Marco Donnarumma
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About
Marco Donnarumma is a pioneering artist and researcher whose work sits at the vital intersection of performance, technology, and critical theory. His primary research areas include robotic art, algorithmic performance, and the politics of the body, with a specific focus on how race, gender, and disability intersect with computational systems. Donnarumma’s major contribution is his rigorous call to decolonize the machine; his most cited paper, *Decolonizing the Machine: Race, Gender and Disability in Robots and Algorithmic Art* (2021), critically applies frameworks from critical race theory, disability studies, and decolonial thought to expose the hidden biases embedded in robotic and algorithmic art. This work challenges the field to move beyond techno-solutionism and confront the political realities of embodied difference. More recently, his 2025 paper *AI and corporeal knowledge* explores how prostheses and sonic organs can generate new forms of embodied knowledge, pushing back against reductive, predictive models of creativity. While his citation counts are still growing—reflecting the emerging nature of this critical discourse—Donnarumma is recognized as a vital voice for artists and scholars seeking to build a more just, accountable, and politically aware practice with machines.
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