A two-day program of activities with a special presentation of works by students, a workshop with targeted presentations by invited artists, curators, theorists and researchers on the relationship between contemporary art, science and technology and a final guided tour will take place at MOMus-Experimental Arts Center (Warehouse B1, Pier A, Thessaloniki Port), Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 February 2025, on the occasion of the last days of operation of the current exhibition “We Are All Made of Stars”.
Details
Saturday 22 February 2025
16:00-17:30
Pop-up action: “Stories of the Future. The creation of audiovisual experiences through virtual reality and artificial intelligence"
Students from the Department of Cinema of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with the subject "Cinema and Virtual, Augmented, Mixed Reality", present in a pop-up manner digital audiovisual works, immersive virtual reality experiences and games that integrate virtual characters (Non Player Characters NPCs) with Artificial Intelligence.
Participating with their works are: Antonios Alexopoulos, Dimitris Vafeiadis, Marios Leokratis, Defkalion Nikolaou Papadopoulos, Damianos Papatsikourakis, Natasa Hasakiolis
Lecturer in charge: Nefeli Dimitriadi. Associate Professor, Department of Cinema, School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Participation is by issuing a ticket either online via the ComeTogether platform https://cometogether.live/event/2160 or in person at the Museum Reception.
17:30-20:30
Workshop: “Digital Art-Digital Media and New Technologies in Contemporary Visual Practice”
The aim of the workshop is to approach, through targeted presentations by invited visual artists, curators, theorists and researchers, the relationship between contemporary art, science and technology, and to provoke discussion and exchange of views, starting with an investigation of the historical path and evolution of digital art, with references to electronic and video art, as well as the stages of evolution in new and digital media, but also in every form of contemporary art that involves technology in its completion.
The conference will mainly present the historical path of the artistic expressive medium, which is identified with the evolution of technology, and will discuss its present and future through important artistic cases. Furthermore, artistic projects and processes that connect art and science will be highlighted, and finally questions that concern contemporary art will be explored, such as the role of the work of art in the digital age, the evolution of artistic creation through modern digital tools and their interactive applications, the conditions and prerequisites for organizing exhibitions and projects for digital art.
Schedule of lectures
*“From electronic art to virtual reality and the narratives of the future”, Nefeli Dimitriadi, visual artist (virtual, extended and mixed reality), associate professor at the Department of Cinematography of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
*“The artist in the era of euphoria and anguish. The diary of a journey”, Manthos Santorinios, artist, researcher in digital media, professor emeritus of the Athens School of Fine Arts
*“From the programming of the machine to its education. Issues of integrating data-centric approaches in art education”, Stavroula Zoi, member of the Academic Council of the Athens School of Fine Arts, postdoctoral researcher at the University of the Aegean (augmented reality, interactive multimedia)
*“Futures Cones, Futures Studies and Art”, Epaminondas Christofilopoulos, chairman of MOMus
*“Interdisciplinarity in art”, Δiμiiτρiii, transmedia installations, transmedia artist
*“Curiosity as a driving force”, Marisa Satsia, bioartist, transmedia installations, transmedia artist.
*"Sounding of astronomical data and uses of the 'sounds of space'", Fiori Anastasia Metallinou, astrophysicist, National Observatory of Athens, national coordinator for astronomy dissemination of the International Astronomical Union.
*"Do electric sheep dream? A curatorial practice", Dimitris Trikas, journalist, museologist, exhibition curator.
Conference coordination: Domna Gounari, curator MOMus
The talks will be held in Greek, without interpretation in English.
Duration of talks: 20’
Participation is by issuing a ticket either online via the ComeTogether platform https://cometogether.live/event/2160 or in person at the Museum Reception.
Sunday 23 February, 2025
12:00-13:00
Last guided tour of the exhibition “We Are All Made of Stars” with the participation of artist Fani Boudouroglou, the lecturer at the Multimedia Laboratory of the Athens School of Fine Arts, Stavroula Zoi, and the curator Domna Gounari.
Participation in the guided tour is with the entrance ticket to the venue. The ticket is issued online through the ComeTogether platform (here https://cometogether.live/event/1878/) or in person at the Museum Reception, subject to availability.