Tony Cokes makes video and installation projects that reframe appropriated texts to reflect upon capitalism, subjectivity, knowledge and pleasure. Sound always functions in his practice as a crucial, intertextual element, complicating minimal visuals. His works have been exhibited internationally at venues including Centre Georges Pompidou, Whitney Museum, Museum of Modern Art, SF MOMA, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, and La Cinémathèque Française. Cokes has received fellowships from The Guggenheim Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and Getty Research Institute. He resides in Providence, RI, and is a Professor in Modern Culture and Media at Brown University.

Mark Pierson studied Music, Art and Architecture at the University of Vienna, Austria and at Clark University. His work includes the production of video and photographic installations and collaborative video art projects utilizing artists from various media. Pierson has composed music for dance, media and recording projects. His work has been exhibited at Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland; Arts Electronica, Linz, Austria; Montevideo, Amsterdam, Holland; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; and the Sao Paolo Biennale, Sao Paolo, Brazil. He has produced work with British film artist John Adams and performance artist Douglas Davis. Pierson has curated media programs at Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and The Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA. Pierson resides in Boston, MA.