Valerie Wolf Gang, also known as Valerija Zabret, is an intermedia artist, researcher, educator and senior military specialist working at the intersection of contemporary art, emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, defense systems and digital culture. With more than a decade of international experience in new media art, immersive technologies, experimental film and research based artistic practice, her work bridges artistic inquiry, strategic innovation and institutional transformation.

Her practice examines the relationship between humans, technology, identity, power structures and future societies, especially how emerging technologies transform perception, embodiment, communication, warfare, governance and social imagination. She works within the Slovenian Armed Forces at the Doctrine, Development, Education and Training Command, focusing on doctrine development, artificial intelligence integration, digital transformation and future oriented education.

She lectures at the University of Nova Gorica and is completing her doctoral dissertation at the Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU on augmented reality, space, identity and transhumanism. In 2026 she joined Vandri Robotics as Strategic Advisor for Humanoid Robotics, Mentor in Robotic Development and Representative for North America in Robotics Development. She is a recipient of the Ivana Kobilca Award, the Vesna National Film Award and the Fulbright Award.

Borut Peterlin is a Slovenian photographer, artist, educator and internationally recognized specialist in nineteenth century photographic processes. His work is rooted in historical photographic craftsmanship, especially wet plate collodion on glass, ambrotypes, collodion negatives, albumen printing, salt printing, carbon printing and other handmade photographic techniques that connect image making with chemistry, time, materiality and physical presence.

Through many years of artistic research, teaching and public demonstrations, he has become one of the leading European practitioners preserving, developing and sharing these processes in a contemporary artistic context. His practice combines technical mastery, visual storytelling, portraiture, landscape, field work in nature, cultural heritage and experimental approaches to photography.

He is known for transforming photography into an embodied encounter between light, silver, glass, landscape and the person being portrayed, often working with large format cameras, mobile darkrooms and demanding outdoor conditions. He regularly leads workshops, lectures and demonstrations internationally, collaborating with artists, students, museums, cultural institutions and communities interested in the living heritage of photography. As co founder of Peterlin Wolf Gang Studio, he brings deep material knowledge, photographic mastery and a strong sensitivity for storytelling, memory and the long duration of handmade images.

Peterlin Wolf Gang Studio is a collaborative research and art studio founded by Valerie Wolf Gang and Borut Peterlin. The studio connects the technologies of the future with the knowledge of the past. Its work brings together artificial intelligence, robotics, virtual reality, augmented reality and broader XR technologies with nineteenth century photographic processes, hand crafted image making, storytelling, cultural heritage and embodied artistic practice.

The studio develops artworks, workshops, lectures, exhibitions and research based projects that explore how humans can remain deeply connected to materiality, memory, nature and ethical imagination in an increasingly technological world.

Current direction. The studio develops projects at the intersection of art, science, technology and cultural exchange, both nationally and internationally. Their work is suitable for institutional presentations, exhibitions, artist talks, educational programs, cultural diplomacy initiatives, research collaborations, innovation contexts and collections interested in the dialogue between heritage and future technologies.