University of New Mexico

Projects 2024

Lo-TEK-tat

Finalist Team

Jeanie Seaver, Aili Wiggins

Lo-TEK-tat traces 5,000 years of tattoo history to inform a DIY and bio-active approach to tattooing that explores the potential for alteration of biochemical identity. The project, part practical and part speculative, first addresses toxic substances in tattoo ink and then imagines a future where the addition of plant derived estrogen generates deeper physiological meaning.

Instructors 2024

Andrea Polli is a professor with appointments in the College of Fine Arts and School of Engineering at the University of New Mexico (UNM). She holds the Mesa Del Sol Endowed Chair of Digital Media and directs the Social Media Workgroup, a lab at the University's Center for Advanced Research Computing. As an educator, Polli has created student-centered professional development, theory, practice, and field-based courses and experiences for practicing artists, engineers, and makers.