After haphazardly stumbling upon creative computing during a class to create generative 2D graphics, something in me clicked. Discovering this field where the technical, programming brain in me and my passion for design and artistic expression can come together was a real revelation and has shaped my creative practice ever since.

I subsequently graduated my product design undergraduate degree with a project investigating the links between computer science and textile crafts and went on to build on this research in my master's program at Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands.

Today I describe my position towards technology as that of a xenofeminist. This means not subscribing to the techno-positivist fantasies envisioned by Silicon Valley, while neither falling into a luddite, anti-technological stance. While xenofeminism criticizes and pushes back against exploitative and discriminatory practices of Big Tech, it also recognizes the big positive potentials of the technologies and aims to appropriate them, empowering users to build and shape future experiences.

For me, creative computing can play an important role in this endeavor because it can serve as an accessible entry point to explore relevant skills and sensibilities. Hands-on tinkering can be the first step in opening up those technological black boxes that shape so much of our lives and claiming back agency over them. Since I graduated from the master's program in the Netherlands, I've been living between Brussels (BE) and Essen (DE). There I am continuing my artistic research while also working as a freelancer for the technical production of artistic installations and performances.