Lilia Villafuerte is a digital artist and researcher on Human Computer Interaction (HCI), cognition and interactive media. Her work as a researcher and artist has been exhibited in Spain, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, Peru and the United States.
Bachelor of Fine Arts (1993), Postgraduate in Visual Culture Studies at the University of Barcelona (2004). Degree in Graphic Design at Llotja School (2005), and Master in Multimedia Applications at the Open University of Catalonia (2013).
BA in Audiovisuals and multimedia at the ERAM – University of Girona (Spain), MA in Graphical Interface Design at the University of Lincoln (UK) and PhD on Interaction Design and Data Visualization. He has been awarded with prizes on digital art, and some of his works have been shown in art centres and festivals in Spain, France and Singapore. Amongst them, Arts Santa Monica (Barcelona), Sala de Arte Joven (Madrid), VAD Festival (Girona), Ingràvid (Figueres), and the National Academy of Fine Arts, NAFA (Singapore).
Bachelor in Philosophy and Literature, 1989 (UAM). PhD Cum Laude, European mention, 2002, Fine Arts Faculty (UB): La Robótica como Experimentación Artística. Una Aproximación Histórica a la Evolución de las Máquinas Autómatas desde el Prisma de la Estética. Currently he teaches about interfaces, interactive systems and audiovisuals at the Fine Arts Faculty (UB).
Vanessa Santos is a digital media artist and researcher. She holds a PhD study entitled Designing Mobile Narratives – Discursive Strategies and Interaction Modes in Locative Media Art, at the Pompeu Fabra University, under direction of Roc Parés i Burguès and co-tutoring of Karla Brunet. She is interested in the creative use of mobile and locative technology and its encouragement in the creation of new narrative genres. Her last work is Chronica Mobilis, an interactive and geolocated performance and game that happens in the streets of the city.
