ilithya and Timo Johannes
ilithya - Bio
ilithya is a multidisciplinary artist, technologist, and educator from México, based in Hamburg, Germany. Sheʼs a self-taught programmer creating computational artwork with code, written mainly in shaders. She collaborates with other artists, musicians, curators, brands, studios, and independent designers around the world to create mesmerizing visual experiences for fine arts, festivals, the web, and musical performances. Sheʼs a part-time research assistant in AI at HAWK University developing a RAG process with open-source LLMs, as well as a freelance lecturer on Computational Thinking and Creative Coding. She's been featured by Studio 13/16, Centre Pompidou and Agora Digital Art. In 2024, she was a grant recipient at MARKK Museum, where she created a real-time interactive animated digital art installation. Her work has been exhibited as installations or live coding performance in different countries via platforms like Night Lights Denver, Digital Art Month Paris, Neo Shibuya Tokyo, CADAF Art Fair New York, playrecordmint Basel, Iterations Amsterdam, Bright Moments México, Bideotikan Bilbao, and Refraction Portugal.
ilithya - Artist Statement
As a multidisciplinary artist and technologist my practice is constant research and self-therapy expressed as visual compositions through emerging technologies. It begins with an introspection, as well as a study of algorithms. My craft unfolds through curiosity by puzzling together computation and procedural programming as experiments that draw psychedelic visions of whatʼs on my mind. Inspired by life experiences, sound, surrealism, and the abstract, I shape and layer moving forms with color palettes directed by my emotions. I explore themes of sanity along with consciousness states intending to provoke hypnotic sensations, as I create artwork aspiring to mesmerize and trigger inner peace.
https://www.instagram.com/ilithya_rocks/
Timo Johannes - Bio
Timo Johannes is a media artist and physical interaction designer based in Bremen. His practice focuses on developing unconventional tools, instruments, and electronic systems to explore new modes of interaction. Through playful experimentation with sound, light, and physical computing, he creates responsive environments that reveal subtle processes and emergent behaviors. For his latest work he has developed a performance system of custom-built sensors and motors that is integrated into his modular synthesizer, enabling tactile interaction with sound and modulation. His works and performances have been presented at Fiber Festival Amsterdam, 2017, Gallerie Herold Bremen, 2019, Dom kulture Studentski grad Belgrade, 2018, qualm studio Hamburg, 2024, and Modular Mondays Bremen, 2025.
Timo Johannes - Artist Statement
My artistic practice explores the interplay between technology and human perception by designing systems that reveal hidden processes and create new ways of engaging with technology and our environment. Through physical computing, custom electronics, and material exploration, I create interactive instruments and installations that emphasize tactility, tangibility and emergence in both visual and sonic dimensions. In my sound work, I craft immersive ambient soundscapes that guide listeners into meditation through rich timbres and evolving textures. Using repetition and subtle modulation, I aim to cultivate deep, attentive listening.
https://www.instagram.com/tjohannes_/
