Tomas Laurenzo

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Talks and presentations

Conference presentations

  1. Speculative Pasts: Generative AI and the Political Imagination of HistoryArt-track presentationExpanded 2026 / Ars Electronica, Art Track #2: Authorship; SeptemberLinz, Austria
  2. Memory, Art, and AIPanel presentationArt and Representation Politics, VIII Seminario Internacional de Pesquisa en Arte y Cultura Visual; 4–7 AugustMontevideo, Uruguay
  3. Demokritos: Interactive, Community-Centred, Self-Improving Shader Generation using Large Language ModelsConference contributionISEA2025; 28 May. With Santiago Ferrando and Christian ClarkSeoul, South Korea
  4. Big Questions and Small Minds: Conversational Interfaces, Evolution, and LanguageConference presentationFifteenth International Conference on The Image; abstract published in 2025Buenos Aires, Argentina
  5. BOXArt talkSIGGRAPH Asia 2020. With Katia VegaDaegu, South Korea / online
  6. Exploring AI Ethics Through Intelligent Everyday ObjectsPaper presentationISEA2020. With Katia VegaMontreal, Canada
  7. SmileArt talkSIGGRAPH Asia 2019Brisbane, Australia
  8. Extraordinary Accident: An Immersive Metaphor of Hong KongArt-paper presentationSIGGRAPH Asia 2019. With Alejandro Rodríguez and Tatjana KudinovaBrisbane, Australia
  9. Ethnicity in Artificial Intelligence (BOX)Conference contributionLatinX in AI Research Workshop, ICML 2019. With Katia VegaLong Beach, California, USA
  10. Design and Appropriation in Cognitive CapitalismConference presentation13th International Conference on Design Principles & PracticesSaint Petersburg, Russia
  11. Privacy in the Age of Mobile XRPaper presentationISEA2019Gwangju, South Korea
  12. Memoirs of the Blind: Surveillance, Speed, and InteractionPaper presentationISEA2019Gwangju, South Korea
  13. Memoirs of the BlindArt talkSIGGRAPH Asia 2018, Art Gallery Session 3: Tech as InteractionTokyo, Japan
  14. Awkward ConsequencePaper presentationISEA2018. With Tobias Klein and Christian ClarkDurban, South Africa
  15. Political New Media ArtworksPaper presentationISEA2018Durban, South Africa
  16. EkphrasisArtist presentationTaboo, Transgression and Transcendence in Art & Science, Ionian UniversityCorfu, Greece
  17. Panel on Sonology: Sonifying the ConflictPanel presentationISEA2017. With Julian Jaramillo Arango, Jorge Bejarano Barco, Joaquín Llorca, Eneida Luz-Ramírez and Ana María RomanoManizales, Colombia
  18. Politics of HCI and the User-Programmer ContinuumPaper presentationISEA2017Manizales, Colombia
  19. Geopolitical SubjectivityPaper presentationISEA2015Vancouver, Canada
  20. BarcelonaArtist talkISEA2015. With Christian ClarkVancouver, Canada
  21. Human-Computer IdeologyPaper presentationISEA2014Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  22. Interlacing Worlds: Fibres and Sensory MediationPaper presentationISEA2014, Zayed University; 5 NovemberDubai, United Arab Emirates
  23. Facing InteractionResearch presentationMicrosoft Research TechFest. With Qin Cai, Zhengyou Zhang and Tom BlankRedmond, Washington, USA
  24. XO accessibilityConference presentationResearch and innovation for equality: challenges for Latin-American psychology, UDELAR; February. With Gustavo Armagno, Ana Martín and Cristina PalásMontevideo, Uruguay
  25. Nibia and the Ludic ComponentPaper presentationISEA2011Istanbul, Turkey
  26. Building Accessibility Stories: Enabling Multi-Sensory Experiences within the OLPC Program in UruguayPaper presentationISEA2011. With Gustavo ArmagnoIstanbul, Turkey
  27. Accessibility and EducationConference presentation5th Forum on Innovations on Higher Education, INNOVA2010, UDELAR. With Gustavo ArmagnoMontevideo, Uruguay
  28. SVTI y TVTI: courses on interactive technologies and videogamesConference presentationInternational Conference on Education in Uruguay, CISEU. With Eduardo Fernández and Aldo FilipiniMontevideo, Uruguay
  29. Ribbons: A Live Cinema InstrumentArtist talkISEA2009Belfast, Northern Ireland
  30. A tool for Robot Soccer Strategies AnalysisWorkshop presentationWorkshop in Artificial Intelligence applied to Mobile Robotics, WCAFR. With Gabriele FaccioloTandil, Argentina
  31. Towards a Psychophysical Validation of Helmholtz's PrincipleConference contributionRepresentation of reality by brain and machines; crossed views from neurosciences and computer vision. With Gabriele Facciolo and Andrés AlmansaMontevideo, Uruguay

Invited talks and workshops

  1. The Future of Communication in the World of Generative AIPanel2nd Seminar of Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication, UDELAR; 27 May. With Frederic Guerrero-Solé and Santiago Tejedor Calvo; moderated by Fernando González PerilliOnline / Montevideo, Uruguay
  2. The Ten Blue LinksTalkUniversidad de la RepúblicaMontevideo
  3. Digital HumanitiesGuest lectureHong Kong Baptist UniversityHong Kong
  4. Machines Learning ArtInvited talkInstitute of Electric Engineering, UDELARMontevideo, Uruguay
  5. Critical Practice LabInvited criticDigital Studies Institute, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan, USA
  6. Art, Science, EngineeringTalkUniversidad de la RepúblicaMontevideo
  7. Introduction to HumansTalkUniversity of ColoradoBoulder
  8. Ingeniería en lugares insospechadosInvited talkIngeniería deMuestra, Facultad de Ingeniería, UDELAR; 15 October. With Fernando Brum; moderated by Valeria LarnaudieOnline / Uruguay
  9. Machine Learning and Art and PoliticsTalkUniversity of ColoradoBoulder
  10. Ethical Algorithms; Art and Data as Political ToolsTalkHyper IslandStockholm
  11. Critical Design in AIKeynoteLatinxs in AI workshop at ICML 2020Vienna
  12. Exploring AI Politics Through ArtTalkCreative Tech WeekNew York
  13. Interaction IntelligenceTalkUniversidad de la RepúblicaUruguay
  14. The Politics of Artificial IntelligenceKeynoteAI and Big Data Leaders SummitHong Kong
  15. Art, Technology, and SocietyTalkMFA Programme, City University of Hong KongHong Kong
  16. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Social IssuesWorkshop chairAlgorithmic Art: Shuffling Space & Time; 12 January 2019Hong Kong
  17. Machine Learning with ml5.jsWorkshopProcessing Community DayHong Kong
  18. Alumni en el Mundo: tercera ediciónInvited talkFacultad de Ingeniería, UDELAR; 19 DecemberMontevideo, Uruguay
  19. Art and PoliticsTalkUniversity of IowaIowa City
  20. Art, Politics, and SocietyTalkLeonardo LASERHong Kong
  21. Art, Performance, and Virtual RealityTalkHKVRNHong Kong
  22. Political New Media ArtTalkTechnarteBilbao
  23. Artificial IdeologyTalkArs IncognitaCordova
  24. Art and Expression in a Techno-Capitalist AgeTalkPolitics, Philosophy, and Big IdeasHong Kong
  25. La interfaz de tu teléfono no nació de un repolloSeminarFacultad de Ingeniería, UDELAR; 20 December. With Gustavo Armagno and Miguel RenomMontevideo, Uruguay
  26. Art as a Political ActivityTalkCreative Tech WeekNew York
  27. 5500TalkTechnarteLos Angeles
  28. Art, Technology and SocietyTalkMFA cohort, City University of Hong KongHong Kong
  29. Artist lightning talk on interactive installationsArtist talkCreative Tech Week Conference Hub; 20 MayNew York, USA
  30. Virtual Reality PerformancesWorkshopMicrowave and K11 Art FoundationHong Kong
  31. Art and DissentTalkAutonomous University of Mexico StateToluca
  32. Data, Information, Art, PoliticsTalkSPICED AcademyBerlin
  33. AAVSWorkshopArchitectural Association Visiting SchoolHong Kong
  34. New Media, Art, and PeripheryTalkUniversidad Autónoma MetropolitanaAzcapotzalco
  35. Data RepresentationTalkArchitectural Association Visiting SchoolHong Kong
  36. A Video Mapping Distributed SystemTalkITP Camp, NYUNew York
  37. Hacking ArtTalkVolumetric Society of New YorkNew York
  38. The garden of non-forking pathsTalkSchool of Creative MediaHong Kong
  39. RUDEbotArtist talkISEA2015. With Tarr Kalman, Yung Ki Lee and Pui Yee LeongVancouver, Canada
  40. The power of (interaction) designTalkDOIT Taiwan Open Innovations FestivalTaipei
  41. OpenFrameworks and KinectTalkITP Camp, NYUNew York
  42. Introduction to HumansTalkITP Camp, NYUNew York
  43. RetrospectiveTalkNY LASERNew York
  44. Interaction and Industrial DesignTalkSchool of DesignMontevideo
  45. HCI and psychologyTalkSchool of PsychologyMontevideo
  46. The perceptual cloudTalkUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoToluca
  47. The office of the futureTalkALFAMontevideo
  48. Media Arts from UruguayTalkCity University of Hong KongHong Kong
  49. Facing InteractionTalkMicrosoft ResearchRedmond
  50. Medialab and Project NexoTalkSymposium of Education, School of Engineering, UDELARMontevideo
  51. Design and interactionTalkHyper IslandStockholm
  52. Interaction Design: Theory and ProspectiveTalkSchools of Fine Arts and Design, UDELARMontevideo
  53. Project NexoTalkIntegral Education, UDELARMontevideo
  54. Dorkbot ParisTalkDorkbotParis
  55. Interaction design and ArchitectureTalkSchool of ArchitectureMontevideo
  56. New media art in an Engineering SchoolTalkEl FaroMontevideo
  57. New media artTalkEACMontevideo
  58. Nibia and HierbaTalkDorkbotMontevideo
  59. Art and informaticsTalkSchool of EngineeringMontevideo
  60. Interaction Design: Theory and ProspectiveTalkORTMontevideo
  61. Interaction Design: Theory and ProspectiveTalkSchool of DesignMontevideo
  62. Nuevas Formas Artísticas desde la ComputaciónTalkCiclo de Charlas para futuros estudiantes, Facultad de Ingeniería, UDELARMontevideo, Uruguay
  63. Critical PointTalkJIIO 2009Montevideo
  64. New trends in Interaction DesignTalkWorld Usability DayMontevideo
  65. New media art in UruguayTalkMedialab PradoMadrid
  66. Processing.incTalkDorkbotMontevideo
  67. New media artWorkshopInfoART (IPA)Montevideo
  68. code+artSeminarMNAVMontevideo
  69. Interaction DesignCourseIMMMontevideo
  70. Some new media artworksTalkJIIOMontevideo
  71. Interaction DesignTalkMontevideo
  72. Music and InteractionTalkSchool of MusicMontevideo
  73. Escala websiteTalkAUGMSanta Fe
  74. Web DesignCourseIMMMontevideo
  75. Art at INCO?TalkJIIOMontevideo
  76. Tools and algorithms for graph visualisationTalkJIIOMontevideo
  77. AI and robotics at INCOTalkJIIOMontevideo
  78. Art and Technology: undergraduate projectPresentationFirst Congress on Teaching, Facultad de Ingeniería, UDELARMontevideo, Uruguay
  79. Incorporación de nuevas metodologías interactivas en la enseñanza de la física para la ingenieríaPresentationFirst Congress on Teaching, Facultad de Ingeniería, UDELAR. With Gonzalo Abal, Sandra Kahan and Rafaela FiorelliMontevideo, Uruguay

Panel and session chairing

  1. ControlPanel chairExpanded 2026 / Ars ElectronicaLinz / remote participation
  2. Machine Learning and Art; Brain-Computer InterfacesPanel and session chairArt Machines: International Symposium on Computational Media ArtHong Kong
  3. Design and Public Art; Hacking and MakingSession chairISEA2019Gwangju, South Korea
  4. Baptist Coelho artist talkModeratorSchool of Creative Media, City University of Hong KongHong Kong