IsaíasHerrera
About Isaías
Isaías Herrera (Monterrey, Nuevo León, 1989) is an artist whose focus is on exploring the processes of human perception and the use of electronic devices as means for sensory experience.

Holds a Master's in Human-Computer Interaction from the Università degli Studi di Trento in Italy, and a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from the Tecnológico de Monterrey. The Digital Culture Center (CCD) invited him to conduct the radio program "Notes on Human-Machine Interaction" (2023). He has been recognized with the Erasmus+ program (2022) to study at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, the PECDA NL (2022) for his work on Virtual Reality 'Interactive Stories of the Chihuahuan Desert', and has been selected in the 'Yami-Ichi' (2021) and 'Creations with algorithms: visualization and sonification of data' (2020) calls from the CCD. Furthermore, his work was featured in the book 'A Decade to Download', exhibited in Tokyo, New York, Amsterdam, and Berlin.

Isaías shows a great interest in interdisciplinary projects, such as his participation in the collective Zoonoros, alongside cellist Maricarmen Graue, writer Edgar Lacolz, and musician Fores Basura. His work has been presented at events such as the Improv Fest 2022 in Canada, the documentary "Where a tile is missing, light enters" in France, as well as in renowned spaces in Mexico, including the Other Territories meeting (Inclusive Performing Arts), the Blas Galindo Auditorium at CNA, Bucareli 69 House of Arts, and the Galeón Theater.
My Work Some Of My Pieces
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Remembered Desert (2024)

VR Installation

An immersive virtual reality journey into the Mexican Northeastern desert. Participants can traverse various historical epochs—from the age of dinosaurs like the Aramberri monster and Coahuilaceratops to 16th-century Spanish settlements and Chichimeca tribal life. Further, they might experience the arrival of steam trains, industrial expansion, or the modern challenges posed by drug-related violence. This interactive voyage not only reflects on the region's layered history but also explores how these memories shape our present.

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Artificial Sonorous Ecosystem (2023)

Sound Installation

Life simulator that manifests through sound, where organisms with unique sounds and behaviors contribute to a virtual or in situ sound installation. These organisms evolve in real time, their life cycles —birth, evolution, and death— are shaped by atmospheric stimuli from their environment.

Collaborating: Malitzin Cortés (CNDSD), Bioluminik, Hugo Solís, Bernardo Feldman and Iván Naranjo.

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Oneiric Regression (2019)

Online

Web browser piece powered by AI that generates sound metaphors from dreams entered by users. It crafts a soundscape that allows individuals to revisit their own dreams or explore the 'oneiric regressions'—the sonic echoes—of others' dreams.

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Sound Amulets (2018)

Device + Online

These Sound Amulets are objects that contain music reacting to the environment like living beings. The sounds that compose the music change in real time, adapting to the temperature and weather conditions where the amulets are located.

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The Implacable (2016)

Device

Digital musical instrument activated by the movement of bodies adorned with 'sound tattoos'—graphic symbols or fiduciary markers functioning as keys. When The Implacable detects their unique combinations, it generates MIDI sounds responsive to the motion of the carriers.

Collaborations I am an active collaborator in the following sound projects: