Participation in the online festival Waves of Light of the National Opera, in collaboration with PPC, of the video-performance Just Transition? | Just Transition? by the students of the Postgraduate Studies Program (MSc) "Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age" of the AVARTS under the guidance of Associate Professor of AVARTS, Hari Marini

The Greek National Opera’s online festival Waves of Light, in collaboration with the PPC and curated by Giorgos Koumendakis, features the first series of site-specific performances inspired by the Megalopolis Steam Power Station.

Just Transition?
Postgraduate Studies Program "Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age" of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University.

The site-specific performance Just Transition, shot at the steam power factory in Megalopoli presents a blend of artistic action and social reality, incorporating elements of performance and video art techniques. The factory site is transformed into a multidimensional canvas that tells the story of lignite and industrial heritage, along with the social and environmental consequences of the factory’s operations. Through multimedia elements, photographs, objects, soundscapes, and testimonies, the collective memory of both workers and local inhabitants is brought to the foreground.
The audiovisual components, objects, and physical activities at the site showcase the imprint of the factory’s phases of operation, closure, and transition, along with the gradual desolation of Megalopoli. The artistic intervention focuses on the transition and industrial heritage. The video captures the emotional tension of the performance, highlighting the significance of community and exchanging experiences during a time of change.
This piece was created under the supervision of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts at the Ionian University, as part of the course ‘Performance Interventions’ within the Postgraduate Studies Programme ‘Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Era’.

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The Greek National Opera assigned the organisation of a cross-university / interdisciplinary arts workshop focused on the Megalopolis Steam Power Station to the Department of Performing and Digital Arts at the University of the Peloponnese, involving eight university arts departments from across Greece. As part of the online festival titled Waves of Light, 20 young artists and artistic teams from university departments throughout Greece drew inspiration from the striking sites of the old PPC factory in Megalopolis to create 20 new site-specific digital works for GNO TV, the GNO’s digital platform. These works are grouped into various genres that fall within the broader fields of performing, visual, and digital arts. The music and scripts in these works are inspired by the spaces, history, and people who worked there.

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Watch the video-performance Just Transition? | Δίκαιη μετάβαση by following the link: Online Festival Waves of Light: Megalopolis

JUST TRANSITION? / WAVES OF LIGHT PPC: MEGALOPOLIS