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


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ALTERNATIVE EXPLORER

Performing an algofiction video-poem


By creating and performing a poem, Alternative Explorer –an embodiment of Pegman– questions certain aspects of the techno-hierarchical mechanisms of Google mapping systems that affect its users. 


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PROJECT:

Alternative Explorer

Research Biennale 


RESEARCH

2021




RITUAL OF LONGING

Friendship: a community

Longing: a memory
Ritual: a translocation


Ritual of Longing is a humble trial set of rituals which enable the practitioner and the spectator to dive deeper into their bond with the other significant being, a friend. A translocated friendship works as a vessel for personal exploration, highlighting the healing power of human connection.


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PROJECT:

Ritual of Longing


WITH:

Joanna Łałowska


RESEARCH

2021

UPCOMING SHOW:

San Mei Gallery










BCN ANTIMASCLISTA

25N Dia Internacional de l’Eliminiació de la Violència vers les Dones


[CAT] La sororitat és un concepte relativament nou que encara pot ser elitista, tot i desvetllar una necessitat compartida, bàsica i atemporal. Sense donar-li protagonisme a la paraula, volem aprofitar aquesta campanya per proposar símbols i narratives de sororitat en l’entorn digital, generant eines per a que les usuàries ens puguem donar suport les unes


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CLIENT:

Ajuntament de Barcelona


WITH:

Broadcaster

Angel Sound


COMMERCIAL

2020





THE SKY IS REACHABLE BECAUSE I CAN’T FLY

Decelarating


When the pandemic started, I was looking at satellites, specifically the Starlink. The Starlink has the aim to hyper-connect the world through making the internet more accessible and faster. The orbits, 


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PROJECT:

Dis/connect: Communication in the Age of Isolation


COLLABORATION:

BT Archives


RESEARCH

2019 



FADING PLANES

The politics of dehumanisation of the accelerated image


This practice-based research explores the relationship between accelerationist theory and the digitally processed images of airplanes fading on Google Maps. The heavy metal of some of these transports appear like bubbly shapes. In other cases, the heavy metal fades to transparency. Inside fading 


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PROJECT:

W.I.P. Show RCA


TUTORS:

Teal Triggs
Emily Candela


RESEARCH

2019 -




PLAYGROUND

Like Share Do

 

I was in charge of the art direction of the media company for over 3 years, creating the art department from scratch. In 2015 we were 30 people based in Barcelona and we had a growing audience.


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PROJECT:

PlayGround


JOB:

Head of Art


2015-2019 




TOPMANTA

No one is ilegal


For over 10 months we teamed up with the Sindicato Popular de Vendedores Ambulantes to create a company, a fashion brand and a collection.

The aim of the project was to help them getting legal permits to be able to work in Spain.


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PROJECT:

PlayGround


COMMERCIAL

AWARDS:

Graphite Pencil D&AD Impact


FIAP Shortlist


2018 


I BLOCK YOU

An interactive experience about teenager abuse 2.0

A choose-your-own-adventure 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


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PROJECT:

PlayGround


COMMERCIAL

2017-2019 



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