José Carlos Neves
“What’s the point?“
The opening of this Tell.Me mentions ‘a world overwhelmed with information and images’, but it would be just as true if we said ‘a world overwhelmed with interfaces’. Nowadays, a train chat has become an annoying distraction from our morning scroll, and a hug between friends has been traded for a quick emoji.
With this context in mind, I believe that treating the interface as an artistic object inseparable from touch is as anachronistic as it is essential. In this talk, I’m going to share some stories of interaction I’ve been lucky enough to see firsthand through the interactive works I co-authored. It’s not about my opinion or how they were built, but rather about how those dialogues unfold.
Short Bio
José Carlos Neves’ work is centred on Interaction Design, exploring the Interface as the cornerstone of his artistic creation. With a regular presence at media art festivals and within art-based research contexts, he holds a PhD in Communication Sciences in the field of Interactive Arts.
He currently co-coordinates InTouchLab (accessible media) and directs Lusófona University’s FabLab. As a lecturer at ECATI and a researcher at CICANT (Lusófona), he combines academia with practical experimentation, working on Art Research processes and R&D projects within the field of accessible media.