Joana Chicau is a media designer, researcher and performer, with a background in classical & contemporary dance. She runs a trans-disciplinary research project which interweaves media design and web environments with performance and choreographic practices.
The project focus on the use of Free/Libre Open Source (Floss) models/ philosophies technologies, questioning how may creative coding practices interfere deeper with interface design and information displays — when considering new (choreographic) vocabularies, embodiment and new movement perception possibilities.
Chicau has been actively participating in debates and performative events; and the project has been grown into diverse formats; from live coding performances to workshops; hybrid physical and digital pieces. The notion of ‘choreographic coding’ became a technical as much as social and cultural material to be continued/ expanded.
Recent work includes an investigation on Tango [https://jobcb.github.io/ways_of_moving/index_tango.html] and Eshkol Wachman movement notation [https://joanachicau.x-temporary.org/]; Currently she is developing a new project on the Japanese dance expression Butoh in Tokyo, Japan.
More details on past, present and future residencies/ events/ exhibitions here: https://jobcb.github.io/joana_chicau_cv.pdf