{"id":107,"date":"2025-04-08T10:31:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T10:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2025-06-05T01:21:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T22:21:02","slug":"invited-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/index.php\/invited-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"107\" class=\"elementor elementor-107\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1077b8df e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1077b8df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22298c78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22298c78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Keynote Speakers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-columns {\"id\":\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-05630f77\",\"columns\":1,\"layout\":\"equal\",\"className\":\"\"} --><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-05630f77\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns has-1-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-equal-layout has-vertical-unset\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<p><!-- wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column {\"id\":\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-bd5f2f90\",\"columnWidth\":\"100\",\"className\":\"\"} --><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-bd5f2f90\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<p><!-- wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-columns {\"id\":\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-95701ab5\",\"columns\":1,\"layout\":\"equal\",\"layoutMobile\":\"collapsedRows\",\"className\":\"\"} --><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-95701ab5\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns has-1-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-collapsedRows-layout has-vertical-unset\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<p><!-- wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column {\"id\":\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-2cd4255f\",\"columnWidth\":\"100\",\"className\":\"\"} --><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-2cd4255f\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<p><!-- wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-columns {\"id\":\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-db68d954\",\"columns\":2,\"layout\":\"twoOneOne\",\"layoutMobile\":\"collapsedRows\",\"className\":\"\"} --><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-db68d954\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns has-2-columns has-desktop-twoOneOne-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-collapsedRows-layout has-vertical-unset\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<p><!-- wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column {\"id\":\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-fa531dd3\",\"columnWidth\":\"50\",\"className\":\"\"} --><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-fa531dd3\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":126,\"width\":\"291px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"923\" src=\"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/benayoun-1024x923.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126\" style=\"width: 291px; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/benayoun-1024x923.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/benayoun-600x541.jpg 600w, https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/benayoun-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/benayoun-768x692.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/benayoun.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column --><!-- wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column {\"id\":\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-c99fbded\",\"columnWidth\":\"50\",\"className\":\"\"} --><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-c99fbded\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MAURICE BENAYOUN \u83ab\u5954<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":5} --><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Media Artist, Theorist and Curator,\u00a0<br \/>Professor, Nanjing University, CHINA<\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maurice Benayoun<\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0<strong>MoBen<\/strong>\u00a0or \u83ab\u5954) (born 29 March 1957 in\u00a0Mascara, Algeria) is a French pioneer, contemporary new-media artist, curator and theorist based in\u00a0Paris\u00a0and\u00a0Hong Kong.\u00a0His work employs various media, including (and often combining)\u00a0video,\u00a0computer graphics,\u00a0immersive virtual reality, the Internet,\u00a0performance,\u00a0EEG,\u00a03D Printing, large-scale urban media art installations and\u00a0interactive\u00a0exhibitions. Often conceptual, Maurice Benayoun\u2019s work constitutes a critical investigation of the mutations in the contemporary society induced by the emerging or recently adopted technologies.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-columns --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-columns --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-columns --><!-- wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-columns {\"id\":\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-d9171b1a\",\"columns\":2,\"layout\":\"equal\",\"layoutMobile\":\"collapsedRows\",\"className\":\"\"} --><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-d9171b1a\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns has-2-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-collapsedRows-layout has-vertical-unset\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><hr \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<p><!-- wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column {\"id\":\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-eb715e98\",\"columnWidth\":\"50\",\"className\":\"\"} --><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-eb715e98\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":125,\"width\":\"309px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/almiron.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125\" style=\"width: 309px; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/almiron.jpg 512w, https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/almiron-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/almiron-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/almiron-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column --><!-- wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column {\"id\":\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-997ea998\",\"columnWidth\":\"50\",\"className\":\"\"} --><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-997ea998\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Miguel Almiron<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":5} --><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professor, University of Paris 1<\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miguel Almiron<\/strong>\u00a0is a member of Institut Acte (UR 7539) University Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne. He leads a theoretical and technical practice exploring and reflecting on the possibilities of expressing the senses of body, and the human being through the use of new digital technologies. His artistic work has been exhibited in galleries and festivals in France and abroad. He was associated to the Labex Arts-H2H\/Ens Louis-Lumi\u00e8re research program &#8220;Deceptive Arts. Machines, Magic, Media.&#8221;(2015-2018).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/samuel-bianchini_photo-helene-bozzi_b9a0755_1200px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/samuel-bianchini_photo-helene-bozzi_b9a0755_1200px-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-297 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/samuel-bianchini_photo-helene-bozzi_b9a0755_1200px-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/samuel-bianchini_photo-helene-bozzi_b9a0755_1200px-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-columns --><!-- wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-columns {\"id\":\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-69496297\",\"columns\":1,\"layout\":\"equal\",\"className\":\"\"} --><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-69496297\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns has-1-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-equal-layout has-vertical-unset\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><strong>Samuel Bianchini<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h5>Professor \u00c9cole nationale sup\u00e9rieure des Arts D\u00e9coratifs (EnsAD, PSL University, Paris)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Samuel Bianchini<\/strong> is an artist and teacher-researcher (professor, habilitated to supervise research) at \u00c9cole nationale sup\u00e9rieure des Arts D\u00e9coratifs (EnsAD, PSL University, Paris). He lives and works in Paris. With more than 100 collective and 20 solo exhibitions, his works are regularly presented in Europe and around the world: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Belo Horizonte, Rio De Janeiro, Sa\u0303o Paulo, Brasilia), Benaki Museum Pireos (Athens), Red Brick Museum (Beijing), MOMus \u2013 Museum of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki, Jeu de Paume (Paris), Z\u00fcrcher Gallery (New York), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Wood Street Galleries (Pittsburgh), Nuit Blanche (Toronto), Medialab Prado (Madrid), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Waterfall Gallery (New York), Art Basel, etc.<\/p>\n<div><hr \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<p><!-- wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column {\"id\":\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-d2cebfdd\",\"columnWidth\":\"100\",\"className\":\"\"} --><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-d2cebfdd\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speakers List<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} --><\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item --><\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/benayoun.com\/moben\/\">Maurice Benayoun<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Nanjing University, CHINA)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Martin Carle<\/strong>\u00a0(Ionian University, GR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Katerina El Raheb<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Peloponnese, GR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Iannis Zannos<\/strong>\u00a0(Ionian University, GR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Panagiotis Koutsabasis<\/strong>\u00a0(University of the Aegean, ISD Lab, GR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos<\/strong>\u00a0(University of the Aegean, ISD Lab, GR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dijana Lekic-Savatic<\/strong>\u00a0(CiTU-PARAGRAPHE, FR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Giorgos Nikopoulos<\/strong>\u00a0(Ionian University, GR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Giorgos Papakonstantinou<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Thessaly, GR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mathieu Quiniou<\/strong>\u00a0(CiTU-PARAGRAPHE, FR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Samuel Szoniecky<\/strong>\u00a0(CiTU-PARAGRAPHE, FR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/xylem.aegean.gr\/~modestos\/mo.blog\/\">Modestos Stavrakis<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(University of the Aegean, ISD Lab, GR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tassos Theodoropoulos<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Peloponnese, GR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Konstantinos Tiligadis<\/strong>\u00a0(Ionian University, GR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prodromos Tsiavos<\/strong>\u00a0(A. Onassis Foundation, GR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spyros Vosinakis<\/strong>\u00a0(University of the Aegean, ISD Lab, GR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Khaldoun Zreik<\/strong>\u00a0(CiTU-PARAGRAPHE, FR)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-column --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-columns --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keynote Speakers MAURICE BENAYOUN \u83ab\u5954 New Media Artist, Theorist and Curator,\u00a0Professor, Nanjing University, CHINA Maurice Benayoun\u00a0(aka\u00a0MoBen\u00a0or \u83ab\u5954) (born 29 March 1957 in\u00a0Mascara, Algeria) is a French pioneer, contemporary new-media artist, curator and theorist based in\u00a0Paris\u00a0and\u00a0Hong Kong.\u00a0His work employs various media, including (and often combining)\u00a0video,\u00a0computer graphics,\u00a0immersive virtual reality, the Internet,\u00a0performance,\u00a0EEG,\u00a03D Printing, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303,"href":"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xarts.aegean.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}