Jess Quaid is an Auckland based dance artist who works primarily in theatre based, site specific and improvised contemporary dance performances. She has created and collaborated on numerous works since graduating from Unitec in 2010, including a performance installation for Auckland White Night and a short film adaptation of her full length work 'The Rise and Fall of Private Empires' (Rollout Macau 2016). Daniel James is an interdisciplinary artist based in Wellington. With a creative practice that spans over ten years, his work traverses audio and video, robotics, performance, installation art, and interactive electronics. Career highlights include a human scale robot installed at Prague Quadrennial 2015 (New Zealand national pavillion), networked (NZ/UK) audiovisual performances at Museum of Modern Art Oxford and Goldsmiths College, and co-producing the open source film project Stray Cinema (London/Barcelona). Dan holds a PhD in Fine Arts specialising in audiovisual remix performance.