Hi, I’m Victoria de la Torre (she/her). I come from Madrid [ES] and I’m based in Utrecht [NL].

I work at the intersection between design, art and critical thought. Through this transdisciplinary lens I reflect on our relationships with objects, spaces, and others. My commitment is towards cultivating more convivial cultures that encourage us to develop as individuals while also nurturing porous roots to the communities we belong to.

I do so both through an individual and collaborative practice. I study and interpret my cultural context to explore the frictions between the local and the global, especially focusing on how they affect our individual and collective identities. I’m also involved in networks that facilitate collective dialogues and reflections about our shared urgencies. I most often work with social organisations, artistic collectives, cultural and educational institutions and transdisciplinary research spaces.

The medium I use changes based on the process: I am comfortable researching about concepts, writing poetical and theoretical texts, crafting sculptural objects, leading initiatives, designing workshops, facilitating co-creation sessions, building spatial installations, designing a website and writing project proposals.

At the moment I am researching historical narratives and voices from my cultural background in Spain that suggest these more plural ways of rooting. I’m also teaching Design Methodologies at the online Master in Product and Service Design at the Alfonso X El Sabio University in Madrid [ES].