The Image Research Network

Lisa Martinez holds a Bachelor of Architecture with Honors from the University of Arizona (2015) and a Master in Advanced Architectural Projects from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSAM), completed in 2024. Her academic research explores the intersection of architecture, visual culture, and technology, with a focus on spatio-visual narratives and their role in shaping contemporary cultural experiences in urban contexts. In practice, Lisa is a Project Architect at Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos in Madrid, Spain, where she contributes to a wide range of cultural and public projects across international contexts.

Born in Havana, 1984. Filmmaker, curator and academic, graduated from ISA University of Arts and the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. M.Sc. in Visual Anthropology by FLACSO, Ecuador and doctoral candidate at the PhD in Art: Production and Research, Polytechnic University of Valencia. Her first feature film “The Man Who Always Did His Part” has been screened in many international festivals and she has been film programmer and professor in Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Cuba and Spain, where she currently develops her new film “Overnight” and her research on female aesthetics and cinema.

Tammie Leong is a Senior Lecturer at Media Design School, Auckland, specializing in Fine Arts, Digital Animation, and Interactive Design. She mentors students in user-centered design, motion design, and interactive media while leading interdisciplinary projects with partners such as Sustainable Coastline Trust, SPARK, Auckland Museum, and Auckland Council. Her research explores speculative design, participatory methods, and narrative approaches, focusing on social change through innovative UX/UI practices. Additionally, her exhibitions examine identity, migration, and motherhood. Actively involved in academic panels and workshops, she continues to expand her expertise in digital design and community-driven engagement.

Hu Yue (胡悦) is a visual art practitioner, curator, educator, reviewer, and translator, currently conducting practice-based doctoral research at the University of Plymouth (UK). Her interdisciplinary research situates the dynamic relationship between humans’ interventions and natural landscapes in the context of environmental and climate change.bHer artistic investigations often engage with artificial landscapes, ecological imaginaries, and the sensory experience of a place. Through curating and critical writings, she explores the broader contemporary visual art world and reimagines the landscape as a site of negotiation, memory, and transformation. Yue holds an MA in Documentary Photography from the University of Westminster (UK). She has worked as a curator and collection researcher at art museums in China while continuing developing independent projects. Her work has been presented online and internationally, including in the UK, China, Finland, Portugal, and France. She is also a contributor to Leonardo Review, a member of OnebyWalking (Nordic) Research Group, Land Water (UK) Research Group, and All About Curating (Germany) Network.

İpek Köprülülü is a graphic designer and typographer passionate about the expressive potential of typography. A Fulbright Scholar, she earned an MFA in Visual Communication Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology. She holds dual BS degrees in Mathematics and Computer Engineering, with a minor in Media and Visual Arts from Koç University, which has shaped her analytical mindset. Her research explores how typographic treatments transform literary communication through visual narratives. Drawing on her experience as a designer, educator, and researcher, she creates printed and motion-based works, blending analog materials with digital techniques and focusing on book covers and culturally driven poster designs. İpek’s award-winning work has been recognized internationally by design competitions such as STA100, Creative Quarterly, Graphis, and Design Masterprize, and featured in Mastering Type and GDUSA.

Anaïs Cyana-Djoher Hadjali is a PhD candidate in aesthetics and philosophy of art at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, within the doctoral school for Visual Arts, Aesthetics & Art Sciences. She is also affiliated with the doctoral program “Theories and Practices of Fashion” at the Institut Français de la Mode. She holds degrees in Film Theory (EHESS), Contemporary Philosophy (ENS Ulm-PSL), and Cultural and Creative Industries Management (HEC Paris). Her thesis, titled “On the Sustainability of the Fashion Design Gesture,” aims to develop a reflection on the internal sustainability of fashion objects by bridging design practices in Europe and Japan. In parallel, she works as a Copywriter and Production Coordinator at the fashion and beauty group Puig, and serves as an Editor and Interviewer for the artificial intelligence platform Newcoin.

Ying Wu (武颖) is an independent art writer and a PhD candidate in Aesthetics at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne since 2023. She holds a Master's degree in Criticism-Essays and Contemporary Art Writing from the Université de Strasbourg, obtained in 2022. Her doctoral research, titled From Untouchable Art to Touchable Art: A Decentering of the Gaze in Contemporary Artistic Practices explores the role of touch in art and challenges the dominance of visual perception in how artworks are received and consumed in our society. Her art writing is currently published primarily in Chinese art criticism platforms such as Qilu Criticism and Art-Ba-Ba, where her contributions include, among others, a translation of a lecture by Jacques Rancière.

Anaïs Cyana-Djoher Hadjali is a PhD candidate in aesthetics and philosophy of art at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, within the doctoral school for Visual Arts, Aesthetics & Art Sciences. She is also affiliated with the doctoral program “Theories and Practices of Fashion” at the Institut Français de la Mode. She holds degrees in Film Theory (EHESS), Contemporary Philosophy (ENS Ulm-PSL), and Cultural and Creative Industries Management (HEC Paris). Her thesis, titled “On the Sustainability of the Fashion Design Gesture,” aims to develop a reflection on the internal sustainability of fashion objects by bridging design practices in Europe and Japan. In parallel, she works as a Copywriter and Production Coordinator at the fashion and beauty group Puig, and serves as an Editor and Interviewer for the artificial intelligence platform Newcoin.

Colton Cuca Campbell is a PhD student in Chicana/o Studies at the University of New Mexico. His interdisciplinary research and creative work explores Xicanxfuturisms, nuclear colonialism, liberation, resistance, memory, and monstrosity. He has published fiction, poetry, visual art, and academic research in Somos en Escrito, Conceptions Southwest, The Bilingual Review, Regeneración, and Xicanxfuturisms: Gritos for Tomorrow. As both an educator and writer, his work centers narrative as a method of decolonial inquiry, blending critical theory with speculative storytelling and visual culture.