Meet the Creators Behind the 1st Edition of TUM TUM: Extended Territories

Group exhibition

Aytapioca

(México)

Industrial designer and artist. Her work explores the everyday, the rituals that inhabit it, the invisible, and the nature of things. Her artistic practice emerges from observation and experimentation with objects, materialities, and digital tools. She has participated in three group exhibitions in Guanajuato—two during the Seminaria de Producciona 2024 at Espacio Sin Nombre, and one at La Jardinera Espacio Independiente. She was selected for the Escrituras Vegetales (2024) open call by Red Digital, and for the group exhibition by BULBO A.C. (2025) in Mexico City.

Majo Bravo

(Colombia)

María José Bravo Jaramillo (2005) is a third-semester student of Digital Interaction at the Tecnológico de Artes Débora Arango, in Medellín, Colombia. Throughout her studies, she has stood out for her interest in spatial inequalities and feminist perspectives—topics that deeply influence her academic and creative process.

Marita Suavecitx

(México)

Studied Visual Arts at ENPEG “La Esmeralda.” They have participated in group exhibitions in Mexico (Mexico City, Aguascalientes, Cuernavaca) and internationally (Canada, Germany, Honduras, Spain). Their work questions cis-hetero-patriarchal dynamics through self-referential imagery and a hyper-feminine aesthetic derived from “pink capitalism.” They develop the concept of “Poder Suavecitx” (“Suavecitx Power”), which resists the hetero-cis system by seducing it with tenderness—drawing inspiration from the concept of “Soft Power” in international relations and proposing a radical transformation in the exercise of power. “Poder Suavecitx” means seducing and hacking the cis-hetero system through tenderness.

Anita Bloshii

(México)

Anita Bloshii (1994) is an interdisciplinary artist, live coder, and decora gurl from Mexico City. They merge kawaii aesthetics, technology, and experimentation in video-performance, digital poetry, and live coding, using tenderness as a disruptive tool. They have presented their work at festivals such as Hello World, Presente Perfecto, and in Toplap MX sessions. Co-founder of Irr4ti0n4L Kawaii, a collective that explores art and technology from playful and critical perspectives. Their work addresses consumption, the productive system, and radical tenderness. They studied International Relations at UNAM and Sophia University (Japan), as well as Visual Arts at ENPEG “La Esmeralda.”

Emi Sepúlveda

(Chile)

Emi is an a(r/t)ist trained at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. They are interested in non-physical spaces such as God or the internet, and how these allow people to exist beyond the body and linear time. From this fluidity, they reflect on dissolving material borders and hegemonies, navigating through links, web domains, and programming languages. They write in HTML, CSS, and Unix, and exist within the post-internet world described by Marisa Olson and Hito Steyerl.

Ailens.c

(Argentina)

Born in Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, Argentina, Ailens.c has always been connected to vast landscapes and a deep relationship with nature. With an expansive, Gemini mind, she constantly intertwines the meaning of her existence with esoteric knowledge and art. Through her work, she explores the mystical dimensions of creativity, where spiritual knowledge and artistic expression merge in a personal and symbolic quest.

Bru

(Argentina)

Bru Contreras (2001) was born in Rosario, Argentina, where she currently lives and works. She studies Fine Arts at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario and 3D Animation Production at the Escuela de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica. Her work explores the intersection of 3D, painting, poetry, and drawing. She uses color, texture, and animation to tell stories of worlds we do not yet know. Among hybrid characters and impossible landscapes, we glimpse a universe that is sensitive, chaotic, and capable of laughing at us.

Elder Manuel Tobar Panchoaga

(Colombia)

Digital artist, director, and creator of multiplatform digital narrative projects. A Social Communicator with a Master’s degree in Digital Humanities, he specializes in the creation, design, and production of multiplatform and transmedia narratives. He has directed and produced web comics, augmented reality models, virtual reality experiences, 360° comics, web applications, and more. He has worked for institutions such as Señal Colombia, the Museums of the Banco de la República, and the National Library of Colombia. Recipient of several distinctions, including the ICFJ Professional Fellow 2019, as well as awards like Crea Digital, and recognition at international festivals such as Ventana Sur in Argentina.

Sania

(Colombia)

SANIA is a singer-songwriter from Bogotá, Colombia. Since 2021, she has developed her music project around her first EP SINA (from the Muysca word meaning “here”). Her music blends modern rhythms with traditional Latin American ones, seeking to create space for narratives about being a non-hegemonic woman, grief, and mental health.

Melissa Flaum

(México)

Melissa Flaum (1995) is a visual artist specializing in digital art and videomapping. She earned her Visual Arts degree from ENPEG “La Esmeralda” and FAD UNAM, where she also attended the Live Cinema Seminar. She completed studies in digital art and videomapping in 2017. Her work has been shown at festivals and venues including Foro IndieRocks, Foro Wateke, Festival Hello World!, Sonografx GIIP ImagoPostAural, CC El Rule, Faro Cosmos, Faro Aragón, Galería RAB 63, and Aguafuerte Galería. In 2024, she held her first solo exhibition Divinum Nexus at the Galería Red de Arte Mexicana. She has also collaborated with Cultura Comunitaria, part of the Secretaría de Cultura de CDMX.

Speakers

Poli Mujica

(Chile)

Holds a BA in Visual Arts from Universidad de Chile and a Master’s in Media Arts from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. She is a teacher and transdisciplinary cultural mediator. Her work explores the relationship between art, science, technology, and communities, focusing on playfulness and interactivity, with themes such as human perception, transpersonal experiences, contemporary spiritualities, geometry, and nature. As a researcher in media arts and mixed realities, she teaches at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She has exhibited internationally at festivals and spaces such as Ars Electronica (Austria), Ataranzanas del Grao (Spain), Centro Cultural Brueguel (Belgium), and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago.

Guests

Natalia Landa

(México)

Industrial Designer and History student at UNAM. Co-founder of Voxeled, a project dedicated to promoting maker education. Voxeled was created to bring STEAM content to children of all ages. Since 2017, they have offered workshops in various collaborative spaces such as Laboratorio de Ciudadanía Digital, Centro Cultural de España, Centro de las Artes San Agustín, CIDIR Unidad Oaxaca, and Centro Cultural González Gallo, among others. Their workshops are designed to introduce children to science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics in a playful way, allowing them to learn through creative project-making.

Martha Maya

(México)

Originally from Tijuana, Martha is a post-producer and digital artist focused on Glitch Art. Since 2014, she has explored image and video decomposition to construct visual narratives from error, corruption, and systemic failure. Her work has been presented at institutions such as the Centro de Cultura Digital, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, CENART, Museo Nacional de las Culturas, The Wrong Biennial, and the Abandon Normal Devices festival (UK). She was part of Jóvenes Creadores 2023–2024, and her piece Helix toured the US with Unheard-of Ensemble. Her practice reflects on failed systems, visual consumption, and the boundaries of the digital.

Laura Luna Castillo

(México)

Multimedia artist from Puebla, Mexico. She is currently based in Seattle, USA, where she teaches at the Department of Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the University of Washington. Her practice merges installation, sound, generative narratives, and experimental AI to explore personal and collective identities shaped by the political and the intimate. She has developed installations, performances, and expanded theater works integrating diverse materials and technologies. Her work has been presented at international festivals such as MUTEK Montréal (Canada), Unsound Krakow (Poland), and CYNETART (Germany), as well as in venues like EMPAC (USA), KAIR (Japan), and Centro de Cultura Digital (Mexico City).