My interests currently lie in human embodiment as it relates to networks, artificial intelligence and artificial life. I am currently exploring the aesthetics of intelligent systems and their effects on lived embodied human experience.

BodyDaemon: Theory as Action. Conference forthcoming. download pdf

Castellanos, C., & Gromala, D. (2009a). Symbiogenic Experiences in the Interactive Arts. In Digital Arts and Culture. Presented at the Digital Arts and Culture Conference, Irvine, CA. download pdf

Castellanos, C., & Gromala, D. (2009b). The Symbiogenic Experience: Towards a Framework for Understanding Human-Machine Coupling in the Interactive Arts. In Consciousness Reframed 2009. Presented at the Consciousness Reframed Conference, Munich.

Castellanos, C., & Gromala, D. (2009c). The Symbiogenic Art Experience: A Phenomenological and Aesthetic Approach to the Question of Human-Machine Co-evolution. Presented at the Society of Literature, Science and the Arts Conference, Atlanta.

Castellanos, C., & Schiphorst, T. (2009). BodyDaemon. In Creativity and Cognition. Presented at the Creativity and Cognition Conference, Berkeley, California.

Castellanos, C., Pasquier, P., Thie, L., & Che, K. (2008). Biometric tendency recognition and classification system: an artistic approach. In Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts (pp. 166-173). Athens, Greece. download pdf

Castellanos, C. (2007). BodyDaemon. Presented at the Subtle Technologies Conference, Toronto.

"Body in Quotes" (2007). Invited session moderator. Borders Boundaries and Liminal Spaces (conference hosted in the online virtual world Second Life.) Panelists: Stuart Bunt, Nathaniel Stern, Jeremy Turner. Hosted by Ars Virtua

Castellanos, C. (2006). Towards New Bodies and New Biologies: Life as Code, Body as Protocol. In International Digital Media & Arts Association (Vol. 21). Presented at the International Digital Media & Arts Association, Oxford, OH.

Castellanos, C. (2005). Towards New Bodies and New Biologies: Life as Code, Body as Protocol. Switch: The New Media Art Journal of the CADRE Laboratory (Vol. 21, December 2005) Retrieved from Switch 21. download pdf.