Qualifications and academic training

• PhD in Communication. Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona
• Master in Critical Studies and Contemporary Audiovisual. Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona
• Degree in Arts and Design (visual narrative mention). Autonomous University of Barcelona

Activity and/or professional career

Cultural researcher specialized in artistic practices and trends in visual culture and cybercultures. Her professional practice spans critical pedagogies, writing, artistic research, and art curation. In general terms, her research focuses on observing how the imaginaries of power are configured and the relationship that these have with the ways in which technology materializes memory.

Investigation

She publishes her research on various cultural platforms such as TEXTE ZUR KUNST, Caja Negra Blog, CCCBLAB Research and Innovation in Culture, A * Desk Critical Thinking or TEATRÓN; and, in academic journals such as Teknokultura. Magazine of Digital Culture and Social Movements or Contratext. She collaborates as a curator and cultural researcher in institutions such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid), the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB), the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA), Fabra i Coats (Barcelona), Arts Santa Mònica (Barcelona), TABAKALERA International Center for Contemporary Culture (San Sebastián), Centro de Arte dos de Mayo (Madrid), Hangar Center for Research and Production for Visual Arts (Barcelona), and La Casa Encendida (Madrid), among others; and, in festivals such as FEMTEK Contemporary Artistic Practices. Feminisms and technology (Bilbao), Kosmopolis Amplified Literature Festival (Barcelona) or LOOP Barcelona International Video Art Festival.

Publications

• Traumacore. Barcelona: Cielo Santo Ed. (2023)
• Love me, Tinder. Barcelona: Temas de Hoy Ed. (2019)
• Primitivismo digital. Tinder y la cosmología neoliberal en la captura del amor romántico. Teknokultura. Revista De Cultura Digital Y Movimientos Sociales, 17(2), 169-177 (2020)
• Espectropolítica: imagen y hauntología en la cultura visual contemporánea. Contratexto, (034), 153-176 (2020)

Work

• Curator of the collective exhibition àngel perillosament mussol [dols, espectres i materialitat] in La Capella, Barcelona (2023)
• Curator of the collective exhibition Corazón Reblog for the Festival Brama, Masnou (2022)
• Curator of the collective exhibition Las Malas at La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2022)
• Curator of the collective exhibition Narcohumanisme. Farmàcies i esptefafaents a les pràctiques artístiques actuals at El Bòlit Contemporary Art Center, Girona (2022)
• Curator of the collective exhibition Inter* in Sant Andreu Contemporani, Barcelona (2022)

Awards

• XXI Extraordinary Doctoral Award from the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona (2023)
• Barcelona Production Scholarship in the curator mode at La Capella, Barcelona (2022)
• Video-t research grant with the Hamaca project, Barcelona (2022)
• Inéditos Award for curating at La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2022)
• Encura V Grant for Hangar, La Casa Encendida and Hablar en arte, Barcelona – Madrid (2021)

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