person

Spain

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She is a specialist in media art, a theoretician and a writer, a curator for exhibitions and cultural events. She has PhD in Art History from the University of Barcelona in the field of Digital Aesthetics. She was the director of the Associació de Cultura Contemporània L'Angelot, Barcelona, the first space in Spain specialized in electronic art (1993/99). She used to be a director of MECAD, the Media Centre of Art & Design in Barcelona (1998/2007). She was director of the 12th Internacional Arts and Digital Cultures Festival of Gran Canaria (2006). In the academic sphere she has taught at the University of Barcelona and the University Pompeu Fabra, and has given classes and seminars as well as more than a hundred lectures in universities, museums and congresses throughout Europe and South America, as well as in the United States, Canada, India and China. Last years she has curated several exhibitions, o.a.: 'Expanded Box', ARCO'2008, Madrid; 'The Discreet Charm of Technology. Art in Spain', ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie in Karlsruhe (2008/09). (source: http://www.artmetamedia.net/bio_en.htm) (2011)