The first word I learned to say is guaita. My paternal grandmother would take me for a walk in the trolley, and as we wandered around she would point at things with her finger and say: “Guaita Laia, guaita!”. She spoke a particular Catalan, she would say guaita instead of mira (look at). Guaitar means to watch carefully, analysing what is observed. Vigilant. Jo guaito 👀️ 

/ˈgwaj.tə/ 




ABOUT

NOTEBOOK 💬️

RESEARCH BIENNALE

Alternative Explorer Performs an Algofiction


SAN MEI GALLERY

Collective Ritual of Longing


DIS/CONNECT

Communication in the Age of Isolation


METAL

El Arte de Hackear


MANIFEST INFÀNCIA I PANTALLES

El risc de les pantalles


ON THE DESK

ADG Laus


HANDLE WITH CARE

Actas BAU Design Forum 2017


© 2023 Laia Miret



I BLOCK YOU




PROJECT

PlayGround


INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE

LINKS
︎ WATCH THE TRAILER
︎ DISCOVER THE STORY
︎ ARTICLE: A. MUÑOZ
︎ ARTICLE: C. PALAZZI

2017-2019






A choose-your-own-adventure collectively interactive story lived by the audience (+700k people participating live on Facebook) through a girl's smartphone. Her social media activity reveals mistreatment in her relationship, confronting the audience into the relevance of decision-making and influences at a young age. We adapted the script to nowadays teen's vocabulary, and we designed everything with the default tools given by the main social media platforms.


‘I Block You’ ended up being shown at schools, to open a debate about privacy and the effects of an uncritical use of social media in our lives and relationships.