Nella Piatek

Nella Piatek is a critical designer, researcher and cyberwitch studying the evolution of the human in conjunction with digital technology, along with the implications and values that this entanglement conjures. Her work explores poetic introspection and rituals to touch upon the themes of faith, impermanence, and the infinite search for a sense of self within the digital context.

“I have chronicled my evolution of thought through performances, films and haunted operating systems. Using the persona of Xris and the clan of cyberwitches/eco-priestesses, I meditate on the limitations of the physical body, the consumptive relationship the human species has with nature and the cyborgist behavior already present in our everyday interactions with information technology.”

Research Interests

• Cyberfeminism
• Cyborg Theory
• Digital Cultures
• Digital Ontology
• Speculative Design
• Alternative Realities
• Post-humanism