CAPHE - a two-month global, multidisciplinary artistic collaboration at the Museum of Informatics & Telecommunications

In the context of the Communities and Artistic Participation in Hybrid Environments (CAPHE) project, an HORIZON TMA MSCA Staff Exchanges project, the Department and Museum of Informatics and Telecommunications, led by by Associate Professor Maria Roussou, hosted the second in-situ collaboration of the mobility program in Athens, which took place in October and November 2023.

Researchers of our Department demonstrated a number of Digital Storytelling and XR projects, including:

• a hands-on demo of the VR project on the life of 20th-century classical music composer Nikos Skalkottas.
• the collaborative Çatalhöyük Virtual Reality (ÇVR) experience, exploring portions of the UNESCO Neolithic archaeological site
• a workshop on the “Transition to 8 platform
• a hands-on training session on interactive storytelling utilizing StoryMaker, a tool created by the “narralive” research team
• a workshop titled “ΑΙ Art – Possibilities and Concerns,” blending artificial intelligence with art, led by Dr. Panagiotis Liakos
• etc.

For more information, see: https://hub.uoa.gr/en/university-of-athens-the-caphe-project/