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Silvia Laurentiz (full name Silvia Regina Ferreira de Laurentiz) is a Brazilian multimedia artist, researcher, lecturer, and educator. She holds the position of Associate Professor at the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo. She is also the leader-founder of the Realities Research Group, a research collective focused on exploring the intersections between art, science, and technology.

Biography
Laurentiz's academic journey began with a degree in Visual Communication from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation, in 1982. She later pursued a master’s degree in Multimedia from Unicamp, in 1994, followed by a Ph.D. in Communication and Semiotics from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, in 1999. Since 2002, Silvia has been a professor at the Graduate Program in Visual Arts (PPGAV-ECA) and the Undergraduate Course of the Department of Fine Arts (CAP-ECA) at University of São Paulo. And, in 2011, she was appointed as an Associate Professor in the same institution.

She works in the fields of arts and communication, with a focus on multimedia, digital poetics, semiotics, programming languages, and artificial intelligence. She explores the role of artists and art as fundamental components in the puzzle of "conformed thoughts" (Laurentiz, 2019), representational systems, and creative cognitive processes. Additionally, she investigates the intersections between art, science, and technology, emphasizing the creative interactions and knowledge exchange between these domains. She investigates how artists and their creative processes contribute to the development and application of algorithms.

Recognition
2001 - Percorrendo Escrituras - Digital Poetry - Honorable Mention at 2nd Sérgio Motta Cultural Award.

Artistic Production
Laurentiz's main works are:
 * 2022 - Cartometrias Brandas 9200:10.5, with Realities Research Group,
 * 2021 - InMemoriam, with Realities Research Group,
 * 2020 - AR Coronae Borealis, with Realities Research Group,
 * 2019 - R-Scuti, with Realities Research Group,
 * 2017 - Dynamic Crossings, with Realities Research Group,
 * 2017 - Enigma 3.2 φ: Um Enigma para Gibson, with Realities Research Group,
 * 2012 - I-FLUX, with Martha Gabriel and Fernando Iazzetta,
 * 2010 - Poesias Digitais - Projeto Percorrendo Escrituras,
 * 2008 - Digital Poetries,
 * 2008 - Lightningstone/PedraLumen, with Poéticas Digitais Group,
 * 2008 - 1° Subsolo, with Andrei Thomaz,
 * 2005-2007 - Community of Words, with Martha Gabriel.

Main publications

 * 2022 - Conformed Thoughts, Representational Systems, and Creative Procedures. In: Vear, C., Poltronieri, F. (eds) The Language of Creative AI. Springer Series on Cultural Computing. Springer, Cham.
 * 2021 - Art in the context of algorithmic logic procedures. Arbor, 197(800): a603.
 * 2019 - Membranas: intersecções entre arte, ciência e tecnologia, ARS (SÃO PAULO), V 17, Série 35, Editorial, p. 7-17.
 * 2019 - Conformed Thought: Experience, sensations and cognition. DAT Journal, 4(3), 76–85.
 * 2018 - Conformed Thought: Consolidating Traces of Memories. In: Marcus, A., Wang, W. (eds) Design, User Experience, and Usability: Users, Contexts and Case Studies. DUXU 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10920. Springer, Cham.
 * 2017 - Videogames and the development of cognitive abilities. DAT Journal, 2(1), 80–90.
 * 2016 - Grupo de Pesquisa Realidades e a Série Enigmas. In: Gilbertto Prado; Monica Tavares; Priscila Arantes. (Org.). Diálogos Transcisciplinares: arte e pesquisa. 1ed.São Paulo: ECA-USP, 2016, v. v1, p. 362-372.
 * 2011 - Tags e metatags? De Ted Nelson a Tim Berners-Lee. PORTO ARTE: Revista De Artes Visuais, 17(28).
 * 2011 - Sistemas autônomos, processos de interação e ações criativas. ARS (São Paulo), 9(17), 100-115.
 * 2006 - Uma aproximação da cibernética pela poesia digital. ARS (São Paulo), 4(8), 114-127.
 * 2003 - Processos computacionais evolutivos na arte. ARS (São Paulo), 1(2), 45-55.