Lest We See Where We Are

Ant Hampton (1975, CH) is a British-German performance maker and writer. His work since 1999 has often involved guiding people through unrehearsed situations and interactive relations, using automated devices. From 1998 until 2009 he worked in / as Rotozaza.
His “Autoteatro” works tour internationally in over 80 language versions, some of them without anyone needing to travel – a paradoxical outcome for an art committed to liveness and presence which in turn informed his Covid-era advocacy and researchproject: ShowingWithoutGoing.live – an Atlas.
In more recent years his practice has expanded into a wider investigation of risk-taking and leaps of faith, for example with The Thing – An Automatic Workshop in Everyday Disruption, created with Christophe Meierhans.
Together with David Bergé, he co-founded Time Based Editions in 2023, starting with his own project, Borderline Visible. followed by a collaboration with musicians Ulla and Perila.
Following his research project DETOURISTIKI, a new partnership with Alice De Crais began in 2025 called phased / romantic, with a focus on performance interventions in areas of Southern Europe marked by fragile ecosystems and the tourist industry. 

Tim Etchells is a UK based artist and writer whose work shifts between visual art, fiction and creating original performance. He has worked in diverse contexts, notably as the leader of the world-renowned Sheffield-based performance group Forced Entertainment. Exhibiting and presenting work in significant institutions all over the world, Tim’s projects have been commissioned by Centre Pompidou, Paris, Basel Ballet, Festival D’Avignon, NTGent, and Ruhr Triennale. His artistic work is in private and institutional collections around the world including Tate (UK), The Arts Council Collection and  Sprengel, Hannover. He has collaborated with Marino Formenti, Aisha Orazbayeva, Tony Buck (The Necks), Tarek Atoui, Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods, and Elmgreen & Dragset. His collection of short fiction Endland (2019) was published by And Other Stories, and his book on Forced Entertainment (Certain Fragments) is widely celebrated for its insights on contemporary performance. Monographs on his work with Forced Entertainment and neon installation projects were published in 2023 by Spector Books in Germany. He is represented by Ebensperger (Berlin and Vienna) and by The Odds Agency (Paris).