4th International Conference

Digital Culture & AudioVisual Challenges

Interdisciplinary Creativity in Arts and Technology

Hybrid - Corfu/Online, May 13-14, 2022

SCHEDULE

Friday, May 13th 2022
09:00-10:20	Session 1: Art, Cultural Encounters, Practices of Transformations DIY collections as a means to preserve personal cultural heritage Kostas Karpouzis Glitches in (cyber)space: the early digital art of VNS Matrix Marianthi Eleni Diamantopoulou Narrative and informational typography in cinematic image. From hand-illustrated cards towards motion graphics and how those typographic characters relate to the narrative drama. Apostolos Kordas Transient Pattern – the model of postdigital patterned communication Andrea Gogová METACITIES Transmedia Storytelling and collaborative production of cinema and new media, in the era of web3 and blockchain based collective Intellectual Property Dimitris Delinikolas, Penny Papageorgopoulou, Nick Pattas Spatiality, Threshold, and Social Enaction in Virtual Reality: Klein Room for Dream Sharing Yiou Wang, Yujie Wang
10:20-11:50	Session 2: Digital Culture and Technologies Aesthetic Quantum and Fractal View of the World Alain Lioret Poetry Film: an enquiry into defining a poetic genre Sarah Tremlett A methodological guide to gathering archival data related to website aesthetics Aristeidis Lamprogeorgos, Minas Pergantis, Andreas Giannakoulopoulos Comparative analysis of popular APIs providing access to content related to Art and Cultural Heritage. Minas Pergantis, Aristeidis Lamprogeorgos, Andreas Giannakoulopoulos Archaeology and Artistic Practice: The Case of Experimental Film Complaint and Trial Peirui Yang Dance in digital spaces: An e-learning experiment during the COVID-19 pandemic Styliani Dimitrakopoulou Gerridae - An Interactive Dance Performance using live Mixed Reality content Dimitris Baltas, Spyros Vosinakis
11:50-13:50	Session 3: Art, Illusion and Visual Perception Conduits of the Hydrosphere Chelsea Heikes The Sky is Coming Danielle Damico Female Spectatorship and Artificial Intelligence: The Reversed Gaze in Maria Schrader’s 2021 Film I’m your Man Katerina Papakyriakopoulou An Interdisciplinary Approach on Constructing Virtual Reality Exhibitions: the Case of the Philatelic and Postal Museum of Greece Marina Markellou, Katerina Rizou, Sofia Maria Poulimenou, Nikolaos Mamalos, Andreas Vouliakis, Despoina Sigourtzidou, Fani Tsiamalou, Konstantina Eleni Iliopoulou, Vasileios Komianos, Ioannis Deliyannis Spectator's position- from real to virtual Sousana Romanidou AI TRACE : Engaging Emerging Technologies with Digital Arts and its Audience Marina Markellou, Foteini Salmouka, George Apostolakos, Foivos Tsimpourlas, Andreas Vagias ART OF LIVING \| ODYSSEY & IONIAN EXPERIENCE Geolocated extended reality, cinematic VR, transmedia and gamification for the promotion of tourism, culture and heritage. Dimitris Delinikolas, Penny Papageorgopoulou, Ioannis Deliyannis, Natassa Pandi, Elina Nika, Dimitris Charitos Intolerance to death and the art of digital resurrection Maria Athanasekou Are we living in a computer simulation? Nader Ayach
13:50-15:45	Session 4: Digital Culture and Video games Interactive Storytelling & Narrative Design Frameworks for Serious Games Elpida Panourgia, Eleni Mouri Animation, Comics and Game Development in Africa Samuel Onome Harrison Development of a playful framework for the production of informal cultural narratives: the case of Colour & Travel mobile application Avrokomi Zavitsanou, Spiros Papadopoulos, Theofanis Alexandridis Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Location-based narratives and user participation as means for creating engaging Extended Reality experiences Argyro Papathanasiou, Natali-Teresa Chavez, Paraskevi Bokovou, Christina Chrysanthopoulou, Aikaterini-Dimitra Gerothanasi, Nefeli-Maria Dimitriadi Towards a digital Homo Ludens: a critique of video games as a historigraphical medium and its academic coverage Anastasios Tsakaliadis-Sotirakoglou The spatial embodied perception of non-Euclidean geometries in videogames Magdalini Grigoriadou, Giorgos Loukakis, Themistoklis Lekkas Fostering Greek cultural landscape: From literary texts to the design of digital escape games Elena Mantzari, Spiros Papadopoulos, Vassilis Bourdakis, Apostolia Galani, Monica Gavrielidou, Maria Fountana Gamified mobile AR application for end-user engagement and training Tina Katika, Vasilis Noussis, Angelos Amditis
15:45-17:40	Session 5: Artistic Perception, Vision, Art and Technology From Idea to Film Eleni Mouri, Konstantinos Tiligadis “Animating the Anima”- The issue of the soul in the Japanese Anime & Comparative study of the Issue Treatment by the Western Animation Production Alexander Milkidis, Eleni Mouri Effects of Blind Face Restoration on Face Retrieval in Historical Image Analysis Mert Seker, Anssi Männistö, Alexandros Iosifidis, Jenni Raitoharju Modern Graphic Design to digital recreate ancient artifacts Stelios Skourlis Approaching immmersive and interactive storytelling in mixed reality Evelyne Raggini CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR DESIGNING A PROJECTION MAPPING CONTENT: TIMELESS VIEW PROJECT Ioanna Nazlidou, Athanasios Manavis, Lazaros Firtikiadis, Panagiotis Kyratsis Randomness as a means of expressing the subconscious in art Martha Gogakou, Angelos Floros Between plastic surgery and cybernetics Emna Zouaoui
17:40-19:25	Session 6: Audiovisual Challenges and Creative Applications An Analytical Approach of Radio Art Andreas Mniestris, Spyridon Galanopoulos The Ballad of Sonnetine Scott Ennis Is Immersive Technology the Next Fashion Brand we want to Design in a Post-Covid e-Commerce App? Initial results from a Prototype Analysis Ioanna Lampaki, Athanasios Tsipis The "Augmented Turntable": A Post-Digital Instrument for Experimental Turntablism Georgios Mizithras Modular, dynamic, multicursal and nonlinear narrative structures applied in animated storytelling Charalambos Margaritis The Voice of God Sandro Giorgio
19:25-21:20	Session 7: Digital Culture and Education Echo and Narcissus; and the contest for aural space. Nigel Helyer Writing with light: a semiotic analysis of luminance adjustments in media messages Ilias Karasavvidis Extended Reality in European Academic Institutions Adnan Hadziselimovic Arduino vs Lego Education Open-Source vs Proprietary Model in Music Education “Distant-Ultrasonic Piano” Dimitri Chatzigiannakis, Angelos Floros “A Haunting, Mobile Reality: Kate Pullinger’s Breathe (2018) and the Prospects of Digital Storytelling” Thomas Mantzaris The use of low-cost EEG devices in digital arts education Konstantina Vetsiou, Stavroula Zoi, Manthos Santorineos Using transformative learning methods through aesthetic experience to design an augmented reality mobile application for an art space Sissy Barakari
21:30	Open Mic Chairs: Dalila Honorato, Ionian University, Greece Michail Panagopoulos, Ionian University, Greece Online Q&A session for all participants
Saturday, May 14th 2022
10:00-10:05	Welcome Message from the Conference Chair, Michail Panagopoulos	Ionian Academy
10:05-11:30	Session 1: New Aesthetics - New Dimensions Chair: Michail Panagopoulos Ultrastructural spectra: Comparative approaches to image making in science and art Rob Kesseler Video Design as Artistic Collaboration Stephen St. Francis Decky What is in the Data? Tania Tsiridou, Adam Zaretsky Teaching Transmedia Storytelling with a Studio Approach: A Design Curriculum Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos Mapography: A Mobile Crowdsensing Application for Smart Tourism Ilias Tzanis, Eleni Christopoulou Designing outdoor museum experiences for city dwellers and tourists Chrysoula Gournara, Eleni Christopoulou	Ionian Academy
11:30-11:45	Break	Ionian Academy
11:45-12:00	Welcome Notes - Andreas Floros, Rector of the Ionian University of Greece - Andreas Giannakoulopoulos, Head of Audio & Visual Arts Department, Ionian University	Ionian Academy
12:00-13:00	Keynote Speaker Alexandros Iosifidis Title: Using Machine Learning for Automatic Visual Content Analysis in Photographic Studies Chair: Michail Panagopoulos, Ionian University, Greece	Ionian Academy
13:00-15:30	Break	Ionian Academy
15:30-17:00	Session 2: Audiovisual Challenges and Creative Applications Chair: Vasileios Komianos Kazantzakis, his life and work: An interactive narration through a multimedia database Giorgos Papakonstantinou C.CAGE (Corfu Cultural Adventure GamE): An Immersive Adventure Game to Showcase the History, Tradition, Art, and Local Creativity of Corfu Emmanouel Rovithis, Vasileios Komianos, Konstantinos Vogklis, Minas Pergantis, Nikolaos Moustakas, Katerina Kontopanagou, Athanasios Tsipis, Apostolos Loufopoulos, Tania Tsiridou, Andreas Floros, Andreas Giannakoulopoulos Preliminary Design of A Mixed Reality Live Storytelling Platform: Exploring the Content-Presentation and Interactivity Issues and Challenges Sofia Fanarioti, Athanasios Tsipis, Vasileios Komianos Videogrammetry for cultural applications Marinos Pavlidis, Leonidas Koufalis, Ioannis Deliyannis, Athanasios Koutsouridis BIOBOT: A Speech Recognition Web Application For Communication of Biological Information Despoina Tsavalou, Vasileios Komianos Virtual Musical Instruments Construction using Structural Design and Physical Modeling Sound Synthesis Anastasios Kokkinos, Emmanouel Rovithis, Dionysios Katerelos	Ionian Academy
17:00-18:45	Session 3: Digital Culture and Technologies Chair: Apostolos Loufopoulos Fundamental themes in Maths from the history of Art Nymfodora Voulgari, Michail Panagopoulos Exploring Scientific Data Through Dance: An Alternative Approach to Sonification as Form of Artistic Expression Vasilis Agiomyrgianakis, Iannis Zannos “Another Day, Another…”: Designing Game Mechanics to Communicate Major Depressive Disorder Konstantina Gavriilidou, Polyxeni Kaimara, Andreas Karampas, Vasileios Komianos Cultural modeling and cutting-edge technologies: Enhancing Corfu Old Town visitors’ interactive experience through holographic modeling, 360-degree video and augmented reality Sofia Maria Poulimenou, Polyxeni Kaimara, Katerina Rizou, Stella Lampoura, Andreas Giannakoulopoulos, Ioannis Deliyannis Engaging Learners in a Tabletop Role-Playing Game-Making Approach Sofia Kyrgiafini, Ioannis Dionias, Varvara Garneli, Vasileios Komianos, Ioannis Deliyannis Design and development of inclusive educational games: the significance of the transdisciplinary approach Polyxeni Kaimara, Ioannis Deliyannis, Andreas Oikonomou, George Miliotis Digital Culture and Sustainability in Higher Education: Challenges and a Culture of Renewal Maria Tapaskou, Agnes Papadopoulou, Iakοvos Panagopoulos, Andreas Giannakoulopoulos, Andreas Floros	Ionian Academy
18:45-19:00	Break	Ionian Academy
19:00-20:30	Session 4: Artistic Perception, Vision, Art and Technology Chair: Dionysios Katerelos Familiarizing with Dread: The Monstrous and the Players’ Narrative Engagement in “Elden Ring” Angelos Papavlasopoulos, Agnes Papadopoulou, Andreas Giannakoulopoulos, Andreas Floros Zombies & Inbreeders: Weird romances in contemporary films Yorgos Drosos, Styliani-Anna Klimatsaki, Dalila Honorato Metareferential Greek Cinema: The appearance of the medium in No Budget Story (1997) and Afstiros Katallilo (2008) Eva Vlachou Greek Cinema and Autism - case study Maria Papadopoulou The unexpected surprises of a flaneuse Alkistis Georgiou, Konstantinos Tiligadis YOUandAI Christina Kapetaniou, Thomas Vallianatos, Konstantinos Tiligadis	Ionian Academy