ma, media arts cultures
uğur kaya
dancer, engineer, art practitioner
copenhagen
EMERGING
dreamers studio
creator
natural language studio for interactive multimedia. built for creative technologists and technical artists working with live visuals, interactive installations, and real-time composition. ending creative exile — maker embedded in making.
MADE
lightboks (2022–2025)
creative systems engineer at soundboks
designed, developed, and delivered the end-to-end creative and technical backbone for lightboks. from concept to production, built the software architecture, engineered an animation system, implemented adaptive color palettes, and integrated real-time audio reactivity—creating a fully integrated, immersive, multisensory experience.
cyborg movers (2019)
ma thesis · aalborg university
dance epistemology through donna haraway's cyborg theory and postmodern movement. traces western dance history from ballet's representation to postmodern autonomy. questions how cyborg consciousness reconstructs movement beyond expression.
metalheart (2019)
hybrid physical-virtual performance
wearable tech performance exploring how technology enables dancers to transcend physical/virtual boundaries. investigating movement politics through donna haraway's cyborg ontology.
when wor(l)ds collide (2018)
interactive installation with alifiyah zulfiqar imani, magda hamdy
exploring dreams and anxieties of cyborgs through experimental language and cybernetic feedback. facial expression recognition directing immersive audio-visual experience. exhibited at "politics of the machines: art and after" conference, copenhagen.
EDUCATION
2017-2019
2013-2016
ba, media and visual arts
2012-2017
llb, law