HOM brings together a network of researchers, artists, authors, designers, developers and diplomatic officers concerned about the human use and design of technologies.

Initiators (in alphabetical order):

• Andrés Burbano proposes innovative ways to explore micro-photogrammetry techniques applied to water, using light and electron-based artifacts. Andrés is an Associate Professor in the Arts and Humanities School at the Open University of Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) and Visiting Lecturer at Donau-Universität (Krems, Austria).

• Gwen Le Cor explores the literary imaginary of water, fluids, and scientific devices. She covers a corpus of print and electronic texts that reflect on the literary appropriation of scientific notions and concepts. She is Professor of American Literature and English for Specific Purposes, Université Paris 8.

• Everardo Reyes interlinks techniques and methods from different domains as an inspiration to produce innovative data visualization models for contemporary cultural objects and processes. He is Professor of Information and Communication Sciences, Université Paris 8.

• Andrea Sosa designs teaching activities, artistic objects, and exhibition curation to promote the outcomes of our project. She is currently curating an exhibition on the science of water in La Plata. She is Associate Professor at Facultad de Artes, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.

• Anastasia Tyurina continues her own work on optical artifacts based on electron microscopy. She explores different water sources and produces interactive artworks. Anastasia is Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Collaborators, advisors, partners

• Federico Biggio, Associate researcher at Università di Torino and Université Paris 8.

• Roderick Coover, Professor of Film and Media Arts at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.

• Martina Fröschl, Senior Scientist, Science Visualization Lab of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

• Benoît Labat, University cooperation officer, Institut Français d’Argentine / Service de coopération et d’action culturelle de l’Ambassade de France en Argentine.

• Arnaud Laborderie, Multimedia Projects Manager, Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) and attached professor in Information and Communication Sciences, Université Paris 8.

• Arnaud Regnauld, Professor of American Literature and Translation, Université Paris 8.

• Claudia Robles-Angel, new media and sound artist active worldwide, claudearobles.de

• Imad Saleh, Professor of Information and Communication Sciences, Université Paris 8.

• Özge Samanci, media and comic artist, Associate Professor at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.

• Stéphane Vanderhaeghe, Associate Professor of American Literature and Translation, Université Paris 8.