Feb 27-28, 2025
09:30 - 19:00
SYMPOSIUM OF SENSING AND SENSATION,
Barcelona
In collaboration with
Master in Design for Emerging Futures
Institutions: Elisava, IAAC, FabLab Barcelona
Location: IAAC Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
℅ Carrer de Pujades 102, Barcelona, Spain
Note: Mandatory in-person event for TRX students
Workshop by Citlali Hernández and Lina Bautista
The human body is both the source and the expression of emotions. In today’s digital era, where virtual environments mediate social interactions, the body finds new ways to be present, leading to a shift in how emotions are communicated. From an interdisciplinary approach, this workshop explores concepts related to affective computing, embodiment, creative coding and prototyping. Participants will use their bodies to sense and capture its behaviors, and will create prototypes to record this data.
The program will open with project presentations and reviews of MDEF and TRX students' research projects, offering an opportunity for peer-to-peer learning and critical feedback.
Talks
by Saul Baeza (Director of MDEF) and Filippo Rosati (Director of Umanesimo Artificiale)
Live Performances
Date: March 1, 2025
Details about the performances will be revealed soon!
Mar 15, 2025
10:00 - 18:00
SYMPOSIUM ON ANTIDISCIPLINARY,
Milan
In collaboration with
Speculative Design Final Synthesis Studio C1
Politecnico di Milano - Design della Comunicazione
Location: Politecnico di Milano, ℅ Via Durando 10, Milano, Italy
Note: hybrid online and offline
Antidisciplinary is the negative space between the disciplines.
How do you navigate your curiosity for learning about everything without relying on the structure and boundaries typically imposed by traditional frameworks?
Mar 24-28, 2025
Time TBC
GUEST REVIEWS with
BEN DITTO
Location: online
Note: Reserved to TRX students
Ben Ditto is a creative director living and working in London. Ditto’s projects span a broad spectrum of disciplines including moving image, CGI, creative coding, branding, AI, print and live experience to name just a few. Ben’s utilisation of Instagram as a tool for reportage on topics ranging from military hardware to surgical procedures – and everything in between – has gained him a cult online following and propelled him to the realm of “niche micro-internet celebrity”. This led to the cultivation of an online community, Ditto Nation, on Telegram and Discord, as well as a documentary series under the same name. Ben is also the art director of his eponymous publishing company Ditto, and founded Dazed Beauty alongside Isamaya Ffrench. Ditto was recently appointed as the creative director of Desdemona, a robot created in a collaboration between Hanson Robotics and Singularity Net, with the aim of creating the future of AI celebrity. Ben has worked with the likes of The 1975, Rina Sawayama, Maison Margiela, Louis Vuitton, Nike, Martine Rose and Puma, among others.
