SSP Forum: Miguel Novelo Cruz on art and technology

The
Symbolic Systems Forum
(community sessions of SYMSYS 280 - Symbolic Systems Research Seminar)
presents

Emergent Technologies in Art Practice

Miguel Novelo Cruz
Art & Art History Department

Monday, November 10, 2025
12;30-1:20 pm PT
Computing and Data Science Building, Room E145
In-person event, not recorded

Note: Lunch is provided, if pre-ordered, only for members of SYMSYS 280, but others are welcome to bring a lunch and eat during the presentation.

Abstract:

Through practices centered on creative computation, generative systems, and real-time interaction, artists today actively reconfigure, hack, and subvert emerging technologies, repurposing them as tools for expression and meaning-making.

Drawing from my practice and research, this talk positions experimental media art as a critical research method. This approach moves beyond simple representation to instead construct and explore complex systemic behaviors, prototype novel forms of communication, and investigate the evolving relationships between humans, non-humans, and the liminal spaces they co-inhabit.