Spectral Objects
Maria Nava & Roy Brandys.
A responsive wearable that interacts with people nearby.
Spectral Objects
Maria Nava & Roy Brandys.
A responsive wearable that interacts with people nearby.
Maria Nava
Maria is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the transition and blending of physical and digital realms. She combines innovation in craftsmanship practices and smart materials throughout projects encompassing Fashion, Robotics and Machine Learning. José Navarro is a software developer and technology consultant in the areas of Robotics and Programming. Roy Brandys is an Audio Visual Artist having worked in film, light and sound on commercial projects worldwide.
Maria graduated from the MA Fashion (Wearable Technology) at the Royal College of Art (2022), José is a robotics PHD candidate from the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico (2023) and has a MSc., in computer science and electronic engineering from National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico (2018). Roy Brandys graduated from the BA Marketing and Advertising at the California State University, Sacramento (2016).
Maria Nava has been recently selected by the British Fashion Council, DiscoveryLAB program t o showcase during SS24 London Fashion Week, exhibited her work internationally at SKY News “Big Ideas Live: Who Owns The Future”, London (2022), V&A x RCA x Samuel Ross “The future of fashion:clothes as canvas” Great Exhibition Road Festival, London (2022), V&A Museum “Bio-mimicry X Ai-Da the Robot”, London (2022), CFDA “Future Fashion Designers”, New York (2018), Metropolitan Museum of Art “Rei Kawakubo Art of the in-between”, New York (2017).
José Navarro has 5 years of experience in programming, he is a member of the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. His publications include Neuromorphic Signal Filter for Robot Sensoring. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. DOI10.3389/fnbot.2022.905313 (2022) (Q2) and Morphological Associative Memories for GrayScale Image Encryption Appl. Math.Inf. Sci.8, No. 1,127134 (2014). Associative Models for Encrypting Monochromatic Images. In: Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 492. Springer,
Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3-319-00737-3 (2013).
Contact: info@marianava.studio
Roy Brandys
Roy has worked on projects including Dr Barbara Strum a n d T h e Royal Ballet ” We are Molecular” – Film – London (2020), NATAAL + V&A “WHO DEY SHAKE” – Film – London (2021), NOWNESS “The Pleasure in Pain” – Film – London (2020), Moncler Genius : Craig Green – Film – London (2018).