— Ken Lum is a Canadian artist, whose origins as the grandson of an immigrant laborer from southern China, have profoundly marked his practice. Focusing on issues of identity and representation, Lum has developed a technique of portraiture that ranges from photographic images (much of them staged), to linguistically based signage, to monuments and civic sculptures that capture diversity and demographic detail. 
— Hubert Damisch was a French philosopher whose analysis of images has spanned from art, to architecture, to film, and the museum itself. Trained in Paris, under Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Pierre Francastel, Damisch's practice is known for its skillful blend of historic detail with a sensitivity of perception rendering the philosophical as a poetic act.