Greece is the Country of Honor at the International Art Exhibition in Hainan, China 2021. Its Exhibition “Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis – in the Belt of Change” is designed as an immersive experience for the public to imagine histories and futures, as well as to highlight the concepts of interaction, dialogue and fluidity.

 

Hainan, literally means ‘south of the sea’ and is the largest Island of China. In June 2020, a large-scale plan was announced by the Chinese government to transform the entire province with the aim of turning it into the largest special economic zone in China. Ocean Flower Island, built on Hainan, is the world’s largest flower-shaped man-made cultural tourism island, 1.5 times bigger than Palm Island in Dubai. An ingenious architectural complex of 8 grandiose museum buildings adorns the New Landmark for World Cultural Tourism. The International Art Exhibition “Tides of the Century” that inaugurates the museum complex on the island aspires to see that art as a common language of humanity to respond to the issues and challenges of this century. Chinese and International Artists from 24 Countries are participating in this great event.

 

This year Greece and China are celebrating “Greece-China Year for Culture and Tourism “for the first time, During this same year Greece Celebrates the 200 year anniversary of the National Revolution that led to the establishment of Modern Greece one of the earliest Modern European Nations. 

The Exhibition “Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis – in the Belt of Change” is part of the Greece-China Year of Culture and Tourist 2021 and is presented under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign affairs – Secretariat General for Public Diplomacy and Greeks Abroad, The Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, The Hellenic Ministry of Tourism, the Greek National Tourism Organization and the Municipality of Athens.

The Exhibition brings together an eclectic selection of works (sculptures, installations, videos, multimedia works, and digital art) by pioneer Greek artists or artists of Greek origin.

At the Entrance Hall of the exhibition, leading to the three main areas, visitors can get a taste of Greek culture and touristic development, as well as showcasing the International Festival of Digital Arts in Greece, ATHENS DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL represented by the work of 21 Greek artists exploring the digital world and its extensions.

 

 

Artists representing ATHENS DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL

 

Alex Karantanas | Singularity (2016/17) | 07:13 min

Alexandra Mavrofridi | LETHAL HAND (2019) | 02:41 min

Anestis Anestis | A Natural History of Exotic Extinctions (2018) | 07:26 min

Antonis Rozakis | Escape shadows (from Athens) (2015) | 02:43 min

ARos & Christina |Interference | 0.7 (2016) | 04:11 min

Eleana Dimopoulou | SISYPHUS (2016) | 01:20 min

Eleni Chamou | Filter bubble (2016) | 02:10 min

Eremus | Glitching Queerness/Queering Glitch (2018) | 09:24 min

Evi Stamou | Memory Lane (2016) | 03:20 min

Gelly Pentefounti | Much Ado About Nothing (2016) | 03:30 min

Iris Bournazou | Ichnos (2019) | 00:10 min

Kakia Konstantinaki | Us (2017) | 04:37 min

Makis Kyriakopoulos | What is a Man Without a Shadow (2020) | 03:20 min

Manolis Anastasakos | BIOMIMICRY “Into The Light”-Bioluminescence -green (532 & 520 nm) (2017) | 05:00 min

Maria Papapostolou | ECTASIS-ECTOPLASIS II (2016) | 03:21 min

Myrto Amorgianou | Datamoshed Elevator (2018) | 01:37 min

Orestis Charos | The wave behind us (2017) | 03:05 min

Pamela Stefanopoulou | The Voices of Silence (2015) | 01:52 min

Yannis Kranidiotis & Situ Xiaochun | “inout” (2021) | 03:24 min

Theodora Prassa | Lavyrinthos (2017) | 02:45 min

Thomas Valianatos | Fractus machine_Cosmos (2016) | 03:34 min

 

Video program duration: 76 min 43 sec | 1 hour 16 mins 43 sec

 

Curated by:

Ilias Chatzichristodoulou (ADAF Founder and Director)

Katerina Koskina (supported by POLITES non-profit civil law corporation)

Eirini Olympiou (ADAF Video Art Curator)

 

About ADAF:

Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), the pioneer longest living institution in Greece dedicated to audiovisual culture and digital arts (est.2005), is Greece’s official representative in the international scene of digital arts and culture. Athens Digital Arts Festival celebrates digital culture by bringing together every year a n international artistic community with thousands of visitors through an innovative and versatile public programme. Athens Digital Arts Festival takes great pride in being an inclusive and multi-layered institution that emphasizes the relation between Art, Science, and Technology and features artistic forms of expression such as web art, interactive installations, animation, digital image, VR/AR/MR, and digital applications as well as exhibitions, screenings, and live performances. ADAF from its early years aimed to embrace all communities –Greek as well as international –linked to digital culture and through its course has succeeded to maintain and empower this connection mainly by being rooted in its community and fostering network collaboration while providing an open platform for artistic expression. ADAF aims to inspire artists to experiment, create and express themselves by using all technological and audiovisual means, as well as to inform, educate and familiarize the audience with digital arts. ADAF has developed, through its 17 years course, a leading-edge and prominent educational program that includes Academic presentations, International Tributes, Workshops and Masterclasses that reflect on the artistic and visual language of digital mediums and its aesthetics. Being part of a large international network of festivals, it’s how cases work representing the international contemporary artistic and technological production. Athens Digital Arts Festival has received numerous awards for its achievements in many fields and was recently awarded by EFEE (Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe), an internationally acclaimed organization that measures and sets the quality standards for recognition and establishment for European Arts Festivals.

 

Hainan Ocean Flower Island

Guest Country Greece

Pavilion 6

End of the exhibition: 8.12.2021

 

Organizers

Chinese International Exhibition Agency (CIEA)

Ocean Flower Island Museum

Curator

Katerina Koskina

Producer

Kostas Konstantinidis

PostScriptum

Architectural Design & Lighting

Maria Maneta

Academic Research & Exhibition Content

POLITES

Digital Arts Expert

Ilias Chatzichristodoulou

Curatorial Assistance

Seta Astreou Karides

Communication

PostScriptum / POLITES

Translation

Lydia Xu

Coordinator .GR

Katia Demertzi

Coordinator .CN

Eric Cai – Alicia Cai

Art Handling & Logistics .GR

MoveArt

Art Handling & Logistics .CN

Shanghai Heighten International Transportation Co. Ltd 

Insurance

Karavias, Coverholder at Lloyds

Special Guest

ATHENS DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL

 

ADAF is a proud collaborator of the 14 th Audiovisual Arts Festival by Ionion University and we are  inviting you at its opening that will take place this Thursday 13th May via internet at 20:00

Link to the opening and activities: https://avarts.ionio.gr/stream

Festival Link:  https://avarts.ionio.gr/festival/

Festival activities will take place over the world wide web from the 13th to the 31st of May 2021

 

 

18 DAYS

Artist activities

Music Events

Educational Workshops 

Scientific announcements

 

345 PARTICIPANTS

220 undergraduates

50 Post Graduates

20 PhD and alumni

40 participants from the Center of Continuous learning | OPERN ART

15 Professors

 

16 ART ACTIONS

8 CONCERTS

5 WORKSHOPS

50 SCIENTIFIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

6 COLLABORATIONS WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

European Art-Science-Technology Network (EASTN-DC)

Institute for Digital Arts, University of Western Macedonia

Helmca (Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers Association) Continuous Learning| OPEN ART

Corfu Photography Association 

Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF)

 

 

 

OPENING PROGRAMME

Salutations

 

Andreas Floros Reactor Ionian University

Rodi Kartsa Regional Governor of Ionian Islands

Meropi Idraiou  Mayor of Corfu

Dimos Dimitriadis Dean of Faculty of Music & Audio Visual Arts Ionian University

Andreas Giannakoulopoulos President of Faculty of Audio and Visual Arts Ionian University

Andreas Mniestris principal of ERIMEE ( Lab for Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications )

Nikolaos Kannelopoulos  Dean of Faculty of Audio and Visual Arts Ionian University

Marianna Strapatsaki Dean of Faculty of Audio and Visual Arts Ionian University

 

SHORT PRESENTATIONS

 

Konstantinos Tiligadis – assoc. Dean Faculty of Audio and Visual Arts Ionian University

Angelos Floros- Festival Art Director

Apostolos Loufopoulos- Head of Festival Musical Activities committee

Natalila Onorato head of Educational Activities AV school

Michalis Panagopoulos – Head of Convention Steering Commitee DCAC 

Giannis Zannos Scientific Directors EASTN-DC

Alexandra Kalaitzoglou  FOTO LE.KE ( Corfu Photography Association)

Vasilis Mpoyzas – Director URC TIMENOS University of Western Macedonia

Ilias Chatzichristodoulou – founder and director of Athens Digital Arts Festival

Mary Zigoyri – Artist

 

A few words

The 14th Audiovisual Arts Festival of the Ionian University is organised by the dep. Audio and Visual Arts (ΤΤΗΕ)  and the Lab for Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications (ΕΡΗΜΕΕ)  part of  the faculty for Music Studies of the Ionian University.

The festival Program will unravel between the 13th and the 31st of May and is covering a broad spectrum of artistic educational and scientific activities.

Looking toward openness the 14th festival of audiovisual arts has collaborated with the Institute for audiovisual Arts from the Academic Educational Center  “TIMENOS” by the University of Western Macedonia , the educational center for continuous learning (KEDIVIM) by Ionian University, Athens Digital Arts Festival, the Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers Association (ESSIM) and local cultural institutions such as the Region of Ionian Islands, Corfu photography association ( PHOTO LE.KE) and the Committee for Social Compassion of the Regional Office of Scouts in Corfu,  as well as distinguished figures from the performance art world such as Mary Zigouri, Filippos Tsitsopoulos, and Michalis Mitrou

Targeting the artistic creation of the students, the audiovisual arts festival has organised online the 7th series of seminars and workshops Avschool( https://avarts.ionio.gr/school/ )  between the 24-27of May and the 3rd international symposium Digital Cultures and AudioVisual Challenges (DCAC) ( https://avarts.ionio.gr/dcac/ ) between the 28th and 29th of May 2021.

The long term activities of the festival are receiving international participations having this year  invited artist from the BioArt genre Adam Zaretsky  and Marta de Menezes collaborators of Drama Pitching Lab of Drama International short film festival  and Interactive arts lab  (InArts) from the Ionian University as well as  the Cultivamos Cultura Institute of Portugal

Notable collaboration is this with the European Art – Science Technology Network for Digital Creativity (EASTN-DC)  which is allowing artists and educational activities to be a part of the 14th festival, presenting a special circle of announcements in the conference Digital Cultures and AudioVisual Challenges.  Distinctive participants are Georgios N Yannakakis and Daniel Ballin

 

 

 

 

 

Festival site:  https://avarts.ionio.gr/festival/ 

 

On the occasion of the celebrations of the 200 years since the Greek Revolution and in the framework of the exhibition “Beholding Liberty! At the Hellenic Parliament, two centuries later”, an implementation of a special projection made by 3D mapping technique on the western façade of the Hellenic Parliament Building, is being made, aiming on promoting the historic fringe, adornment  of the gallery room “Eleftherios Venizelos” on which one can see scenes and figures of the National Liberation Struggle in 1821.

This 3D mapping projection is produced by the International Festival for Digital Arts in Greece, Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) in collaboration with the curatorial team of the exhibition, the head of the Parliamentary Library Maria Kamilaki and the manager of the art collection in the Greek Parliament, Thodoris Koytsogiannis

Utilizing cutting edge technology, such as 3D virtual tours and projection mapping, and combining them with contemporary tools for digitalization we created a monumental spectacle which describes the historic fringe and its position in the building of the Greek Parliament. This 10 min audiovisual projection, accompanied by unique sound, complements the spatial elements of the building, facilitated by special lightning which for the first time exploits the insides of the building in 360 perception.

This exhibition focusing on the notion of Liberty, focuses on the “Fringe” as its main element, which is the first institutional depiction of the National Liberation Struggle. The artpiece is 59 meters long and depicts 20 historic representations of the greek revolution. It was created between the years 1842-43, commissioned by the Bavarian king Ludwig 1st, and created by the also Bavarian artist Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler.

The narration of the projection begins with the Greek Flag, the virtual entrance to the gallery room “Eleftherios Venizelos” and follows the whole history as narrated on the fringe, while showing additionally the 14 portraits of heroes, politicians and military men that adorn the Room of Adjutants, bringing them to life as a commentary,  and concluding with the “Hymn to Liberty”

ADAF was awarded last year with the Gold and Platinum Awards in Lighting AWARDS 2020 and for its 3D mapping projections with title “organiser of the year”in Event Awars 2020. This year, with honor, has taken upon itself to present the historic fringe of  El.Venizelos room of the Greek Parliament through a projection of monumental size.

 

 

 

 

Ilias Chatzichristodoulou – Founder and Director Athens Digital Arts Festival

Lydia Lampropoulou – Art Director

Konstantinos Garinis aka VJ CODEC – 3D Animation & Mapping Projection

Dimitrios Schinarakis – Image Processing & Illustration

Konstantina Tsiga– 2D Animation

Anastasia Manou – Montage

Fanis Sakellariou– Sound Design

Iannis Pantazidis – Project Management

Aris Galinos – Video Documentation

Stergios Papaevangelou – Video Documentation

Chris Douris– Live Streaming

Konstantinos Samaras– Photography

Manolis Karamanolis – Photography

Projection installation & Mapping: Videotooth

Management – A/V Equipment: OVAL Advertising

#ADAFGreece #ADAF2021 | www.adaf.gr

The International Festival for Digital Arts in Greece, Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF),the pioneer longest living institution dedicated to digital culture in the country (est.2005), is honoured to present ADAPT, a documentation about the first ADAF ONLINE festival. The first Digital Art Online Streaming Festival of Greece that took place in 2020-2021 at the world wide web, launching the Online Cultural Reality.

ADAPT is a film that depicts the structures and challenges of creating an online event, explaining at the same time how something exclusively digital remains as alive and breathing as a physical event. Addressing and engaging such a huge and diverse audience from all over the globe, especially under the unfortunate circumstances of covid-19 era, ADAF ONLINE was one of the first festivals in Europe to happen online and the first in Greece. Athens Digital Arts festival as a pioneer in exploring digital culture, always pushes forward towards tech expansions, had long planned its online embodiment which is finally here to stay 

This stand alone online experience through a plethora of categories that spread from video to interactive web art, VR experiences, 3D virtual tours and streaming live events, succeeded a wide dissemination towards the audience, presenting a large number of artworks from every corner of the world. The viewers, without any geographical barrier, decided to browse within the pages of the festival, subscribe to the platform and watch live streaming events, premieres, talks and workshops. Highlight of the audience-platform interaction was the voting procedure, which led to the nomination of ADAF AWARDS in a wonderful phygital (physical and digital) ceremony.

ADAPT is narrating the story of ADAF ONLINE through the eyes of the director Anastasia Manou.

Watch the trailer here

Watch the documentary here:

 

OPEN ART 2020-21

 Distance Learning Program for Art and Technology

Second Admission-Free Study Circle

 

OPEN ART is an Education Training program for Lifelong Learning taking place by Ionian University of Greece with the sponsorship of the International Festival for Digital Arts in Greece, Athens Digital Arts Festival for the second time. This program is aiming in highlighting the role of education in the reconstitution of contemporary democratic culture by offering artistic practice as research, without any admission fee. This year circle is focusing on Transmedia Art  as manifested under the disciplines of :  Art, Technology, Science and Society.

This is the second edition of a very successful endeavour in collaboration with the Lifelong Learning Program (KEDIVIM) of Ionian University. Last year, OPEN ART offered a study circle on Interactive Media & Performance in Public Space with Marianthi Tzislaki- Kotsanoy (mkaza) as invited lecturer. Creations from this seminar were presented in “Lets Get Phygital” exhibition of Athens Digital Arts Festival in October 2020 and more will be presented in upcoming events from the Audiovisual Department of Ionian University as well as Athens Digital Arts Festival.

 

This year we have invited Anna Vasof an architect, artist and scholar from the School for Applied Arts in Vienna, specialist on Transmedia Art. Her very important work has won numerous distinctions in exhibitions and film festivals, while she is currently working on designing innovative mechanisms for the production of critical and narrative video, actions and installations.

The class is designed for a limited amount of students while the program duration is 5 weeks and afternoon hours. The program will start in the beginning of April and end in mid May and selected artworks will have the opportunity to be presented in a conjoined event by Ionian University and Athens Digital Arts Festival.

The participants will be selected by the OPEN ART committee. All applicants are called to submit their CV, portfolio and motivation letter. The participants who conclude the circle and successfully present their work will receive certification from KEDIVIM of Ionian University.

This seminar refers to 

Anyone who wants to transform everyday life to artistic work through experimentation, humour observation and critical thinking. 

Eligibility

Applicants should be fluent in Greek as the seminar will take place in Greek and have good knowledge in English. Knowledge on video and image editing will be considered an asset.

This program is funded by Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF)

Deadline for Applications is 22nd of March 2021

For applications click here.

Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), seals its collaboration with Fotonica Festival by participating in this years “Twitch & VR Edition” with the AV performance “Anapnea, Resumption of breathing after a period of halted respiration” by Giorgos Grigorakos.

When: Saturday, December 19 2020 | 23:00 > 23:45
Where : VJ Television
Duration: 40 min.

Promo Video :

For further information about the Fotonica Festival HERE

More information about Giorgos Grigorakos performance HERE

 

Stay tuned for more surprises!

 

MONTH OF DIGITAL ARTS & TECHNOLOGIES AT THE FRENCH INSTITUTE OF GREECE
TRIBUTE TO FRENCH DIGITAL ART

21, 22 & 28, 29/11/2020

 

Online Broadcast

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The French Institute of Greece and the Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) present, in the context of Digital November, a rich online art program with screenings of works by French artists, a tribute to the Videoformes International Digital Arts Festival and a unique performance by the famous French art group “1024 architecture”.

The two organizations, in their first date with the public, on September 7, presented an original selection of French works which were selected from the digital archive of the festival and thus gave the mark of their synergy in the context of Digital November.

“The International Digital Arts Festival, ADAF as a beacon of digital culture, built the ADAF ONLINE platform not only to cope with the COVID era, but also as an event in complete agreement with its own DNA. The use of technology has always been our passion as well as everything digital, so it is a great honor to be part of the Digital November that comes in full agreement with what we stand for as an institution. Our relationship with the French art scene is well known, for so many years we have presented numerous works by French artists and major French festivals so we could not resist and not make an amazing program for Digital November, especially now that people are at home and need entertainment more than ever. Our theme’s Technotribalism this year was more relevant than ever in the case of covid although it was introduced earlier in the treaty, testifying that our concerns pre-existed and were simply exacerbated by the outbreak of the pandemic. We believe that all our works and actions this year “speak” to the viewers more than ever “.

Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF)

 

Tune in, the last two weekends of November, on the ADAF online platform.

The public can freely watch the event at https://online.adaf.gr/home/now-playing/ the following days and hours.

 

Saturday 21/11/2020
20: 00-21: 00 | “As time passes by”

Time, the great value of the world. In real and imaginary space-times, we observe its passage, its effects and its gifts.

View collection of works by French artists (50:22)

 

Sunday 22/11/2020
20: 00-21: 00 | “Before or after the storm”

Zero point, what every crescendo wears. It marks the beginning and the end of every great event. Before or after a storm, a journey into milestones in situations that preceded or followed.

View collection of works by French artists (62:44)

 

21: 00-22: 00 | Tribute to the Videoformes International Digital Arts Festival

VIDEOFORMES is one of the oldest and most historic festivals for video art and digital arts in France. development of one of the most important Digital Video archive recorded around the mid 80’s. VIDEOFORMES honors its long-term collaboration with the International Festival of Digital Arts this November with video art collections that address contemporary social issues, concerns about its progress The works have been curated by Gabriel Soucheyre, director of the VIDEOFORMES festival, academic and artist.

 

Saturday 28/11/2020
20: 00-21: 00 | “Everything before it happened”

What came first and finally what followed, man or technology? Before everything is done, everything before it is done. A mirror …

View of a collection of works by French artists (44:20)

 

Sunday 29/11/2020
20: 00-21: 00 | “Techopeople”

Technology, a milestone, a mathematical exaggeration. A real condition. A unique tool. An extension of the human world. We are the techno-humans, the ones who, through art, made technology and then applied it to our reality. We live organically with it, we coexist, we complement each other, we are one.

View of a collection of works by French artists (78:24)

 

21: 00-21: 15 | Presentation of the Performance “sphere” by “1024 architecture”

Shpere’s work focuses on the geometric shapes of the sphere, through its different sizes in nature. From quantum energy to microbiology and back to the planetary scale, viewers watch the storytelling of form and its associated symbolism. A journey from the earliest moments of the universe to its final destruction. The music and visual effect are created live on stage and thus make each version of the show a unique experience.

1024 architecture is a creative studio founded in 2007 by Pier Schneider and François Wunschel. Rejecting the notion of boundary between artistic genres, the team focuses its work on spatial practices, digital technology and visual effects, creating unique works of art, installations and performance.

 

So excited and proud that ADAF has received these amazing awards!

 

*/ 15 Years Anniversary Athens Digital Arts Festival | GOLD-PLATINUM

*/ Athens Christmas Light Festival | GOLD

*/ Athens Digital Arts Festival | EXTENDING REALITY CoExistence Art Science Technology | GOLD

 

Stay tuned for more surprises!

 

Try out now the 3D virtual tour, created exclusively for Let’s Get Phygital!

 

 

For further information, videos and photos press HERE!

 

#ADAF2020 #LetsGetPhygital

#ADAFgreece

So proud that  Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), the Municipality of Athens, Technolopis, OPANDA and the Athens International Airport ” Eleftherios Venizelos” are awarded in the Lighting Awards 2020 for :

*/ Athens Christmas Light Festival | BRONZE

*/ 3D Projection Mapping Show “Η νύχτα των ευχών” | GOLD/PLATINUM

*/ Interactive Light Installation, Athens International Airport Underground Link | SILVER

25 original interactive Christmas installations were created by Athens Digital Arts Festival exclusively for the City of Athens (world premiere) ! A festive Athens Christmas Light Festival featuring original interactive art installations, Christmas trees and stars, a colorful pixel forest, magic mistletoe, mapping projections and more!

Thank you all for helping us make our digital dreams come true!

Stay tuned for more surprises!

 

#ADAF2020 #ADAFAwards #OPANDA #CityOfAthens #AIA #ChristmasLightFestival