The work reSonaissance by PhD candidate Thanasis Epitidios was selected to represent Greece at the Audio Art Festival in Krakow, as part of the annual international meeting of ICEM (the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music), of which the Hellenic Association of Electroacoustic Music Composers (HSzHM / HELMCA) is a member.
The festival features the presence of composers from around the world, presenting selected works that represent each country’s composers’ association. These works are performed live through a multi-channel sound-diffusion system and speaker orchestra.
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Thanasis Epitidios is conducting doctoral research at the Department of Audio and Visual Arts on nature, sonic mimesis, and algorithmic composition, under the supervision of Professor Apostolos Loufopoulos. He teaches in the postgraduate program “Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age” as well as in undergraduate laboratory courses as a teaching assistant, while also participating in the department’s research projects (hal, indiana), educational activities, and technical/artistic installations within presentations and events of the Ionian University (Audiovisual Arts Festival). At the same time, he is a composer and sound designer for film (cinema/documentary) and interactive audiovisual content (gaming). He holds a degree from the Department of Sound Technology and Musical Instruments of the Ionian Islands Technological Institute and a Master’s degree from the Interdepartmental Program “Arts and Technologies of Sound” of the Ionian University. He has taken part in organizing national symposia (Days of Electroacoustic Music). Since 2009, he has been an active member of the Hellenic Association of Electroacoustic Music Composers (HSzHM). https://avarts.ionio.gr/en/department/people/891-epitideios/
reSonaissance is an algorithmic sound work, composed and performed in real time using the ChucK programming language. Its title is inspired by three concepts: renaissance, resonance, and reconnaissance. While algorithmic processes guide the composition, stochasticity ensures that each listening experience is unique, regenerating new shades and patterns of resonance. The work invites the listener to recognize its continuously evolving sonic details and to enjoy a new auditory experience with each performance. In this way, reSonaissance becomes a dynamic and living work, developing and reshaping itself, always offering something new and unpredictable.
