Mijke van der Drift is a performer and philosopher by training and has worked in many different industries and fields. Currently, Mijke is tutor and the Royal College of Art. Mijke is a founding member of the Red Forest assembly, which curated the German pavilion at the 23rd Milano Triennale. In 2021 Red Forest made Sambatas Stagings in Kyiv, which reshaped Lucretius philosophical poetry as performance. Mijke is writing a book with Nat Raha titled Trans Femme Futures.