STELLA SPEZIALI
PORTFOLIO | 2017-2025

INFO

Stella Speziali is a multidisciplinary Interactive Designer and Researcher based in Zurich. She works at the intersection of immersive arts, real-time technologies, and performing arts. With a background in Visual Communication and interaction Design (ECAL) and a Master’s in Interaction Design (ZHdK), she has been a Research Associate ( since 2019) and Lecturer (since 2021) at the Immersive Arts Space (ZHdK) .

Her work explores spatial experience, perception, and digital embodiment, integrating motion capture, spatial augmented projection, and real-time scenography into live performances. At Immersive Arts Space, she researches digital-bodied representations (Avatars, Digital Humans) and their role in interactive performances, blending AI-driven visuals, volumetric capture, and sensor-based environments.

Beyond research, she shares her expertise in transdisciplinary courses at ZHdK and through lectures on digital identity and immersive arts. Her work has been showcased at Ars Electronica, Swissnex San Francisco, FILE Festival São Paolo, Mirage Festival Lyon, Spielact Geneva, and Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.
Research
Workshop & Teaching
Exhibitions & Performances
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A HERO'S RETURN – AI-GENERATED INSTALLATION VOLUMETRIC CAPTURE –  

HAPPILY EVER AFTER – DIGITAL HUMAN AND AVATAR FOR THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE –

ZANGEZI – DIGITAL HUMANS REAL-TIME VISUALS THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE –

THREE – LIVE VISUAL DESIGN PROJECTION MAPPING MOTION CAPTURE TECHNICIAN –

NEBULOSUS – LIGHT MIST INSTALLATION –  

DIGITAL HUMANS – RESEARCH –  

UMBRELLA PROJECT – IMMERSIVE SPATIAL AUDIO SPATIAL AUGMENTED REALITY MULTI-USER INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION  –  

ALTERED PERCEPTIONS –  MASTER PROJECT –  

TASTE LAB – VIRTUAL REALITY INSTALLATION –  

CLOUD SHADOWS – VIDEO INSTALLATION –    

TANGIBLES WORLD – VIRTUAL REALITY INSTALLATION –  

NOTIFICATIONS – BACHELOR PROJECT –  

EYE DROP – VIRTUAL REALITY INTERACTIVE OBJECT –