Nella Piatek
Nella Piatek is a critical designer, researcher and cyberwitch challenging the evolution of the human in conjunction with digital technology, along with the implications and values that this entanglement conjures. Their work explores poetic introspection and rituals to touch upon the themes of faith, impermanence, and the infinite search for a sense of self within the digital context.
“I have chronicled my evolution of thought through performances, films and haunted operating systems. Using the persona of Xris and the clan of cyberwitches/eco-priestesses, I meditate on the limitations of the physical body, the consumptive relationship the human species has with nature and the cyborgist behavior already present in our everyday interactions with information technology.”
Their research interests include:
Cyberfeminism
Cyborg Theory
Digital Cultures
Digital Ontology
Speculative Design & Alternative Realities
Post-humanism
Nella is also an academic at Goldsmiths University, University of the Arts London and Era Vision Beijing, as well as an artist exhibited internationally at various exhibitions, festivals, and conferences including The Photographers’ Gallery (UK), Ars Electronica (AT) and Oddstream Gallery (NL).