Petra
Sovereign Bodies
Interactive installation brought to life by an artificial intelligence agent that explores the transformation of the human body into data. Through local language models, motion analysis, and generative AI, bodily movement is orchestrated and processed into an automated flow of film and visual effects that invites us to question surveillance, agency, and creation in the digital age.
The work proposes a hybrid methodology that fuses expanded dance, a structured conversational automaton, and automated video generation, elevating the installation to an ecosystem where AI decides, spatially analyzes, and stylizes the captured bodily information.
New Media Artist
Petra is an artist who explores the intersection between the body and the virtual, questioning and creating diverse imaginaries through moving images. Experimentation plays a fundamental role in his work, which is inspired by nature; by observing his surroundings, he discovers intriguing spectra of spatiality, situated between the mainstream and the digital. In his work, he utilizes various technologies such as creative programming, machine learning, computer vision, AI, animation, and others. His work has been exhibited in venues such as MAD Arts Space, Museo de Arte Moderno Mx, Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, CVPR Art Gallery, Miami Art Week, Art Crush Gallery, China International Conference of Science and Education Producers, IDOCDE.net, London Fashion Week, NFT NYC, Plexus Projects, among others. His work as a performer has led him to collaborate with performing arts companies, events, and festivals such as Nadére, Arts Vivants, Baal Dance Company, Encuentro Nacional de Danza and in institutions such as INBAL, Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, Secretaría de Cultura Jalisco, Alianza Francesa México, Petra is also a member of several DAOs, such as Bright Moments Art Gallery and Refraction. In 2016, Petra began digitizing her work and is currently involved in various projects at the intersection of cryptography, generative art, and new media. In her practice, she collaborates with dancers, programmers, and artistic communities to adapt her works to different spaces and audiences, prioritizing ethics, accessibility, and critical dialogue.