Jean-Marc Bullet + Céline Semaan

Céline Semaan is a Lebanese-born artist, writer, and designer working at the intersection of ancestral memory, climate justice, and cultural liberation. She is the founder of Slow Factory, an independent media and cultural laboratory building tools for collective education, resistance, and repair. Through storytelling, textiles, and public pedagogy, her work transforms personal narrative into political curriculum. She is the author of A Woman Is a School and serves as Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director of Everything Is Political, a platform where culture and politics converge to challenge dominant narratives. Céline’s work has been featured internationally and in publications including The New York Times, Vogue, CNN, and The Cut, and she serves on the Council of Progressive International.

Based in Martinique, Jean-Marc Bullet is a designer-artist using social innovation to foster community bonds in post-colonial territories. A graduate of HEAR and ENSCI, he received the “Mondes Nouveaux” award for his multi-sensory mangrove project. His diverse career spans reducing industrial footprints in China to winning a German Design Award for the Nestot compost bin. Recently, he collaborated with CB2 and joined a Villa Albertine residency. He currently focuses on preserving medicinal plant knowledge and reconnecting the Caribbean diaspora with its matrimonial heritage.