Nella Piatek

Nella Piatek is a Polish critical designer, researcher, academic and cyberwitch based in London. As a critical designer, Piatek considers ways to challenge the evolution of the human in conjunction with digital technology, by paying attention to the socio-political and eco-economic implications and values that this entanglement conjures. As a researcher, they test how eco-feminism, cyborg theory, post-humanist thought and media archaeology can aid in such practice.

As an academic, Piatek lectures in the Design Department at Goldsmiths and the Department of Media and Communication at the University of the Arts London. Lastly, as a cyber witch, they consider ways to bridge critical theory with creative practice.

Forming a multimedia chronicle of an eco-feminist coven, Piatek practice merges performance, film, artefacts and haunted operated systems to resist and reflect on capitalist relations. This practice looks at the human’s entanglement with capitalist economies and ideologies to consider alternative perspectives. The use of 'fictioning' and embodiment of the cyberwitch as a vessel, allows Piatek to see technology, environment and bodies as interrelated. 

Research Interests

• Cyborg Theory
• Posthumanist Thought
• Media Archaeology
• Cyberfeminism 
• Eco-feminism
• Anarchiving practices
• Hauntology
• Speculative Design & Alternative Realities

Areas of supervision

Currently a Lecturer in the Design Department at Goldsmiths and the Department of Media and Communication at the University of the Arts London. Piatek also develops this discussion through international exhibitions, festivals, and panel talks, some including: The Photographers’ Gallery (UK), Hypha Studios (UK), Ars Electronica (AT) and Oddstream Gallery (NL).