The European Art Science Technology Network, Digital Creativity (EASTN-DC) at the 14th AudioVisual Arts Festival. May 26 - May 30, 2021.

The performance and visual artist Filippos Tsitsopoulos participates in the 14th Audiovisual Arts Festival organized by the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University as guest-instructor. Tsitsopoulos’ masterclass entitled “Fragile boat of our existence” is coordinated by Christina Mitsani, instructor of the course “Art of Performance” at the Department of Audio and Visual Arts. The masterclass, part of the AVschool 2021 program, the festival’s educational cycle, will take part on 25 May 2021, at 15:00-18:00 (EEST).

Under the Audiovisual Arts Festival organised by the Department of Audio & Visual Arts the Ionian University hosts a pitching event on May 26th, 2021 with the collaboration of the Pitching Lab of the Drama International Short Film Festival. Ten selected projects will be presented by the students of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts and the students of Open Art (Continuing & Lifelong Education Centre of Ionian University/ Department of Audio & Visual Arts). The main instructor of the workshop will be Barbara Douka (Head of the educational Lab of International Short Film Festival in Drama).

As part of AV-school 2021, the educational cycle of the 14th Audiovisual Arts Festival, the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University teams up with Cultivamos Cultura for a seminar entitled “arc-hive: Digital Challenges for New Media Arts”. The seminar, given by guest-artist Marta de Menezes, will take place on 27 May 2021, between 16:30-18:00 EEST.

On 26 May 2021, as part of AV-School 2021, the educational cycle of the 14th Audiovisual Arts Festival, the Department of Audio & Visual Arts presents three online workshops on telematic performance and sound art, coordinated by Iannis Zannos in collaboration with EASTN-DC (European Art-Science-Technology for Digital creativity).

“Web Trends 2021: Design, Production, Promotion”, taking place on 24 May 2021 (16:00-19:00 EEST), is aimed at anyone interested in the latest developments and the current trends in the Web ecosystem. Supervised by Andreas Giannakoulopoulos and Agis Konidaris the seminar counts with the power-house team of instructors Aris Labrogeorgos, Nikolas Grigoriou and Pigi Vardikou.

As part of AV-School 2021, the Seminar and Workshop cycle of the 14th Audiovisual Arts Festival, the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University presents “How to hack science lingo like an artist” by guest-artist Adam Zaretzky. The seminar will be held online, on 27 May 2021, between 14:00-16:00 EEST.

AV-school, the series of seminars and workshops of the Audiovisual Arts Festival, is taking place online this year from 24 to 27 May 2021. Among others, instructors at AV-school 2021 are the guest-artists: Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Barbara Douka, Adam Zaretsky and Marta de Menezes.