Joaquín Barzola Balmer ist ein Musiker und Student an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK), wo er Schlagzeug (Major Pop) sowie Producing und Composing Music studiert. Er tritt als Schlagzeuger und Backing Vocalist in verschiedenen studentischen Projekten auf und war Mitglied der Band "Two and a Half Twins".

Mara studiert an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) im Bachelor Studiengang Musik mit dem Hauptfach E-Bass (Major Pop) sowie im Minor Producing Composing Music.

Why do some people choose to stay in a manipulative relationship? Why don’t they just walk away? Those were my thoughts as I was getting more and more entangled in such a relationship myself. It happens slowly, unnoticed, and once you’re fully submerged in it, memories of how it was in the beginning or how it was supposed to be at all, keep you from wanting to break away and re-emerge alone.
I explore the relationship between us and the neoliberal structures enveloping us.
I try asking whether the conditions we live in should truly be the way they are. What is it exactly that keeps us here, entangling and perforating us, keeping us from emerging. Can we even emerge at all?
My work mostly consists of audio-visual pieces. But while the format may vary from piece to piece, the themes stay consistent. Questions like those above always creep into and to the forefront of my work. I do not only want to ask questions, I try my hardest to find answers too… unless a question is the only answer left.