SEDNA

My artistic research explores noise as a phenomenon encompassing sound, social, cultural, political, and spiritual dimensions. I blend contemporary technologies with ancient techniques.

Growing up in South America, amidst the white noise of the Pacific Ocean and the Andean mountain range, with its towering peaks laden with a diverse spectrum of minerals and metals acting as massive antennas; a distinctive soundscape subtly shaped my noise imaginary from a young age. Therefore, I view noise as a physical event including electromagnetic waves emitted by both natural and artificial sources.

In this exploration, I am focuses on the development of open hardware devices, mostly DIY electronics and e-textiles. I craft antennas, EMF amplifiers, handmade synths and experimental radios. From a pseudo-scientific standpoint, I perceive electricity as a bridge for connecting the physical world with paranormal forces. I embody the abtract notion of electronic witchcraft, placing myself as a medium or an interface; channeling intangible energies from multiple spectral fields, leading us a state of sonic trance.

Since 2013, my work has been centered on the research of prehispanic ancestral computer systems. This research assimilates the speculation and Andean science-fiction into an artistic statement that aim to set the stage for a dialog between ancestral technologies and scientific hegemonic knowledge sources.

My work is mainly presented trough installation, performance art and live concerts, as well artistic collaborations, teaching workshops and multidisciplinary labs. Additionally, I engage into trans*techno-feminism social practices, organizing meetings, curating, and establishing non-virtual networks and online archives. Within this context, I am the founder of the techno-feminist platform Cyborgrrls.

Currently, I am involved in co-creating non-institutional political spaces for learning and thinking experiences rooted on relationships of mutual care, joy, enjoyment, collective pleasure, love and subversion. I believe that by claiming knowledge underrated by mainstream science and developing our own technologies outside the norm, our reality would be totally different.

I advocate for technological subversion and gender justice through the creation of systems that make noise inside this anthropocentric age. Envisioning a reality where we feel part of a whole in which humans, non-humans, machines and territories coexist and that sense of belonging allows us to thrive collectively.