Modesta Di Paola
Modesta Di Paola has a degree in “Humanities and Philosophy” from the “Università degli Studi di Palermo” (Italy). In 2006 she started her doctorate studies in the University of Barcelona, in “History, Theory and Criticism of the Arts”. She got her DEA title in October 2008. She also obtained her Master degree in “Advanced studies in History of Art. Collectionism, art diffusion and market” from the same university in February, 2009.
In January 2008 she got a scholarship for education of researchers (FI), which marked the beginning of her collaboration with the research group “Art, Architecture and Digital Society”.
Her lines of research are focused in critical theories that use cultural translation, interpretation and re-writing in the processes of transmission and reception of contemporary artistic production.
Marisa Gómez
M. Luisa Gómez has a degree in History of Art from the University of the Santiago de Compostela. Between 2006-2008 she has studied in the doctorate “History, Theory and Criticism of Arts” and the Master “Advanced Studies in History of Art” in the University of Barcelona.
In 2006 she got a research scholarship (FI); that marks the beginning of her collaboration with the Department of History of Art of the University of Barcelona and with the research group “Art, Architecture and Digital Society”.
Currently she is doing her PhD thesis under the supervision of Dra. Anna Casanovas (Department of History of Art, UB) and the co-supervision of Dr. Berenzon (Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, UNAM, Mexico).
Her investigation focuses on the Contemporary Imaginary and the influence that have the digital media on it through practices like Net.Art, Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality- and other audiovisual means -like cinema.
Herman Bashiron
Herman Bashiron Mendolicchio is a PhD Candidate in “Art History, Theory and Criticism” at the department of Art History of the University of Barcelona. He completed a BA in Humanities and Philosophy at the “Università degli Studi di Roma Tre” (Italy), and an MA in “Advanced Studies in History of Art” at the University of Barcelona (Spain). He is currently finishing his PhD dissertation around the theme of Mediterranean Mosaic. Contemporary Art as a tool for Intercultural Dialogue. He is PhD fellow at the research group “Art, Architecture and Digital Society”, University of Barcelona.His current lines of investigation involve the subjects of intercultural processes and mobility in contemporary art, the interactions between artistic, media and cultural practices in the Mediterranean and the impact of new technologies on art, communication and contemporary society.He has participated in several international conferences and developed projects and research residencies in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Furthermore, he has collaborated, among others, with Love Difference / Pistoletto Foundation; MEDIATECA of the Caixaforum Barcelona; OVNI Archives; ISEA2011 Istanbul; IEMed; Arts Santa Mònica. He is Junior Editor of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac (the MIT Press, Leonardo journal and ISAST).As an art critic and independent curator, he writes articles for several international magazines and is co-founder of the Platform for Contemporary Art and Thought, InterArtive (http://www.interartive.org).
Michela Rosso
She got her degree in “Conservazione dei Beni Culturali” from the Universitá degli Studi di Udine (Italia) in 2004.
She is a doctorate student of the Department of History of Art of the University of Barcelona; from 2005 until 2009 she was granted with the scholarship of research and educational scholar (FPU) by the Ministry of Education and Science.
Since 2005 she has participated in all the activities carried out by the Research Group “Art, Architecture and Digital Society”, directed by Dra. Lourdes Cirlot, who she currently collaborates with.
Her lines of investigations focus on the history of European and Latin American, modern and contemporary art. Her thesis project, supervised by Dra. Cirlot, has the title “Joaquín Torres-García and Constructive Universalism: the primordial sense of art”
Virginia Ruisánchez
She got a degree in History of Art from the University of Barcelona in 2004 and is a collaborator of the research group Art, Architecture and Digital Society. She has participated in various academic conferences since 2004 talking about cinema and audiovisual media. She also collaborates with various magazines about cinema in different realms (academic or Internet). She is currently a PhD student in the Department of History of Art of the University of Barcelona and writes her doctorate thesis.
Christina Grammatikopoulou
Christina Grammatikopoulou has a degree in Archeology and History of Art from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2007 she presented her dissertation for the Master in History of Art at the same university, under the title “The Painter Sophia Laskaridou”, a study of an aspect of Modernism under the prism of Feminism and the Theory of Perception.
At the same time she was honored with the Scholarship of European History of Art by the Greek State Institute of Scholarships (IKY) in order to carry out her doctorate studies.
Currently she is doing her PhD research at the University of Barcelona, under the supervision of Dra. Anna Casanovas. In 2008 she presented her D.E.A. Dissertation about “Art and Respiration” (U.B.).
At the same time she founded “Interartive”, a platform for contemporary art and thought, which she currently coordinates.
Her lines of investigation are directed towards aspects of corporeality, immateriality and digital technology in contemporary art.
She has collaborated with the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA) and the Centre of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki (CACT); recently she has formed part of the research group “Art, Architecture and Digital Society”.
