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The Forgotten Victims of Art
Michalis Kounelakis

The artwork addresses the issue of using farm animals in art. Farm animals are used in art in an oppressive way and become objects of exploitation by humans, having always as a result their murder. This happens either because it is desirable to record it in the context of the work itself, or because after the artistic exploitation their fate will again be what society has predetermined, that is, death for the satisfaction of human sensory pleasure, taste. This perverted tradition of art is refuted in this particular artwork, as it is the soundscape of Vrouva Farm Animal Sanctuary for rescued non-human animals. It contains the voices and sounds of farm animals that have been rescued from the aforementioned fate and are free and safe in a protected environment. At the same time, they coexist with those species that society accepts as the most important, dogs and cats, thus revealing that in the context of the sanctuary each person is treated fairly and morally, without discrimination from humans.

Michalis Kounelakis
Michalis Kounelakis is a sound artist, experimental electronic musician and sound engineer. He has graduated in Sound Engineering and Music Technology at SAE Athens. He attended the Electronic Music, Philosophy and Aesthetics Lab with M. Koutsomichalis (with the former teaching staff of CMRC). He has participated in Elementi 8: EKRAN - HEVRExINTERMEDIA (Kraków, 2020) with the sound installation “μV?•R?’’’μ«Z¶¶¶?U’μj?”©J?UT•*T©"H”¥U»AD¶i¶” and his audiovisual project “Cyber-Proxemics”, in collaboration with Lia Mori, has participated in Tiny/Massive (Winter Lights Festival, 2019). Other participations of his include the Art Practice and Research Program ARTIST LAB 2022 (Open Art and Ionian University), the DIY Instrument Making & Hacking (Onassis Stegi, 2019) and Transmedia Labworks (Greek National Opera, 2018) during which he and his team created the interactive audio visual installation “Liminal”.

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Friday 06-05-2022
13:30-14:30
Municipal Theatre of Corfu (Center Stage - Studio)
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