Maria Vera van Embden Andres

Maria Vera van Embden Andres

Creative Engineer / Art ProducerLondon, United Kingdom
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Maria Vera van Embden Andres

Maria Vera van Embden Andres

Creative Engineer / Art ProducerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
With by background in architectural engineering and product innovation, my mission is to create the seemingly impossible; from ideation to realization; I lead cross-disciplinary and demanding projects that require collaborations between artists, researchers, technology experts, designers and makers.
Projects
  • Ego by Studio Drift
    Ego by Studio DriftTechnical concept of artist vision, prototyping & design, overseeing structural & mechanical design, overseeing software development & interface, research & design weaving system, full scale testing, safety regulation and installation design. Ego is a kinetic sculpture in the form of a massive woven block, made of more than 16km of hair-thin Japanese fluorocarbon, controlled by motors, allowing the artists to animate and choreograph it. There has never been a block this size woven before, there
  • Light Fields - Architectural Light Installations
    Light Fields - Architectural Light InstallationsLight Fields are a form of visual poetry; a dance of colour and light. They are composed of multiple layers of glass, high resolution colour prints and light. Each composition moves along with its viewers’ eyes, Creating a visual illusion of a gradually changing compositions. Light Fields was born in 2017 as an architectural scale art installation, and has since been meticulously refined perfected to suit many scales and sizes from intimate artworks to large scale architectural installations.
  • MEADOW - STUDIO DRIFT
    MEADOW - STUDIO DRIFTFabric, stainless steel, light, motors, controller Meadow is an upside-down landscape that is a kinetic sculpture consisting of mechanical flowers that open and close in a poetic choreography. The installation suggests the impermanence of the ever-changing seasons and the sensational character of natural growth processes.
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Work history
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    Creative Engineer / Art ProducerFIELD.IO
    London, United KingdomFreelance
    Development & production of interactive kinetic sculpture.
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    Creative EngineerAntimodular
    London, United KingdomFreelance
    Research & Development for large scale kinetic light installation.
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Skills
  • Creative Concepting
  • Conceptual Development
  • Physical Prototyping
  • Technical Production
  • Architecture
  • Art Production
  • Event Collaborating
  • Connecting Creatives
  • Co-producing
  • Co-directing
Education
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    ArchitectureSCI-Arc
     - Los Angeles, United States
    Master Semester with Elena Manferdini, Andy Ku, Jean Pierre Hebert
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    ArchitectureTechnical University of Delft
     - Delft, Netherlands
    Graduated in Building Technology & Architecture.