Opening: Thursday 12 December 2024 | 20:00
The awareness that our earthly world is composed of the same materials as the vast and mysterious expanse of the space surrounding us lies at the heart of the new exhibition under the title “We Are All Made of Stars: Digital media and new technologies in contemporary art practice” at MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts (Warehouse B1, Pier A, Thessaloniki Port) from 12 Decemvber 2024 until 23 February 2025.
The exhibition brings together both established and emerging artists, who are presenting new works and visual art proposals from the past decade, alongside with contributions from Fine and Applied Arts students, who participate with completed projects and works in progress; at the same time, the exhibition is the result of the collaboration of MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts with festivals, cultural organisations, workshops and artistic platforms -Video Art Miden, Ars Electronica, TILT platform- that promote digital art and new media.
The exhibition features a wide array of media, including video projections utilizing AI tools and 3D mapping techniques, animation, AI and VR environments, multimedia installations, digital prints, QR codes, and sound works conquer the exhibition venue of MOMus at the Thessaloniki Port. The primary inspiration for the works by participating artists arises from the latest scientific developments in understanding the composition of matter and the nature of the universe, the technologies associated with space exploration, as well as the prospects of space colonization. Furthermore, the exhibited works delve into profound questions about timeless social, political and environmental issues, which have captivated humanity since its earliest days, while also emphasizing the transformative role of new media in contemporary art.
The exhibition is curated and arranged in MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts in a way that creates a dynamic narrative, unfolding through stand-alone works and thematic sections, all of which leverage the latest digital tools and technologies. This arrangement invites the public to engage directly with some of the most pressing issues of our contemporary culture. Through the use of interactive technologies and the synthesis of immersive alternative experiences, participating artists aspire to communicate the necessity for social critique and awareness, while also underscoring humanity’s primordial urge to explore and discover worlds that lie beyond the confines of our solar system—worlds that could offer the possibility of renewal and reinvention for human civilization, or alternatively, mirror and perpetuate the paradoxes and inequalities of our current earth-bound societies.
Curated by: Domna Gounari, MOMus Curator
Participating artists: Katerina Athanasopoulou, Katerina Velliou & Evgenia Faliaridou, Babis Venetopoulos, Myrto Vounatsou & Stelios Dexis, Martin Carlé & Vasilis Agiomyrgianaki, Kyriaki Goni, Maxime Coton, Nefeli Dimitriadi, Δiμiiτρiii, Christine Drake-Thomas, Yiorgos Drosos, Elena Efeoglou, Apostolos Zerdevas, For Cancel (Takis Zerdevas, Zoi Pirini, Makis Pharos), Gloria Gammer, Bassam Issa, Ayoung Kim, Yiannis Kranidiotis, Nikos Kostopoulos, Almagul Menlibayeva, Rebecca Merlic, Vicky Betsou, Fani Boudouroglou, Nourako, Gioula & Olga Papadopoulou, Ruini Shi, Marios Spiliopoulos, Electra Stamboulou, Kostis Stafylakis, Jullian Young, Valentina Ferrandes, Yujie Xu, Bill Psarras, Poyen Wang, Sven Windzus
Participating students from the Multimedia Lab-ASFA, the Department of Visual & Applied Arts-AUTH and the Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts- UNIWA: Nick Athanasakis, Eleftheria Amolochiti, Marianna Adiohou, Martha Vakouli, Nikos Venetopoulos, Eleni Gounari, Dione Diochnou, Yiannis Kaleridis, Konstantinos Kolatsos, Maria Kompatsiari, Katerina Korre, Marios Koffinas, Aigly Kyriakou, Kiriaki Lykouresi, Dimitris Mantadakis, Pelagia Mantonanaki, Emilia Massoura, Triantafyllia Ntouroupi, Irene Panagiotopoulou, Giannis Peltekis, Panagiotis Porichis, Nicos Pyromalis, Artemis Sartzetakis, Vasiliki Maria Sidiropoulou, John Stamatiou, Vaia Stolikidou, Alexis Tetsis, Simos Tokalakis, George Tsiakos.
