Quantum Photosynthesis

By Fernando Codevilla, Juliana Vizzotto : : In parallel with studies of artificial intelligence, research is advancing that observes the intelligence inherent in biological systems at all scales. The dynamics present in photosynthesis, as the main process responsible for plant survival, allow these organisms to be compared to quantum computers. [ … ]

Rainbow Clash

By Rúben Ferreira, Vasco Yang Ye, Rodrigo Meireles, Guilherme Cerqueira, Rosimária Sapucaia, Fernando Faria Paulino : : Rainbow Clash is a digital artwork that reinterprets the classic ping pong game through an artistic and conceptual lens. Developed within the course unit Contemporary Art and Culture in the Digital Age, the [ … ]

Social Raft

By Paulo Veloso Gomes, João Donga, Vítor Sá, Henrique Curado, António Marques, Gonçalo Oliveira, Sofia Sá : : Social Raft is an immersive Virtual Reality installation that invites participants to experience the emotional and sensory dimensions of social exclusion. Placed alone on a fragile raft adrift in an endless ocean, [ … ]

Small Laboratory to Recreate Humans

Interactive Installation on Affective Archives and Algorithmic Fictions By Líria Varne : : Small Laboratory for Recreating Humans is an immersive installation that explores the intersection between memory, identity, and technology. The work emerges from a chance encounter with a photograph of a baby forgotten inside a used book bought from [ … ]

The Eye of the Sun

By Tim Schneider, Gérard Kubryk, Vincent Hulot, Matthieu Courgeon, David Poirier-Quinot, Frédéric Auchère, Frédéric Baudin, Éric Buchlin, Xavier Maître : : The Eye of the Sun is a motion- and touch-sensitive digital sculpture representing a gigantic human-like eye with a realistic aesthetic. The size of a human being, it is [ … ]

Uakti – Corpos Sonoros

By Ailton Wenceslau Silva Júnior, Sidney Tamai : : What guides this work is the observation of contemporary human bodies—kinetically functional yet domesticated—at the parasitic and fictional threshold of the screen. The proposal seeks to render presence tangible by activating corporeal sensibilities, evoking the becoming of a person through embodied [ … ]

Virtual Reality in the Expanded Field

By Byeongwon Ha : : The title Virtual Reality in the Expanded Field was inspired by the legendary article “Sculpture in the Expanded Field” written by Rosalind Krauss. The art critic explored a new phenomenon in sculpture that was neither landscape nor architecture. Similarly, Virtual Reality in the Expanded Field navigates a new kind [ … ]

Washing My Hands

By Byeongwon Ha : : Inspired by Joseph Beuys’s Capri Battery (1985) and Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau’s A-Volve (1994–97), Washing My Hands symbolizes purification and healing, transforming handwashing into a ritualistic engagement with nature. This project merges the act of washing hands with a synesthetic performance that integrates both live music composition and abstract visual [ … ]