Luis Miguel Girao is a transdisciplinary artist and researcher in the application of technology as a tool for artistic expression. He is a PhD Candidate at the Planetary Collegium and Master of Arts in Design and Digital Media. His main research subject matter is the development of new interfaces for audiovisual expression, at the moment focusing on bioelectromagnetics . In 2007, he was awarded the Bolsa Ernesto de Sousa prize that allowed him to do research and present results at the Experimental Intermedia Foundation, in New York City. At Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal, where he collaborates regularly, he has developed and presented a number of public art installations and educational multidisciplinary shows. He collaborated with several artists and his work has been presented in countries as USA, Canada, Germany, Denmark and China. His close collaboration with Rolf Gehlhaar gave origin to projects like “Multiverse”. Along with Gehlhaar and Paulo Maria Rodrigues he formed the UnoDuoTrio ensemble and developed the CyberLieder project. He founded Artshare, an artech research company and collaborates with Companhia de Música Teatral of Lisbon. Among other works, he coordinated a series of workshops on Digital Art & Design for the Academia das Artes Digitais of the Aveiro Digital Programme, and he was assistant curator and technical director of the Electronics Art Lab at the Bienal Internacional de Cerveira, Portugal.
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Fundador da ARTSHARE e desenvolvedor principal, é artista transdisciplinar e investigador no âmbito da criação artística de base tecnológica. Mestrado em Design e Digital Media pela Coventry School of Arts & Design da Coventry University, UK, é membro do do Planetary Collegium, no CAiiA-Hub [Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Integrative Arts], Faculdade de Tecnologia da Universidade de Plymouth, UK, dirigido por Roy Ascott, onde investiga em bioelectromagnetismo enquanto forma de expressão. Em 2007, foi premiado com a Bolsa Ernesto de Sousa (financiada pela FLAD e Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian) que lhe permitiu fazer pesquisa e apresentar resultados na Experimental Intermedia Foundation, em Nova Iorque, EUA. Desenvolveu um considerável número de sistemas audiovisuais interactivos integrados em contextos de espectáculos, instalações ou exposições. O seu trabalho foi mostrado e apresentado nacional e internacionalmente, nomeadamente nos EUA, no Reino Unido, na Alemanha, no Canadá, em Espanha, na Dinamarca, na Austria, na China, na Noruega e no Brasil.
