Ludovica Tomarchio
Ludovica Tomarchio is a PhD candidate at the Singapore University of Technology (SUTD) and Design and researcher in the Big Data Informed Urban Design and Governance project. Ludovica’s research focusses on the use of social-media and the production of art in urban spaces in Singapore. Her work explores the convergence of the Smart/Responsible Cities and the Creative Cities discourses as new urban planning paradigm. Her student mentees at SUTD were awarded the best project award in 2018.
Ludovica earned her master degree in architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, in 2013 with a thesis on digital technologies enhancing liveability of public realms in historic centres. She worked as project assistant at the Aedes Network Campus Berlin (ANCB), Germany from 2013-14. In 2014, she was teaching assistant at the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech).
“Instagrammability” in art and architecture and hybrid art spaces
The notion of the Hybrid Art Space explores the phenomenon of “Instagrammability” in a new light, where conventional art venues and architecture exist physically and in virtual social spaces, creating various forms of hybrid consumption, production, and discussion of art.
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