[ISEA2014] Artist Statement: Karla Brunet – SENSORIUM IN CORRELATIONS: A JOURNEY FROM THE SEA TO THE RIVER

Artist Statement

This artwork is a visualization of the correlations of the data collected with 5 arduinos and 8 different sensors on a boat trip held by professors, university students and artists.

  • Karla Brunet is an artist and researcher, has a PhD in Audiovisual Communication (UPF – Barcelona, Spain), a Master degree in Fine Arts (Academy of Art University – San Francisco, USA), a Post‑Bachelor in Electronic Art Critic (Mecad, Spain) and a degree in Communication (UFSM – Santa Maria, Brazil). She has participated on many photography and digital arts exhibitions in Brazil, Europe and the USA and got a grant from FAPESB for post‑doctoral research on Mobile Technology and Art. Today, she is a Professor at IHAC (Instituto de Humanidades, Artes e Ciências) and Pós‑Cultura at UFBA, where she researches projects that present intersection of art, science and technology. From 2009‑2012, Karla was the coordinator of Labdebug.net, a media lab focusing on women and technology and in 2012, she was the curator of FACMIL/LabMAM. Karla coordinates the Ecoarte, an interdisciplinary research and art group.