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Full Festival Events DCAC AV School

May 2026

Friday, May 8th 2026
08:45 - 09:00	Arrival & Registration	Ionian Academy
09:00 - 09:05	Opening A greeting from the Head of the Organizing Committee Prof. Vasileios Komianos	Ionian Academy
09:05 - 09:45	S1.1 - Collaborative Practices and Participation Chair: Vasileios Komianos Cchiù: designing digital ritual spaces for collective participation Natalie Zangari Radical Collaboration: Ecologies of Care, Community Practices, and Digital Access in Contemporary Artistic Production Sergio Patricio Valenzuela Valdes	Ionian Academy
09:05 - 18:15	Master of Research in Hybrid Arts Poster Exhibition The 8 Museum: Encounter, Attention, and the Hyperobject of 8-ness Berry Sullivan Ukiyo-e Printmaking as Artistic Innovator for Social Media Activism Katinka van der Jagt Improvised Chimeras Kristin Lucas The Amphibious Atlas: A Journey Downstream Between Scientific Research and Artistic Practice Nicolás Parise Schneider Art and Digital Extractivism. 12 Audiovisual Case Studies From 2015 to 2025 Bárbara Perea Legorreta Spectrasomatics: Remixing Wellness via Chakra-Informed Virtual Art Anna Laura Hafner Mother Earth: Mothers Seeing Change in Corfu Zoe Lomax Slowness as Resistance in Contemporary Art: Counter-Tactics against AI Acceleration and its Ecological Impact Foteini Vergidou The State of Waiting in the Local Landscape: Reinterpreting it as a Political and Social Stagnation or as a Platform for Collective Thinking and Action Kristina Bozhurska	Ionian Academy
09:45 - 10:45	S1.2 - Art in Learning Contexts Chair: Varvara Garneli Performing Objects: Embodied Pedagogy, Material Speculation, and Critical Making in the Digital Age Magdalini Grigoriadou, Elisavet Kiourtsoglou Cultural Chronoflow Educational-Artistic Workshop: Reflective learning data and situated interaction insights Vasiliki Drosou, Agnes Papadopoulou An Educational Approach to Artist-Informed Audio Augmentation of Visual Art: The Case Study of Christina Dimitriadis' "Private Spaces" Emmanouel Rovithis, Vilelmini Sosoni, Christina Dimitriadis	Ionian Academy
10:45 - 11:25	S1.3 - Cinema and Audiovisual Practice & Theory I Chair: Tania Tsiridou Elements of Neo-Animism in Early Postmodern European Cinema Christodoulos Mandelis, Dimitrios Traperas Relighting Video Using Camera-Aligned Material Planes Natali Tereza Chavez, Andrew Gordon	Ionian Academy
11:25 - 11:55	Coffee Break
11:55 - 12:15	Welcome Notes Welcome message: 1. Associate Professor Michail Panagopoulos Head of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University Opening remarks: 3. Vasileios Komianos, Assistant Professor Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Conference Chair
12:15 - 13:00	Keynote Presentation: Christina Dimitriadis Chair: Daphne Dragona Keynote: Photographing Matter: A Conversation with Christina Dimitriadis Christina Dimitriadis	Ionian Academy
13:00 - 14:00	Poster session Revolution in 280 Characters: The Digital Public Memory of 1821 through visual culture emotion analysis Sofia Vlachou, Efstathios Pouliasis OXID: A Steampunk Dungeon Crawler Board Game of Pollution, Survival, and Last Chances Jim Pourikas, Varvara Garneli, Emmanouel Rovithis Guardian Angel: a Transreality Mystery Game Agapi Maria Topalidou, Varvara Garneli ReBiome: a Serious Hybrid Game for Environmental Awareness Thanos Chondrogiannis, Emmanouel Rovithis, Varvara Garneli Body-centered paradigm in VR: A Manifesto with Gonzo Lolita VR: soma-centered paradigm for Human-Machine interactions in Virtual Reality (Poster) Nina Robin, Cédric Plessiet A Methodological Framework for Developing Digital Games through Interdisciplinary Collaboration Elias Stouraitis And Then? A Virtual Reality Experience of Emotional States and Uncertainty During Graduation Transition Angelos Kyrillou, Vasileios Komianos Designing and Developing a Video Game Based on the Sunken City of Thonis-Herakleion Giorgos Laskaridis, Vasileios Komianos	Ionian Academy
14:00 - 15:20	S1.4 - Generative AI, Authorship, and Creative Industries Chair: Minas Pergantis AI-generated works looking for authors Georgios Bouchagiar, Maria Bottis Tracing Recent Shifts in Digital Art Through Conference Discourse: AI, XR, the Metaverse, and Blockchain/NFTs (2021–2025) Vasileios Komianos, Emmanouel Rovithis, Athanasios Tsipis Top-Dog Failures and Underdog Triumphs: Why Audiences Reject Corporate AI but Embrace Fan-Made AI Gen Media Laida Limniati, Minas Pergantis, Aristeidis Lamprogeorgos, Andreas Giannakoulopoulos New technologies in service of production design: reshaping the role of the scenographer and the virtual dangers Paraskevi Bokovou	Ionian Academy
15:20 - 15:35	Short Break	Ionian Academy
15:35 - 16:35	S1.5 - AI for Cultural Content and Creative Tools: Applications & Case Studies Chair: Konstantinos Vogklis Enhancing Content Richness and Improving Accessibility in Art Repositories using Generative Artificial Intelligence Minas Pergantis, Laida Limniati, Aristeidis Lamprogeorgos Dynamic Destination Management via AI: Utilizing the INDIANA Architecture for Optimized Tourist Flows and Personalized Cultural Experiences Minas Pergantis, Konstantinos Vogklis, Ioanna Afroditi Mazi, Miltiadis Koustas, Sophia - Maria Poulimenou, Varvara Garneli, Stamatella Lamboura, Anastasios Manos, Despina Elisabeth Filippidou, Giorgos Karanasios, Panagiotis Amanatiadis, Ioannis Deliyannis An EEG–AI Lacan Machine for the performers Manthos Santorineos, Konstantina Vetsiou, Stavroula Zoi	Ionian Academy
16:35 - 17:35	S1.6 - Transmedia Storytelling Chair: Michail Panagopoulos Animating Nature Beyond the Screen: Representation of Nature in AR Animation Mahboobeh Mohammadzaki Stories that Travel Across Screens: A Transmedia Case Study for Learning Lamprini Petrianou, Iakovos Panagopoulos Unpacking the Dynamics of Social Media Challenge Popularity: A Multimodal Analysis of TikTok Challenge Videos Or Krispil, Azi Lev-On, Orel B. Amano	Ionian Academy
17:35 - 18:15	S1.7 - AI for Cultural Content, Learning, and Creative Tools Chair: Iannis Zannos Reconfiguring Musical Agency: Human–AI–Robotic Musicianship, Performance Practices in Transnational and Spatial Contexts Vasileios Agiomyrgianakis, Haruka Hirayama, Jussi Tuohino, Osmo Hakosalo Flipped Learning with AI Tools for the Development of Functional Piano Skills in Undergraduate Music Teacher Education: A Critical Theoretical Review Asimina Kondylidou	Ionian Academy
Saturday, May 9th 2026
09:00 - 09:15	Arrival & Gathering	Ionian Academy
09:15 - 10:15	S2.1 - XR/VR/MR Experiences for Heritage, Space, and Embodiment I Chair: Konstantinos Tsioutas IMPULSE: Performing Digital Heritage in Mixed Realities Adnan Hadziselimovic A Personalised Immersive Soundscape System Using Natural Sound Content and Algorithmic Spectral Balancing Panos Tsagkarakis, Gavin Kerneay, Chris Barlow Body-centered paradigm in VR: A Manifesto with Gonzo Lolita VR: Soma-centered paradigm for Human-Machine interactions in Virtual Reality Nina Robin, Cédric Plessiet	Ionian Academy
10:15 - 10:20	Short Break	Ionian Academy
10:20 - 11:40	S2.2 - XR/VR/MR Experiences for Heritage, Space, and Embodiment II Chair: Ioannis Delyannis Place Is The Space - Sharing Ambisonic Acoustic Signatures from the Forests of Šumava, Czechia Eric Rosenzveig From Collage to Augmented Reality: Cross-departmental Collaboration and AR Art Production in Higher Education Myrsini Vounatsou, Vasileios Agiomyrgianakis, Stylianos  Ntexis From Oral Narratives to Digital Traces Conceptualizing GIS as an Interpretive Medium for Spatial Perception Ermioni Anastasiadi Non-group subjects in a Cultural Walk within the Thessaloniki Subway Miltiadis Vardakis, Christos Papakonstantinou, Dionysios Politis	Ionian Academy
11:40 - 12:10	Coffee Break	Ionian Academy
12:10 - 12:55	Keynote Presentation: Eric Rosenzveig Chair: Vasileios Komianos Keynote: A.I. Musicking and The Commons - Aural inscriptions: currents & histories Eric Rosenzveig	Ionian Academy
12:55 - 13:35	Poster session	Ionian Academy
13:35 - 14:35	S2.3 - Games, Play, and EdTech for Culture and Sustainability Chair: Manos Rovithis Cross-Format Play: How Analogue and Digital Environments Shape the Experience of a Roguelike Board Game Andreas Salvanos, Varvara Garneli Hyperspace Game: Exploring the Fourth Spatial Dimension Perception Charilaos Gounaropoulos, Konstantinos Tiligadis, Nikolaos Grigorios Kanellopoulos From Vision to Wallet: A Study on Genshin Impact’s Strategic Conversion of Cultural Hybridity and Emotional Fan Engagement into Global Success Tanisha Paine	Ionian Academy
14:35 - 14:40	Short Break	Ionian Academy
14:40 - 16:00	S2.4 - Curatorial Practices Chair: Maria Aslanidi The Use of Technology (or Lack Thereof) for Multisensory Visitor Engagement in Museum Exhibitions Ekavi Whitlock Blundell Digital Media – Multimedia in the Art Exhibition Space Theano Chalioti, Maria Papadopoulou NFTs and Art Transactions in the Digital Era Pinelopi Akritidou Still Warm: Ontological Discomfort, Curatorial Affect, and the Limits of Flat Ontology in Contemporary Artistic Practice Berry Sullivan	Ionian Academy
16:00-16:05	Short Break	Ionian Academy
16:05 - 16:45	S2.5 - Cinema and Audiovisual Practice & Theory II Chair: Iakovos Panagopoulos The Character of the Visual Artist in Greek Cinema during its Golden Age Maria Papadopoulou Digital identity and virtual alter ego: the Kellynoid project Cédric Plessiet, Kelly Mézino	Ionian Academy
16:45 - 16:50	Closing Remarks	Ionian Academy
16:50 - 18:00	FAMU/Center For AudioVisual Studies Screening. Short program of video works 2024-2025. Curated & presented by Eric Rosenzveig Read detailed information: https://avarts.ionio.gr/festival/2026/en/events/827	Ionian Academy

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