MeLCi Lab Researcher Selma Pereira Publishes New Research on Post-Digital Art, AI, and Textile Heritage

Selma Pereira, a researcher at the MeLCi Lab, has recently contributed to a series of publications and artistic works exploring the intersections of textile heritage, digital technologies, artificial intelligence, immersive media, and contemporary artistic creation.

Among her latest publications is the article “From Artisanal Traditions to the Digital Experience: Reimagining Textile Traditions Through Artistic Creation and Immersive Technologies”, co-authored with Adérito Fernandes-Marcos and published in the special issue Creative Digital Intelligence of the Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts. The article examines the Hands project, which combines traditional textile practices with augmented reality and digital modeling to explore new forms of engagement with textile heritage and cultural memory.

Link: https://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/jsta/article/view/17643

In “Processos criativos pós-digitais na videoarte generativa: entre algoritmização intensiva, inteligência artificial e a autoria”, published in ARJ – Art Research Journal, Pereira and Fernandes-Marcos analyse generative video art from a post-digital perspective. Drawing on works by Refik Anadol, Pedro Alves da Veiga, and Ian Cheng, the article discusses how algorithmic systems and artificial intelligence participate in artistic creation, contributing to ongoing debates on authorship, intentionality, and originality in contemporary art.

Link: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/artresearchjournal/article/view/38241

A second 2026 publication, “Textile Masks: The Fabric of Identity. From Post-Digital Textile Artistic Creation to Art-Fashion as a Tool for Critique and Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage”, published in Fashion Highlight, examines a series of textile artworks developed between 2024 and 2025. The article explores how handcrafted textile techniques, post-digital aesthetics, and augmented reality can generate hybrid artistic forms that engage with cultural critique while contributing to the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage.

Link: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-3630

In addition to these academic publications, Pereira’s artistic and research trajectory was recently featured in the Japanese arts platform AATONAU. In the profile “Selma Eduarda Pereira: Weaving Memory and Code Across Time”, author Angela Li discusses Pereira’s interdisciplinary practice, which combines textile traditions, digital media, immersive technologies, and cultural heritage through artistic research and creative production.

Link: https://aatonau.com/selma-eduarda-pereira-weaving-memory-and-code-across-time/

Together, these outputs reflect ongoing research into post-digital artistic practices and the relationships between material culture, technological innovation, artistic creation, and heritage preservation.