{"id":8,"date":"2006-10-31T12:02:14","date_gmt":"2006-10-31T10:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/about\/"},"modified":"2015-09-27T08:32:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T05:32:47","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Who am I? <\/strong><strong>\u00bfQui\u00e9n soy? <\/strong><strong>Kuka olen?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the past 20 years I have been living in Finland (Helsinki and then Espoo). I make art, design, and research. I am also a professor at the Media Lab Helsinki. You can see: <a href=\"http:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\">Systems of Representation<\/a> for examples of research and design works done during the years 2010-2013, such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/paviljonki.mlog.taik.fi\">VR installation of the Finnish Pavilion at the 1900 World Fair in Paris<\/a>, or the <a href=\"http:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/vrouwmaria\/\">3D historical reconstruction of the Vrouw Maria underwater heritage site<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/files\/2015\/09\/diaz_mediaPendulum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/files\/2015\/09\/diaz_mediaPendulum.jpg\" alt=\"diaz_mediaPendulum\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-592\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a visualization (the drawing is also by me) for a proposal I did in 2008 for the <strong>Media Metronome<\/strong> installation. In those days it would have been a struggle to pull this one through. However, the materials in the forms of OLEDs are now easily available to create this. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/files\/2015\/09\/bathing_light_tiny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/files\/2015\/09\/bathing_light_tiny.jpg\" alt=\"Bathing light, by Lily D\u00edaz, copyright 2009\" width=\"400\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-601\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBathing light, Lily D\u00edaz \u00a9 2009<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/files\/2015\/09\/boiling_light_tiny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/files\/2015\/09\/boiling_light_tiny.jpg\" alt=\"Boiling light by Lily D\u00edaz, 2009\" width=\"350\" height=\"317\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-600\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBoiling light, Lily D\u00edaz \u00a9 2009<\/p>\n<p>Above I display two images of a photographic series I have been working <strong>On and Off<\/strong> about interaction, objects, and energy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About this blog&#8230;<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>This is my blog. It has <strong>No Name<\/strong>. Initially, it was created as a means of self-expression. I wanted to share information related to three areas that I am passionate about: <em>Art<\/em>, <em>anthropology<\/em> and <em>design<\/em> from the <strong>multicultural perspective<\/strong> of someone who has grown, lived, and been an active participant in the cultures of countries as diverse as Venezuela, Puerto Rico, the United States, Spain, and now Finland. I am now also including items related to my research and teaching at Aalto University.<\/p>\n<p>Este es mi <em>blog<\/em>, <strong>Sin Nombre<\/strong>. Lo escribo primordialmente como una manera de expresarme a mi misma. Aqu\u00ed quiero compartir informaci\u00f3n sobre tres \u00e1reas que me apasionan: el <em>arte<\/em>, la <em>antropolog\u00eda<\/em> y el <em>dise\u00f1o<\/em>. Mi punto de vista es de una perspectiva multicultural de alguien que ha crecido, vivido, y contribuye a la cultura en paises tan diversos como Venezuela, Puerto Rico, los Estados Unidos, Espa\u00f1a y desde hace 14 a\u00f1os, Finlandia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who am I? \u00bfQui\u00e9n soy? Kuka olen? For the past 20 years I have been living in Finland (Helsinki and then Espoo). I make art, design, and research. I am also a professor at the Media Lab Helsinki. You can see: Systems of Representation for examples of research and design works done during the years &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sysrep.sites2.aalto.fi\/lilydiaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}