Valeria Salinas Toro is a Creative Technologist, Producer and Visual Artist, working within the intersectionality of community, technology and Afrofuturism.
Their practice advocates and celebrates collaboration and innovation through material experimentation. Their most recent event, SE LDN ARCHIVES, showcased six artists from South East London and their perspective of the area. They also hosted a panel discussion with three individuals contributing to the community, with audiences interacting and asking questions throughout. Their next instalment of their event is on Friday, 19th of August. You can find more on their instagram @v.mks and their website valeriatoro.com
Projects
- Dormant DeathAs part of my final year graduate show, and a life time journey of learning and experimenting, Dormant Death is a fully immersive interactive space that combines the past materiality of terracotta, among the future digital, interactive code that reacts to your voice. Guests are co-producers, in which they are able to submit their own questions to the dead via a postcard before entering the room of suspended soul containers, each individualised, representing the diversity of existence. Once ins
- Rising: A ManifestoA new film in collaboration with Somerset Studios resident Seth Pimlott. The film explores the political, ecological, and spiritual dimensions of the group's artistic practice in what is both a reckoning and a celebration. I was a Producer, Director, Editor, Consultant for the project.
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Work history
Future ProducerSomerset House
London, United KingdomFreelance
Working collaboratively with Somerset House to develop skills and creative practise with a wide variety of artists and design studios that reside within Somerset House. This includes the collaborative co-production of content towards exhibitions, mentors and regular meet up with groups to support and advise on all areas of new cultural events
Co-founderDecolonised Networking
London, United KingdomFull Time
Co-founder of Decolonised Networking, who provide local workshops, mentoring and job opportunities to young BPOC in South London.
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Skills
- Project Co-ordination
- Code
- Design
- Ceramics
- Creative Art Direction
- Design Interaction
- Design Production
- Graphic Communication
- Writing
Education
1st Class HonoursUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
BA Degree in 3DDesign and Creative Computing (Diploma) at UAL