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Ημερίδα | AI X Thessaloniki / How will generative AI shape creative industries moving forward?

dimitra.samsaki — Wed, 29 May 2024 14:06:49 +0000

One Day Meeting | AI X Thessaloniki / How will generative AI shape creative industries moving forward? dimitra.samsaki Wed, 05/29/2024 - 17:13

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Drawing the Future. Drawings on art, architecture and design in the period of the Russian and Soviet avant-garde

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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 16:00

End Date

Mon, 06/03/2024 - 21:00

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Museum of Modern Art

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On the occasion and in the context of the exhibition "Designing the future. Drawings for art, architecture and design in the period of the Russian and Soviet avant-garde", a one day meeting entitled "AI X Thessaloniki | How will generative AI shape creative industries moving forward?" at the MOMus Museum of Modern Art, in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair on Futures Research, on Monday 03 June 2024, at 16:00, with Prof. Neil Leach as keynote speaker.

Neil Leach is an architect and professor from the United Kingdom. He directs the Doctoral Design Program at FloridaInternational University and has also taught at the Architectural Association, Harvard GSD, Columbia GSAPP, Cornell, IaaC and SCI-Arc. He is also the co-founder of DigitalFUTURES, an online educational platform that operates in 10 languages.

Participating speakers are (in alphabetical order): Dr. Caterina Antonopoulou , PhD Candidate Smaro Katsangelou, Dr. Serafeim Moustakidis, Dr. Faye Tzanetoulakou, Dr. Epaminondas Christophilopoulos, Prof. Emmanouil Vermisso.

Opening time: 16:00
Starting time: 16:30

Tickets exclusively from the following link:
https://cometogether.live/event/1060

Limited number of seats available.
The conference will be held in English.
There will be a Q&A with the speakers at the end of the workshop.

For more information, tel. 2310589155.

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Speakers' Bios

Dr. Caterina Antonopoulou

Caterina Antonopoulou is a media artist and researcher. She is currently an adjunct Assistant Professor of interactive arts at the department of Digital Arts and Cinema of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her research and artistic practice explore critical, socially engaged and tactical media arts, focusing on the intersections of art and technology with the social and the environmental. She holds a PhD and a Master's in Digital Arts, and a diploma in Computer Engineering.

Phd Cand. Smaro Katsangelou

Smaro Katsangelou is a practicing architect and engineer from Greece (School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, AUTh, Class of ‘22 Valedictorian). Her practice focuses on exhibition and museum design as well as historic building and monument restoration. Her current research concentrates on the application of Artificial Intelligence into architectural and cultural heritage as a generative tool for design.

Dr. Serafeim Moustakidis

Dr Serafeim Moustakidis is an experienced AI strategist, entrepreneur, and senior researcher with over 15 years in the AI field. As the founder and Chief Technology Officer of AIDEAS OU, he leads a team focused on developing reliable AI solutions in healthcare, energy, and manufacturing. Additionally, Dr Moustakidis co-founded AI4.gr, a start-up dedicated to bringing AI innovations to market.

Dr. Faye Tzanetoulakou

Faye Tzanetoulakou is an Art Historian / Art Critic / Exhibition Curator.
She holds a PhD with Honours in the History of Contemporary Art from the Department of History, Philosophy School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2019, and is currently conducting post-doctoral research at the School of Architecture, University of Thessaly.
Her academic subject of interest is Contemporary Sublime. She studied History of Art at the University of Glasgow, integrated MA Honours, 1996, and was accepted and attended MPhil courses at Goldsmiths College, University of London, 2001-2002.

Dr. Epaminondas Christophilopoulos

Epaminondas Christofilopoulos is the chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Futures Research, hosted at FORTH and executive President of the Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki (MOMus). He is an Onassis Foundation Fellow and holds a PhD in Strategic Foresight, while his academic profile also includes studies in Physics (BSc), Environment (MSc) and International Relations.

Prof. Emmanouil Vermisso

Emmanouil Vermisso is an Associate Professor of Architecture at Florida Atlantic University, a registered architect in Greece and a doctoral candidate at the University of Patras, studying human and computational Creativity. His research interests span several areas of Design Computation including applications of Generative AI in Architecture, Design Creativity, Bottom-up design thinking and Bio-Inspired Design.

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5ο Διεθνές συνέδριο Fast Forward | Hidden (Hi)stories: New Perspectives of Women’s Photographies

dimitra.samsaki — Fri, 10 May 2024 10:50:14 +0000

5th International Conference “Fast Forward” | Hidden (Hi)stories: New Perspectives of Women’s Photographies dimitra.samsaki Fri, 05/10/2024 - 13:56

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HerStories. Photographic Practices, 1974-2024

Start Date

Fri, 05/17/2024 - 08:00

End Date

Sun, 05/19/2024 - 19:00

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Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Αmphitheater “Xanthippi Hoippel”, MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art (TIF-Helexpo premises, Thessaloniki)

The conference seeks to introduce reflection on the current debates surrounding gender justice. The rationale of the conference is inspired by the work of distinguished intellectuals-activists such as political scientist, activist and author of the book "A Feminism of Decolonization" Françoise Vergès -one of the keynote speakers in conversation with art historian Angela Dimitrakakis- and Silvia Federici, prompting a redefinition of power dynamics and a reassessment of narratives often obscured by dominant perspectives.

The conference will explore key issues such as the demystification of gender identities through photography, the intersubjectivity of women's experiences, and the role of photography as a tool for social justice and liberation.

Participants will highlight hidden histories, challenge normative interpretations, examine curatorial practices, and sketch inclusive histories of women's photography—ultimately seeking to reshape the landscape of photographic Discourse.

All presentations will take place in English and Greek (simultaneous translation will be provided).

No need for prior registration.

Participation certificates will be provided, upon request.

The full program can be found here https://fastforward.photography/our-projects/call-for-papers-fast-forward-conference-5-in-thessaloniki-greece/ .

The conference "Hidden (Hi)stories: New Perspectives of Women's Photographs" is connected with the exhibition “HerStories. Photographic Practices, 1974-2024” and part of the parallel events programme of the 20th Thessaloniki International Book Fair.

Photo caption: Katerina Chatzidimitriou, from the series “Brides”, 2018

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Ημερίδα: «Artists’ talks» | Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2023

maria.zampeti — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:16:00 +0000

One-day meeting: “Artists’ talks” | Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2023 maria.zampeti Thu, 10/19/2023 - 15:19

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Start Date

Sun, 10/22/2023 - 11:00

End Date

Wed, 03/22/2023 - 16:00

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Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2023

One-day meeting: “Artists’ talks” – a speech series by photographers

Sunday, 22 October 2023, 11:00 – 16:00

MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (Pier A’, Warehouse A’, Thessaloniki port)

The curator of the main exhibition of the Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2023 Julian Stallabrass welcomes and introduces to the public artists-photographers who participate in the exhibition in the frame of the speech programme “Artists talks”. The one-day meeting will take place on Sunday, 22 October 2023, 11:00-16:00, at the MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (Pier A’, Warehouse A’, Thessaloniki port). Participation is open to the public.

In the same programme, artists-photographers who participate in the Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2023 with solo exhibitions present their photo works.

There will be simultaneous interpretation during the event.

Programme

11:00 Julian Stallabrass

11.30 Uta Kögelsberger

12:00 Bani Abidi

12:00 – 12:15 Break

12:15 Dimitris Michalakis

12:45 Eleonora Sovrani

13:15 Christian Lutz in conversation with Julian Stallabrass

13:45 – 14:15 Break

14:15 Emmanuel Angelicas in conversation with Alan Davis

14:45 Marta Bogdańska

CALL FOR PAPERS: Fast Forward Conference 5 in Thessaloniki, Greece

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Fast Forward Conference 5 in Thessaloniki, Greece admin Tue, 01/03/2023 - 01:03

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Tue, 01/03/2023 - 16:00

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Wed, 04/26/2023 - 17:00

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Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Hidden (Hi)stories: New Perspectives of Women’s Photographies

17-19 May 2024
MOMus -Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece

MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography announces the Greek edition of Fast Forward: Women in Photography, which is organised in partnership with the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) and London College of Communication (LCC) at University of the Arts London Photography (UAL) and the University of Sunderland.

The research project Fast Forward: Women in Photography aims to explore the work and histories of women photographers, promote opportunities and question ideas dominating the field of photography by initiating thoughtful, new debates. Initiated in 2014 with a panel discussion at Tate Modern, the project has become significant within the world of photography for examining the work of women photographers and for questioning the way that the established canons have been formed.

Following the initial success of the first three conferences at Tate Modern in 2015 and 2019 and at the National Gallery of Arts in Lithuania in 2017, Fast Forward continues to develop various public, educational and research programmes and conferences. The fourth conference will be held in partnership with Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum in 2023.

The theme for the fifth conference, to be held in Thessaloniki, Greece, will focus on the hidden (hi)stories of women’s photographies seeking to reflect on current debates on gender justice.

Writing about the recognition of ‘women’ as a political subject and questioning who has the power to define what ‘women’ means, Silvia Federici urged: “We must identify the world of antagonistic politics and power relations by which our bodies are constituted and rethink the struggles that have taken place in opposition to the ‘norm’ if we are to devise strategies for change” (2020: 10). And indeed, as Françoise Vergès argued, if we are to “re-humanise the world” and fight against the ways “femonationalism” and “femoimperialism” service neoliberalism (2021:17), we need to move beyond mainstream narratives and normative histories, beyond relational notions of centres and peripheries and bring to the fore the hidden stories of anonymous women, those identifying as women and non-binary people told by and through photography.

The conference is calling for papers which explore, but which are not limited to, the following questions:

>> How can photography demystify the socio-culturally constructed notion of ‘women’ and advocate its expansion to include transgender, gender-fluid and non-binary/non-conforming identities?

>> How can we understand women’s photographies considering the often oppositional diversities of prescriptive identities, socially constructed performances of gender and reproductive labour, racialisation, enslavement, and colonisation in different social contexts and historical periods?

>> In what ways may photography become a weapon for equality, reproductive justice, deracialisation, and freedom for women, those identifying as women and non-binary people against the oppressive power of heteronormative patriarchy, the state, and capitalism?

>> What are the (hi)stories of women in front and behind the camera that are silenced or disregarded from normative art histories and institutions? What are the fundamental barriers in such systems and how may women’s practices be included in multiple narratives rather than being confined to gendered interpretations?

>> How has the “performative turn” affected the curatorial practices of exhibiting women’s photographies and how have their unknown (hi)stories been represented in museums?

>> What would just and inclusive histories of women’s photography look like from a transnational, decolonial perspective?

We welcome abstracts from a range of scholars, researchers, curators, archivists, and cultural producers working in and around the above mentioned areas, in different continents and at different stages of their career. There will be no conference fee. For speakers not affiliated with an institution, efforts may be made to provide subsidies towards reasonable travel expenses. Papers will be considered for publication in an established academic journal.

Submission regulations
The abstract and CV submitted must be in English only. However, as the working languages of the conference are Greek and English, the presentation during the conference can be done in one of these two languages.

Please, submit the following documents:
1. 300-word abstract in a PDF format, no images, one page.
Please make sure your full name and the title of the paper are at the top of the abstract.
Please name the file as follows: ‘Your surname_Initial of you first name_abstract’ (ex: ‘Smith_J_abstract’)
2. A brief CV (maximum two A4 pages) in a PDF format, no images.
Please name the file as follows: ‘Your surname_Initial of the first name_CV’ (ex: ‘Smith_J_CV’)

Both files must be submitted to email info@fastforward.photography with the subject line “Greek Edition – submission”

The deadline for the submission: 26 April 2023, 17:00 (British Summer Time)

Organising Committee / Convenors:
Professor Anna Fox (Fast Forward, University for the Creative Arts)

Maria Kapajeva (Fast Forward, University for the Creative Arts & Estonian Academy of Arts)

Dr Iro Katsaridou (MOMus – Thessaloniki Museum of Photography & Hellenic Open University)

Dr Areti Leopoulou (MOMus – Thessaloniki Museum of Photography)

Professor Alexandra Moschovi (University of Sunderland)

Dr Penelope Petsini (University of West Attica & Panteion University)

Professor Val Williams (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London)

The conference is to be framed by an exhibition exploring the complex articulations of women’s photographies in Greece, which is to be presented at MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography in May 2024.