I’m a Digital Alchemist ❅ ~

⋆ I work with digital ecosystems
and narrative composition of transmedia concepts ⋆

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✳ About Me ✳

I’m a digital artist ~ 🖤Technologist, Creative Coder, Interactive & Product Designer and Solarpunk.

Hola! I am Paulina Lias aka ᴇᴘʜ3ᴍᴍᴇ, I'm an artist, designer and technologist, based in the chaotic Mexico City. I am a graduate from Visual Arts & Design program at Vancouver Film School and a Masters Degree in Technology and Digital Media at CENTRO | Diseño | Cine | Televisión.
My main interest is to understand how we communicate with digital interfaces for developing projects in a particular way we have main control over what is being created. My daily works range from different tools within using creative coding, programming and new media technologies for craft in art, music and design, particularly within the visual arts and the performing of live audiovisual experiences.

My work consists on mixing techniques to create bridges between the psychedelic and the technological, seeking to explore digital psychedelia by creating one of my essential projects "𝕊𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕒"; referring to visuals and immersive experiences that disorient and alter perception, alluding to states altered by psychoactives without the need to use to them. 𝕊𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕒 can then be seen as a new form of digital realism that reflects a current landscape and context where art and technology coexist in the same space, my live performances are a fusion of technology, art, and music, blurring the boundaries between the digital and physical worlds.

ᴇᴘʜ3ᴍᴍᴇ is my artistic project where I create digital alchemy and generative sorcering through the creation of audiovisual projects and live experiences, I weaves intricate tapestries of sound and imagery that evoke trippy emotions and sensations beyond words.

ꕥ Live VJ Sorcery ꕥ

I create live audiovisual performances mainly using Touchdesigner and midi controllers for creating real time visual experiences,mainly I work with electronic and psych rock musicians. You can see a full list of the bands I´ve worked with here ✺ previous participations ✺

Product Design ✺

I seek for design opportunities in everything surrounding us, my biggest interest now is creating meaningful design and product,also bring a creative problem-solving approach to smart design, and make experiences people love to use making more user friendly the products.

LiveCoding⌘

I work with live coding enviromentsfor visuals and sound such as Tidalcycles, Supercollider, Sonic Pi and Hydra for visuals 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚐𝚘[𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜] or ‧͙Dₒₙdₑ ᵥᵢᵥₑₙ ₗₐₛ ₕₐdₐₛ?

Technologist & Cypherpunk 🗲

My multidisciplinary background has provided a broad set of skills and material knowledge towards technology use such as computer programming, electronics and building interfaces for interactive art. My work often involves experimenting with new technologies and softwares for: AR/XR, Livecoding, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics and Animation.

My Skills and work experience

I´m interested on the development of the intersection between technology, art and design, these are the main axis of everything I create.

I create concepts where I can bridge the real and virtual world through new media. I build up transmedia narratives through storytelling , storyboards, art direction and everything involving mixing techniques and software executions.
Solarpunk and utopist of creating accesible and user friendly technologies and designs for everyone ❥

    Education:
  • Vancouver Film School: Visual Arts & Design (2013-2014)
  • ESCENA: 3D Animation and VFX (2015)
  • CENTRO | Diseño | Cine | Televisión: Bachelor's degree on Digital Media and Interactive Design (2015-2019)
    Work Experience:
  • CHIDASMX: Music Journalism, Photographer, writer and Web Design (2018-2020)
  • Museo Franz Mayer: Graphic design, Animation, content creator for social media #ElPlacerDeLosDetalles (2019-2020)
  • Secretaria de Cultura - Communication coordination at Red de Faros: Graphic identity, posters, logos, templates, templates, stationery; Logistics management to create and share content for social networks; motion graphics; monitoring and approval of graphic materials from other internal teams; Support the construction of creative solutions and objects through the use of different technical tools and materials; Design, operation and evaluation of cultural activation strategies. Stategic coordination for Faro Cosmos opening as cultural venue.(2020-2021)
  • Flink Fintech startup: Wireframing and Prototyping; Visual & Interaction design; Creation and maintenance of Design System under the client's objectives and user needs; Design documentation with nomenclature and groupings (Design Tokens); creation of interactive prototypes; UX Writing (2021-2022)
  • C de Cultura: Graphic Design, Motion graphics, content creator (2020 - 2023)
  • BBVA: Product Designer & Interaction Design(2022 - currently)
    Workshops, Participations & Certificates:
  • Vancouver Film School: Production Design at Compendium XII: Thread of Fate VFS (2015)
  • Locomoción / Experimental Animation Festival (2017)
  • CHIDAS MX & INJUVE(CCE): Music Journalism Workshop for Women (2018)
  • App Design: Prototyping for Beginners - A course by Filippos Protogeridis(2021)
  • Introduction to Design Systems with Figma by Javier ‘Simón’ Cuello (2021)
  • Blockchain Certification by Epic Queens POAP (2022)

VJ: Live Visuals Shows + Artcovers for Music (AV Projects)

The creative practises of music and visual art have long been intertwined, I work along with musicians for creating visual and sonic concepts for transmedia projects; from cover albums to live vjing with touchdesigner. Check out a gallery of my live presentations; I´ve done visuals for bands like The Soft Moon, Big Brave,The Polar Dream, The Froys, Build a Vista, Colectiva Tsunami and record labels such as: Ineffable, Discos Deleite, Tensa Records and Otono. You can see full here ✶ Live Visuals Reel 2022 ✶ ✶ Live Visuals Reel 2023 ✶ and my ✺ previous participations ✺

Creative Coding

Creative Coder & Visual Artist using technology as medium to explore the perception of form, motion and color through graphics and code, this area explores working with C and Javascript in software sketchbooks like Processing and creating Live Coding with Supercollider, Hydra and Tidalcycles. By using computer programming as a creative discipline to generate sounds, images, animations and visuals created through algorithmically generating shapes, colours and patterns using algorithms. My main tools are processing, hydra and touchdesigner all written with JavaScript and C#.

UX/UI (Product Design)

As a product and experience designer I merge creativity and reality to create innovative solutions that improve people’s lives and have a positive impact in business and financial services, currently I work at BBVA executing projects focused on optimizing user centered experiences and using methodologies such as design thinking, agile methodology, behavioral economics and user experience design.I approach both design and leadership with a focus on people, establishing empathy for the people who make and the people who use the products and services I help bring to life by creating human-centred experiences that ensure both business and user needs are met.

Art & Design

Visual design is a universal language, it's not only aesthethic but also psychology. The psychology behind graphic design is basically about capturing the minds of potential customers. Designers need to understand the psychological parameters of design because every single color, typeface, shape and structure communicates a subconscious message to the viewers.

VFX & Motion graphics

My passion for art, film and animation has driven me to take a deep dive into the world of 3D! Animation is a real passion of mine; and being able to create stories, places and characters from scratch as well as bring abstract figures to life. My every day tools are Photoshop and After Effects, Blender and Houdini.

Interaction Design

I create audio-reactive, interactive and organic digital artworks, systems and installations in TouchDesigner, also work with arduino and processing for creating interactive objects as well as Unity and filters with Spark AR for AR/XR experiences.

Check out my visuals

Take a look of my live visuals shows ✺

The Soft Moon @ Festival Adverso *ೃ༄

Parque Agua Azul, Concha Acústica (2023)

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Live VJ

❇ Cardiel @ Festival Undercaos ❇

316 Centro

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Live VJ

Big Brave @ Festival Adverso 🔘

Parque Agua Azul, Concha Acústica (2023)

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Live VJ

The Froys - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

King Gizzard and the lizard Wizard Tour x Hipnosis - @Musa, Ixtapa

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photo by: Chicle de Uva

The Polar Dream

Noche Hipnosis @Indie Rocks

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Live VJ

Denise Gutierrez & Build a Vista

Discos Hipnosis: Build a Vista @Indie Rocks

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Live VJ

Check out my works!

These are some of my recent artworks and design projects, hope you like them ❣

Leafy Dragon 〄

3D Generative creature made with Blender

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3D Art made in blender

❇ Fila ReImagined ❇

Rebranding for Fila ( E-commerce) UI Wireframing

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ReImagined for Fila campaign of branding design including E-Commerce

C de Cultura 🔘

3D Abstract Generative figure made with Blender for flyer design C de Cutltura 5 years aniversary

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Flyer design and 3D render + animation for C de Cultura 5 years aniversary.

Discos Deleite Music Streaming

UI design for music streaming app.

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UI and UX design for music streaming app

Musexplat

Graphic Design and Branding identity for Musexplat.

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Plataforma cuyo principal objetivo es conectar artistas, gestores y críticos de Música Experimental en Latinoamérica.

Graphic Design and Branding identity for Faro Cosmos - Secretarìa de Cultura

Fábrica de Artes y Oficios, Faro Cosmos.

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Faro Cosmos nace en 2021 como resultado de un largo proceso de re-apropiación del espacio público de relevancia histórica y cultural con la finalidad de contribuir en el desarrollo de la comunidad de la Ciudad de México, La apertura de este espacio busca promocionar disciplinas artísticas culturales con enfoque comunitario como circo social, teatro comunitario, danza, artes visuales, arte contemporáneo, clown, entre otras.

❂ Open for freelances and collabs ❂

❇ If you need it to come to life, you should always leave it to me ❇

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