Amor Muñoz is an artist who experiments at the intersection of art, technology, and society. Her practice includes textiles, performance, sound, experimental electronics, interactivity, and art mediation. Throughout the last decade, her work has been involved in various artistic investigations, which have been classified into three subjects: Labor and technodiversity; Poetic code; and, Bio, crafts and technology. Muñoz’s work is concerned with the relationship between technology and society, with particular attention to the interactions between material forms and social discourse. Through a multidisciplinary practice, Muñoz’s work investigates how forms of manual labor are transformed and affected by the current global economy. Her research is focused on technology’s history, appropriation and obsolescence, as well as language systems, handicraft, and production systems (via Kadist Foundation).
Her work has been exhibited in various museums, galleries and festivals, such as: 21 Haus, Belvedere (Austria); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA (USA); MUAC Museum (Mexico); Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (Hong Kong); The National Art Center, Tokyo (Japan); G Museum Nanjing (China); Lentos Museum (Austria); Havana Biennial (Cuba); Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade (Serbia) among others. His work has received various awards and honorable mentions in competitions and biennials such as Prix Ars Electronica, Japan Media Arts Festival, Cuenca Biennial, Mentes QUO + Discovery Channel among others. Her work has been documented and published in different media such as New York Times, ARTE Journal, Deutsche Welle, etc.