Newspaper Article “ The Biennale of Western Balkans is coming back”

The Western Balkans Biennale and the working group “Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Media” of the Art History Laboratory of the School of Fine Arts of the University of Ioannina participate in the activities, organizing a day of speeches, workshops and screenings. The activities are carried out in collaboration with the Museum of Silversmithing of Ioannina of the Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus Group and the DIPETHE of Ioannina.

The meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 15, from 12 to 3 at noon, at the Museum of Silversmithing. The program includes an introductory speech “Tradition again” by Professor of the School of Fine Arts of the University of Ioannina and director of the Art History Laboratory Christos Dermentzopoulos.

Following are the Assistant Professor of the University of Peloponnese, Director of the Laboratory of Knowledge and Uncertainty (GAB LAB) Manolis Wallace on “From IT for culture to cultural IT”, the scientific associate of the National Documentation Center Georgia Aggelaki on “Interoperable and reusable digital cultural content for research, education and creative industries. The role of the EKT as a national accumulator of cultural content”, the professor at the Department of Architectural Engineering of DUTH & PALIMPSEST Project Communication Manager Polyxeni Mantzou, on “Metatypologies: the museum”, the assistant professor at the School of Fine Arts of the University of Ioannina Victoria Ferendinou “Visual Habitats: Towards an Ecology of Cultural Heritage through Contemporary Art” and the PhD candidate for International Relations at Panteion University and head of research Inter Alia Nikos Pasamitros on “Approaching Dark Cultural Heritage Sites through the Art Creation: the Project ECHO (European Cultural Heritage Onstage)”.