OTHERS

The goal of the workshop is to introduce participants to various digital interfaces (sensors, programs, languages) that one can use to observe the physical world. Creating this link between oneself and its digital "representation" allows a playful and poetic diversion from day-to-day constraints.
This workshop will deal at various scales with how we perceive the “self” in relation to “others” and its surroundings. 

Across these three interconnected segments
 • body in relation to the body
 • body in relation to the space
 • space in relation to space

… we will examine how meaning emerges not from fixed coordinates, but from dynamic reference points – what we choose to emphasize or ignore in order to orient ourselves. Together, we explore how perception is not isolated, but intertwined: how bodies define, blur, or dissolve in response to one another and the spaces they move through. 

We introduce sensing technologies as a way to extend the body, challenge its boundaries, and play with how space is felt, mapped, and performed. These tools will serve less as instruments of measurement and more as invitations to reimagine perception. 

What if we omitted all geographical information and were left only with bodies? How would we find direction, distance, or meaning? 

No prior technical experience is required – only a curiosity to move, sense, and reflect. This is an open space for experimentation, where bodies and signals form temporary networks, and where the “map” is rewritten through relation rather than location.

ORLANDO HELFER RABAÇA is a Swiss/Portuguese media artist based in Berlin. His artistic framework derives from the intersection of interests in technological systems and poetic narratives. The confrontation in his works often proposes the ambiguation of the subject and its materiality, through mechanical apparatuses. He graduated with a B.A. in Visual Communication from the University of Arts Berlin, where he was part of the New Media Class under the mentorship of Prof. Joachim Sauter, Prof. Jussi Ängeslevä and Guest Prof. Benjamin Maus. Throughout his artistic career, he has exhibited work at media art festivals, including transmediale Vorspiel, 48h Neukölln, and Ars Electronica. Since 2025, he has been serving as an Assistant Lecturer in Graphic Design at Berlin International University of Applied Sciences and currently works as a freelancer, creating installations in the field of Media Art and offering technical and creative solutions for artists, individuals, and institutions.