Raquel Rennó (Brazil, 1972)

Postdoctoral fellow at Mackenzie University (New Media and Photonics Lab), researcher at CNPQ (National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development, Brazil), member of the International Center for Info Ethics (ICIE, ZKM, Karlsruhe) and the Institut Català D´Antropologia (ICA, Barcelona) and the Scientific Comitee of FILE (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica, Brazil). Holds a PhD in Communication and Semiotics. Has been working since 2001 in digital art projects with artists from Spain and France and presented pieces at ZKM, ACM Multimedia, BIACS (Bienal de Arte Contemporaneo de Sevilla), Matadero Madrid among other art centres. Has published a book in 2006 intitled "Do Mármore ao Vidro – mercados públicos e supermercados, curva e reta sobre a cidade" analising the urban space as a medium and has presented papers and projects at UCSD (University of California, San Diego), Plymouth University, Universidad de Buenos Aires and Sussex University. Currently is part of ZZZINC, a cultural association for cultural innovation and research in Barcelona, Spain.