Cristina Laura Beniczky Botta
STEAM educator | Graphic Designer | Digital Media Independent Researcher
SESC São Paulo
Biography
Digital media specialist, interested in the use of technology in education, digital artifacts preservation and archiving, and software and video games studies and history. I have ten years experience working with diverse communities in digital literacy and STEAM in informal education. I also continue brushing up my design skills and keeping up with trends in design, UI and UX. In my free time I like building LEGO, drawing and painting, hiking, playing strategy video games, baking, and reading non-fiction from areas completely unrelated to my research. I also make small contributions to some open-source software projects, but want to increase that in the future.
- FOSS | GNU Linux
- Digital freedom and privacy
- Use of technology in education
- STEAM
- Software and video game studies and history
- Digital artifacts preservation and archiving
- Media archeology
- Graphic | UX | UI design
BSc in Computer Science (unfinished), 2017
Universidade Paulista
Postgraduate Degree in Higher Education, 2012
SENAC São Paulo
MSc in Digital Media, 2011
University of Bremen | University of the Arts Bremen | Universitiy of Applied Sciences Bremen | Universitiy of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven
BA in Graphic Design, 2005
Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São Paulo
Projects
Image and text carousel explaining what are NFTs. And an article cowritten with my coleague Thiago Ruiz.
Experience
- Logos, flyers, image treatment, illustration, layout, webdesign.
- Advising/teaching on matters related to open source software, Linux, digital literacy, and digital privacy and security.
- Elaborate and teach workshops, activities and courses on subjects related to arts, culture, technology and digital literacy for all age groups. Promote social inclusion and a meaningful and critical appropriation of the use of technology.
- Write texts for use in the dissemination of activities. Create materials for online activities, including photography and graphics, and editing and narrating videos.
- Research and curate activities, working with invited artists, teachers and specialists to adapt these activities taking into consideration the institution’s and the public’s needs.
- Work in collaboration with other teams at SESC in areas such as social development, after school programs, youth group, music, tourism, sports, literature.
- Research new trends in art, media, technology and digital culture.
- Research open source software and hardware for use in art education, digital literacy, digital fabrication, game design, graphic arts, science.
- Decide which new equipment and materials would be needed and acquired.
- *SESC is a Portuguese acronym for Social Service of Commerce. It is a private, nonprofit entity that provides access to sports and health facilities and also to art, music and other cultural and educational activities. For more information on SESC please take a look at this New York Times article.
- Provide analysis and feedback of user requirements.
- Contribute to the creation of business, dissemination and communication plans.
- Design logos and prepare presentation materials.
- Design of websites, logos, flyers, mascots, catalogs, and visual identity.
- Flash animations and web banners, and the HTML/CSS part of websites.
- Design of logos and flyers, image treatment, illustration, layout.
- Development of Flash websites, animations and web banners.
Skills
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Gallery
Contact
- crisbotta@gmail.com
- Germany, Cologne area
- DM me on Mastodon
- DM me on LinkedIn