Researcher, educator and artist specialized in the intersection of digital technology and the body. She holds a PhD in Advanced Studies in Artistic Productions (UB) with international mention, where I currently teach as a substitute professor. My artistic practice merges sound art, interactive installations, and digital tools such as automation, 3D modeling, videomapping, and augmented reality. I have extensive teaching experience, have led international workshops, and presented at leading conferences such as ISEA (Paris), fPET 2024 (ZKM), and SAR (Bauhaus). My work has been developed in collaboration with institutions like University College of London, Royal College of Art and University of California, Santa Barbara. Publications include Leonardo (MIT Press, USA), Multimodality & Society (SAGE, UK), and Adjacent Journal (NYU).
EDUCATION
[2019-25] PhD in Advanced Studies in Artistic Productions CUM LAUDE & International Mention – University of Barcelona, Faculty of Fine Arts.
Title: Poetics of vibration: deployments of technology in contact with the body as affective memory.
Directors: Dra. Laura Baigorri Ballarín & Dr. Martí Ruiz Carulla
[2016-18] Master’s in Visual Poetics – Master’s degree with Distinction/Maximum grade. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil.
Title: Vibratory Body: when the movement calls for pause
Director: Prof. Dr. Alberto Semeler
[2011-14] Licentiate Degree in Visual Arts (Teaching Qualification) Maximum grade
– Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil.
Title: Digital Natives: A research on flows between art and technology
Director: Prof. Dr. Celso Vitelli
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Arts and Humanities, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Human-Computer Interaction, Multidisciplinary
Publications
• Burd, Joana (2024). Dialogues of the Touch Body. CURATORIAL_Arch. Cuerpos Conectados II New processes of creation and dissemination of identity artistic practices in non- presentity . (Book Chapter). Dykinson, Madrid.
• Burd, Joana (2021). Silent Mode 2.0: Bodies in the vibrating experience of tactility. Book Chapter. NEW(EGO) Connected Bodies. Dykinson. Madrid, Spain. ISBN: 978-84-1377-441-1
• Burd, Joana (2020) Tactilidades Conectivas de Inês Norto n. Studio magazine, artists on other works. ISSN 1647-6158 e-ISSN 1647-7316. 11(29), January-March: 88-96. Center for Research and Studies in Fine Arts (CIEBA), Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Burd, Joana (2019). Vibrating body: when the movement stops . 18th International Meeting of Art, Science and Technology 18th International Meeting of Art , Science and Technology. The admirable order of things: art, emotion and technology. Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon FBAUL. Procedings. ISSN: 2238-0272
• Burd, Joana (2020). What vibrates within us. Adjacent journal, Telecommunications Program ITP. NYU New York University.:
RESEARCH OUTPUTS (PATENTS, SOFTWARE, PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTS)
• Development of Open-Source Digital Arts Software
o Created software for data sonification art pieces and sound creation, offering an open-source platform for students to explore digital art through sound, available for free access and collaboration.
