ΑDAF the Invited Festival at the Exhibition “Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis – in the Belt of Change” at the International Art Exhibition “The Tides of the Century” in Hainan Ocean Flower Island, China 2021

Greece is the Country of Honor at the International Art Exhibition in Hainan, China 2021. Its Exhibition “Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis – in the Belt of Change” is designed as an immersive experience for the public to imagine histories and futures, as well as to highlight the concepts of interaction, dialogue and fluidity.

 

Hainan, literally means ‘south of the sea’ and is the largest Island of China. In June 2020, a large-scale plan was announced by the Chinese government to transform the entire province with the aim of turning it into the largest special economic zone in China. Ocean Flower Island, built on Hainan, is the world’s largest flower-shaped man-made cultural tourism island, 1.5 times bigger than Palm Island in Dubai. An ingenious architectural complex of 8 grandiose museum buildings adorns the New Landmark for World Cultural Tourism. The International Art Exhibition “Tides of the Century” that inaugurates the museum complex on the island aspires to see that art as a common language of humanity to respond to the issues and challenges of this century. Chinese and International Artists from 24 Countries are participating in this great event.

 

This year Greece and China are celebrating “Greece-China Year for Culture and Tourism “for the first time, During this same year Greece Celebrates the 200 year anniversary of the National Revolution that led to the establishment of Modern Greece one of the earliest Modern European Nations. 

The Exhibition “Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis – in the Belt of Change” is part of the Greece-China Year of Culture and Tourist 2021 and is presented under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign affairs – Secretariat General for Public Diplomacy and Greeks Abroad, The Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, The Hellenic Ministry of Tourism, the Greek National Tourism Organization and the Municipality of Athens.

The Exhibition brings together an eclectic selection of works (sculptures, installations, videos, multimedia works, and digital art) by pioneer Greek artists or artists of Greek origin.

At the Entrance Hall of the exhibition, leading to the three main areas, visitors can get a taste of Greek culture and touristic development, as well as showcasing the International Festival of Digital Arts in Greece, ATHENS DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL represented by the work of 21 Greek artists exploring the digital world and its extensions.

 

 

Artists representing ATHENS DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL

 

Alex Karantanas | Singularity (2016/17) | 07:13 min

Alexandra Mavrofridi | LETHAL HAND (2019) | 02:41 min

Anestis Anestis | A Natural History of Exotic Extinctions (2018) | 07:26 min

Antonis Rozakis | Escape shadows (from Athens) (2015) | 02:43 min

ARos & Christina |Interference | 0.7 (2016) | 04:11 min

Eleana Dimopoulou | SISYPHUS (2016) | 01:20 min

Eleni Chamou | Filter bubble (2016) | 02:10 min

Eremus | Glitching Queerness/Queering Glitch (2018) | 09:24 min

Evi Stamou | Memory Lane (2016) | 03:20 min

Gelly Pentefounti | Much Ado About Nothing (2016) | 03:30 min

Iris Bournazou | Ichnos (2019) | 00:10 min

Kakia Konstantinaki | Us (2017) | 04:37 min

Makis Kyriakopoulos | What is a Man Without a Shadow (2020) | 03:20 min

Manolis Anastasakos | BIOMIMICRY “Into The Light”-Bioluminescence -green (532 & 520 nm) (2017) | 05:00 min

Maria Papapostolou | ECTASIS-ECTOPLASIS II (2016) | 03:21 min

Myrto Amorgianou | Datamoshed Elevator (2018) | 01:37 min

Orestis Charos | The wave behind us (2017) | 03:05 min

Pamela Stefanopoulou | The Voices of Silence (2015) | 01:52 min

Yannis Kranidiotis & Situ Xiaochun | “inout” (2021) | 03:24 min

Theodora Prassa | Lavyrinthos (2017) | 02:45 min

Thomas Valianatos | Fractus machine_Cosmos (2016) | 03:34 min

 

Video program duration: 76 min 43 sec | 1 hour 16 mins 43 sec

 

Curated by:

Ilias Chatzichristodoulou (ADAF Founder and Director)

Katerina Koskina (supported by POLITES non-profit civil law corporation)

Eirini Olympiou (ADAF Video Art Curator)

 

About ADAF:

Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), the pioneer longest living institution in Greece dedicated to audiovisual culture and digital arts (est.2005), is Greece’s official representative in the international scene of digital arts and culture. Athens Digital Arts Festival celebrates digital culture by bringing together every year a n international artistic community with thousands of visitors through an innovative and versatile public programme. Athens Digital Arts Festival takes great pride in being an inclusive and multi-layered institution that emphasizes the relation between Art, Science, and Technology and features artistic forms of expression such as web art, interactive installations, animation, digital image, VR/AR/MR, and digital applications as well as exhibitions, screenings, and live performances. ADAF from its early years aimed to embrace all communities –Greek as well as international –linked to digital culture and through its course has succeeded to maintain and empower this connection mainly by being rooted in its community and fostering network collaboration while providing an open platform for artistic expression. ADAF aims to inspire artists to experiment, create and express themselves by using all technological and audiovisual means, as well as to inform, educate and familiarize the audience with digital arts. ADAF has developed, through its 17 years course, a leading-edge and prominent educational program that includes Academic presentations, International Tributes, Workshops and Masterclasses that reflect on the artistic and visual language of digital mediums and its aesthetics. Being part of a large international network of festivals, it’s how cases work representing the international contemporary artistic and technological production. Athens Digital Arts Festival has received numerous awards for its achievements in many fields and was recently awarded by EFEE (Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe), an internationally acclaimed organization that measures and sets the quality standards for recognition and establishment for European Arts Festivals.

 

Hainan Ocean Flower Island

Guest Country Greece

Pavilion 6

End of the exhibition: 8.12.2021

 

Organizers

Chinese International Exhibition Agency (CIEA)

Ocean Flower Island Museum

Curator

Katerina Koskina

Producer

Kostas Konstantinidis

PostScriptum

Architectural Design & Lighting

Maria Maneta

Academic Research & Exhibition Content

POLITES

Digital Arts Expert

Ilias Chatzichristodoulou

Curatorial Assistance

Seta Astreou Karides

Communication

PostScriptum / POLITES

Translation

Lydia Xu

Coordinator .GR

Katia Demertzi

Coordinator .CN

Eric Cai – Alicia Cai

Art Handling & Logistics .GR

MoveArt

Art Handling & Logistics .CN

Shanghai Heighten International Transportation Co. Ltd 

Insurance

Karavias, Coverholder at Lloyds

Special Guest

ATHENS DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL