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Chryssa
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Varna
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Chryssa Varna is an architect/designer, dancer, photographer and researcher at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. In 2011, she obtained her master’s degree in Architecture from the 5 years’ education in Polytechnic Faculty of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and her professional license as an Architect Engineer. In 2013, she obtained her second master’s degree from The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, focusing on kinetic design and interactive technologies. She has worked as a freelance designer/artist in collaboration with civil engineers, graphic designers, architects and artists with projects ranging from graphic design and photography to scenography installations for performances and kinetic design. She has participated in many workshops, seminars and exhibitions concerning architecture, installation design, photography and performance. She has also studied dance and choreography in Municipal Ballet school of Larisa and participated in the Thessalian Ballet Dance Company for 4 years. She is interested in the way performance combined with technology can evolve through stage design and installation art. Her current research focuses on designing spatial interaction by merging her two faculties as a dancer and architect, using the technology from purely mechanical automata to industrial robotics, computer vision and adaptive computation.
Occupation ( maximum of three):
Movement artist (dancer/interdisciplinary performer), Stage designer (lights and production), Interactive designer (video and sound installations/ performances and networked spaces), Interaction designer (physical computing/ sensor based interaction)
