General Announcements

Developed for the purposes of COST action IS1210 "Appearance Matters: Tackling the Physical and Psychosocial Consequences of Dissatisfaction with Appearance", Many Parts of Something Great is a short animation film which aims to address younger ages with a message positive image. The project was coordinated by Dr. Brenda Murphy (Malta) and Dr. Dalila Honorato (Greece) and was supported by the Interactive Arts Lab (Ionian University) and the Campus FM 103.7 (University of Malta).

The Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University proudly announces that the e-book with the proceedings of the interdisciplinary conference "Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art and Science 2016" has been released. The electronic edition includes more than 40 chapters, in Greek and in English, of authors from 16 different countries.

The Promo Video of the 11th Audiovisual Arts Festival [Athens and Corfu, 20 May-11 June 2017] has been published.

Hamburg Animation Award invites you to enter your work into this year‘s event. The submission deadline is 24 April 2017.

The Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University proudly announces that the e-book with the proceedings of the interdisciplinary conference "Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art and Science 2016" will be released in March 2017. Editors: Dalila Honorato and Andreas Giannakoulopoulos.

The European Youth Card is for young people 13 to 30 years old and offers discounts on certain services and products, both in Greece and in 34 more countries in Europe.

Rector Prof. Vassilis Chrissikopoulos invites first-year students to a welcoming event.

"Kathimerini" presented the implementation of George's Dimakidis thesis at Casa Parlante Museum in Corfu.

Associate Professor and Head οf the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University, Mr. Andreas Floros, was elected as General Secretary of HELINA. The Hellenic Institute of Acoustics (HELINA) was founded in 2002 with the aim of bringing together Greek scientists who are active in the field of acoustics academically, professionally or in a research capacity.

See mentors of undergraduates for the academic year 2016-2017 in the page Mentors.

The website welcome2ionio is online for new students 2016-2017.

The Indicative Curriculum 2016-2017 and the Changes on Indicative Curriculum 2016-2017 have been published on .pdf file.

Electronic submissions for all Applications on housing and nutrition for the academic year 2016-17, by the use of the E-care system.

Articles related to the innovative research by Dr Ioannis Deligiannis of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts were published by the ANA-MPA.

Katerina Karanika, graduate student of the Department of Audio and Vidual Arts, collaborated with the Music School of Larissa and received the first award for the ten-minute video was created under her diligence, with regard to the shooting, the photography, the sound recording and the editing.

Vassilis Kroustalis, PhD student of the Department Audio and Visual Arts, was awarded with the Norman McLaren – Evelyn Lambart award by the international Society for Animation Studies.

Online article about research for interactive TV conducted by Dr Ioannis Deligiannis of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, published by the Athens News Agency Macedonian Press Agency.

The altsantiri.gr re-posted an article by the Athens News Agency/Macedonian News Agency about augmented reality in the museums by researchers of the Ionian University.

The special ceremony for the nomination of Professor Stelarc as Honorary Doctorate of the Dept. of Audio and Visual Arts was successfully completed today 18/5/2016 at Ionian Academy.

The special ceremony for the nomination of Professor Roy Ascott as Honorary Doctorate of the Dept. of Audio and Visual Arts was successfully completed today 18/5/2016 at Ionian Academy.

The Promo Video of the 10th Audiovisual Arts Festival has been published. Contributor: Marianna Strapatsaki: Art Direction, Dalila Honorato: Script, Chara Sakellari: Animation, Apostolos Loufopoulos: Sound Design. 10th Audiovisual Arts Festival Promo Video

The Supplementary exams period 2015-2016 has changed. New supplementary exams period: From 08/09/2016 to 30/09/2016.

"Ethnos" online re-posted an article by the Athens News Agency Macedonian Press Agency for the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC).

The Doctor of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of Ionian University, Konstantinos Drosos, was elected President of the Finnish IEEE Signal Processing and Circuits & Systems Chapter.

The computer games' tournament for blind and partially sighted students, implemented within the LEAP project, has begun.

Spring semester classes starting: Monday, February 8th, 2016. Direct download link: Courses Schedule Spring 2015-2016. For more information concerning the Courses Schedule, please contact av-orologio@ionio.gr.

Discrimination for Katerina Avraam at ASIFA Hellas Animation Contest for her work entitled The Ordeal

The third free computer game for blind children and adults, the Curve, is completed. The Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University works on developing computer games for blind children, as part of the project LEAP (Listen-Learn-Play).

The Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University offers a Doctoral Studies Programme which presents specialization in the main Department’s study fields. These study fields include forms of audiovisual expression, with the use of up to date technology and the technologies regarding the production of sound and image with emphasis on their application on the artistic, communicative and educational field.

Creativity, health and happiness are some of the warmest wishes for this festive season from the President of the Dept AVarts Dept, Associated Professor Andreas Floros, and Administrative staff, mrs. Niki Alevizaki and mrs. Georgia Apostolopoulou. The Secretariat of the Dept AVarts will remain closed from 24 Dec 2015 until 08 Jan 2016. Merry Christmas and a happy new year!