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Agueda Simó is an artist and researcher who works at the confluence of art, science and technology. Her interdisciplinary background in art, humanities and computer graphics has led her to develop artistic and research projects in the field of interactive art and virtual reality applying concepts and technologies drawn from mathematics, biology, neuroscience and engineering. She is specialized in interface and interaction design with stress on natural interaction paradigms, interactive narratives and languages that reflect multicultural, ecological and bioethics issues. Her artwork has exhibited internationally at venues including ZKM: Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Laboral Art Center, SIGGRAPH, IMAGINA, ArtFutura, the USC Fisher Museum of Art, and resides in collections that include the Queen Sofia National Center of Art Museum and the Museum of Science of San Sebastian, Spain. She has received grants and awards from numerous institutions including Annenberg Center for Communication, Fulbright Program, Basque Government Postdoctoral Research, ACM VRCAI-SIGGRAPH, Phonos Foundation, Foral Government of Biscay, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. She has taught in visual arts and multimedia design since 1993 at various universities including the University of Southern California, the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and the University of the Basque Country. She has been director of both the undergraduate and graduate programs in Multimedia Design at the University of Beira Interior, UBI, where she is currently Associate Professor. She publishes in international journals and conferences and gives talks about interdisciplinary research and new media art. Scopus Author ID: 56533608400
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Águeda Simó

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BE16-2491-B939

Websites

Education
Degree Classification
2001/10/01
Concluded
Arts (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
"Application of Virtual Reality in Artistic Creation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Excellent Cum Laude
1993
Concluded
Master of Arts in Image Synthesis and Computer Animation (Master)
Middlesex University, United Kingdom
1991
Concluded
Computer Graphics (Postgraduate Certificate)
University of Professional Education Groningen, Netherlands
1991
Concluded
Fine Arts (Bachelor (1st cycle))
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
1989
Concluded
Communication Science (Bachelor (1st cycle))
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2018 - 2019 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Campus de Montegancedo, Spain

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
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
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
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
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
Gobierno de España
Ongoing
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
Gobierno de España
Concluded
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
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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
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
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Concluded
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
Universidad del País Vasco
Concluded
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
Universidad del País Vasco
Concluded
2001 - 2003 Application of Virtual Reality in Art Projects
GVD-PostDoc
Post-doc Fellow
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
Gobierno Vasco Dirección de Política Científica
Concluded
1997/10/01 - 1998/09/30 Application of Virtual Reality in Art
Fulbright
Researcher
University of Southern California, United States
Fulbright Association
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020 - 2021 "Membranas, Encuentros en el Mundo Imaginal". Puertas de Castilla Audiovisual production line, Reactivos Culturales Program
RC-09
Artist
Ayuntamiento de Murcia, Spain
Ayuntamiento de Murcia
Concluded
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
European Union
Concluded
2010 - 2011 InTact: Interaction Paradigms and Multi-touch Interfaces
PT-Telecom-Inovação
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Portugal Telecom Inovacao
Concluded
2001 - 2004 Neuromorphic Color Sensor for Objects and Place Recognition.
SBIR
Interface Designer
National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Program
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Simó, Águeda. Realidad Virtual y Creación Artística.. Covilhã, Portugal: University of Beira Interior with support of the Operational Program Science and Innovation of the Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). 2006.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Simó, Á., Luque, F.. "VirtualMine: Aplicación de la Realidad Virtual, Aumentada y Mixta en el Aprendizaje y la Difusión de Contenidos sobre la Minería.". In Analizando el Fenómeno Docente del Futuro, 401-412. Madrid, Spain: Pirámide, Grupo Anaya,, 2021.
    Published
  2. Simó, Á., Ortuño, P.. "La Construcción del Yo y la Cosmética Psicoquímica". In Cuerpos Conectados. Arte, Identidad y Autorrepresentación en la Sociedad Transmedia. Madrid, Spain: Dykinson, 2021.
    Published
  3. Simó, Águeda. "El Universo Cognitivo del Yo y sus Posibles Interpretaciones, la Narrativa de la Mente y sus Interfaces.". In La Imagen Pensativa. Ensayo Visual y Prácticas Contemporáneas en el Estado Español. 16 Miradas al Videoarte, 277-304. Madrid, Spain: Brumaria, 2018.
    Published
  4. Simó, Á., Hurtado, E., Ferreira, S.. "Workshops: Simbiosis entre la Formación Académica Universitaria y su Contexto Socio-Cultural y Laboral". In Nuevas Formulaciones de los Contenidos Docentes, 557-565. Madrid, Spain: McGraw-Hill., 2014.
    Published
  5. Simó, Á., Hüsch, S.. "The Tegel TXL-plus Nano Gate". In Tegel Propositions and Speculations. Berlin, Germany: The Green Box, 2011.
    Published
  6. Hüsch, S., Simó, Á.. "The Park Hill Flat Sky Mobile". In Brutalist Speculations and Flights of Fancy. United Kingdom: Site Gallery, 2011.
    Published
  7. Simó, Águeda. "Reflecting JCC, Brain Research II". In Banquete, Nodos y Networks. Madrid, Spain: Turner and SEACEX (Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior), 2009.
    Published
  8. Simó, Á.. "JCC Revisited, Interactive Installation". In El Discreto Encanto de la Tecnología/ The Discreet Charms of Technology. Madrid, Spain: Ministerio de Cultura. Junta de Extremadura. Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, 2008.
    Published
  9. Simó, Á.. "Immersión e Interactividad". In Ideas y Propuestas para el Arte en España,. Madrid, Spain: Ministerio de Cultura, Secretaría General técnica, Subdirección General de Publicaciones, Información y Documentación, 2008.
    Published
  10. Simó, Águeda. "El Espacio Virtual Estereoscópico.". In XIII Exposición Audiovisual, School of Fine Arts, University of the Basque Country. Spain: University of the Basque Country, 2000.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Simó, Águeda. "La Inmersión, la Paradoja del Efecto de Presencia y las Entidades Virtuales". Paper presented in III Conference on Art and Identity Policies. University of Murcia, Spain, 2022.
    In press
  2. Simó, Águeda. "La Construcción del Yo en la Instalación Interactiva Reflecting JCC". Paper presented in II CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL ARTE Y POLÍTICAS DE IDENTIDAD. Visualidades y narrativas de la memoria: espacio urbano, naturaleza, migraciones, tecnología y género, 2019.
    Published
  3. Simó, Á., Luque, F.. "VirtualMine: Nuevas Formas de Aprendizaje y Difusión de Contenidos a Través de Realidad Virtual, Aumentada y Mixta". Paper presented in CUICIID, Congreso Universitario Internacional sobre la Comunicación en la Profesión y en la Universidad de Hoy: Contenidos, Investigación, Innovación y Docencia, Madrid, 2019.
    Published
  4. Simó, Águeda. "The Stereoscopic Art Installation Eccentric Spaces". Paper presented in ACM SIGGRAPH 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2018.
    Published • 10.1145/3230744.3230802
  5. Simó, Águeda. "Combining Stereoscopic Live Action Video with Holobench-type Displays.". Paper presented in ACM Digital Library, 2018.
    Published • 10.1145/3234253.3234290
  6. Simó, Águeda. "La Imagen Estereoscópica y su Aplicación en un Cortometraje Documental Experimental". Paper presented in Avanca Cinema International Conference, 2016.
    Published
  7. Simó, Á., Ferira, S., Ortuño, P.. "Implementación del Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos a través de Workshops Interdisciplinares". Paper presented in CUICIID, Congreso Universitario Internacional sobre la Comunicación en la Profesión y en la Universidad de Hoy: Contenidos, Investigación, Innovación y Docencia, Madrid, 2015.
    Published
  8. Simó, Á., Hurtado, E., Ferreira, S.. "Los Workshops como Espacios Interdisciplinares para la Formación Académica en su Contexto Sociocultural y Laboral". Paper presented in CIUCIID, Congreso Universitario Internacional sobre la Comunicación en la Profesión y en la Universidad de Hoy: Contenidos, Investigación, Innovación y Docencia, Madrid, 2014.
    Published
  9. Simó, Águeda. "Ampliación de la Narrativa del Falso Documental a través de Instalaciones Multimedia Interactivas". Paper presented in Avanca Cinema International Conference, 2014.
    Published
  10. Simó, Á., Ferreira,S., Hurtado, E., Braz, R.. "Body, Memory, Waste: Narratives for Tangible Interaction". Paper presented in ARTECH, 6th International Conference on Digital Arts, 2012.
    Published
  11. Simó, Á.. "Human-computer Interfaces and their Narrative: a Dynamic Interaction between Art, Science and Technology". Paper presented in CIANTEC, III International Congress on Art, Tecnology and Communication, 2009.
    Published
  12. Simó, Á.. "Virtual Reality Installations as Living Narrative Landscapes: Nature as Inspiration for Interactive Art". Paper presented in CIANTEC, III International Congress on Art, Tecnology and Communication, 2009.
    Published
  13. Simó, Águeda. "Instalación Interactiva JCC, Brain Research II". Paper presented in ARTECH, 4th International Conference on Digital Arts, Porto, 2008.
    Published
  14. Simó, Águeda. "La Realidad Virtual y la Creación Artística". Paper presented in CIANTEC, International Congress on Art, Tecnology and Communication, 2007.
    Published
  15. Simó, Águeda. "The Art and Science of Virtual Environments: Interactive Narratives, Navigational Systems, and Display Technologies". Paper presented in International Interdisciplinary Conference, Science and Art, Athens, Greece, Athens, 2005.
    Published
  16. Simó, Á., Karman, G.. "Mimesis a Visual and Musical Instrument". Paper presented in ICMC05, International Computer Music Conference, Barcelona, 2005.
    Published
  17. Simó, Águeda. "A Horizontal Stereoscopic Display System & Mimesis, the Function that Made the Organ". Paper presented in ACM SIGGRAPH03, San Diego, 2003.
    Published
  18. Simó, Águeda. "Los Entornos Virtuales Como Organismos". Paper presented in Models to Know Reality, I Symposium of Art and Sciences, Bilbao, 2003.
    Published
  19. Simó, Á., López, J.F., Cao, Y.U.. "Attractors: Navigational Aids for Virtual Environments". Paper presented in ACM SIGGRAPH99, Conference Abstracts and Applications, LA, 1999.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Simó, Águeda. "Mimesis, VR Art Project and Horizontal Projection System". Paper presented in VRCAI, ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry, 2004.
Journal article
  1. Simó, Águeda. "La Realidad Virtual en la Creación Artística: Conceptos, Tecnologías, Trayectoria y Actualidad". Arte y Políticas de Identidad 20 (2019): 131-146. http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/reapi.389521.
    10.6018/reapi.389521
  2. Simó, Águeda. "The Virtual Reality Art Installation Endocytosis: Evolving from a Flat Land into a Three-Dimensional World". Leonardo 51 2 (2018): 124-127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_01265.
    10.1162/leon_a_01265
  3. Simó, Águeda; Ferreira, Sílvia; Ortuño, Pedro. "Workshops Interdisciplinares: Implementación de Metodologías de Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos y Cooperativo". Opción 32 10 (2016): 752-772. https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/opcion/issue/view/2507.
    Open access • Published
  4. Simó, Águeda. "De qué Está Hecha la Realidad? Simbiosis entre Arte, Ciencia y Tecnología". Arte y Políticas de Identidad 9 (2013):
    Published
  5. Simó, Águeda. "Imagen Multimedia, Realidad Virtual Y Contextos Expandidos, Interacción entra Arte, Ciencia y Tecnología.". Arte y Políticas de Identidad 9 (2013):
    Published
  6. Simó, Á., Ferreira,S.. "Cuerpo, Memoria, Desperdicio: la Narrativa de las Interfaces Tangibles en el Arte Interactivo". FABRIKART 9 (2011):
    Published
  7. Simó, Águeda. "Las NuevasTecnología en la Creación Artística: La Realidad Virtual como Fábrica de Realidades". FABRIKART 2 (2002):
    Published
  8. Simó, Águeda. "El Arte de los Entornos Virtuales". TELOS 39 (1994):
    Published
  9. Simó, Águeda. "Realidad Virtual: El Espacio de las Múltiples Perspectivas". Cuatro Semanas y le Monde Diplomatique 10 (1993):
    Published

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition
  1. Intersected Presence (Stereoscopic Projection Mapping). III Conference on Art and Identity Policies. University of Murcia, Spain. 2022.
  2. La Construcción del Yo y la Cosmética Psicoquímica (The Construction of the Self and the Cosmetic Psychopharmacology). Projection Mapping Installation (Co-authored with Pedro Ortuño). ETOPIA, Center for Art and Technology, Spain. 2021.
  3. Eccentric Spaces (stereoscopic video installation). National Society of Fine Arts, Stereo & Immersive Media Conference Lisbon, Portugal. 2018.
  4. Excéntrica (stereoscopic short film about eccentric stalagmites). Screening at 3rd International Conference Stereo and Immersive Media, University Lusofona of Lisbon, Portugal. 2018.
  5. Eccentric Spaces (stereoscopic video installation). Museum of Guarda, Portugal. 2017.
  6. The TXL-plus Nano Gate (short film co-directed with Stephan Hüsch). Babylon Kino, Berlin, Germany. 2012.
  7. Reflecting JCC (interactive installation). ZKM, Center for Art and Media, Kalsruhe, Germany. 2009.
  8. Reflecting JCC (Interactive Instalation). Puertas de Castilla, Cultural Art Center, Murcia, Spain. 2009.
  9. Reflecting JCC (interactive installation. LaboralArt Center, Gijón, Spain. 2008.
  10. Reflecting JCC (interactive installation). ARTECH, International Conference on Digital Art, Porto, Portugal. 2008.
  11. JCC revisited (interactive installation). El Discreto Encanto de la Tecnología, MEIAC, Extremadurian and Iberoamerican Contemporary Art Museum, Spain. 2008.
  12. MIMESIS II (Virtual Reality Instalation). Off ICMC 2005, International Computer Music Conference. Barcelona, Spain. 2005.
  13. Microworlds, Sirens and Argonauts, Virtual Reality Instalation. Museum of Science, San Sebastian, Spain. 2002.
  14. Microworlds, Sirens and Argonauts (Virtual Reality Instalation). International Festival of Art, Science and Technologies. Conde Duque Cultural Centre, Madrid, Spain. 2002.
  15. MIMESIS (Virtual Reality Instalation). Art Futura 2001, Barcelona, Spain. 2001.
  16. Microworlds, Sirens and Argonauts (Virtual Reality Instalation). IMAGINA 2000, International Forum of New Images, Annual Festival on Computer Graphics and Communications Technology. Monaco. 2000.
  17. Microworlds, Sirens and Argonauts, Virtual Reality Instalation. SIGGRAPH99, Emerging Technologies. Los Angeles, USA. 1999.
  18. Microworlds, Sirens and Argonauts (Virtual Reality Instalation). Interactive Frictions Exhibition curated by Marsha Kinder. USC Fisher Museum of Art, los Angeles, USA. 1999.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023 Simbiogénese como Modelo de investigação: Interação Dinâmica entre as Artes, a Ciência e a Tecnologia Academia Júnior STEAM
University of Beira Interior (Portugal)
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)
2018 Combining Stereoscopic Live Action Video with Holobench-type Displays: an Artistic Exploration of Space Dimensions Virtual Reality International Conference (VRIC)
LAVAL Virtual (France)
2017 Investigación através de la Práctica Artística (Research through Art Practice) Doctoral Course
University of Murcia (Spain)
2013 Application of Virtual Reality and Games in Scientific Research G3D Digital Game Design and Development International Conference
University of Beira Interior (Portugal)
2011 Análisis del Desarrollo de las Interfaces Físicas y de Usuario La Imagen Expandida
Cultural Centre Puertas de Castilla (Spain)
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)
2009 Art, Science and Technology as a Multicellular Organism I-arte, 1st International Art Research Conference
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Portugal)
2008 Virtual Reality Art Projects Media Study Programme
State University of New York at Buffalo (United States)
2008 Virtual Reality at the Confluence of Art, Science and Technology Technarte, International Conference on Art and Technology
Technarte; Palacio Euskalduna Conference Center (Spain)
2005 Virtual Theater New Perspectives Virtuality International Conference
Centro Congressi Torino Incontra (Italy)
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)
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)
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)
2000 Microworlds, Sirens and Argonauts, Virtual reality Art Project WORLDART Intermedia Conference,
University of Aalborg (Denmark)
1999 Microworlds, Sirens and Argonauts: Navigation in Virtual Environments INVENÇAO Thinking the Next Millennium
Itau Cultural (Brazil)
1995 Realidad Virtual y Actores Virtuales, Nuevos Medios para la Expresión Artística Todo Fluye, Infografía Española
Queen Sofía National Museum Art Centre
1993 Mito y Praxis en los Entornos Virtuales. Virtualidades Reales Nits d'imatge
Dirección General de Promoción Cultural, Valencia

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
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)
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)
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)
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023 Projection Mapping: Estado del Arte, Conceptos y Técnicas
Workshop
School of Fine Arts, Master in Technological and Performative Contemporary Art
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2022 - 2022 Projection Mapping: Estado del Arte, Conceptos y Técnicas
Workshop
School of Fine Arts, Master in Technological and Performative Contemporary Art
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2020 - 2020 Proyecciones Audiovisuales Urbanas y Video mapping: Estado del Arte, Conceptos y Técnicas
Seminar
School of Fine Arts, Seminars
Universidad de Murcia, Spain
2017 - 2017 Proyecciones Audiovisuales Urbanas y Video Mapping
Seminar
School of Fine Arts, Seminars
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
2007 - 2007 Virtual Reality: Cocepts and Techniques
Seminar
Master de Educación Visual y Tecnológica, online seminars (second life)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2002 - 2002 La Poética Narrativa de los Entornos Interactivos
Seminar
Art and Culture Meetings,
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2000 - 2000 The Body in the Virtual World. Seminar taught jointly with Vibeke Sorensen
Seminar
WORLDART Intermedia Conference
Aalborg Universitet, Denmark

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2016 - Current Leonardo MIT Press
2016 - 2016 Anàlisi University Autonoma of Barcelona

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
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
2014 - 2014 External reviewer of the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES)
Specialist
A3ES - Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior, Portugal, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
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
2012 - Current Arte y Politicas de Identidad University of Murcia, Spain

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
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
2015 Sabbatical Leave Research Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 DAAD Research Grants/Short-Term Grants
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Germany
2001 Basque Government Post Doctoral Grant
Gobierno Vasco Dirección de Política Científica, Spain
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
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
1997 Fulbright Research/Study Awards
Fulbright Association, United States
1994 Foral Government of Biscay Art Grant
Diputación Foral de Vizcaya, Spain
1992 European Community COMMET Grant for Internship at ART+COM, Berlin, Germany.