Nicolás Kisic Aguirre
Artist Bio
Nicolás Kisic Aguirre is an architect and transdisciplinary sound artist who creates machines that explore and illuminate the social and political nature of sound and language. In 2018, he graduated from the MIT program in Art, Culture and Technology. Informed by his background in architecture and a lifelong fascination with machines, Kisic Aguirre designs and builds artifacts, machines, and robots that explore the connection between power, technology, language, and sound. His critical and aesthetic practice is open-source, collaborative, and deeply engaged with the public. Nicolás is currently a Ph.D. student in the DXArts program at the University of Washington.
His work has been presented at the MIT Museum, Venice Biennial, Dutch Design Week, Ars Electronica, Design Indaba, and at various other experiences and interventions internationally.