ioann maria /deftoo
new media artist, instructor, filmmaker, vj
With her background in multimedia arts, she now works with new media technologies and interactive arts, exploring new possibilities in creative artistic-scientific demonstration. In her recent solo and collaborative projects she investigates the issues of physical computing and human-computer interaction. Being passionate about numbers, she’s particularly interested in linking the pure mathematical understanding with the beautiful sensation of experiencing sound and image in the new coherent audio-visual artistic expression.
Besides she’s an organizer of LPM Live Performers Meeting (2008-present), the world’s biggest annual meeting dedicated to live video performance; an active member of FLxER team and dorkbot alba -people doing strange things of electricity-, live video performer and workshop instructor.
She currently lives in Edinburgh UK.
NETWORKS:
Dorkbot Alba -people doing strange things with electricity-
EDUCATION:
• Game Development, Högskolan på Gotland, Visby Sweden
• Higher Mathematics, SCE, Edinburgh UK
• Leith School of Art, Edinburgh UK
SELECTED PAST EVENTS:
2010
Live media and FLOSS extended production seminary – performance – Litro – London, UK
“Ferment” @ [self]~imaging – Video Channel Cologne 2010 – Cologne, Germany
Pd aka Pure Data intro – Workshop – CCA, Electron Club – Glasgow, Scotland
“Ferment” presentation – Festival Images Contre Nature – Marseille, France
“Ferment” video installation – K3: International Short Film Festival Villach – Treffen, Austria
Artificial rat – Presentation – AVLAB meeting: LaptopsRus @Medialab Prado – Madrid, Spain
Live video performance – LaptopsRus @ Matadero – Madrid, Spain
LPM 2010 Live Performers Meeting – Rome, Italy
FLxER workshop at Mapping Festival 2010 – Geneva, Switzerland
“Ferment” presentation at EMAF – European Media Art Festival 2010 – Osnabrück, Germany
Experimental short film “Ferment” screening – OFF Revija Amterskog Filma – Zagreb, Croatia
Experimental short film “Ferment” screening – Kinoklub Gromka – Ljubljana, Slovenia
2009
Award for the short film “Ferment” – Alternative Film/Video Festival 2009 – Belgrade, Serbia
Installation – Mapping motion Visual Research Centre – Dundee, Scotland
Artistic residency – Mapping motion w/ Hrynczenko, Donnarumma – Gotland, Sweden
Workshop – Pure Data – Institute for New Media and Technology – Visby, Sweden
Audio-visual performance magnifik animalaz. projekt – LPM’09 – Rome, Italy
Live visuals – LadyFest – Rome, Italy
Audio-visual performance Ex Klangst Schwartz Swan – Vision’r – Paris, France
Audio-visual live act Kuoyah & Deftoo – Bristol, UK
Live visuals – “Wdechy 2008″ – Warsaw, Poland
2008
Audio-visual live act w/ Wiracki – Warsaw, Poland
Theatrical play – Werther in New York, Teatr Wytwórnia – Warsaw, Poland
INCA Project – Benevento, Italy
Audio-visual performance – Vivisesja Festival – Poznań, Poland
Workshop – Creating content for VJing – University of AV Communication – Xalapa, Mexico
Audio-visual performance – LPM MEX – Xalapa, Mexico
Live visuals – Global Gathering Festival – Poznań, Poland
Talks – AVIT VJ Talks – Rome, Italy
Audio-visual performance – Live Performers Meeting – Rome, Italy
Video-art projections – Cracow Screen Festival – Kraków, Poland
Audio-visual performance – Vision’r Festival – Paris, France
2007
Live visuals – LPM – Rome, Italy
Paintings and Graphics Exhibition – ‘Polish Art Scotland’ – Edinburgh, Scotland
Live visuals – Chonabibe Tour – Poland