Date and Time: 01/06/2022 (19:00-21:00), 04/06/2022 (19:00-21:30)
Location: Department of Audio & Visual Arts (Old Asylum)
Sophia Emmanouilidou, Kostas Ntoulmatzis
This audiovisual work is a politicized work that criticizes the use of plastic in our
society today and how "plastic/fake" it has become. The audio part of this work
consists of pre-recorded sounds from various plastic objects as well as sounds from
factories producing plastic objects. The reuse of the sound material reflects the
concept of recycling. The same happens in the visual part of the work, which is a
collage-video of various images and videos with the same theme. While the work is
being performed, the listener is able to actively participate in the work itself by
playing various rhythmic patterns on plastic objects whenever he/she deems it
appropriate/useful. In this way the concept of recycling becomes evident again. The
critical perspective of the work gradually takes on a more cynical approach and
presents us with the facts poignantly. The electro-acoustic part of the work was
composed by Sophia Emmanouilidou and the visual part was created by Kostas
Doulmatzis.
Sophia Emmanouilidou
Sophia Emmanouilidou studied Music Composition at Bachelor’s and Master’s level (5-years degree equivalent to an integrated master) in Faculty of Fine Arts, School of Music Studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR) under the supervision of Prof. Michalis Lapidakis. She studied also composition with Prof. Christos Samaras, Prof. Dimitris Papageorgiou and Prof. Dimitris Maronidis. Moreover, she had had composition master classes under the supervision of Mark Andre, Malin Bång, Bryan Ferneyhough, Jana Luksts, Heidi Kay Begay, Cristian Benvenuti and Reinhold Friedl. In 2020 she graduated from Aristotle University and she was admitted at the intersectional Master Programme “Sound Arts and Technologies” at Ionian University in Corfu (GR) in the specialisation of Autonomous Artistic Sound Composition. Sophia Emmanouilidou currently focuses on electroacoustic compositions and music programming as well all multidisciplinary compositions for acoustic
instruments, tapes, media and music programming. She lives and works in Thessaloniki as a musician/composer/performer. Furthermore, for the last 5 years she has also been working as a music educator in Creative Employment Centers for Children (CECC)/ Music Schools/Conservatories and Public Vocational Training Institutes (PVTI).
Kostas Ntoulmatzis
Ntoulmatzis Kostas studied Visual and Applied Arts at Bachelor’s and Master’s level (integrated master) in Fine Arts School at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR) under the supervision of Prof. Dimitrios Zouroudis. In 2014 he completed his studies as a graphic designer at a public institution. In 2021 he was admitted at the master programme “ Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age” at the department of Audio and Visual Arts at Ionian University in Corfu (GR). Kostas Ntoulmatzis currently experimenting in audiovisual instalations with projection mapping as a main medium around the subject of gender fluidity and the comparison between the digital and the physical body. He lives and work in Thessaloniki as a photographer and graphic designer.
