EMÍLIA SIMÃO

(Portugal)

EMÍLIA SIMÃO - is PhD in Information and Communication on Digital Platforms from the University of Porto (UP), M.Sc in Multimedia from the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP), Specialist in Media Arts from the University of Minho (UM), Specialist in Artistic Direction from the Escola Superior Artística do Porto (ESAP) and Degree in Communication Sciences from the Instituto Politécnico da Guarda (IPG). Currently, she is Professor at Universidade Portucalense (UPT) - of Multimedia and Arts Degree, in the curricular units New Media, Emerging Artistic Practices; Sound Art; Artistic Research and Artistic Project and also a professor of the Master's in Innovation in the curricular unit Education Multimedia and Communication in Education. Her main research focus are Media Arts, Electronic Music, Alternative Cultures, Aesthetics and Digital Platforms. Emília Simão is an integrated member of the Center for Transdisciplinary Research on Cuture, Space and Memory (CITCEM) and collaborator at the Center for Research in Architecture, Urbanism and Design (CIAUD-UPT). She is the author of several academic and artistic works, Media Artist and curator.

10-1S  INFOTOXICATION -  Emília Simão  1ª SESSÃO | 1st SESSION

IMAGE PLAY ► International Video Art Festival - VI Edition 2024 (Funchal, Madeira - Portugal)

CREDITS:

Emília Simão Director

SYNOPSIS:

LIMINAL LANDSCAPES: Capitalism and consumerism have legitimized the uncontrolled exploitation of the planet and disrespect for nature. At the same time, humanity is sinking into despair and alienation, in an unbridled spiral of disconnection from the world as a whole, in which the non-return is increasingly evident. However, signs of resistance emerge from this misaligned course. The pressing need for reconnection seems to have awakened ancestral technologies, and many are seeking their own rites of passage. Entangled in the webs of liminality and techno-shamanic utopia, spectators are invited to contemplate-reflect on the placeless space and the timeless moment of altered states of consciousness, induced-represented by the generative process, simultaneously digital and organic.