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Terms of Worship
Date and Time: 09/05/2026 (18:30), 09/05/2026-11/05/2026 (18:00-21:00)
Location: Ionian Parliament
Andreas Salvanos

The work belongs to the category of web art and takes the form of an interactive website that functions both as a navigational experience and as a conceptual commentary on the relationship between the user and digital systems. At first, the user believes they are reading a standard Terms and Conditions page. However, as they scroll, the language gradually shifts from legal to poetic and dark, revealing a “digital pantheon” of entities that reflect the underlying mechanisms of the contemporary internet.

Aesthetically, the project draws inspiration from ARGs and early, obscure personal websites, where ambiguity and navigation are integral to the experience. The structure of the page itself becomes a ritualistic journey, in which agreeing to the terms takes on almost religious connotations. The work focuses on how digital consent disguises systems of control, transforming convenience into a tool for shaping attention, behavior, and emotion.

Its theoretical framework stems from a broader discomfort with contemporary digital life,  automation, the illusion of data security, the dominance of social media, and the exhaustion of creativity within online culture. These ideas are embodied in four entities: Moloch (loss of time and potential), Minotaur (anger and polarization), Spider (illusion of intimacy), and Alien (ultimate alienation).

The aim of the work is to prompt recognition, to make the user realize that accepting digital terms is an ongoing act through which control is gradually surrendered, often without awareness.


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Monday 18-05-2026
09:00-15:00
Library of the Ionian University
12:00-17:00
Old Fortress - Flour Warehouses
21:00
Department of Audio & Visual Arts - Galinos Building (Patio-ex mental hospital)

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  • Library of the Ionian University
  • Ionian Academy
  • Department of Audio & Visual Arts - Galinos Building (Patio-ex mental hospital)
  • Department of Audio & Visual Arts - Gkousis Building (Old Asylum)
  • Municipal Gallery of Corfu: Room "Thanos Christou", People's Garden
  • Municipal Gallery of Corfu: People’s Garden
  • Ionian Parliament
  • Politechno
  • Department of Audio & Visual Arts - Patio (ex mental hospital)
  • Old Fortress - Prisons
  • Anemomylos
  • former Bank of Greece, City Hall Sq
  • Old Fortress - Flour Warehouses
  • Ionian Academy (foyer)
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