Ioannina
Human, strange, digital, metaphysical
June 16–July 9, 2023
The second edition of the Onassis Stegi digital art exhibition, Plásmata II: Ioannina, returns in June 2023 to pose a series of critical questions: Can we speak on the digital without confining ourselves in the form imposed by screens? Can we talk about technology through the notions of the local and the mythical, nature, and tradition? Can technology become the trigger for granting a voice to those who do not have one? Can we dissolve the boundaries between the natural and the artificial and, at the same time, learn from both?
After Athens and Pedion tou Areos, where Plásmata captivated the Athenian public with more than 400,000 visitors, the exhibition travels to the historic city of Ioannina, Greece. From June 16 to July 9, you are invited to a large exhibition of digital works and installations by Greek and international artists on the city’s lakeside route, as well as concerts and DJ sets, workshops, discussions, educational programs, tours, and Movement Radio, Stegi’s 24-hour online radio station that will be broadcasting in full sound.
Visit the city of Ioannina, the historic city of letters, philanthropists, and arts, and enjoy the encounter with 19 exhibition works and 10 additional sites, moments of reflection on the city and its micro-history, which speak about digitality and tradition, artificial intelligence, and the transformation of the reality we live in, mythology and ecology. Experience creations by artists, designers, and visionaries who converse with the past while looking to the future, in a city full of history and stories.
In Ioannina, we follow new itineraries and symbioses at the boundary of the city and Lake Pamvotida. We address supra-local issues through local expression; we derive knowledge from ecosystems; we become transformed and transform at our end; and we find time to look at ourselves and everybody around us, questioning the boundaries between nature, technology, and culture.
Participating artists: Entangled Others, Matthias Fritsch, John Gerrard, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Nikomachi Karakostanoglou, Katerina Komianou, Christian Mio Loclair, Maria Louizou, Maenads, Matthew Niederhauser & Marc Da Costa, Afroditi Panagiotakou & Manolis Manousakis, Malvina Panagiotidi, Panos Sklavenitis, slow immediate, Stefania Strouza, Theo Triantafyllidis, Universal Everything, Maria Varela, WordMord
The exhibition is a production of Onassis Stegi.
Under the auspices of the Region of Epirus and the Municipality of Ioannina.
