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Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2020, 2022

The main core of the proceedings of TTT2020 Vienna/Online have been released in an open access pu... more The main core of the proceedings of TTT2020 Vienna/Online have been released in an open access publication in digital format, with ISBN number 978-960-7260-70-3, in December 31st 2022. The e-Book Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2020 (505 pages) includes 50 chapters by 73 authors having as editors Dalila Honorato, Ingeborg Reichle, María Antonia González Valerio, and Andreas Giannakoulopoulos. The proceedings have been published in two parts: over three issues of the journal Technoetic Arts by Intellect and in this open-access publication by the Ionian University which, following the structure of the conference, has the graphic design of Ioanna Logaki.

Excerpt from the Introduction:
“The fourth international “Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & Science” conference took place November 26–28, 2020, in Austria and online all over the world, hosted by the University of Applied Arts Vienna with the support of the Interactive Arts Lab of the Ionian University.
In November 2020 it was not just the pandemic that made the temperature drop in the atmosphere of Vienna, but also in its overall morale as we faced a brutal terror attack that claimed the lives of innocent victims—killing four people and injuring 23, seven with life-threatening injuries, including two students of the 15 University of Applied Arts Vienna. This terror act was a series of shootings that occurred on 2 November 2020 only a few hours before the city was due to enter a second lockdown light because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The question that was driving several presentations was to understand how and under what conditions such niche innovations, which seem to work successfully in hybrid and artistic contexts, can be condensed and upscaled to innovative transformation paths - stabilising new and more sustainable regimes. Is it possible to transfer diverse forms of transformative aesthetic literacy to other areas of our fragile societies in order to enhance new social practices and to promote positive change through futures literacy?”

Authors (in alphabetic order): Adam Lovasz, Adam Zaretsky, Adnan Hadzi, Amalia Foka, Andrea Gogová, Andreas Giannakoulopoulos, Anna Kedziora, Annick Bureaud, Apostolos Loufopoulos, Arantzazu Saratxaga Arregi, Byron Rich, Cecilia Vilca, Christian de Lutz, Christl Baur, Claudia Schwarz-Plaschg, Dalila Honorato, Daniela Brill Estrada, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Erik Vogt, Erik Zepka, Evaguelia Diamantopoulou, Evmorfia Leventi, Felipe Shibuya, Florentina Holzinger, Francesco Kiais, François-Joseph Lapointe, Gudrun Wollnik, Ingeborg Reichle, Jatun Risba, Jennifer Willet, Jill McDermid-Hokanson, John Santomieri, Jose Hopkins Brocq, Julia Sprenger, Karolina Żyniewicz, Kathy High, Kazuhiro Jo, Kim Doan Quoc, Kimberly Johnson, Ksenia Yurkova, Lorena Lo Peña, Luc Messinezis, [M]Dudeck, María Antonia González Valerio, Maria Athanasekou, Maria Chalkou, Maria Manuela Lopes, Marius Armonas, Mark Horvath, Marta de Menezes, Michael Manfé, Miguel Oliveros Mediavilla, Mihai Băcăran, Monica C. Locascio, Natacha Lamounier Ribeiro, Nicole Clouston, Nigel Llwyd William Helyer, Niki Sperou, Nobuhiro Masuda, Paula Burleigh, Paula Nishijima, Pêdra Costa, Regine Rapp, Roberta Buiani, Roxani Giannou, Roy Tamaki, Rudolf Arnold, Takuya Ishikawa, Tina Mariane Krogh Madsen, Tomoya Matsuura, Valeria Di Sabato aka Alvax, Vasileios Bouzas, Yanai Toister, Yosaku Matsutani, Zahra Mirza, Ziwei Yan, Zosia Hołubowska, and Zsófia Jakab.

Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2018: Conference Proceedings, 2019

By definition the conference series Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science includ... more By definition the conference series Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science includes theoretical presentations and artists’ talks focusing (a) on questions about the nature of the forbidden and about the aesthetics of liminality, as expressed in art that uses or is inspired by technology and science, and (b) on the opening of spaces for creative transformation in the merging of science and art.
Co-organized by the Research and Creation Group Arte+Ciencia – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX), Arte Institute (USA), Cultivamos Cultura (PT) and the Department of Audio & Visual Arts - Ionian University (GR), Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science took place in 11-13 November 2018, hosted by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (as a part of the research project PAPIIT IG400718), and the Centro de Cultura Digital.
The ebook with the proceedings of the interdisciplinary conference Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2018 was published by the Ionian University - Department of Audio & Visual Arts in November 2019. This digital publication includes 20 contributions, in English, proposed and accepted by the scientific and artistic committee of TTT2018. Edited by Dalila Honorato, María Antonia González Valerio, Marta de Menezes and Andreas Giannakoulopoulos, this is the second and main core of the presentations of TTT2018. The conference proceedings for TTT2018 were published in two forms. The first part of the proceedings was published on the special issue vol. 16:3 of the Technoetic Arts journal, Intellect Publications, by Roy Ascott (editor-in-chief) and Dalila Honorato (guest-editor).

Publication link:
https://avarts.ionio.gr/ttt/2018/en/proceedings/

by Dalila Honorato, Andreas Giannakoulopoulos, Marily Argyrokastriti, Iakovos Panagopoulos, Iouliani Theona, Giorgos Nikopoulos, Theodore Kabouridis, Roberta Buiani, Katerina Karoussos, Lila Moore, Nikos Dimitrios Mamalos, Antonia Plerou, Yorgos Drosos, Konstantinos Tiligadis, Francesco Kiais, Maria Athanasekou, Joseph Nechvatal, Marne Lucas, Kostoula Kaloudi, john thrasher, Despoina Poulou, and Karolina Żyniewicz

Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2017, 2018

The conferences "Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science" include theoretical presenta... more The conferences "Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science" include theoretical presentations and artists' talks focusing: a) on questions about the nature of the forbidden and about the aesthetics of liminality - as expressed in art that uses or is inspired by technology and science, b) in the opening of spaces for creative transformation in the merging of science and art.

by Dalila Honorato, Andreas Giannakoulopoulos, Elisa Decet, Polona Tratnik, Adam Zaretsky, Ian Haig, Catarina Pombo Nabais, Dimitris Charitos, Laida Limniati, Irini Athanassakis, Maria Athanasekou, Jessica Donato, Leandros Kyriakopoulos, Ines Lukin, Alanna Lynch, Marily Argyrokastriti, Daniela Silvestrin, Antonia Plerou, Georgios Papaioannou, Eleni Margarou, and Danai Tachtara

Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2016

"Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science" started as a wish to explore three different... more "Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science" started as a wish to explore three different levels of conception and perception of the aesthetics and ethics in the field of art & science. During its maturing process the project developed towards the exploration of the line where art and science meet and therefore also the border where they divide. The three "T" initials condensate three ideas. First the forbidden, a convention that is so deeply rooted that few seem to be willing to break it. Second the defiance, the challenge to the convention itself either through the resistance to execute an order or through the direct action against the status quo. Third, the sublimation, the transition to an alternative state that overcomes the expected intermediary stages in linear conceptualization, here connected with the expansion of limits.

by Anna Hatziyiannaki, Athanasia M Vidali - Soula, Polyxeni Mantzou, Myrto Korkokiou, Apostolos Loufopoulos, Vasilis Aronidis, Stavros Moutzourellis, Dalila Honorato, Evelyn Gavrilou, Chrissa Papasarantou, Philippos Theocharidis, Eleni Mouri, Simeon Nikolidakis, and papadimitropoulos panayotis

This edition (ISBN 978-960-7260-54-3) includes 20 out of 31 contributions accepted by the scienti... more This edition (ISBN 978-960-7260-54-3) includes 20 out of 31 contributions accepted by the scientific and artistic committee and presented in the two-day Symposium “Metamorphoses of Corporeality: Art – Body - Technology”, organized in Corfu, on the 16-17th May 2014 by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University and the Ionian Islands Prefecture in the framework of the 8th Audiovisual Arts Festival.

With participants from seven countries (Greece, Italy, Germany, Portugal, UK, Denmark and USA) the Symposium included both theoretical contributions and art presentations, dedicated to subjects concerning the continuous development of human corporeal capabilities and their multifaceted effects in the understanding of the body.

Departing from antiquity - looking towards the future 2-day symposium proceedings Editions: Ionia... more Departing from antiquity - looking towards the future
2-day symposium proceedings
Editions: Ionian University - Department of Audio and Visual Arts

This edition includes fourteen out of twenty-two contributions accepted by the scientific and artistic committee and presented in the two-day Symposium “Art and Interculturality in the Mediterranean Region: departing from antiquity - looking towards the future” was organized in Corfu, on the 21st & 22nd June 2013 by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University and the Ionian Islands Prefecture in the framework of the 7th Audiovisual Arts Festival. With participants from six countries - Greece, France, Serbia, Israel, Austria and Portugal - the Symposium included both theoretical contributions and art presentations, with emphasis on the artistic expression brought by intercultural exchange and the use of new media.

Authors: Io Pashou, Avi Rosen, Apostolos Loufopoulos, Georgios Heliades, Minas Emmanouil, Fanis Maragos, Thanasis Epitidios, Apostolos Karakasis, Niki Nikonanou, Ana Stevanovic, Dimitris Batsis, Euthimios Chatzigiannis, Evangelia Diamantopoulou, Dimitra Vogiatzaki, Zoe Dionyssiou, Martha Katsaridou, Koldo Vio, Symeon Nikolidakis, Kalliopi Tsantali, Despoina Poulou, Anna Triantafyllou, Pavlos Kavouras, Maria Pesli, Nikos Poulakis, Kleopatra Yusef, Elli Kosteletou.
Editor: Dalila Honorato

Guest ed. by Dalila Honorato

Intro ch. by Dalila Honorato

Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2020, 2022

“The fourth international “Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & 12 Science” conference ... more “The fourth international “Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & 12 Science” conference took place November 26–28, 2020, in Austria and online all over the world, hosted by the University of Applied Arts Vienna with the support of the Interactive Arts Lab of the Ionian University.
In November 2020 it was not just the pandemic that made the temperature drop in the atmosphere of Vienna, but also in its overall morale as we faced a brutal terror attack that claimed the lives of innocent victims—killing four people and injuring 23, seven with life-threatening injuries, including two students of the 15 University of Applied Arts Vienna. This terror act was a series of shootings that occurred on 2 November 2020 only a few hours before the city was due to enter a second lockdown light because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The question that was driving several presentations was to understand how and under what conditions such niche innovations, which seem to work successfully in hybrid and artistic contexts, can be condensed and upscaled to innovative transformation paths - stabilising new and more sustainable regimes. Is it possible to transfer diverse forms of transformative aesthetic literacy to other areas of our fragile societies in order to enhance new social practices and to promote positive change through futures literacy?”

Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2018, 2019

Metamorphoses of Corporeality: Art - Body - Technology, 2015

After the successful two-day symposium “Art and Interculturality in the Mediterranean Region” (20... more After the successful two-day symposium “Art and Interculturality in the Mediterranean Region” (2013), it was proposed, one year later, by the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University, the organization of a new two-day symposium entitled “Metamorphoses of Corporeality: Art-BodyTechnology”. In 2014 the open call for presentations of research theory and art creations took place with extraordinary response, a sign of the increasing interest in the interdisciplinary jeld of New Media Arts and the possibilities of its development in a Greek university located out of a major metropolitan center. As a whole, the contents of this digital publication rerect the four principles of the initial call for participation in the two-day symposium: the creative body, experiences of the body, artijcial corporealities and intercorporeal balances. Following the effort to support the international dialogue between the theoretical and artistic approach and its dissemination among the wider Greek society it is therefore here presented the second edition of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University

Art and Interculturality in the Mediterranean Region, 2014

The Symposium “Art and Interculturality in the Mediterranean Region: departing from antiquity, lo... more The Symposium “Art and Interculturality in the Mediterranean Region: departing from antiquity, looking towards the future” was the sixth to take place in the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University, aiming to discuss the special issues of New Media Art. It was proceeded by similar meetings in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. The 2013 meeting was, however, the first time to take place with an open invitation and coorganization by the Prefecture of the Ionian Isles. It is the first time that the proceedings of such a meeting are published in the framework of the Audiovisual Arts Festival as well. We believe it is necessary that this international dialogue between a theoretical and artistic approach should become accessible to the wider Greek community and we hope it will be continued.

Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2016, 2017

"Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science" started as a wish to explore three different... more "Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science" started as a wish to explore three different levels of conception and perception of the aesthetics and ethics in the field of art & science. During its maturing process the project developed towards the exploration of the line where art and science meet and therefore also the border where they divide. The three "T" initials condensate three ideas. First the forbidden, a convention that is so deeply
rooted that few seem to be willing to break it. Second the defiance, the challenge to the convention itself either through the resistance to execute an order or through the direct action against the status quo. Third, the sublimation, the transition to an alternative state that overcomes the expected intermediary stages in linear conceptualization, here connected with the expansion of limits.

Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2017, 2018

Not very long ago, while researching at the University of Malta, during my sabbatical leave in 20... more Not very long ago, while researching at the University of Malta, during my sabbatical leave in 2015, the idea of a dialectical cyclical process in Art&Sci practice research methodology was synthesized in the conference initials: TTT. “Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science” is an intentionally facilitated meeting point, organized to safely host the free interaction of ideas around liminal issues in the frame of Art&Sci. As stated in the introduction to the irst TTT conference proceedings of 2016 the three Ts underline: “First the forbidden, a convention that is so deeply rooted that few seem to be willing to break it. Second the deiance, the challenge to the convention itself either through the resistance to execute an order or through the direct action against the status quo. Third, the sublimation, the transition to an alternative state that overcomes the expected intermediary stages in linear conceptualization, here connected with the expansion of limits.” Thus, “Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science” includes theoretical presentations and artists’ talks focusing: a) on questions about the nature of the forbidden and about the aesthetics of liminality - as expressed in art that uses or is inspired by technology and science, b) in the opening of spaces for creative transformation in the merging of science and art.

Papers & ch. by Dalila Honorato

Arc-Hive: Case Studies and Life as an Object, Jul 2022

In a continuous effort to develop critical rural art through the experimentation with curatorial ... more In a continuous effort to develop critical rural art through the experimentation with curatorial methodologies and documentation practices, Cultivamos Cultura, in the midst of a world pandemic, in 2020-2022 has led a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. This project is entitled Arc-hive and it brings together as partners five other institutions: KONTEJNER (Croatia), Bioart Society (Finland), Kersnikova Institute (Slovenia), Hangar (Spain) and the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (Belgium). The consortium envisions to create an open source digital platform dedicated to the dissemination of qualitative and quantitative data related to contemporary art creation with emphasis on biomedia.

Artnodes, 2021

In April 2020, artists Isabel Burr Raty, Louise Mackenzie, Robertina Šebjanič and Karolina Żyniew... more In April 2020, artists Isabel Burr Raty, Louise Mackenzie, Robertina Šebjanič and Karolina Żyniewicz were invited by Dalila Honorato to develop research on the theme of “Staying in Touch: post-coronavirus art curating” as part of the collaborative digital art residency Braiding Friction. Working remotely across Slovenia, the UK, Poland, Belgium, Greece, USA and Portugal the group developed a speculative fiction in which art is the virus and art practitioners act as frontline workers. Braiding historical and contemporary art, architectural and bio-art practices, the group developed potential futures for post-pandemic art spaces, resulting in a fictional account of a series of art exhibitions that coincide with a pandemic event. The research was synthesised in the form of a pseudo-documentary premiered by the Creative Europe project BioFriction on 23rd July 2020.
This article presents the transcript of the pseudo-documentary “Staying in Touch” (Honorato, Mackenzie, Żyniewicz, Burr Raty, Šebjanič and Tavares 2020, 00:00:00 to 00:47:55), set in 2039: an ergodic narrative constructed as a self-ethnographic role-playing exercise by its contributors, where alter-egos Vess L, Arri Val, K-130, Soladite Carnelian and Anise Neuchâtel reflect on their curatorial practices before, during and after the pandemic. Whilst the narrative draws from many academic and contemporary influences, any references to historical events, real people or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places or incidents are the product of the authors’ imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. “Staying in Touch” was edited by Pavel Tavares with the support of Cultivamos Cultura and included cameo appearances by artists Marta de Menezes, Yann Marussich and Adam Zaretsky. At its core, this work is a case study of artistic research and the possibilities of interactive engagement during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Why Sentience? 26th International Symposium on Electronic Art ISEA2020, 2020

In our indulgence to touch immortality, our fear of being forgotten, our unconvincingly altruisti... more In our indulgence to touch immortality, our fear of being forgotten, our unconvincingly altruistic embrace of selflove, our attempt to get rid of social and biological pressures or simply the uncaring lightness of an inadvertent encounter, we grip the reproductive practice Today's tales of the birds and the bees are a wholly different reproductive conversation as male fertilization, female ovulation and surrogate gestation have become more and more hacked to respond, not only to the reproductively challenged, but also to a demanding array of kinship design strategies. This panel entitled “Breeding sentience: queering lineage and voguing enhancement” focuses on the enriched experience of procreative manipulation through artistically creative forms of ART (assisted reproductive technology). As critical “reprotech” voices, the six panelists approach the topics of: (a) the unnatural selection of species, (b) the growth of human-animal hybrids, (c) biodiversity and neoeugenic engineering, (d) gender/genital sociocultural rebalance, (e) matchmaking based on genome sequencing, (f) the impact of preimplantation genetic screening, and (g) prenatal imaging. Our point is that art must be taken into account, to validate the checks and balances, at a time when the ethical limits and the multitude of potential human genetic manipulations are consistently challenged through the practice of formally deregulated principles

Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2018, 2019

The aim of this paper is to investigate the ways biohackers are communicating with each other in ... more The aim of this paper is to investigate the ways biohackers are communicating with each other in social media and particularly in Twitter. Biohackers are referred as life scientists who combine biology and technology, along with the ethics of open data -that characterize hackers- and open source software. Their aim is to transcend their human body and to create a better version of themselves.
Social media and Twitter in particular are popular for giving the chance to users to update everyone with their thoughts, activities, opinions etc. The current study aims to examine the connections between biohacking groups in Twitter and check its potential to provide insights on the biohacking scene. Towards this goal, we collected tweets in a given time frame and we analyzed the interaction between users and determine whether the positions of the writers are positive or negative.
In order to collect the data, we used the help of R Language combined with the Twitter Search API. For determining the positive or negative attitude towards the topic we used sentimental and emotion analysis.
For our research we analyzed 6956 tweets. We used a real-time recording to collect the publicly available English tweets for approximately four weeks. For the selection of tweets we used topics that are popular among the biohacking community and that we believe can shed more light on the biohacker groups΄topic. The queries that we used for search, collection and analysis were: #biohacking, #DIYbio, #openscience and citizenscience.

Metamorphoses of Corporeality: Art - Body - Technology, 2015

Together with “Secret Passages - Lavrion” (1997) and “The Rejections of the Past” (1989), “Invisi... more Together with “Secret Passages - Lavrion” (1997) and “The Rejections of the Past” (1989), “Invisible Places / The Vast White” (2008) is the last piece of the trilogy Birth - Life – Death by the video artist Marianne Strapatsakis. For those who know her in person, it is clear that her personality has nothing to do with morbid and one even has sometimes the feeling that she lives everyday driven by a wild internal strength. Her own words are a clear explanation of the artist’s relation with the subject of death when she states, in a text from her individual exposition’s catalogue in Strasburg - France (2009): “I’m afraid of death only when I’m touched by beauty. On the other hand, when touched by beauty, no one cares about death”2. It is not the intention of this presentation to give further explanation on the reasons behind the creation of “Invisible Places / The Vast White” because that right belongs solely to the artist. This is a rejection on the possible meanings of this video art installation work from the point of view of ethics and aesthetics of death.

Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2020, 2022

Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2018: Conference Proceedings, 2019

Publication link:
https://avarts.ionio.gr/ttt/2018/en/proceedings/

Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2017, 2018

Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2016

Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2020, 2022

Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2018, 2019

Metamorphoses of Corporeality: Art - Body - Technology, 2015

Art and Interculturality in the Mediterranean Region, 2014

Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2016, 2017

"Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science" started as a wish to explore three different... more "Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science" started as a wish to explore three different levels of conception and perception of the aesthetics and ethics in the field of art & science. During its maturing process the project developed towards the exploration of the line where art and science meet and therefore also the border where they divide. The three "T" initials condensate three ideas. First the forbidden, a convention that is so deeply
rooted that few seem to be willing to break it. Second the defiance, the challenge to the convention itself either through the resistance to execute an order or through the direct action against the status quo. Third, the sublimation, the transition to an alternative state that overcomes the expected intermediary stages in linear conceptualization, here connected with the expansion of limits.

Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2017, 2018

Arc-Hive: Case Studies and Life as an Object, Jul 2022

Artnodes, 2021

Why Sentience? 26th International Symposium on Electronic Art ISEA2020, 2020

Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2018, 2019

Metamorphoses of Corporeality: Art - Body - Technology, 2015

Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2017, 2018

During the few latest years, the term “biohacker” is at the forefront. As the word implies, a bio... more During the few latest years, the term “biohacker” is at the forefront. As the word implies, a biohacker is a life scientist who combines biology and technology, along with the hacking ethos of open data and open source software. This paper tries to investigate how biohackers are presented in popular technological and news websites. For this purpose we used discourse analysis to examine how four websites covered three specijc biohackers and their achievements. Namely, the biohackers in question are Gabriel Licina, Neil Harbisson and Tom Cannon. The chosen websites are “The Independent” and “Daily Mail” from the news websites and “CNET” and “Gizmodo” from the technological websites. The questions this papers tries to answer are the following questions: “How biohackers are represented in technology and news websites?” “Is the representation dimerent between these two dimerent kinds of websites”?

Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2017, 2018

Shadows, objects on the surface of a cloth, characters of a story taking place in front of the ey... more Shadows, objects on the surface of a cloth, characters of a story taking place in front of the eyes of the audience. Lifeless otherwise, animated throughout the performance as if not dead, iniated by emotions and aims, able of guiding the spectators through different sensations, communicating and interacting with them. On the other side of the cloth, behind the brightening lights, a single or a collective person serves the objects, those that have no breath, by performing duties such as giving voice to their language, transferring their thoughts, submitting to their authority. Moving according to what the characters on the cloth seem to manifest, distorting face, body and thought, disappearing behind the characters being animated. Perhaps the process of giving life to characters, animating, is not one-way? Perhaps there is a reverse course in this form of animation, where subject - operator - puppeteer - animator totally submits to the object being animated, representing an invitation to re-examine the concept of “doll”?
This paper focuses on the methodology of character embodiment through the analysis of an artwork where the object has been intentionally removed and the operators bend their humanness to the characters, being forced to adopt an alternative kinetic language, to perform an aberrant ritual of movements.

Honorato, D. (in press). Doors and Other Passages: a Semiotics of Space. In Matthew Melia (ed). Working title: Navigating Space and Place (Chapter 1). Oxfordshire: Inter-Disciplinary Press.

The intention in this chapter is to explore the various meanings of doors and other places of pas... more The intention in this chapter is to explore the various meanings of doors and other places of passage by referring not only to a mechanism that opens and closes but to a net of different interior images within the universal concept of The Door. In its initial form, the door might have had its shape improvised by use of simple material without the stability of material that characterizes a modern door. Today’s idea of a door seems to have its origin at the exact moment humans abandon nomadic life and the round shelters that characterize food collectors’ communities (such as a tent, a cave or an igloo), to become specialized in a labor activity and permanently inhabit a specific place within a square house.

Is there a different perception of things if someone lives in the desert, the mountain, the wood or the seaside, in the city or in the countryside? Does it make any difference the choice of method of transportation to cover distances? Whatever the object one finds along the way, whatever the road one chooses to connect the starting point with the location of destination, it contributes to shape one’s perception of reality. The place from which we originate, the place where we grew up and the place where we chose to live, leaves its mark daily whether we passively accept it or dynamically deny it. Transportation, roads and places are passages are doors into different paths in life. This chapter aims at to match societies and doors, to track dead end passages and generally open doors towards human development.

Consciousness, Theatre, Literature and the Arts 2007, Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe (ed.), Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.

This is an essay on the aesthetics of a performing art, it is not an essay on ethics. Therefore, ... more This is an essay on the aesthetics of a performing art, it is not an essay on ethics. Therefore, it should be read for what it is, not for what it does not mean.
This essay intends to explore the interaction of the bullfight’s three participating elements, bullfighter - bull – audience, as well as their symbolic meaning and representation in other forms of art.

The puppeteer could be compared to a dualistic god, in-between light and darkness, performing all... more The puppeteer could be compared to a dualistic god, in-between light and darkness, performing all roles at the same time, able of being everywhere in just one place. In Shadow Theater there is a common flexible dimension, in the space of reality, resulting from the interaction among the unseen one, who is moving the sticks in the backstage, and the audience, standing in front of a sheet of cloth, suspended by the rhythm of a plot where "performers" are made of leather cuts instead of flesh and blood.
The history behind the origins of Shadow Plays is not clear but its geographic expansion unites continents into a common fact. Even though puppets have been frequently associated with younger ages, traditional plays in Shadow Puppetry are rather adult in content and this is perhaps one of the reasons why they attract different age groups. Melancholic feelings for a long passed happy childhood or the lack of better activities are also to be considered as good reasons to join the crowd. But while Shadow Plays might lack a full educational concept in its basis they do have a moral dimension presented in a more or less clear way. Performed among different cultures, Shadow Theater seems to have developed distinct regional characteristics concerning the main heart of the narrative, the combination of extra activities complementing the storytelling and the materials used in the construction of visual effects.
This paper intends to explore the role of the master puppeteer in this form of theatrical art as well as the use of its image in other sorts of discourses, the puppet's appeal towards the audience as an inanimate object owner of free-will and the influence of puppetry in other media

Aesthetics in Turkey: Turkish Congress of Aesthetics Proceedings

In this essay the concept of “the monster” is analyzed (a) as an augury for some notable fact suc... more In this essay the concept of “the monster” is analyzed (a) as an augury for some notable fact
such as a catastrophe or a divine message in order to bring about human repentance, (b) as a being
escaping the physical borders of human dimension and (c) as a person responsible for a dreadful crime.
All of these definitions have in common the fact that they correspond to a type of being whose hybrid
form is somewhere between the human and the inhuman.

This paper intends to reflect on the intrusive role of billboards in individuals’ personality dev... more This paper intends to reflect on the intrusive role of billboards in individuals’ personality development and on the work of culture jamming in alerting conscious awareness.

Proceedings: Aesthetics Bridging Cultures > Session Aesthetics Beauty/New Old

Mirrors are legendary and are known for bringing trouble upon those who approach them. Seven year... more Mirrors are legendary and are known for bringing trouble upon those who approach them. Seven years of bad luck to those who break them, annihilation to those who gaze at them. But they are tools that permit us to contrast our exterior and interior images allowing us to construct an accurate appearance. In a society where attractive people are widely favored, mirrors, while having the capacity to project on their surface what stands in front of them, are also gadgets without instruction manuals. “Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?”

Anthropino

At first glance The Duke of Burgundy (2014) seems to be an historical drama focusing on the diffe... more At first glance The Duke of Burgundy (2014) seems to be an historical drama focusing on the differences in social status and on the exploitation resulting from the abyss between the servant and the served but, as the story evolves, it starts revealing its shape as a courtly love[1]. That is until the gaze direction is turned and another perspective comes forth: what happens while one is dreaming and the other is contributing to the perfection of the partner’s daily fantasy? Who dictates the reality of experience and how is it possible to know that both parts are in the same page? The Duke of Burgundy explores the scene and what happens behind the scene, converting the experience of seeing into an omnipresent act of voyeurism. For this reason, the film is a constant game, balancing concepts and meanings behind its characters’ words and mind-set, often resulting in a form of distorted semiotics.

Το βιβλίο "Ήθος και πάθος" ανιχνεύει την προσπάθεια του ανθρώπου να επικοινωνεί. Η ρητορική, η φυ... more Το βιβλίο "Ήθος και πάθος" ανιχνεύει την προσπάθεια του ανθρώπου να επικοινωνεί. Η ρητορική, η φυσιογνωμική, η ηθική, η ψυχολογία, η εκγύμναση του σώματος και το πολιτικό μάρκετινγκ είναι όλα μέσα που χρησιμοποιεί για να πετύχει το στόχο του. Η συγγραφέας, με το ιδιαίτερο προσωπικό της ύφος, πετυχαίνει να αποδώσει, με ευχάριστο και ζωντανό τρόπο, ένα δύσκολο ακαδημαϊκό θέμα.
"Από την αρχή ως το τέλος της πορείας μας, προς όποια κατεύθυνση και αν κινηθούμε -είτε από το παρελθόν προς το παρόν είτε αντίστροφα- καταγράφεται μια διαρκής αγωνία του ανθρώπου να ανακαλύψει τον αποτελεσματικότερο τρόπο αλληλεπίδρασης με τους συνανθρώπους του, να μεταδώσει επιτυχώς το μήνυμά του και να μην εξαπατηθεί. Ορισμένοι θεώρησαν ως λύση την απαγόρευση του ψεύδους, αλλά οι κανόνες που πρότειναν δεν ήταν εφαρμόσιμοι· άλλοι υποστήριξαν ότι η αλήθεια είναι απροσπέλαστη για τους ανθρώπους χωρίς τη βοήθεια του θεού· άλλοι αντέτειναν ότι η αλήθεια δεν είναι σημαντική εάν διακυβεύεται η σταθερότητα του πολιτικού συστήματος· άλλοι θέλησαν να απομονώσουν τα συναισθήματα και τα πάθη από το σώμα και αναζήτησαν την αλήθεια μόνο με τη βοήθεια του ορθού λόγου· άλλοι πίστεψαν ότι ανακάλυψαν το κλειδί στην αυθεντική φυσική κατάσταση του ανθρώπου και πρότειναν τη ρήξη με το κοινωνικό σύστημα· άλλοι, τέλος, υποστήριξαν πως η αλήθεια βρίσκεται μέσα στον καθένα και πως γι' αυτό το λόγο είναι πολλαπλή και ανέφικτη όσο το άτομο δεν βρίσκει την ισορροπία ανάμεσα στο νου, τα αισθήματα και το σώμα".

ανθρώπινο 1, Φεβρουάριος, 2016

Το ταξίδι μας ξεκινάει με έναν φόρο τιμής στο όνομα του μέσου μας –πρώτο μας θέμα: το ίδιο το ανθ... more Το ταξίδι μας ξεκινάει με έναν φόρο τιμής στο όνομα του μέσου μας –πρώτο μας θέμα: το ίδιο το ανθρώπινο. Σε αυτό το τεύχος φιλοξενούμε εννέα συν ένα δοκίμια που εξετάζουν πτυχές αυτού που λέμε “ανθρώπινο” με λογοτεχνικές και κινηματογραφικές αφορμές. Το αποτέλεσμα προσφέρει μια περιδιάβαση στις σελίδες αρκετών, πολύ διαφορετικών μεταξύ τους ενίοτε, λογοτεχνών και σε ποικίλες εικόνες κινηματογραφιστών, ελλήνων και μη.

We are inviting individual and group proposal submissions for short conference presentations. Add... more We are inviting individual and group proposal submissions for short conference presentations. Additionally, we are looking for submissions for a gallery exhibition, a multimedia and film screening event, and workshop presentations.
Deadline: December 10th 2023
More info: https://femeeting.com

AM Journal of Art and Media Studies, 2023

"Art, Science, and Health" - Call for Papers, AM Journal of Art and Media Studies, No. 32, Octobe... more "Art, Science, and Health" - Call for Papers, AM Journal of Art and Media Studies, No. 32, October 2023 | Guest-editors: Dr Dalila Honorato, Dr Olga Majcen Linn, and Dr Sunčica Ostoić. Deadline for abstracts February 28, 2023.
https://fmkjournals.fmk.edu.rs/index.php/AM/announcement/view/17

Open call for proposals to TTT2023 Malta Interdisciplinary Conference Taboo – Transgression - Tr... more Open call for proposals to TTT2023 Malta Interdisciplinary Conference
Taboo – Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science
27-29 September 2023, Malta Society of Arts, Valletta
Call for papers, posters, artworks and artist-talks open until 31 January 2023

The fourth international conference "Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science" will... more The fourth international conference "Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science" will take place November 26–28, 2020, in Austria, hosted by the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Including theoretical and art practice presentations, TTT2020 continues to focus (a) on questions about the nature of the forbidden and aesthetics of liminality as expressed in art that uses or is inspired by technology and science, and (b) on the opening of spaces for creative transformation in the merging of science and art. Deadline for submitting abstracts and remaining info: March 31st, 2020

The third international interdisciplinary conference "Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Ar... more The third international interdisciplinary conference "Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science" will take place in 11-13 November 2018 in Mexico City, hosted by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and the Centro de Cultura Digital.

Including theoretical and artwork presentations TTT2018 continues to focus: a) on questions about the nature of the forbidden and about the aesthetics of liminality - as expressed in art that uses or is inspired by technology and science, b) in the opening of spaces for creative transformation in the merging of science and art. Submissions are welcome from all art and research fields and cutting-edge technology in art research.

Suggested, but not exclusive topics, are those associated, with: Biopunk, hybridity and aesthetics of mutation | Cyborg, augmentation and bοdy modification | Post gender, transgressive identities and social models | Psycho-pharmacology, somatechnology and post-humanism | Chemistry of the mind, natural healers and mind enhancement | Biotechnology, DIYbio and biohacking | Ethology, human and nonhuman | Evolution, extinction and randomness.

Coordinated in partnership with the program of the FACTT 2018 - Festival Art & Science Trans-disciplinary and Trans-national the conference is co-organized by the Research and Creation Group Arte+Ciencia, UNAM (Mexico), Arte Institute (USA), Cultivamos Cultura (Portugal) besides the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, Ionian University (Greece).

More info: http://avarts.ionio.gr/ttt/
Contact: av-conf@ionio.gr

The conference focus: a) on questions about the nature of the forbidden and about the aesthetics ... more The conference focus: a) on questions about the nature of the forbidden and about the aesthetics of liminality - as expressed in art that uses or is inspired by technology and science, b) in the opening of spaces for creative transformation in the merging of science and art.

Submissions are welcome from all art and research fields with emphasis on filmmaking, illustration, video art, sound art / electroacoustic music, photography, animation, videogames, computer art, installation art, performance art, bio art, net.art, electronic art, robotic art and cutting-edge technology in art research.

Suggested, but not exclusive topics, are those associated, with: Chemistry of the mind, natural healers and mind enhancement | Post gender, transgressive identities and social models | Cyborg, augmentation and bοdy modification | Psycho-pharmacology, somatechnology and post-humanism | Human-like machines, uncanny valley and sex technology | Biopunk, hybridity and aesthetics of mutation | Biotechnology, biophysics and music technology.

More info: http://avarts.ionio.gr/ttt/
Contact: av-conf@ionio.gr

Open call for papers and art work presentations to the interdisciplinary conference "TABOO - TRAN... more Open call for papers and art work presentations to the interdisciplinary conference "TABOO - TRANSGRESSION - TRANSCENDENCE in Art and Science". Ionian University, Corfu Greece, 20-21 May 2016

Deadline for submitting abstracts: February 29, 2016

Submissions are welcome both from scientific fields acquainted to audio & visual technology and/or new media theory as well as from the diverse fields of artistic expression related with scientific issues. Suggested, but not exclusive topics, are those associated, from an artistic, scientific or ethical perspective, with: • Art as subversion and art as transcendence • Dirt, disgust and the polluted • The body machine and the animal body • Animal rights in Art and Science • Taboos in technological applications and transcendence in art creation • Tradition, experimental use of technology and contemporary aesthetics • Internet, new dimensions of “touching” and control • Post gender, transgressive identities and social models • Transgression, subculture and ritual • Trance culture, psychotropic substances and socialization • Attraction, eroticism and techno-reproduction • Dogmas’ transformations and dissolutions in present times • Educational environments and new practices of space transcendence • Plastic surgery and bοdy modification-body alteration • Gene editing, mutation and eugenics • Psycho-pharmacology, somatechnology and post-humanism • Human-like machines, uncanny valley and sex technology • Nanotechnology, skin and other dimensions of the body • Neurophysiology and cybernetic art • Art and neuroscience
The conference proceedings will be published in digital format (e-Book) with ISBN number. The working languages of the conference are Greek and English.

For more info (http://avarts.ionio.gr/festival/2016/en/conference/)
email: av-fest@ionio.gr

Technoetic Arts, 2023

Women in the field of art and science have an unquestionable presence worldwide that exceeds thei... more Women in the field of art and science have an unquestionable presence worldwide that exceeds their visibility in the general visual art scene. When cataloguing women's range of practices and exploring their agency in art and science, a new model of inclusivity and access to the public sphere for all individuals working in art emerges. First, these are contributions reflecting on projects being carried out by women in the broadest interpretation of the term-individuals who identify themselves as women, cisgender, non-cisgender, transgender, gender fluid and independent of their sex and gender. Second, these are contributions that reflect on research methodologies, collaboration strategies, knowledge sharing, as well as public vs. personal, embodiment and materiality.

Artnodes, 2021

In April 2020, artists Robertina Šebjanič, Louise Mackenzie, Karolina Żyniewicz and Isabel Burr R... more In April 2020, artists Robertina Šebjanič, Louise Mackenzie, Karolina Żyniewicz and Isabel Burr Raty were invited by Dalila Honorato to develop research on the theme of “Staying in Touch: post-coronavirus art curating” as part of the collaborative digital art residency Braiding Friction. Working remotely across Slovenia, the UK, Poland, Belgium, Greece, USA and Portugal the group developed a speculative fiction in which art is the virus and art practitioners act as frontline workers. Braiding historical and contemporary art, architectural and bio-art practices, the group developed potential futures for post-pandemic art spaces, resulting in a fictional account of a series of art exhibitions that coincide with a pandemic event. The research was synthesised in the form of a pseudo-documentary premiered by the Creative Europe project BioFriction on 23rd July 2020. This article presents the transcript of the pseudo-documentary “Staying in Touch” (Honorato, Mackenzie, Żyniewicz, Burr Rat...