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Diego Maranan

Diego is an artist, academic, and activist who works in the area of human-technology interaction. Through technology research and intermedia artistic practice, he investigates, critiques, and reimagines the relationship between humans and the world we inhabit. He holds a Marie Curie fellowship at Plymouth University; teaches at the University of the Philippines Open University; advises for WeDpro, a feminist nonprofit that empowers marginalized women and youth in the Philippines; and co-founded Curiosity, a Manila-based design strategy firm. As one of SEAD’s core members, Diego worked on an extensive range of Biomodd projects in the Philippines, New York and Europe.



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Publications

ARTIFEX: Exoplanet Atmosphere Visualization; Steyaert, Pieter; Braam, Marrick; Balduin, Thorsten; Marshall, Oriel; Maranan, Diego; Bruun, Jesper; EVA London 2024: Electronic Visualisation & the Arts, 8 July 2024

The unique potential of hand-illustration to explore art and science interactions in the Engines of Eternity space art project; Wan, Arise; Steyaert, Pieter; Versbraegen, Nassim; Pereira, Frederico Sena; Verschuren, Jeroen; Faber, Nils; Maranan, Diego S.; Doninck, Karine Van; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; 74th International Astronautical Congress, 2023 October 2

Co-creation towards the post-Anthropocene; Steyaert, Pieter; Vermeulen, Angelo; Holt, Amy; Maranan, Diego S.; Checola, Giusy; Nasser, Mona; Verschuren, Jeroen; Tournaye, Pim; 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2024), May 2023

The BUKAS Lab: Opening artscience exploration and futures literacy in the Global South; Maranan, Diego S.; Steyaert, Pieter; Vengua, Lucky; Casauay, Franchesca; Kuchner, Ulrike; Suplemento, Jerome; Holt, Amy; Peeters, Ann; Tournaye, Pim; Nasser, Mona; Gonzales, Yvette; Vermeulen, Angelo; 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art, May 2023

The universe as home: Exploring the tension between climate change and the space race through somatic experiences, speculative design, and interactive performance; Maranan, Diego S.; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Verschuren, Jeroen; Vermeulen, Angelo; Convergence: Seminar on Technological and Somatic Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Artistic Practices, 21 April 2023

Raderdieren, klonen, DNA en het in kaart brengen van menselijke ideologie in de ruimte [Rotifers, cloning, DNA and mapping human ideology in space]; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; Maranan, Diego S.; Podium voor Bio-ethiek [Podium for Bioethics], 2023

The spread of systematic review methodologies in new disciplines; Nasser, Mona; Maranan, Diego S.; Birsel, Zeynep; Kuchner, Ulrike; Steyaert, Pieter; 3rd Evidence-Based Research Conference, 6-7 October 2022

Meta-futurism: an immersive workshop with science fiction elements to facilitate a conversation on climate change and space exploration; Nasser, Mona; Steyaert, Pieter; Maranan, Diego; Knight, Jacqui; Gonzalez, Yvette Marie; Haines, Agatha; Peeters, Ann; 33rd IAA Symposium on Space and Society at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress, 20 Sept 2022

Ēngines of Ēternity: An Artistic Inquiry Into Space Settlement Ideology Using Rotifer Experiments on Board the ISS; Vermeulen, Angelo C.J.; Steyaert, Pieter; Versbraegen, Nassim; Maranan, Diego; Wan, Arise; Verschuren, Jeroen; Sena, Frederico; Peeters, Ann; Faber, Nils; Mirzada, Fattana; Van Doninck, Karine; 33rd IAA Symposium on Space and Society at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress, 20 Sept 2022

Biomodd: hybrid practices for sustainability across art and science; Kuchner, Ulrike; Nasser, Mona; Steyaer, Pieter; Maranan, Diego S.; Vermeulen, Angelo; Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA 2022), 4 Sept 2022

Diversifying the concept of analogue missions to explore and evaluate new concepts for future space missions; Nasser, Mona; Esteves, Ana Margarida; Maranan, Diego; Peeters, Ann; Steyaert, Pieter; 32rd IAA Symposium on Space and Society at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress, 2021-10-25

Regenerative synthetic ecosystems and evolving asteroid starships: a cybernetic reframing of the politics, poetics and ethics of space colonization; Vermeulen, Angelo; Steyaert, Pieter; Maranan, Diego S.; POM: Politics of the Machine, 14 June 2019

Excavating abandoned artificial life: a case study in digital media archeology; Steyaert, Pieter; Vermeulen, Angelo; Maranan, Diego S.; POM: Politics of the Machine, 14 June 2019

RE/ME: An immersive installation for reimagining and resculpting bodily self-perception.; Maranan, Diego S.; Haines, Agi; Loesche, Frank; Clarke, Sean; Calora, Patricia; Vermeulen, Angelo; Steyaert, Pieter; Grant, Jane; POM: Politics of the Machine, 13 June 2019

When Ideas Migrate: A Postcolonial Perspective on Biomodd [LBA2]; Maranan, Diego S.; Vermeulen, Angelo; , August 2015

Biomodd: Exploring Relationships Between Biological, Electronic, And Social Systems Through New Media Art; Maranan, Diego S.; Librero, Al Francis D.; 7th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, 2014 Nov 17

Biomodd: A Case Study In Combining Online Learning With On-Site New Media Art Practice; Librero, Al Francis; Maranan, Diego S.; Vermeulen, Angelo; 25th Asian Association of Open Universities Conference, 2011 September 29

Biomodd as Paradox; Engelen, Sara; Wynants, Marleen; Vermeulen, Angelo; Maranan, Diego; We Can Change the Weather: 100 Cases in Energy Efficacy to Start Doing So, 2010