Electrizarte
Electrizarte is an initiative that seeks to provide an interdisciplinary space in which students and teachers develop projects that mix technology and art in a way that uses art to show the capabilities of art and engineering to enhance the expression of art.
Work
I joined Electrizarte in 2017.
This was my first extracurricular activity at the University of Costa Rica.
Since I joined the group, I had participated in different activities in which we travel to different parts of our country and give workshops and shows to high school students to motivate them to study in the university.
We have designed our own projects, which included a laser harp and our own custom instrument that you can play using an Xbox Kinect. You can see the first prototypes of this kind of project at the end of the following TED Talk (which is in Spanish)
In terms of arts, we have our own music group; they enjoy doing music and presenting their work. They have played with famous national groups like Malpais.
Here is one video of one of the presentations. On the right, you can see our member Juan Pablo playing with the “Kinnect instrument”.
In the last few years, as an advanced student, I have been organizing and offering workshops for college students to learn about Python and Arduino. For example, here is the first video of the playlist of the last course that I gave in 2021. This was an introductory Arduino course for the general population that I designed.