Mónica Mendes

PhD student, Digital Media

Assistant at the Multimedia Arts degree of the University of Lisbon [FBA/UL]

Mónica Mendes has a Masters in Multimedia Educational Communication, degree in Communication Design. She is a member of the CIEAM Research Center on Interactive Environments, and an altLab member on experimentation in alternative media. Additionally, she developed projects as a free-lancer, as a designer at Atelier B2, and as an interface design consultant.

PhD Abstract: RTiVISS – Real-Time Video Interactive Systems for Sustainability – proposes innovative ways of conceiving both digital media arts and cutting edge environmentally sustainable practices through critical research and experimental approaches. Multiplatform devices will provide access to real-time networked video for users to "adopt" selected forests. The interactive system feeds a broad community sharing “the emotion of real-time” and the challenge of uncertainty, remotely monitoring natural environments for forests protection and aesthetic exploration. Assuming this surveillance metaphor, can we design a project that is both artistic and functional?

Homepage: www.monicamendes.info