Alejandro Borsani is an artist and educator who explores the intersection of natural and artificial systems by creating videos, installations, sculptures, custom software and electronics. His research is driven by a curiosity about simple physical phenomena and the exploration of emergent technologies. Areas of interest include creative coding, physical computing, 3D modeling/animation, virtual spaces, data visualization and digital fabrication.
Borsani's works have been presented in solo and group exhibitions internationally, including the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art; VideoBrasil (São Paulo); Villa Elisabeth (Berlin); Centro Hipermediático Experimental Latinoamericano (Buenos Aires); Centro Cultural Borges (Buenos Aires); Gallery 400 (Chicago); Albany Underground Artists - Athletic Annex Exhibition (Albany); Center for PostNatural History (Pittsburgh); ACM SIGGRAPH (Los Angeles); Galería Sachaqa (Tarapoto, Perú); 14th Biennial Symposium for Arts and Technology (New London); Currents, The Santa Fe International New Media Festival (Santa Fe); Red Arrow Contemporary (Dallas) and Federation Square (Melbourne). Review of his work has been featured in various publications, including Leonardo Journal (MIT Press).
Borsani teaches in Experimental and Foundation Studies at RISD. He holds an MFA in Electronic Arts from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2012) and an MFA in Electronic Visualization from the University of Illinois at Chicago (2010). He also received a degree in Audiovisual Design from the School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism at the University of Buenos Aires (2007).
Courses
Fall 2023 Courses
FOUND 1003-09 - STUDIO: DESIGN
LevelUndergraduate
UnitExperimental and Foundation Studies
Subject Foundation Studies
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
FOUND 1003-09
STUDIO: DESIGN
LevelUndergraduate
UnitExperimental and Foundation Studies
Subject Foundation Studies
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: W | 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM; W | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMInstructor(s): Alejandro BorsaniLocation(s): Chace Center, Room 506Enrolled / Capacity: 20Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Studio: Design promotes multidisciplinary studio experimentation across an array of media and processes. Students explore the organization of visual and other sensory elements in order to understand perceptual attributes and the production of meaning. Using various methods of expression, students may create objects, spaces, and experiences that demonstrate their analysis of composition, color, narrative, motion, systems, and cultural signification. Assignments allow for inquiries into scientific, social, cultural, historical, philosophical, technological, and political topics. Critical and experimental utilization of design principles, which underpin all of the arts, are emphasized. Students are guided through progressive investigations, in which the act of seeing is amplified by the study of physiological and cognitive factors that generate perception. Examined subjects are taken through stages of representation, abstraction, and/or symbolic interpretation to reveal essential communicative properties.
Enrollment is limited to first-year Undergraduate Students.
Studio: Design promotes multidisciplinary studio experimentation across an array of media and processes. Students explore the organization of visual and other sensory elements in order to understand perceptual attributes and the production of meaning. Using various methods of expression, students may create objects, spaces, and experiences that demonstrate their analysis of composition, color, narrative, motion, systems, and cultural signification. Assignments allow for inquiries into scientific, social, cultural, historical, philosophical, technological, and political topics. Critical and experimental utilization of design principles, which underpin all of the arts, are emphasized. Students are guided through progressive investigations, in which the act of seeing is amplified by the study of physiological and cognitive factors that generate perception. Examined subjects are taken through stages of representation, abstraction, and/or symbolic interpretation to reveal essential communicative properties.
Enrollment is limited to first-year undergraduate students.
Major Requirement | BFA
FOUND 1004-14 - STUDIO: DESIGN
LevelUndergraduate
UnitExperimental and Foundation Studies
Subject Foundation Studies
Period Spring 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
FOUND 1004-14
STUDIO: DESIGN
LevelUndergraduate
UnitExperimental and Foundation Studies
Subject Foundation Studies
PeriodSpring 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: F | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM; F | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PMInstructor(s): Alejandro BorsaniLocation(s): Chace Center, Room 504Enrolled / Capacity: 20Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Studio: Design promotes multidisciplinary studio experimentation across an array of media and processes. Students explore the organization of visual and other sensory elements in order to understand perceptual attributes and the production of meaning. Using various methods of expression, students may create objects, spaces, and experiences that demonstrate their analysis of composition, color, narrative, motion, systems, and cultural signification. Assignments allow for inquiries into scientific, social, cultural, historical, philosophical, technological, and political topics. Critical and experimental utilization of design principles, which underpin all of the arts, are emphasized. Students are guided through progressive investigations, in which the act of seeing is amplified by the study of physiological and cognitive factors that generate perception. Examined subjects are taken through stages of representation, abstraction, and/or symbolic interpretation to reveal essential communicative properties.
Enrollment is limited to first-year undergraduate students.
