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IED Barcelona makes the invisible tangible at Mira Digital Arts Festival 2025

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17 November 2025

The installation “Torbellino”, designed by students from the Master in Design for Interaction and Extended Realities at IED Barcelona, offered an interactive visual spectacle

On 7 and 8 November, IED once again took part as an artistic collaborator in Mira Digital Arts Festival 2025, this time with “Torbellino”, an interactive installation created by students from the Master in Design for Interaction and Extended Realities at IED Barcelona.

Developed and prototyped using node-based visual programming software used for 2D and 3D immersive applications, the installation also included an explanatory web page with audiovisual material generated by the students themselves.

Click on the image to discover this experience, where the hidden becomes perceptible through a play of fabrics, lights and air currents.

Students: Joaquín Arretche, Hala Auf, Valentina Bassanello, Nada Halaweh, Pearl Jain, Azad Jamagocyan, Natalia Maçias, Leen Naser, Pola Pucheta, Semeli Tisarchontou, Samuel Tschümperlin and Qianyin Xia.

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