Well-known personalities of contemporary art and science will be this year’s keynote speakers for the international interdisciplinary conference of the Ionian University taking place in Corfu: Gunalan Nadarajan, Irina Aristarkhova, Luis Graca, Marta de Menezes, Roy Ascott, María Antonia González Valerio, Andrew Carnie, Polona Tratnik, Adam Zaretsky and Kathy High. Conference TABOO - TRANSGRESSION - TRANSCENDENCE in Art and Science (TTT2017). Official Website: http://avarts.ionio.gr/ttt

On Thursday 25th of May 2017 (1 p.m. - 2.15 p.m., Room 3), ​Bill Psarras will deliver an initial lecture on his postdoctoral art research entitled "The interdisciplinary and intermedia impact of walking performance in the field of GeoHumanities", which will be realized in the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of Ionian University with scholarship from IKY State Foundation (2017-2019).

The Department of Audio and Visual Arts and the Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications Laboratory (ΕΡΗΜΕΕ) of the Department of Music Studies invite you to RETROSPECTIVE-IN-MEGARON event, which will take place within the framework of the 11th AUDIOVISUAL ARTS FESTIVAL AT ATHENS CONCERT HALL (MEGARON), on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st May 2017. THE RETROSPECTIVE-IN-MEGARON event is a joint production with the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron Bridges cycle) and in collaboration with the International Animation Festival, Animasyros.

The Audio & Visual Arts Department will present its course retrospectively in a digital art show which will be held at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron) 20 to May 21, 2017. Sunday 21st of May 2017, 16:00-18:00 at the Conference Room 2, the 2D animation workshop entitled "Stop motion – animation" is taking place by the Assistant Professor of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts Konstantinos Tiligadis and by Ioanna Giakoumatou.

The Audio & Visual Arts Department will present its course retrospectively in a digital art show which will be held at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron) 20 to May 21, 2017. The show will include selected works of graduate, postgraduate students, Phd students and professors, and works by internationally renowned artists. Saturday, May 20th 2017, 11.00 - 14.00, Conference Room 1, two workshops are taking place by G. Deligiannis, Assistant Professor. Sunday, May 21st 2017, Prof. N. Kanellopoulos will present “From Antikythera Computer to Quantum Computer: Augmented Reality and Art” (11.00-13.00, New exhibition hall-lower level) and D. Lejerskar “The evolution of the Augmented Reality Market & the Human – Computer Interaction Problem” (13.00-14.00,New exhibition hall-lower level).

The Audiovisual Arts Festival, that is taking place every May as an initiative of the Department of Audio-Visual Arts and the Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications Laboratory[EPHMEE] of Ionian University, brings this year a large part of its activities in Athens, at the hospitable at the Athens Megaron. In this Festival the EPHMEE undertakes the presentation of electroacoustic music projects by means of a custom multichannel audio diffusion system, designed specifically for this series of concerts at Megaron's Banquet Room. The program of this presentation evolves in five thematically organised concerts that will be realised - three - on Saturday 20 and - two - on May 21. More information at the webpage AKOUSMATA:http://users.ionio.gr/~amlists/akousmata17/en/open_e.html

In the context of the masterclasses and lectures programme, Art and Digital Culture (RETROSPECTIVE-IN-MEGARON series of events), an intriguing lecture will be delivered by the renowned animator, graphic designer and illustrator, Theodore Ushev, under the title “The Empty Frame: the Diary of Erased Memories” on May 21, 2017 (6:30-8:30 pm) at Athens Concert Hall (Megaron).

Photo Lab of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts invites you to the opening of the 12th Student Photo Exhibition on Friday the 12th of May, 8 p.m. at prisons of Old Fortress.

In the masterclass and lectures programme, Art and Digital Culture, which will take place within the framework of RETROSPECTIVE-IN-MEGARON series of events, the internationally recognized British director, scenographer, screenwriter and producer, Barry J.C. Purves, invited in collaboration with BE THERE! Corfu Animation Festival, will give an interesting lecture on “Stop Motion and why it Works”.

On Wednesday, May 3rd 2017 at 11 a.m. (Room 3), Dr Partick Quinn, Senior Lecturer in Glasgow Caledonian University, will deliver a speech entitled “Interacting with Sound - Experiences from Glasgow”.

The Audio-Visual Arts Department will present its course retrospectively in a digital art show which will be held at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron) 20 to May 21, 2017. The show will include selected works of graduate, postgraduate students, Phd students and professors, and works by internationally renowned artists.

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).

Supported by the Interactive Arts Laboratory (InArts), within the framework of the second international interdisciplinary conference "Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science", organized by the Ionian University from May 26-28, 2017, the book Institutional Critique to Hospitality: Bio Art Practice Now. A critical anthology (2017) by Grigori Publications, edited by Assimina Kaniari will be presented to the public.

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 Graduation Ceremony will take place Tuesday, 23rd of May, 2017 and Wednesday, 24th of May, 2017, in the Ionian Academy.

As part of the conference, the conference’s organizing committee would like to call on all students who so wish to take part in the conference’s team of volunteers and support the organization, thanks to their own special knowledge and skills.

As part of the Summer School, the Department of Audio and Visual Arts would like to call on all students who so wish to take part in the Summer School’s team of volunteers and support the organization, thanks to their own special knowledge and skills.

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

As part of the events for the celebration of March 25th, the Rector of the Ionian University, Prof. Vasileios Chrysikopoulos, invites you to the speech of Stavros Vlizos on "Greek Revolution and Antiquities".

The Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University organizes for the second year in a row the interdisciplinary conference "Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science", including theoretical and artwork presentations. In 26-28 May 2017 the conference will take place once more in the island of Corfu, Greece. Deadline for proposals: March 10, 2017.

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.

LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art), supported by Stavros Niarchos Foundation, offers a major scholarship to a Greek student at Lamda.

13th Athens Digital Arts Festival | 18 - 21 May, 2017. Αrtists are invited to ‘transcend’ digital culture and exchange opinions under the theme #PostFuture.

Megaro Mousikis of Athens organizes a competition for original composition in short film animation. Contestants are invited to compose original music for the award-winning animation film by Greek artist Irene Vianelli.

The 11th Audiovisual Arts Festival 2017 expands in time and space. Artistic, scientific and educational activities will take place from May 20 to June 11, 2017.

Open call for live multimedia art performances that expand the field of animation, focusing on flow and movement in public space and environment. Full proposal needs to be submitted by 31st of January.

Lecture of Ambassador of the Republic of Korea H.E. Youngjip Ahn: The speech, which is organized under the auspices of the Ionian University, will take place on Thursday, December 15th, 2016 at 18.00 at the Ionian Academy.

The Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University proclaimed the Archbishop of Athens, Hieronymus II, as an Honorary Doctorate. The proclamation ceremony was hold on Monday, December 12th, 2016, at 19:00 in the Ionian Academy.

Assistant Professor of the School of Fine Arts at Florina Giannis Kastritsis presents his artistic work at the Department of Audio and Visual Arts. Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 20:00 Hall 3, Building "Aretaeus".