Vincent PADARE-Director IFI Surabaya

Mike NEUBER-Director WISMA JERMAN

Krishna PRAMENDA-Cultural Coordinator IFI Surabaya

Dhahana ADI  PUNGKAS- Cultural Program Wisma Jerman

Idealita ISMANTO

Idealita Ismanto is an Indonesian documentary photographer and visual storyteller based in Surabaya. With over 20 years of experience, her work focuses on deep human issues such as women's rights, community empowerment, and the daily lives of children. She is a member of the Women Photograph collective. 

She is particularly known for her intimate long-term projects, such as Short Time Memories, which explores her personal journey through postpartum depression, and The Lost World, documenting her daughter’s life during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also co-founded Melihat Bersama, an online platform dedicated to social advocacy through photography. 

Key Achievements:

NGO Collaboration: Has worked with global organizations like UN Women and the Indonesian Women’s Coalition.

Exhibitions: Her work has been showcased at the National Gallery of Indonesia, the Kunstkamera Museum (Russia), and the Angkor Photo Festival.

Clément CAIGNART

Clément is a French artist, researcher, and filmmaker whose work explores the intersection of documentary, fiction, and institutional critique. A graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Paris, he also studied at the Cooper Union in New York and the Offshore program in Shanghai. 

Since 2016, he has primarily collaborated with Hélène Deléan under the collective name Irma Name. Their practice uses video and performance to create "speculative narratives" that examine how media and politics shape our reality. In 2022, they released their first film, Rois d’Asile. 

Key Achievements:

Residencies: Prestigious stints at Villa Kujoyama (Japan) and Bétonsalon.

Projects: Created Le langage de l'événement, an educational project focused on critical media analysis.

Kai LÖFFELBEIN

Kai is a German documentary photographer whose work interrogates the intersections of political power, economic structures, and historical memory. With a background in political science in Berlin and a BA in photography from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, he combines analytical research with visual storytelling to examine the hidden forces shaping contemporary society.

His projects explore the material and ideological traces of global capitalism and postcolonial histories. In Ctrl-X. A Topography of E-Waste (Steidl, 2018), he investigates the global circuits of electronic waste, while Common Dreams (Kehrer Verlag, 2023) reflects on China’s rapid transformation within a broader historical context. His ongoing work ECHO ECHO focuses on Germany’s colonial past and its enduring presence in today’s landscapes and collective memory.

Alongside his artistic practice, Löffelbein teaches workshops and lectures on documentary photography, visual storytelling, and research-based methods. He supports participants in developing their own visual language and encourages a reflective approach to images and their contexts.

Jakob VICARI

Jakob is a German science journalist, innovation strategist, and a leading pioneer in Sensor Journalism (the Journalism of Things). Since March 2025, he has served as a Professor of Data Journalism at the Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

He is the founder of tactile.news, an innovation lab based in Lüneburg that helps newsrooms integrate emerging technologies. Vicari is renowned for groundbreaking projects like Superkühe (SuperCows) and #bienenlive, which used IoT sensors to transform real-time biological data into interactive narratives.

Key Achievements:

Innovation: Developed tools like 100EYES for dialogue journalism.

Awards: Named Science Journalist of the Year (2015) and winner of multiple German Reporter Prizes.

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