André Castro
André Castro works as a software engineer at German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), dedicated to the implementation and development of semantic knowledge management systems.
Since 2011 he worked at intersection art, technology and education, with a focus on online archives, hybrid publishing and experimental interfaces. During 2019 André worked a backend Python web-developer at TVT/DMC. And between 2012 and 2020 André was a technical tutor at the Piet Zwart Institute (Master of Media Design and later Experimental Publishing) and Willem de Kooning Academy's Publication Station. In parallel he developed a practice in collaboration with artists and designers, developing custom technical infrastructures for installations and publications.
André completed the Master of Media Design and Communication at the Piet Zwart Institute, and graduated in 2007 from the Sonic Arts BA program at Middlesex University.
- Portfolio website: https://artserver.org/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-castr0/
Media Design for Art-Works
Blog
- Tailbone Talks - a kinky corner of queer artists talking about sex (2022)
- Permutations (2016)
- Volkskrant-Building.epub (2014)
- Collaborative workflows (2014)
- Head-Body-Legs of Spam (2013)
- FREE (2013)
- A Bestiary of Spam Characters (2013)
- Free Libraries for Every Soul (2013)
- Rotterdam Street Map (2013)
- Sound Development City (2012)
Publishing Projects
- Renée Turner's Warp Weft Memory (2018)
- Beyond Social (2014, 2016)
- Mondothèque: A Radiated Book (2016)
- INC Publications (2014, 2015)
- Hybrid Publishing Resources (2015)
Works
- 2015 Baltimore protests, according to The Wikipedians (2015)
- Singing with Anna (2014)
- Rotterdam Map (2014)
- Narratives of Deception (2013)
- Chatbot Drama (2013)
- Data Factory (2012)
- Tactile Noise (2011)
- Sonifications (2007)
- Boat People (2007)
- Radio Fragments (2007)
Teaching Materials
- Essential web design - WdKA Graphic Design
- Single source publishing workflow - WdKA Graphic Design
- Hybrid publishing - WdKA
- HTML2Print with Weasy Print - WdKA
- Optical character recognition - PZI Experimental Publishing in Special Issue#5
- Command-line Imposition for print - PZI Experimental Publishing in Special Issue#4
- Wikis as publishing platforms - PZI Experimental Publishing in Special Issue#4
- RaspberryPi sensing skin conductivity - PZI Experimental Publishing in Special Issue#2
- Graphic Scores - PZI Experimental Publishing in Special Issue#2
- An introduction to sound & hearing - PZI Experimental Publishing in Special Issue#2
Code_Notes
Contact
Free free to drop me a line at
andre [at] artserver [dOt] org
