Gala Lucía González Barrios is a transnational electronic artist and researcher from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
She serves as the director of Intercambios Transorgánicos, a research project affiliated with Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, in Argentina. She’s currently enrolled in the iPHD program in Human Centered Design at Virginia Tech.
Her work focuses on the development of health-related technologies from a transdisciplinary approach to national innovation systems worldwide, and the empowerment of vulnerable communities.
Her current research studies the human voice and the restoration of speech for individuals experiencing significant voice transformations, such as those undergoing laryngectomy, gender transition, and other related cases. She aims to assess identity restoration using AI-generated voices and interactive systems enabling individuals to engage in singing. This project involve
a set of implementations in different populations, with a focus on comparing experiences between central and peripheral countries. The goal is to better understand the intersection of territories, cultures and access to available solutions.
As a side project, at Virginia Tech she leads the international communities of PD-L2Ork laptop orchestra, an open-source software for telematic performances that allows musicians and programmers to engage in live performing.