Paola Torres Nuñez Del Prado’s 30% seminar

This seminar presents the complex relation in between human beings, technical objects and the natural environment by formulating a transdisciplinary framework as method, extrapolated from a practice situated at the intersection of human-computer interaction, philosophy, and materiality. 

The goal is to question entrenched power structures in a framework that foregrounds interconnectedness as a relational ontology inspired by Andean worldviews, embracing syncretic approaches so to reformulate technological narratives. The seminar will start with a quick introduction onto the idea of transcultural interfaces sprouting from a multimodal, holistic perspective. 

Participants

Phd student
Paola Torres Núñez del Prado is a transdisciplinary artist and researcher who works with a variety of mediums, including textile assemblages and embroidery, painting, sound, text, digital media, interactive art, AI, and video, exploring their interconnections. She explores the boundaries and connections between haptics, visuals, and sound, particularly in relation to the human voice, nature, and synthetic elements such as machine noises and digital glitches. 

A pioneer in developing DIY textile controllers as sound interfaces, Paola has been demonstrating and performing with them since 2007. 

Opponent
Åsa Ståhl is a design researcher and artist who works as a lecturer at the Design Department at Linnaeus University.