Rocio Romero Grau
During the time of her residency at ITAS (Karlsruhe), Grau will bring further her initial artistic explorations with EEG headsets and brain’s plasticity, the interrogation of neuromorphic computers, and the exploration of new interdisciplinary arts-sciences methods to reflect on responsible practices when developing emergent technologies.
Her practice explores processes of transformation and change, as the in-between space where new forms of perception, thought and performativity emerge. She introduces new technologies in the aesthetic experience to explore their potential to challenge and transform our classical views of the world. Drawing on aesthetic philosophy and research on attention, her interactive never-closed artworks aim to materialize the liminal space, where the audience engage with “the uncertain” in a creative way and produces or witness the constant transformation of perception at distinct levels: by embodied experience and metaphorical language.
Rocío Romero Grau is a multidisciplinary artist based in Galway (Ireland). She finished a master’s in Creative Practice and a BA in Contemporary Art at The Atlantic Technological University (Galway) and she was recognized by her university with two Academic Excellence Awards. Grau has been recently awarded a PhD scholarship by the Center for Creative Technologies (CCT), University of Galway, where she will expand her research intersecting philosophy, cognitive psychology, and creative technologies, investigating how emergent technologies can enhance connection and embodied attention. In addition to her experience in Visual Arts, Grau is a professional musician graduated in classical and modern studies in piano, voice and composition. Her visual art practice is highly informed by her range of musical experience, which has found form in multimedia installations from where to experiment further with compositions and performances.
This residency is supported by Zeitgeist Irland 24 and KIT / ITAS.