Teja ROT

About the artist

Urban innovator, architect of peace and interdisciplinary artist Teja Rot works at the intersection of community activism, urban design, sustainable architecture, environmental arts and technology and advocates user related solutions that enable environmentally friendly living. Teja’s research interests lie in the field of aesthetics and embodied perception in relation to games and play in nature. One of her core research topics is sustainable development of communities and places within current technological reality.

She is Evolutionary of Design Science Studio, run by Buckminster Fuller Institute. She is CEC ArtsLink International Fellow 2023 and Visiting Scholar at UCSD Design Lab within the scope of World Design Capital San Diego/Tijuana 2024. She is Emerging Urban Leaders Fellow (run by the Salzburg Global Seminar and World Urban Parks) where she started to conduct research on urban green zones. She is Rotary Peace Fellow, and she completed the training at Rotary Peace Centre at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.

Mateja’s recent urban games include PLAY:CES, featured at Fusion: Urban Games Festival Matera, Sprites of Meadowlands, a game exploration of green spaces in the city and Flækingar, a game set in Ísafjörður, Iceland. Additionally, her work has been featured at Regenaissance Salon: Art Inspiring Regenerative Future at Art Basel in Miami (collaboration with Future Cities/Buckminster Fuller Institute), exhibition and salon Making the Invisible Visible: virtual, immersive artist showcase to inspire planetary cooperation.

Discover more about the artist’s project and presentation here: Teja Rot