varia is a space for developing collective approaches to everyday technology. varia is an association whose members organize events and collaborate in work groups. varia is around 90m2 and has a 100/35mbps connection. varia works with free software, provides a set of tools. varia figures things out as she goes, tries to keep notes and is bilingual.
Joana Chicau is a designer, coder, researcher - with a background dance. Her transdisciplinary project interweaves media design and web environments with choreographic practices. Chicau has been researching the intersection of the body with the constructed, designed, programmed environment, aiming at in widening the ways in which digital sciences is presented and made accessible to the public. She has been actively participating and organizing events with performances involving multi-location collaborative algorithmic improvisation, open discussions on gender equality and activism.
