ViolaÌýArduini
- PhD Student
- EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND MEDIA ART PRACTICES
Viola Arduini is an Italian artist, researcher, and educator with an MFA in Art & Ecology from University of New Mexico. Prior to joining University of Colorado Boulder, she worked as art educator and administrator, collaborating with national and international networks to expand dialogues engaging art and science. As artist, she has been working with CRISPR and biotechnologies to explore human and more-than-human interactions. She is currently a doctoral student in Emergent Technologies and Media Art Practices program in the Critical Media Practices Department at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder, and part of the Living Matter Lab in the ATLAS Institute. Viola’s research interests include biodesign and the creative use of biotechnologies at times of ecological loss. She’s currently researching the properties of human milk as biomaterial and posthuman technology for interspecies storytelling.
