Assoc. Prof. Dalila Honorato, Director of the InArts Lab at the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University, participates as a member of the organizing committee at the conference FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science and Technology 2024 taking place in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on June 23-29, 2024.

On 13 and 20 December, 2023 (time 17:00-19:00 pm.), a double-lecture entitled "Semiology of Internet Art" will be given by guest-speaker Dr. Tania Tsiridou (Specialized Teaching Staff of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University), as part of the course "Semiotic Analysis of New Media" (ΜΑ "Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age"). The lectures will take place through the postgraduate online platform, coordinated by Associate Professor Ms. Dalila Honorato.

On Monday December 11, 2023, 13:30-15:30 ps, at room TP3, Mrs. Stella Klimatsaki will be presenting “Genetic Engineering in Science Fiction Film” as a guest-lecturer of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts within the framework of the course THE302 Philosophy & Media Aesthetics. Visitor program coordination: Assoc. Prof. Dalila Honorato and Spec. Fac. Marily Argyrokastriti.

The fifth Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2023, organized and promoted by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University had exceeded our expectations with more than 1.440 submissions.

Mentors of undergraduates for the academic year 2023-2024: Mentors.

Hari Marini, Associate Professor of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts at the Ionian University, was keynote speaker to the international conference Tartalo. The VII International Conference on Myth in the Arts organized by the Faculty of Arts, University of the Basque Country, November 2023. Her paper was entitled: "Moving Through Mythical Space: Unknown Terrains and Site-based Performance Practices".

Project Mystery 91_Magnetic Dance, explores the relationship between technology and culture through a series of performances in collaboration with artists from Greece, Japan, and France. The technology for the project was developed within the framework of the HAL research project of the Department of audiovisual Arts at the Ionian University and is presented here for the first time in autonomous, large-scale works.

On Monday October 30th, 2023, 13:30-15:30 pm at room TP3, Dr. François-Joseph Lapointe, Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, will be presenting “Performing with microbes” as a guest-lecturer of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts within the framework of the course THE302 Philosophy & Media Aesthetics. Visitor program coordination: Assoc. Prof. Dalila Honorato and Spec. Fac. Marily Argyrokastriti.

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 National Section of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts CIOFF®, official partner of UNESCO, the IONIAN UNIVERSITY and the Educational & Cultural Association of Sinies – Corfu,  organize the International CIOFF® Festival of Mediterranean Cultures, in Corfu, 6-10 September 2023.

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 aim of the Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2023 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: 08/09/2023

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. 

AKOYSMATA 2023 include electroacoustic music concerts at the Ionian Academy on Saturday 27 and Monday 29 May and live electronic music concerts at POLYTECHNO on Sunday 28 and Tuesday 30 May.