbon, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen Contemporary, TANK Museum Shanghai, among others. Her award-winning exhibition Yet, It Moves! received the Bikuben Vision Award for its pioneering dialogue between art and astrophysics.

Jens Hjorth is Professor of Astrophysics and a Villum Investigator exploring the theme of Time in Astrophysics. As the PI of Yonder, he initiated the program using funds from his Villum Prize (2017). His vision is to create a shared intellectual and creative space where art and science can meet on equal terms.

Jo Verwohlt is an astrophysicist and artist researching dark matter and scientific perception. Alongside her scientific research, she created Interference (Nikolaj Kunsthal, 2023), an exhibition bridging artistic and scientific thinking. At Yonder, she acts as artist–scientist liaison, providing scientific mentorship and coordinating interdisciplinary course development.

Judit Prat Marti is a Catalan astrophysicist and photographer. She studies dark matter and dark energy using weak gravitational lensing and machine learning techniques. She has published a book called Chicago in Color where she offers a minimalist and colorful perspective of Chicago, inviting readers to appreciate beauty in everyday life. She is excited to explore how art and science synergies might unlock new ways of thinking about dark energy.</p>

Clara Ferreira Cores joins Yonder as a PhD student in astrophysics. With a background in quantum computing and circus artistry, her research explores the relationship between time and performance, examining how embodied practices can offer new insights into scientific understandings of temporality.