Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Águeda Simó
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- BE16-2491-B939
Websites
- www.aguedasimo.net (Professional)
- https://digitalartarchive.at/database/artist/1115/ (Professional)
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2001/10/01
Concluded
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Arts (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
"Application of Virtual Reality in Artistic Creation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Excellent Cum Laude |
1993
Concluded
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Master of Arts in Image Synthesis and Computer Animation (Master)
Middlesex University, United Kingdom
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1991
Concluded
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Computer Graphics (Postgraduate Certificate)
University of Professional Education Groningen, Netherlands
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1991
Concluded
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Fine Arts (Bachelor (1st cycle))
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
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1989
Concluded
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Communication Science (Bachelor (1st cycle))
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2018 - 2019 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Campus de Montegancedo, Spain |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021 - Current | Associate Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2007 - 2021 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2011 - 2012 | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | Universidad del País Vasco, Spain |
2003 - 2009 | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | Universidad del País Vasco, Spain |
2003 - 2006 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2023 - Current | Member of the Scientific Committee, Media Arts, 3rd Cycle | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2017 - Current | Mobility coordinator, Design de Video Jogos, 2nd cycle | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2016 - Current | Mobility coordinator, Multimedia Design, 1st and 2nd cycle | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2016 - Current | Member of the Committee for Recognition of Foreign Qualifications. Design Multimédia, 1st and 2nd cycle | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2007 - Current | Member of the Scientific Committee, Design Multimédia, 1st and 2nd Cycle | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2022 - 2022 | Member of the jury for the Assistant Professor appointment in Design(Fashion). Edital n.601/2022. | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2009 - 2013 | Member of the Scientific Board Faculty of Arts and Letters | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2009 - 2013 | Member of the General Board Faculty of Arts and Letters | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2007 - 2012 | Director of the 2nd cycle in Design Multimedia | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2007 - 2012 | Founder and director of the Laboratório de Instalações Multimédia Interactivas (LIMI) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2006 - 2009 | Director of the 1st cycle in Design Multimedia | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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1998 - 1999 | Adjunct Faculty Member, Division of Animation + Digital Arts | University of Southern California, United States |
1993 - 1993 | Visiting Artist/Teacher, School of Film/Video (graduate studies in experimental animation) | California Institute of the Arts, United States |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/09 - 2024/08 | Cuerpos conectados II. Nuevos Procesos de Creación y Difusión de las Prácticas Artísticas en la No-presencialidad (Connected
Bodies II. New processes of creation and dissemination of artistic practices in non-presence)
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
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Gobierno de España
Ongoing
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2018 - 2020 | Cuerpos conectados. Arte y cartografías identitarias en la sociedad transmedia (Connected bodies. Art and identity cartographies
in the transmedite society)
HAR2017-84915-R
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
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Gobierno de España
Concluded
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2018/09/01 - 2019/01/31 | Research in Virtual Reality Projection Systems and Applications in Art, the CAVE
SFRH/BSAB/143103/2018
Researcher
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2015/02/15 - 2015/08/15 | Research in Low Cost Stereoscopic Techniques for Experimental Documentary Films
SFRH/BSAB/113696/2015
Researcher
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2012 - 2012 | Application of Virtual Reality Horizontal Projection System in Art, the Responsive Workbench
DAAD
Researcher
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany
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Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Concluded
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2002 - 2004 | Fabrikart: el Arte en Relación a la Industria, Tecnología, Ciencia y Sociedad (Relationships between art, industry, science
and society).
UPV-EHU-1
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
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Universidad del País Vasco
Concluded
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2001 - 2004 | Inmersión en Entornos Virtuales Gestionados por Visión Artificial (Immersion in virtual environments controlled by artificial
vision).
UPV-EHU-0
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
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Universidad del País Vasco
Concluded
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2001 - 2003 | Application of Virtual Reality in Art Projects
GVD-PostDoc
Post-doc Fellow
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
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Gobierno Vasco Dirección de Política Científica
Concluded
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1997/10/01 - 1998/09/30 | Application of Virtual Reality in Art
Fulbright
Researcher
University of Southern California, United States
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Fulbright Association
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2020 - 2021 | "Membranas, Encuentros en el Mundo Imaginal". Puertas de Castilla Audiovisual production line, Reactivos Culturales Program
RC-09
Artist
Ayuntamiento de Murcia, Spain
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Ayuntamiento de Murcia
Concluded
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2014 - 2014 | Project NOS of Social and Artistic Action. Joint Project between Quarta Parede (Association for Performative Arts) and the
University of Beira Interior. Funded by the European Union (EEA Grants) and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
NOS-EEA
Documentary filmmaker
QUARTA PAREDE - Associação de Artes Performativas, Portugal
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European Union
Concluded
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2010 - 2011 | InTact: Interaction Paradigms and Multi-touch Interfaces
PT-Telecom-Inovação
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
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Portugal Telecom Inovacao
Concluded
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2001 - 2004 | Neuromorphic Color Sensor for Objects and Place Recognition.
SBIR
Interface Designer
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National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Program
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Artistic / Performance
Artistic exhibition |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023 | Simbiogénese como Modelo de investigação: Interação Dinâmica entre as Artes, a Ciência e a Tecnologia | Academia Júnior STEAM
University of Beira Interior (Portugal)
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2022 | Arte, Ciencia y Tecnología: la Realidad Virtual y la Investigación Interdisciplinar en la Creación Artística | Facultad de Bellas Artes. Máster Universitario en Producción y Gestión Artística
University of Murcia (Spain)
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2018 | Combining Stereoscopic Live Action Video with Holobench-type Displays: an Artistic Exploration of Space Dimensions | Virtual Reality International Conference (VRIC)
LAVAL Virtual (France)
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2017 | Investigación através de la Práctica Artística (Research through Art Practice) | Doctoral Course
University of Murcia (Spain)
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2013 | Application of Virtual Reality and Games in Scientific Research | G3D Digital Game Design and Development International Conference
University of Beira Interior (Portugal)
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2011 | Análisis del Desarrollo de las Interfaces Físicas y de Usuario | La Imagen Expandida
Cultural Centre Puertas de Castilla (Spain)
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2010 | Symbiogenesis: Interdisciplinarity, the Symbiotic Approach of Evolution and the Associative Basis of the Creative Process | Semaine Thematique Internationale Territoires et Identites, Art et Technologie
École Supérieure d'Art d'Aix en Provence (France)
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2009 | Art, Science and Technology as a Multicellular Organism | I-arte, 1st International Art Research Conference
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Portugal)
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2008 | Virtual Reality Art Projects | Media Study Programme
State University of New York at Buffalo (United States)
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2008 | Virtual Reality at the Confluence of Art, Science and Technology | Technarte, International Conference on Art and Technology
Technarte; Palacio Euskalduna Conference Center (Spain)
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2005 | Virtual Theater New Perspectives | Virtuality International Conference
Centro Congressi Torino Incontra (Italy)
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2004 | Virtual Reality Art Projects a Research in Interactive Narratives Navigational Systems and Stereoscopic Projection Systems | IEEE VR04, Virtual Reality for Public Consumption Session
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (Chicago, United States)
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2004 | Virtual Reality Art Projects: A Research in Navigational systems, Stereoscopic Projection Systems and Interactive Narratives | CARVI, 2nd Congress on Virtual reality Applications
EUVE, Technological Center (Spain)
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2003 | Exploring Stereoscopic Virtual Spaces | ISAMA-BRIDGES, Interdisciplinary Conference on the Mathematical Connections in Arts, Music and Science
International Society of Art, Mathematics, and Architecture (ISAMA) (Spain)
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2000 | Microworlds, Sirens and Argonauts, Virtual reality Art Project | WORLDART Intermedia Conference,
University of Aalborg (Denmark)
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1999 | Microworlds, Sirens and Argonauts: Navigation in Virtual Environments | INVENÇAO Thinking the Next Millennium
Itau Cultural (Brazil)
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1995 | Realidad Virtual y Actores Virtuales, Nuevos Medios para la Expresión Artística | Todo Fluye, Infografía Española
Queen Sofía National Museum Art Centre
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1993 | Mito y Praxis en los Entornos Virtuales. Virtualidades Reales | Nits d'imatge
Dirección General de Promoción Cultural, Valencia
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2021 - Current | Main curator of the exhibition spaces of the Faculty of Arts and Letters (2021) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2009 - 2009 | I International Conference Art Research, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (2009 - 2009)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universidade da Beira Interior LabComIFP Comunicação Filosofia e Humanidades, Portugal Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e de Estudos em Belas-Artes, Portugal Universidade de Évora Centro de História de Arte e Investigação Artística, Portugal |
2005 - 2008 | Coordination of the Design Multimedia Student’s Anual Exhibit, University of Beira Interior. The exhibit includes invited
school artworks, workshops, and the making of a printed catalogue. Supported by Caixa Geral de Depositos (Portuguese state-owned
banking corporation) (2005 - 2008)
Exhibition (President of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2003 - 2003 | I Art and Science Symposium Models to Know Reality, University of the Basque Country, Spain (2003 - 2003)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universidad del País Vasco, Spain |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2023 - 2023 | Projection Mapping: Estado del Arte, Conceptos y Técnicas
Workshop
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School of Fine Arts, Master in Technological and Performative Contemporary Art
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
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2022 - 2022 | Projection Mapping: Estado del Arte, Conceptos y Técnicas
Workshop
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School of Fine Arts, Master in Technological and Performative Contemporary Art
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
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2020 - 2020 | Proyecciones Audiovisuales Urbanas y Video mapping: Estado del Arte, Conceptos y Técnicas
Seminar
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School of Fine Arts, Seminars
Universidad de Murcia, Spain
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2017 - 2017 | Proyecciones Audiovisuales Urbanas y Video Mapping
Seminar
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School of Fine Arts, Seminars
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
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2007 - 2007 | Virtual Reality: Cocepts and Techniques
Seminar
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Master de Educación Visual y Tecnológica, online seminars (second life)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2002 - 2002 | La Poética Narrativa de los Entornos Interactivos
Seminar
|
Art and Culture Meetings,
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
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2000 - 2000 | The Body in the Virtual World. Seminar taught jointly with Vibeke Sorensen
Seminar
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WORLDART Intermedia Conference
Aalborg Universitet, Denmark
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Ad Hoc journal article review
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2016 - Current | Leonardo | MIT Press |
2016 - 2016 | Anàlisi | University Autonoma of Barcelona |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2016 - 2020 | ICLI, International Conference on Live Interfaces | University of Sussex, United Kingdom, 2016; University of Porto, 2018; Norwegian University of Science and, Technology, 2020 |
2017 - 2017 | I Congreso Internacional Arte y Políticas de Identidad: Visualidad, narrativas migratorias, transnacionalidad y género en el arte contemporáneo | University of Murcia, Spain |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2014 - 2014 | External reviewer of the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES)
Specialist
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A3ES - Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior, Portugal, Portugal |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2021 - 2021 | Metrópolis, Public Spanish TV La2. Program about contemporary culture and art that has been broadcast since 1985 | Contemporary art exhibition New Ego |
2008 - 2008 | Metrópolis, Public Spanish TV La2. Program about contemporary culture and art that has been broadcast since 1985 | Contemporary art exhibition the Discrete Charm of Technology |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2012 - Current | Arte y Politicas de Identidad | University of Murcia, Spain |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2007 - 2007 | Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH. San Diego, USA | ACM SIGGRAPH, Computer Anual Conference, United States |
2006 - 2006 | Cineclub of Covilhã Competition “Identidade Gráfica”, Portugal | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2005 - 2005 | II Festival de Cinema da Covilhã, Portugal | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Fundação INATEL, Portugal |
2005 - 2005 | Fiat Lux, Photograph Competition, Covilhã, Portugal | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
2004 - 2004 | Novidade, Digital Film Festival, Covilhã, Portugal | Cine Clube da Beira Interior, Portugal |
1998 - 1998 | Selection Committee of the XXI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Spain | Bilbao City Council, Spain |
Distinctions
Award
2004 | ACM SIGGRAPH VRCAI Best Poster Award |
Other distinction
2018 | Sabbatical Leave Research Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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2015 | Sabbatical Leave Research Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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2012 | DAAD Research Grants/Short-Term Grants
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Germany
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2001 | Basque Government Post Doctoral Grant
Gobierno Vasco Dirección de Política Científica, Spain
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2000 | Artist included in Arte Vision, A History of Electronic Art in Spain. Curated by Claudia Giannetti
ESDI Higher Schhol of Design, University Ramon LLul, Spain
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1999 | University Pompeu Fabra and Phonos Foundation Grant for Audiovisual and Musical Creation, Barcelona, Spain |
1998 | Annenberg School for Communication Grant
University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, United States
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1997 | Fulbright Research/Study Awards
Fulbright Association, United States
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1994 | Foral Government of Biscay Art Grant
Diputación Foral de Vizcaya, Spain
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1992 | European Community COMMET Grant for Internship at ART+COM, Berlin, Germany. |