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Leo Katunarić Kadele is a contemporary visual artist, director, and theorist whose practice embodies a rare synthesis of aesthetic experimentation, intellectual inquiry, and cross-cultural engagement. Trained in theatre direction at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, Kadele has since developed a polyphonic and transdisciplinary artistic vocabulary that expands across painting, installation, theatre, performance, film, and critical theory. Kadele’s work explores the poetics of transformation in an age of technological saturation and spiritual displacement. At the core of his practice lies an enduring interest in the dramaturgies of ritual, the interface between human and machine performance, and the reconfiguration of sacred iconographies in post-secular, digitized societies. His renowned diptych *EAST / WEST*, for instance, investigates the ritual energy of Eastern traditions in contrast to Western algorithmic logic, resulting in a visual tension that is both contemplative and critical. As a theatre-maker, Kadele is the author of numerous multidisciplinary stage works in which he often fuses live performers with programmed systems, investigating the thresholds between presence, automation, and authorship. His approach to dramaturgy has been recognized as pioneering in the analysis and practice of digital performance, culminating in a PhD (2021) focused on new dramaturgies in contemporary digital art. Kadele’s international presence is significant: his works have been realized and exhibited across Asia, the Americas, and Europe, including in Japan, China, India, South Korea, the United States, Colombia, Mexico, Germany, Greece, and throughout the Balkans. His collaborations span major institutions such as Tokas (Tokyo), the National Museum of China (Beijing), the Iberoamericano Festival (Bogotá), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Zagreb), and the Music Biennale Zagreb, among others. He has also presented at academic and artistic conferences in Israel, Austria, Serbia, China, and Croatia. In addition to his artistic output, Kadele is a prolific writer and scholar. His publications, such as *Artistic Performance in the Digital Culture* (Leykam International, 2022), *Medea95* (University of Genoa, 2000), and *The Return of Europe, a Cow* (Plima, 2007), reflect a sustained philosophical engagement with media, performance, and contemporary mythology.