General Announcements

We invite you to the speech of the guest of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, researcher and lecturer Dr. Ieva Gintere (Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Latvia) on the topic "Modern Cultural Capital in Artistic Education: the Immersive Aesthetics of the 21st Century". The lecture deals with contemporary issues of aesthetics, its connections to the past, up to its current social (...)

This workshop is an opportunity to blend the magic of literature with the technological marvels of AI. Participants are invited to delve into Italo Calvino's timeless masterpiece "Invisible Cities" and embark on an exhilarating journey of creativity and exploration, intertwined with the rich historical, cultural, and geographical facets of the captivating island of Corfu. The workshop will take place on October 25 and 26 2023, time 18-21:00, Room ΥΚ2.

We are excited to introduce the newly established Ionian University Volunteer Blood Donor Society and invite you to become a part of our mission to support blood donation and save lives.

Dr. Iakovos Panagopoulos (Assistant Professor at TTHE) has been elected as the Secretary of RC57 Visual Sociology, a research committee of the International Sociological Association (ISA). RC57 Visual Sociology represent a diverse field of study which gathers sociologists involved in visual studies and studies of the visual. As a relatively new discipline and methodology within the sociology, (...)

The Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (HAHE) Evaluation and Accreditation Council has accredited the Undergraduate Study Programme of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University as fully compliant to the Standards for Quality Accreditation of Undergraduate Programmes of the HAHE and to the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) for study (...)

The fifth international conference Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science will take place September 27–29, 2023 in Valletta, Malta. Approximately 170 speakers from more than 30 countries focused (a) on questions about the nature of the forbidden and about the aesthetics of liminality, and (b) on the opening of spaces for creative transformation in the merging of science and art.

Hub of Art Laboratories (otherwise known as HAL), one of the most ambitious and innovative research programmes ever carried out by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University, will receive its first major showcase at the upcoming Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & Science Interdisciplinary Conference, held in Valletta, Malta, between 26 and 29 September 2023.

Embedding IT and Cyber in music training and performance” MUSense project multiplier event (Ionian University, Corfu, Greece, 6-7 October 2023

Ionian University Library & Information Centre publishes the monthly bulletin on the productivity of Ionian University's researchers, based on Scopus and MDPI.

The project "Speedy Delivery Heroes" is participating to the "Animating the New Hero" exhibition, at the Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery at John Jay College, CUNY, NYC.  By: Marianne Strapatsakis - Giorgos Nikopoulos - Sound: Andreas Mniestris

Ionian University Library & Information Centre publishes the monthly bulletin on the productivity of Ionian University's researchers, based on Scopus and MDPI.

Dalila Honorato, Assoc. Prof. at the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University, participated as a guest speaker at the Matter of Flux Festival that took place in Berlin, on June 15-18, 2023.

Dalila Honorato, Assoc. Prof. at the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University, participates as a member of the organizing committee and speaker at the conference FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science and Technology 2023 taking place in Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, on July 24-30, 2023.

Hari Marini, Associate Professor of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts at the Ionian University, participated in Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2023 that was held in Prague, June 2023. Hari Marini gave a talk in the panel of PQ Talks 2023: “Feminist Scenographies”, which explored how feminist scenography is expressed in built environments and in different urban geographies.

The International Multidisciplinary Research Network on the Challenges and Uses of Information and Communication Technologies (EUTIC) has the pleasure to announce the 18th edition of its Annual EUTIC International Conference, which will be held on 11th-13th October 2018 in Bordeaux (France). Organized by MICA- ICIN,Université Bordeaux- Montaigne and supported by Ionian University. Extended deadline for submission proposals: 30 June 2023

Angelos Floros, Assistant Professor and Vassilis Alexandrou, PhD candidate (ELIDEK scholarship holder) of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University participate with the presentation "Happiness Relay" at the International Conference "Conflict as a catalyst" organized by the Latvian Academy of Arts. The conference takes place online on June 15 and 16.   Happiness (...)

A detailed and important article related to the hybrid events of the TTTlabs BioFeral.BeachCamp (BFBC): entitled "Exploring science and intimacy through artificial reproduction in Greece", written by Elsa Ferreira, was recently published by the makery.info (editor: Ewen Chardronnet). The full article follows below. 

The Organizing Committee of the 5th International Conference on Digital Culture & AudioVisual Challenges welcomes you to the DCAC-2023 Conference 12-13/05/2023 (online and hybrid), Ionian Academy, Corfu, Greece. The schedule has been published online and there will be live streaming for the activities of both days at the link: https://avarts.ionio.gr/stream/

AV-school hosts educational activities that take place in the framework of the Audiovisual Arts Festival. AV-School 2023 takes place May 14-16th in the premises of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts and its activities are open to all members of the academic community and general public.

The Department of Audio and Visual Arts, in collaboration with the Electroacoustic Music Research & Applications Laboratory of the Ionian University, organizes the 16th Audiovisual Arts Festival, in Corfu from 11th to 29th May, 2023! The Festival stands out for the presentation of works made by the Student and Academic Community of the Ionian University in the fields of Contemporary Audio & Visual Arts, Hybrid and Performing Arts.

The 16th collective photo show of students of Laboratory of Photography, Department of Audio-Visual Arts, will be open on the 5th of May at 20:00 at the Venetian Prisons of the Old Fortress. The selection and sequence of pictures has been chosen collectively, through the participants’ collaboration.

The Steering Committee of the 16th Audiovisual Arts Festival (#AVfest2023) of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, in collaboration with the ERHMEE Lab - Department of Music Studies, of the Ionian University invites students and anyone who is interested in joining the volunteers’ team. Deadline: April 20th, 2023.

Angelos Floros participates in the 10th S.ARCH international conference that takes place this year in Berlin at The SOCIAL HUB BERLIN from April 4th to 6th. The theme of the conference is "Architecture and the Built Environment". The conference is webcast.   Useful links: Telecast links Conference Program Book of abstracts   Mr. Floros participates with the presentation (...)

The 1st International Festival of Short Documentaries ended on Monday 30 January. The festival was organised by the Creative Documentary Centre of Kalamata and the Kalamata Municipality, hosting guests and participants from 32 countries.

Assistant professor of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts Angeliki Malakasioti has received the Amps-Intellect Mediated Cities Award for her research video 'Video Game Environments and Depression'. The video was initially composed and presented as part of the AMPS (Architecture Media Politics Society) Mediated City Conference organized by the University of the West of England and Intellect (...)

The fifth international conference Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science will take place September 27–29, 2023 in Valletta, Malta. TTT is an interdisciplinary and nomadic event, where both practitioners as well as theorists present and discuss the status of art-science and/or art & technology. TTT, created by Dalila Honorato, Assoc. Professor, Dept Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University, is based on the support of a large informal network of international researchers and practitioners that develop their activities at the edge of art and science intersections. The conference language is English. Proposals must be sent electronically through the EasyChair submissions system until January 31st, 2023.

While the call for proposals to the conference Taboo – Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2023 taking place at the Malta Society of Arts in Valletta is open until the end of January 2023, the main core of the proceedings of TTT2020 Vienna/Online have just been released in an open access publication in digital format (e-Book), with ISBN number 978-960-7260-70-3.

Do you want to understand and design digital Augmented Reality applications? Can you imagine visiting the museum in a different, more interactive way? The University Museum in collaboration with the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University, offers to the general public the "Creative Workshop of Interactive Educational Experiences in the Museum using Augmented Reality".