Andreea Iager Tako - founder of Plai, Ambasada, OneShirt
Andreea has a diverse background in both studies and practices in different organisations. She loves to discover unwalked paths searching for social impact and she stubbornly wants to connect people, ideas, projects and efforts. In her teenage years she co-founded PLAI festival (a 100% volunteer based festival, promoting diversity and community forming), then AMBASADA (the first Romanian member of TransEuropeHalles) and, more recently, FABER – together with smaller and larger teams from the local community. During the start of the pandemic, she has co-founded building.a.community – a hybrid space that hosts creatives and social impact driven business. Now she is actively working on both building.a.home (affordable and inclusive temporary housing solutions), ONE.shirt (an inclusive upcycling textile social business) and joining efforts locally with peers in generating sustainable solutions.
www.instagram.com/andreeaiagertako
Alice Sharp - Artistic Director Invisible Dust
Alice Sharp set up art and environmental organisation ‘Invisible Dust’ in 2009, working with leading artists and scientists ‘making the invisible visible’ producing ambitious contemporary artworks exploring our environment and climate change. Invisible Dust is also curating ‘Wild Eye’ with artists such as Ryan Gander and ‘Climate Clock’ for Oulu European City of Culture 2026. Alice is a prominent international speaker on the importance of the arts and science to climate. Currently, Alice is in Timișoara for Art Encounters My Rhino Is Not a Myth Biennial, speaking at their conference on 24th June.
www.instagram.com/invisible_dust
Alex Herberth
Alex is a wood restorer and art-carpenter, creator of performative, unique objects using wood and metal, bones and stones. His research focus is on Transylvanian Medieval Craft Guilds as he is an archiver and transmitter of ancient wood-working techniques in Transylvania and beyond. KraftMade Research & Lab studio in rural Transylvania creates site-specific, materials exhibitions, performative (design) objects/installations and unique capsule collections/editions.
www.instagram.com/kraft_made
The event will take place in Romanian and will be streamed live on HEI's Facebook page.
Free entrance.