The fourth Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2022, organized and promoted by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University had exceeded our expectations with more than 1.300 submissions.

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

The Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2022, organized for fourth year by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University had a great participation with more than 1.300 movie submissions!

In the context of the research activity of the Interactive Arts Laboratory (InArts) of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University, the Art Boulevard search engine, an academic project that aims to assist with the diffusion of Art and Culture related content, while at the same collecting useful information about the needs and wants of people looking for such content online. 

Deadline: October 10th, 2022

On Tuesday, October 11th, 2022, in room YK1 of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts – Ionian University, from 18:30 to 20:00, as part of the course "THE702 Multimedia Semiotics IΙ", Assoc. Prof. Dalila Honorato invite you to the lecture “Current trends in Gender and Sexuality and their influence on Media and Fashion” by the US guest-speaker Dr. Sharna Striar. This lecture is supported by the Interactive Arts Laboratory, the Program for the design of an Erasmus+ MA Art, Science and Health, and the Gender Equality Committee of the Ionian University.

The META-Xenakis global symposium will be held online on September 30 and October 1, 2022, by various educational institutions across 5 countries all over the world connected via the web.

The aim of the Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2022 is to present the best from the field of animation from all around the world. The festival also aims to preserve and help develop the cultural heritage of animated film, contribute to creation of new films, provide ground for potential international co-productions and encourages dialogue between professionals, filmmakers and the public. Submission Deadline: 02/10/2022

Mentors of undergraduates for the academic year 2022-2023

The Audiovisual Signal Processing Laboratory EP.OA.SI. of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts successfully presented its research projects at the 86th Thessaloniki International Exhibition. The participation of EP.OA.SI. in the Pavilion of the Ionian University comprised the interactive demonstration of applications for mobile devices (tablets), aiming at education and entertainment, based (...)

Angelos Floros, Assistant Professor of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University, participates in the Conference, Symposium "The Art and the Design of XR Reality", action of the ERASMUS XR Multiplier Event organized by the National Kapodistrian University of Athens in collaboration with Onassis Stegi Cultural Center. Angelos Floros participates with the presentation of the (...)

Angelos Floros, assistant professor of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts, presents the lecture 'Art in the Information Age' on Sunday, September 23 at 6pm. at the 18th Athens Digital Arts Festival 'Futuretro'. The lecture is online and presented from the ADAF page. By registering the public, it is possible to actively participate with questions. Active participation requires (...)

Released in July 2022, the new book published in Zagreb, Croatia, by KONTEJNER, with title Arc-hive: Case Studies and Life as an Object, includes the article “Digital Semiotics for Biomedia Art” by Associate Professor of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University Dalila Honorato. The book, with ISBN 978-953-7985-11-0 and editors Ena Hodžić, Olga Majcen Linn, Jurica Mlinarec and Luja Šimunović, is digitally available for free download.

A new international and transdisciplinary Master of Arts programme on the topic of Art, Science and Health will be showcased, tested and evaluated during a one-week Pilot Course held online in English language for a maximum of 40 participants, from Monday, November 7, to Friday, November 11, 2022, every day from 5.00 p.m. CET. Participation is free of admission.

Four participations from the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University this year at the international conference "FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science and Technology": Associate Professor Mrs. Dalila Honorato presenting “Meet HAL: Hub of Arts Laboratories and how to do lab networking”, special teaching staff Mrs. Christina Mitsani (Special Educational Personnel), PhD candidate Mrs. Styliani-Anna Klimatsaki and the postdoctoral researcher Dr Marina Markellou. As a highly international community, the program of FEMeeting 2022 “FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science and Technology” includes 95 presentations by 109 speakers from 27 countries as well as other activities to encourage communication among its participants. Taking place from 12 to 17 September 2022, the third conference has its kick-off in Lisbon, at the Institute of Molecular Medicine, and continues its program in the city of Évora, hosted in the Convento de São Bento de Castris and the Fundação Eugénio de Almeida.

The announcement of the bases of admission to the Higher Educational Institutions for the academic year 2022-2023 had some very positive elements for the Department of Audio & Visual Arts that highlight its distinct and unique physiognomy, while at the same time confirming its upward trajectory that continued this year.

The academic calendar for the year 2022-2023 is published with dates on tuition, exams and holidays.

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

The “Welcome to Planet B” Festival University 2022, a joint initiative between Ars Electronica and Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), invites students from around the world to jointly develop planetary strategies for change and transformation. This second edition of the Festival University takes place in Linz August 18 – September 14, 2022. Deadline: June 30th, 2022.

Corfu 2022 Hybrid Conference - Venue: Ionian Academy in Corfu, Greece - Online: Teleconference and live streaming - Ionian University, October 13-14-15, 2022.

For the purposes of filming "My big fat Greek Wedding 3" we are looking for people who want to be part of this experience, in order to to work with our production teams behing the scenes as paid crew. Shootings will take place in Corfu from 5.7-3.8.2022.  If you are interested please send your CV to the following e-mail: mbfgw3corfuoffice@gmail.com.

The 15th Audiovisual Arts Festival concluded yesterday a 3-week events program, celebrating its return live, after two years, to Corfu town. The annual festival of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University is organized in collaboration with the Lab for Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications of the Department of Music Studies. This year's festival took place from (...)

The 15th Audiovisual Arts Festival organised by the Department of Audio & Visual Arts in collaboration with the ΕΡΗΜΕΕ laboratory of the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University chose the Environment Day, Sunday, June 5th to celebrate at the estate of Mon Repo the end of its rich program. The volunteers of the Festival, of whom we are very proud and to whom we are obliged, undertake the organisation of the closing event, the same people who undertook the opening on May 12th. We are invited to a celebration for relaxation and decompression with respect for the natural environment and its ideals.

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

On June 1-3, a meeting of the ASH-MA consortium for the design of a new Art, Science & Health MA program with participants from Croatia, Serbia and Greece, will take place in Corfu. The program was launched in February 2022 by the Croatian NGO Kontejner, Bureau of Contemporary Art Praxis and three universities: Academy of Fine Arts - University of Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia), Department of Audio and Visual Arts - Ionian University (Corfu, Greece) and Faculty of Media and Communication - Singidunum University (Belgrade, Serbia).

On Sunday, May 29, 2022, within the framework of the 15th Audiovisual Arts Festival, screenings dedicated to the work of Iannis Xenakis will be streamed online. The participating countries are: Japan (participants: Nagoya City University και Tokyo University of the Arts), Greece (participants: Ionian University), France (participants: Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) ) and USA (participants: Xenakis Project of the Americas). Screenings' director: Professor Ioannis Zannos, Director of PEARL Laboratory

This weekend May 28-29th 2022 in Corfu town the program of the 15th Audiovisual Arts Festival has a strong presence of events with works by students of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University.