Bya de Paula
                 visual/sound artist

Bya de Paula (or Bibiana da Silva de Paula) is a visual/ sound artist born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and currently based in Konstanz, Germany.  She holds a master's degree in Communication Sciences (Unisinos University), a postgraduate diploma in Visual Poetics (Feevale University), and a bachelor's degree in Journalism (Federal University of Pelotas).

Her work operates at the confluence of Communication, Art, and Technology, with a particular emphasis on sound, media-archaeological materialities, technological gambiarras (creative hardware hacking practices), and imaginary media.

Through a speculative and poetic technical laboratory, Bya initiates experimental practices that interrogate the persistence of obsolete media devices.
Initially engaging with the interplay between sound and image, her current focus delves into Media Archaeology, exploring the geophysical and mineral compositions of technological artifacts.

These investigations manifest across multiple media—including printmaking, video, microscopic photography, and installation—where electronics and gambiarras serve as tools for creative excavation.

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Central to her approach is the notion of "geological listening": an expanded listening practice that attunes to the temporal strata embedded within technological materialities, critically rethinking the entanglements between historical, technological, and social temporalities in the contemporary moment.