Academic Catalog 2011 - 2012

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Research, editing, coordination: Manolis Baboussis, Associate Professor, Vice-Rector Documentation, texts: Kalliopi Kanellou, Academic Affairs Director Maria Papageorgiou, Department of Studies & Student Welfare Konstantina Spyropoulou, Senate and Rector’s Council Secretary

Photographs: Manolis Baboussis archives Giorgos Totskas A.S.F.A. Studios archives

Translation, proofreading: Alexandros Karatzas Nassia Dinopoulou Layout, printing, binding: Dekalogos, Graphic Arts


Athens School of Fine Arts

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2011-2012

academic catalog

DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS


TABLE OF CONTENTS Rector’s greeting Foreword by the Department’s Chairman

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1. THE ATHENS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS Historical overview of the A.S.F.A. About the A.S.F.A. Rectorial authorities Reshaping the Greek Higher Education – Transitional provisions

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2. THE DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS Department overview The Department in numbers Admission to the Department: Terms & conditions Special admission examinations Admission by means of “classifying examinations” Registration Student status

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3. UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES – STUDIES REGULATION Undergraduate studies – Studies regulation Examination periods Student projects Educational field trips The Department’s Secretariat Visiting hours

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4. STUDIOS’ & COURSES’ SYLLABUS

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• 1st Studio, Director: Zacharias Arvanitis • 2nd Studio, Director: Georgios-Thomas Lazongas • 3rd Studio, Director: Marios Spiliopoulos • 4th Studio, Director: Panagiotis Charalambous

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• 5th Studio, Director: Dimitrios Sakellion • 6th Studio, Director: Triantafyllos Patraskidis • 7th Studio, Director: Jannis Psychopedis • 8th Studio, Director: Anastassios Christakis • 9th Studio, Director: Nikolaos Navridis • 1st Studio, Director: Nikolaos Tranos • 2nd Studio, Director: Georgios Lappas • 3rd Studio, Director: Georgios Houliaras • 1st Studio, Director: Michalis Arfaras • 2nd Studio, Director: Vassiliki Tsalamata • 1. Bronze casting – Plaster working, Supervisor: Markos Georgilakis • 2. Ceramics, Supervisor: Pavlos Paltoglou • 3. Drawing, Supervisor: Georgios Kazazis • 4. Elements of Painting, Supervisor: Aristotelis Tzakos • 5. Elements of Printmaking, Supervisors: Ioannis Gourzis (1st Studio), Vassiliki Tsalamata (2nd Studio) • 6. Elements of Sculpture, Supervisor: Nikolaos Tranos • 7. Fresco and Portable Icons Technique, Supervisor: Pavlos Samios • 8. Graphic Arts, Typography, and the Art of Book, Supervisor: Leoni Vidali-Lambrinakou

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• 9. Mosaic, Supervisor: Daphne Aggelidou • 10. Multimedia-Hypermedia and Video Art, Supervisor: Matthaios Santorinaios • 11. Photography: Forms of the analog and digital photographic image in contemporary art, Supervisor: Manolis Baboussis • 12. Stage Design, Supervisor: Efthalia Pezanou • 13. Foreign language

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Courses of the Department of Art Theory and History of Art also offered at the Department of Fine Arts

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5. UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES CURRICULUM – ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012 Curriculum per semester of studies Notes on the Undergraduate Studies Curriculum

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6. POSTGRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAMMES (P.S.P.s) “Master in Digital Art Forms” P.S.P. “Master in Visual Arts” P.S.P. “Master in Art, Virtual Reality & Multi-User Means of Artistic Expression” P.S.P.

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7. A.S.F.A. EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE Library Exhibition venues Art exhibitions & other activities of the A.S.F.A. Auditorium Theatre hall – Cinema hall Garden The A.S.F.A. Gallery The A.S.F.A. Annexes

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8. A.S.F.A. SPECIAL SERVICES Special Research Funds Account Employment & Career Structure (E.C.S.) Careers Office Erasmus Office Network services

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9. STUDENT WELFARE Health care Hospitalisation Catering Accommodation Student accommodation allowance Student transport pass Scholarships – Bequests Free distribution of books Sports activities Cultural activities Use of premises & equipment Cessation of student benefits

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10. ACADEMIC STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS Teaching & Research Staff (T&R Staff) T&R Staff Biographical Notes Adjunct Professors (P.D. 407/1980) Specialised & Laboratory Teaching Staff (S&LT Staff) Specialised Technical Laboratory Staff (STL Staff) Professors Emeriti & Honorary Professors Honorary Doctors

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11. GENERAL I N A.S.F.A. Administrative Services Contact information Location – Campuses

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Colour pages 97-112: Graduates’ artworks

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RECTOR’S GREETING

Dear students, The 2011-2012 Academic Catalog of the Department of Fine Arts of the Athens School of Fine Arts (A.S.F.A.) is a valuable tool which now reaches your hands, and a helpful one for everyone interested in studying Art in Greece. It provides all the information on the identity, overall structure, operation and curriculum of the Department, as well as a comprehensive guide of the obligations and rights arising from your student status, along with the services and facilities offered to you during your studies at the A.S.F.A. In this sense, the publication of a courses’ catalog is always indispensable, an obligation toward the students every academic institution has to meet; and in our case, all the more so, since graphic design falls within the scope of the studies offered. As a result, such a publication is expected to be of outstanding quality, reflecting and even highlighting the particular identity and vitality of the A.S.F.A. – Greece’s first and premier art school, established 175 years ago. Dear students, These are extremely harsh times for all of us in Greece; the present is a trying time, an ordeal if you will, accompanied by a sense of loss, but it is also “History in the making”. In the great adventure of Art, “the real life is an enterprise always ‘in the red’”* – that’s all I have to say with regard to the economic indices, the oppressing fiscal measures, the suffocating “bail-outs” and the “fluctuating returns” of a system we have to bear with, in its most profound crisis. 9


On the occasion of this short greeting, I would like to wish you a happy and productive academic year, rich in new experiences and knowledge. I am sure that the choice that you made and your own perseverance in attaining your goals, together with the members of this institution’s teaching staff – the professors of the courses and the instructors of the art studios – and its long history are the perfect combination ensuring a new impetus for the A.S.F.A. and the shaping of a brighter future.

Giorgos Harvalias Rector of the A.S.F.A.

* Arthur Schopenhauer.

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FOREWORD

The English-speaking edition of the Department of Fine Arts’ Academic Catalog in your hands comes to fill a gap of several years since the last publication of this kind. The team that worked for this catalog put a particular effort in order to provide a publication of the highest possible informative and aesthetic value. I think that everyone already studying or wishing to pursue his studies at the A.S.F.A. has now an up-to-date academic calendar and courses catalog, answering every question on the operation of the Department of Fine Arts and both its undergraduate and postgraduate curricula. I always thought that one’s involvement with Art makes one a better person. Today, during these hard times, this comes as a pressing necessity – while offering us a core of resistance against the ever-increasing challenges we are facing. I would like to wish all of our students a successful and fruitful academic year 2011-2012.

Aristotelis Tzakos Chairman of the Department of Fine Arts

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HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE A.S.F.A.

Initially, the School operated only on Sundays and bank holidays, and it admitted students regardless of age and educational level, without having any selection procedure. It was a one-year course and the instruction was gratuitous. Its curriculum included sketching (drawing and geometrical tracery), mathematics, modelling and elementary architecture and, later on, calligraphy. The School’s first appointed Principal (“Governor”) was a Captain of the Corps of Engineers, Friedrich von Zentner. The “Royal School of Arts & Crafts” (or “Polytechnic School”, as the School was also known) was temporarily housed in a residence on Pireos street. The appointed day for inauguration was October 17, 1837. Because of the massive turn-out of candidates, the School was soon rejecting several entry applications. The first appointed teachers of sketching were the Danish Hansen brothers. However, the first bona fide art course was probably

introduced in the curriculum in 1840 and was closely connected with the artistic dispositions of Sophie de Marbois-Lebrun, also known as the “Duchess of Plaisance”, who sought to the invitation of Pierre Bonirote, a painter from Lyon who had studied under Ingres. In 1842, the employment of Philippos Margaritis, who was to teach elementary painting, coincided with the opening of a daily attendance School. The outbreak of the constitutional revolution of September 3, 1843 also affected the School’s operation. On October 22, 1843, a Royal Decree was published which confirmed the existence of three departments within the School: the Sunday school, for those professing “miscellaneous arts & crafts”, the Daily Attendance school, for “industrial craftsmen”, and the Higher school, “for the everyday instruction of the beautiful arts”. Here it is provided that the School will offer instruction in art, from painting through sculpting to engraving. In January 1844, the architect Lyssandros Kautantzoglou takes over as new Principal of the School. That same year, a course in the History of the Visual Arts and Painting Interpretation was introduced into the curriculum, taught by Grigorios Papadopoulos, a Classical Scholar. Soon after, a new, “innovative” course was introduced: a course on photography, taught by Philippos Margaritis.

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The history of the A.S.F.A. virtually coincides with the history of the Modern Greek State. The forerunner of the A.S.F.A. was the “School for the Arts”, the Royal Decree for the founding of which was published in the Official Gazette on December 31, 1836 (January 12, 1837). The School was modelled after its western European counterparts, especially those of Bavaria and France.

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1932, Argyros studio. The group includes Georgopoulos, Varlas, Almaliotis, Maïdis, Sofianopoulos, Nikolaou, Antoniadou-Vakirtzi, Pomonis, and Kachrimanis.

June 1961. Georgiadis, Mavroïdis, Pappas, Moralis, with a group of students.

In 1894, the “Polytechnic School” had to cope with the issue of women’s attendance. As a result, a “Department of Graphic and Plastic Arts for young ladies” was established; it was eventually abolished in 1901, when co-education was allowed.

operation of the School of Fine Arts. As far as the organisational structure of the institution is concerned, a selection procedure for hiring teaching staff is established, adopting an open invitation system instead of directly employing staff members.

The important step towards the formation of a bona fide School of Fine Arts was made after the military coup of 1909. A bill that was passed in February 1910 administratively separated the Art Department from the Industrial Arts Department, allowing the former to become self-governed. Georgios Iakovidis, Curator of the Gallery, was the first Principal of the autonomous School of Fine Arts, which nevertheless continued to operate within the framework of the “Metsovion Polytechnic” (as the School had been officially named, in the meantime, in honour of the “national benefactors” from Metsovo). In 1914, the Metsovion Polytechnic –now named National– was legislatively accredited as an institute of higher education. A new Law regulated the

Iakovidis is to be succeeded, as Principal, by the sculptor Konstantinos Dimitriadis, who, however, is appointed by decree. The Law 4791, passed on July 3, 1930, accredited the School, granting to it academic independence. Thus, the Athens School of Fine Arts, which began as an art department of the “School for the Arts”, severed the umbilical cord attaching it to the Polytechnic and evolved to an independent educational institution. By the same Law, the A.S.F.A. Annexes and its Studios are also established, the latter (already provided in a 1923 law and operating unofficially since the mid1920s) being to this day the educational “nucleus” of the Department of Fine Arts. In order to enrol at a Studio, candidates must pass the admission examinations. In 1939, the chair of History of Art is officially


World War II, the German Occupation and the Greek Civil War, during the 1940s, forced the School to under-function. Dimitriadis, who died in 1943, was succeeded by Epameinondas Thomopoulos. In 1947, Yiannis Moralis succeeds Konstantinos Parthenis. From 1950 to 1970, professors such as the painters Georgios Mavroïdis and Spyros Papaloukas, the sculptors Yiannis Pappas, Dimitris Kalamaras, Thanassis Apartis, the engraver Konstantinos Grammatopoulos, and the architect Pavlos Mylonas are a credit to the School by their teaching work and mere presence. In 1960, the “Practice Workshops”, i.e. today’s Elective Studio Courses, are established. Elli Voïla-Laskari, teaching at the time at the Mosaic Studio, becomes the first female member of the School’s teaching staff. During the 1967-1974 dictatorship, A.S.F.A. students participated in the resistance against the military junta, while no A.S.F.A. professor collaborated with the Colonels’ regime. Following the restoration of Democracy, “new blood” joins the School’s teaching staff, namely artists such as Panayiotis Tetsis, Dimosthenis Kokkinidis, Nikos Kessanlis, Dimitris Mytaras, Georgios Nikolaïdis, Ilias Dekoulakos, Thanassis Exarchopoulos, as well as the architect Savvas Kontaratos; thus all tendencies of modern art are represented, both in theory (enriched by the incorporation of the “Introduction to Philosophy and Aesthetics” course, taught by Pavlos Christodoulidis) and practice (i.e. at the Studios).

Pantelis Prevelakis retired in 1974 and was succeeded by Marina Lambraki-Plaka, who became the School’s first female appointed Professor. In 1992, the painter Rena Papaspyrou becomes the first female Studio Director. A turning point in the School’s evolution comes during the rectorial term (since 1977, the School’s Principal is to become a “Rector”, according to the Presidential Decree 741/1977) of Panayiotis Tetsis, when the Greek State cedes to the A.S.F.A. the old textile factory of the Sikiaridis family, at Pireos street. This building complex will be put in use under the rectorial term of Nikos Kessanlis; today, it houses the greater part of the School’s activities. In 1998, the “Master in Digital Art forms” Postgraduate Studies Programme is established, followed in 2004 by the “Master in Visual Arts” P.S.P. In 1991, the Presidential Decree 486/1991 provides for the establishment of the “Department of Theoretical Art Studies”; known today as the “Department of Art Theory and History of Art”, the new Department admitted students for the first time during the academic year 2006-2007.

Nikos Daskalothanassis, Associate Professor, Department of Art Theory & History of Art, Athens School of Fine Arts

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established; Pantelis Prevelakis succeeds Zacharias Papantoniou (who taught Aesthetics and History of Art) and holds that chair for 35 years.

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ABOUT THE A.S.F.A. The Athens School of Fine Arts (A.S.F.A.) is a Higher Education Institution (H.E.I. or “A.E.I.” as these are known in Greece); it operates as a self-managed Public Entity. The Greek State supervises the above Institution by means of the Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs. In order to perform its mission, the A.S.F.A., as is the case with all H.E.I.s, is subsidised by the Greek State, according to general rules and principles established jointly by the State and the Institution, taking into consideration the 4-year academic & development plans, and the relevant agreements executed in the context of said plans. The A.S.F.A. consists of two Departments: the Department of Fine Arts, and the Department of Art Theory and History of Art RECTORIAL AUTHORITIES

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Rector Associate Professor Giorgos Harvalias

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Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs, Research, and Personnel Professor Panagiotis Charalambous Vice-Rector of Financial Programming, Development, and International Relations Associate Professor Manolis Baboussis In performing his duties, the Rector is assisted by two (2) Vice-Rectors, the Vice-Rector of Financial Programming, Development, and International Relations, and the Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs, Research, and Personnel, respectively vested the responsibilities assigned to them by the Rector’s Council. The term of the above authorities expires on August 31, 2014.



RESHAPING THE GREEK HIGHER EDUCATION – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS The legal framework governing the operation of the Greek H.E.I.s was recently modified by means of the Law 4009, of September 6, 2011, on the “Structure, operation, assurance of quality of the studies, and internationalisation of the Higher Education Institutions”.

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The main changes brought on by said law with respect to the structure of the Higher Education Institutions are as follows: Each Institution is constituted by Faculties, which are the main administrative and academic units. The Department is the basic educational unit; it organises teaching within the framework of a particular programme of studies and consists of all professors of the Faculty who teach in the particular programme of studies in question.

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The bodies of the Institution are: a) the Council, which is vested with decisive responsibilities; it consists of internal and external members; b) the Rector, who is elected following an international call for expression of interest; c) the Senate, which is mainly vested with academic responsibilities. The bodies of the Faculty are the Dean, the Dean’s Council and the General Assembly, while the bodies of the Department are the Chairman (Director) and the Assembly. The bodies of the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies are the Dean, the Dean’s Council, the Head (Director) of the Postgraduate Studies Programme and the Teaching Staff of the Postgraduate Studies Programme. The academic ranks have now three levels: professors, associate professors and assistant professors.

The studies are organised into three cycles: The first cycle involves attending a programme of studies that includes courses corresponding to a minimum of 180 ECTS-credits, and leads to the awarding of an academic degree. The second cycle involves attending a programme of postgraduate studies; such a programme includes courses corresponding to a minimum of 60 ECTS-credits and leads to the awarding of a postgraduate degree. The third cycle involves attending a programme of doctoral studies; such a programme includes courses corresponding to a minimum of 30 ECTS-credits and the submission of a doctoral thesis. The specific principles and rules of operation, the organisation and the particular goals of each Institution, within the framework set by the new law, are specified by its Organisational Chart and Internal Rules of Operation. According to the transitional provisions, the Council to be formed would initiate, starting from February 1st, 2012, the procedure for electing a new Rector, according to the provisions of the new law. The terms of all Rectors and Vice-Rectors elected according to the provisions still in effect at the time the new law was published in the Official Gazette are to expire on August 31, 2012, on which date the Rectors elected according to the provisions of the new law will assume their duties. Until the new Rectors assume their duties, the active Rectors and Vice-Rectors, as well as the existing Rector’s Council will continue to assume their duties, according to the provisions still in effect at the time the new law was published in the Official Gazette.



A view of the “Nikos Kessanlis” (a.k.a. “The Factory”) venue, during the exhibition of works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, titled Everything That’s Interesting Is New, held in 1996 in collaboration with the DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art.


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The Department of Fine Arts


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The basic training unit and virtually the “core” of the Department of Fine Arts is the art Studio, which, over the years, has become synonymous with the studies at and even the very identity of the A.S.F.A. Each Studio, by means of its own syllabus, initially familiarises students with the visual art “language” and its means, shapes their visual and theoretic culture, and ultimately expands their critical thinking in the fields of creation and artistic expression. The art Studio does not just convey to students practical knowledge on various techniques – but a certain idea of Art, a certain view, which can be totally different from the – equally valuable– one proposed by another Studio. The operation of several Studios – with, potentially, as many different point of views on art issues– reflects, on the art education provided by the Department, the pluralism of modern artistic expression, as well as the freedom of choice students enjoy at the A.S.F.A. As a matter of fact, the Department’s curriculum gives its students the opportunity to not only initially opt for but also change the Studio they attend, according to their own interests and personal needs, in pursuit of their personal artistic voice. To this day, the Department of Fine Arts consists of three (3) Divisions: Painting Division, Sculpture Division and Printmaking Division. The Painting Division operates nine (9) Studios, the Sculpture Division operates three (3) Studios, and the Printmaking Division operates two (2) Studios. The Department’s Curriculum also includes elective studio and lecture courses.

Since its establishment, and to this day, many of the Department’s Studios make use of life models in the study of the human body. In the context of a broader syllabus, the study of the human form remains to this day an exercise of particular significance. The duration of studies in the Department of Fine Arts is five years (or 10 semesters). During the last two (2) semesters, students work on their diploma dissertation, under the guidance and supervision of the Director of the Studio they attend and its other Teaching & Research Staff members. Upon completion of their studies, students are awarded by the Department of Fine Arts a common “Diploma in Fine Arts” (Bachelor of Arts), further mentioning their Division option: a) Painting, b) Sculpture, and c) Printmaking. Graduates who have attended and succeeded in the relevant special lecture courses are entitled to teach Art in the Secondary Education. To this day, the Department operates two (2) Postgraduate Studies Programmes (P.S.P.s), leading to the awarding of a “Postgraduate Specialisation Diploma” or Master’s Degree: • The “Master in Digital Art forms” P.S.P., since 1998. • The “Master in Visual Arts” P.S.P., since 2004.


THE DEPARTMENT IN NUMBERS TEACHING & RESEARCH (T&R) STAFF

OTHER STAFF

(Full) Professors

Adjunct Professors (Presidential Decree 27 407/1980) (Allocated funds for 7, re-allocated to 27 part-time Adjunct Professors)

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Associate Professors

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Assistant Professors

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Lecturers

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Specialised & Laboratory Teaching (S&LT) Staff

7

Specialised Technical Laboratory (STL) Staff

8

Administrative Staff of the Department’s Secretariat

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 1,229 1,232

Painting Division

813

Sculpture Division

230

Printmaking Division

189

Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

Graduates of accredited foreign Institutions referred by the National Academic Recognition Information Center, in order to be examined in a number of additional (up to 10) courses in the Department of Fine Arts, with a view to achieving the recognition of their title as equivalent of the A.S.F.A. Diploma.

Students admitted in 2010-2011 Students graduating in 2009-2010

526 706 343 470 113 117 70 119 106

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POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS Postgraduate Studies Programmes Active students in 2010-2011 Graduates

Master in Digital Art forms

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Master in Visual Arts

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SPECIAL ADMISSION EXAMINATIONS Due to the particular nature of the discipline taught in the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A., i.e. the art field, its admission examinations are exempted from the general Pan-Hellenic National Examinations scheme. Thus, the Department conducts special admission examinations, according to the Φ.151/2995/Β6/13.1.2010 decision of the Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (Official Gazette 55/2010 vol.2). • The admission examinations are conducted by the Admission Examinations Committee, which consists of all the members of the Department’s T&R Staff with the academic rank of (Full) Professor and Associate Professor, plus one (1) T&R Staff member with the academic rank of Assistant Professor and one (1) T&R Staff member with the academic rank of Lecturer, who are periodically (or annually) appointed by the Senate. • Candidates for admission to the Department’s 1st year of studies execute visual artworks after various compositionsmodels: life models or still life objects or both. The Admission Examinations Committee selects and sets the models in the examination halls. For each test, candidates are free to choose one or more models, except in the case of tests determined as mandatory by the Admission Examinations Committee. The examinations take place over a period of 5 days.

• The artworks executed by the candidates are as follows: (a) Drawings in charcoal, pencil, ink (drawing materials). (b) Colour on paper, in tempera, water colour, acrylic paint, or pastel. The paper is provided by the Department, while all other (drawing and colour painting) materials are brought by the candidates. From the total of works executed, candidates finally select and submit: (a) one or two (1-2) drawings executed in the context of the life-drawing exercise; (b) one or two (1-2) colour works executed in the context of the colour life-drawing exercise; (c) one work the subject of which is to be dictated to the candidates, after being drawn as a lot among three (3) such subjects set by the Committee on the fourth day of the examinations. Such exercise is executed freely by the candidates, who can opt for a drawing or a colour work, and finally submit one (1) work; (d) one work in the context of the “free subject-composition” exercise, executed by the candidates, who are free to opt between a drawing and a colour work. • Each member of the Admission Examinations Committee grades the total works of each candidate, using a whole number from 1 to 10 (10 being the maximum and 5 being the minimum grade for success). The candidate’s general grade is the sum of grades given by the members of the Admission Examinations Committee divided by the number of those members. For candidates to be admitted, a minimum general grade of 5 must be achieved.

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ADMISSION BY MEANS OF “CLASSIFYING EXAMINATIONS”

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The number of holders of a Higher Education academic degree that can be admitted to the Department in pursuit of a 2nd academic degree, by means of the “Classifying Examinations” scheme, depends on (is a given percentage of) the number of students admitted each year in the Department, according to Article 15, par. 1 and 2 of Law 3404/2005.

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“Classifying Examinations” admission percentages A. Graduates of Greek Higher Education Institutions or equivalent accredited foreign Institutions, and of the Military and Law Enforcement Academies, at a percentage of 2%. B. Graduates of Greek Higher Technical Education Institutions or equivalent accredited foreign Institutions, and of the former “K.A.T.E.E.” & “S.E.L.E.T.E.” institutions, at a percentage of 5%. C. Graduates of other Higher Education Institutions, of at least 2 years of studies, depending directly from the Ministry of Education and other Ministries, as well as holders of equivalent degrees, at a percentage of 2%. The graduate candidates are selected for admission by means of the “Classifying examinations”. The Department’s Council decides on and sets in advance, during the previous academic year, the procedure of admitting students through this scheme, the semester of studies such students would be admitted in, the disciplines in which they would be examined, the Classifying Examinations Committee and the members of the grading jury, as well as the member examining eventual appeals.

Classifying Examinations Committee The 7-member Classifying Examinations Committee consists of: • The Department’s Chairman • Six members of the Department’s T&R Staff (two for each examined discipline). In case of vacancies, members of the T&R Staff of other Departments, teaching the same or similar field, can be appointed to the Committee. The members of the Classifying Examinations Committee participate in the process of selecting the subjects to be examined.

Examination exercises 1. Candidates for admission in the Painting Division of the Department of Fine Arts compete in the following: (a) a colour work life-drawing exercise on 70x100cm canvas; (b) a free-composition drawing exercise, on a subject to be announced on the day of the examination, on 70x100cm canvas or paper sheet; (c) on the last day of the examinations, candidates must submit a portfolio containing at least 15 original works of theirs. 2. Candidates for admission in the Sculpture or Printmaking Divisions of the Department of Fine Arts compete in the following: (a) a life-drawing exercise on 70x100cm canvas; (b) a free-composition drawing exercise, on a subject to be announced on the day of the examination, on 70x100cm canvas or paper sheet; (c) on the last day of the examinations, candidates must submit a portfolio containing at least 15 original works of theirs. With a view to their participation in the said examinations, candidates of all the above


Supporting documents 1. An application by the candidate. 2. A copy of the candidate’s academic degree. (a) In case of foreign H.E.I. graduates, candidates should also submit an Academic Title Equivalence Certificate issued by the National Academic Recognition Information Center (54, Aghiou Konstantinou str., 104 37, Athens). In case no equivalent discipline is recognised for a given academic degree, the Council of the Department of Fine Arts is responsible for deliberating on the eventual equivalence of said title. (b) In case of graduates of accredited Higher Technical Education Institution Departments, candidates should also submit an Academic Title Equivalence Certificate issued by the Higher Technical Education Administration Directorate of the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs. 3. Two (2) ID card photos. 4. Their ID card or passport or certified photocopy thereof. Graduates wishing to be admitted to the Department of Fine Arts by means of the “Classifying Examinations” scheme should submit (or send by post) their application and supporting documents to the Department’s Secretariat within the deadlines announced by the Secretariat. Each academic year, the “Classifying Examinations” are held in December.

REGISTRATION 1. Students should renew each semester their registration to the Department. Registrations for the Fall semester are made during the second half of September, and registrations for the Spring semester are made during the second half of March. 2. After the announcement of the examination results, candidates who succeeded in the A.S.F.A. admission examinations should submit to the Department’s Secretariat an application, mentioning, in order of preference, the Studios they wish to attend. Each Studio admits a number of new students applying for said Studio as a first option, up to its capacity. In case such capacity is met, the process is repeated with the student’s second choice, and so on. 3. In case applications for a required elective studio course exceed the Studio’s capacity, admissions to the Studio are made by drawing lots; remaining students are free to opt for any other required elective studio course. 4. Registration of students who have failed a studio course and must be re-examined should be made within five (5) days following the announcement of the examinations results. Registration of students of other categories should be made within the respective deadlines in effect.

STUDENT STATUS 1. Student status is gained upon registration at the Department and lasts until the student’s graduation. 2. The maximum period of studies, in the case of undergraduate studies, cannot exceed a period corresponding to the minimum number of semesters of studies needed for the awarding of the academic

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degree, multiplied by a factor of 2. In extraordinary cases, it is possible for students, after a relevant decision by the Senate, and following a fully founded recommendation by the Department’s General Assembly and a relevant application by the interested student, to prolong their maximum period of studies for up to two (2) semesters. 3. During the September examination period, students may be examined in the courses of both (Fall and Spring) semesters of the current academic year, while during the February examination period, students, apart from the courses of the Fall semester, may also be examined in the courses of the last Spring semester. During the June examination period, students are only examined in the Spring semester courses. 4. In case of a failed required course, students are expected to re-attend the course. In case of a failed elective required course, students are expected to either reattend the course during a following semester or replace it, by opting for another elective course. 5. Students are entitled to suspend their studies, following a written application to the Department’s Secretariat, for as many (consecutive or not) semesters they wish, although for a number of semesters not exceeding the minimum number of semesters of studies needed for the awarding of the academic degree, according to the Department’s Curriculum. The semesters during which studies are suspended do not count in the above mentioned maximum duration of studies. Students suspending their studies, according to the above mentioned regulations, lose their student status for as long as their studies are suspended. Following the cessation of the suspension period, students may re-register at the Department.



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The distribution of semester-long courses to the respective semesters reflects the normal situation for students regularly pursuing their studies, taking into consideration the minimum of semesters required for the awarding of the academic degree, and also the chain of prerequisite courses and courses depending on prerequisites (both are defined when establishing the Curriculum). Students submit their preferences of required elective courses to the Department’s Secretariat at the beginning of each semester, and at dates specified by the Department’s General Assembly. The Department’s Curriculum details the titles of the required, required elective and elective lecture and studio courses, their syllabuses, the weekly teaching (in any form) hours, as well as the succession and/or interdependence between courses. Each semester-long course corresponds to a number of (Greek education system) “credits”. Each “Greek credit” corresponds to one (1) teaching hour per week for the duration of one semester, in the case of teachingonly courses, and one (1) to three (3) teaching or practice hours per week for the duration of one semester for the other forms of teaching, according to the relevant

decisions by the Department’s General Assembly. The Department’s Curriculum specifies the minimum of Greek credits required for the awarding of the academic degree. The Department’s General Assembly is the competent body for establishing the Department’s Curriculum. The Curriculum is revised annually, every April, by the Curriculum Committee (consisting of members of and appointed by the Department’s General Assembly, for a 1-year term), which makes the relevant recommendations to the General Assembly. In recent years, the Higher Education Institutions also organise their undergraduate and postgraduate curricula according to the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (E.C.T.S.), so that the curricula could be specifically described, as to their educational “components” and activities, by means of credits, and that the students’ successful academic performance could be accumulated, transferred to and recognised by other study programmes of the same or another H.E.I., at both national and European level. The E.C.T.S.-credits system is based on the workload required for students to achieve the objective goals of a particular study programme, taking into consideration its learning results and the knowledge, competences and skills expected to have been gained upon its successful completion. The General Assembly is the Department’s competent body for awarding the E.C.T.S.-credits. Examination periods There are three (3) examination periods: in February, June, and September.

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Teaching is divided in semester-long courses and includes: 1) the actual teaching of a course, 2) tutorials and tutorial exercises, 3) studio exercises and, more generally, the students’ practice, and 4) the supervision of diploma dissertations and the holding of seminars and/or other similar activities aiming at expanding and deepening the students’ knowledge.

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Each course is examined at the end of the semester it was taught and, additionally, during the September period. Students are not allowed to enrol to and be examined in required courses of later semesters, unless they have been successfully examined in the prerequisite required courses of earlier semesters, the syllabus of which has been decided by the Department’s General Assembly to be a prerequisite for attending and being examined in required courses of later semesters, according to the Department’s Curriculum and Courses Timetable.

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Student projects 1. Students execute, in the attended Studio premises, and submit in time the student projects determined by their professor. 2. At the end of each academic year, between June 10 and 15, an exhibition of the Studio students’ projects is held, whether in the Studio premises or at another suitable venue of the Department. The projects to be exhibited are selected by the T&R Staff of the respective Studio. 3. The graduating students’ diploma dissertations, having been reviewed and graded by the jury, are exhibited at the A.S.F.A. premises for two (2) days. 4. The Department’s Secretariat announces to the students of the Department of Fine Arts the dates of the artworks’ exhibition and is responsible for the smooth operation of the venues holding the exhibition during that time.

Educational field trips The Department’s Curriculum includes field trips to Greece and abroad, which, in academic terms, are equivalent to seminars. The field trips are organised by the teaching staff and approved by the A.S.F.A. Senate. Participation in the field trips is not mandatory; however, students are accredited two (2) Greek credits for each field trip they participate in. Erasmus students are, generally, not participating in the Department’s field trips, unless the Department’s competent bodies decide otherwise, and on condition that this free benefit for the Department’s students stays within the limits of the approved budget and the Institution’s annual expenditure margins. The Department’s Secretariat The Secretariat of the Department of Fine Arts is responsible for providing administrative and secretarial support to the Department’s teaching and research work, especially with regard to keeping the registry and personal files of the students, proceeding to the students’ registration and renewal of registration, the graduates’ admission following the “Classifying examinations”, the organisation and holding of term and graduating examinations, the filing and announcement of grading notes, initiating the procedure for the awarding of “I.K.Y.” (State Scholarships Foundation) scholarships, issuing itemised grades and certifications of enrolment and completion of studies, etc. It is also responsible for providing information to students and the general public, meeting the requirements of the Department’s Curriculum and keeping up with its eventual amendments, and supervising and coordinating the Department’s teaching activities, especially with regard to issues pertaining to forwarding to the Institution’s central


The Department’s Secretary is the head of the Secretariat’s staff; he or she is accountable to the Chairman of the Department as to the Secretariat’s smooth, lawful and effective operation. Among other things, it is also his or her duty to inform the competent bodies of the Department on the legislature in effect, as well as on any other issue of legal or general administrative nature that may arise.

The Department’s Secretariat communicates with the students by means of invitations or announcements displayed on the relevant announcement boards at the A.S.F.A. premises at both the Pireos str. and Patission str. campuses.

VISITING HOURS FOR STUDENTS & THE GENERAL PUBLIC Monday: 11.00 to 13.00 Wednesday: 8.30 to 12.30 Friday: 11.00 to 13.00 T: +30 210 3897110-117-118 F: +30 210 3824040

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authorities the Department’s Curriculum and Courses Timetable, allocating the use of the Department’s premises, supervising the free distribution of books to students, providing secretarial services to the Department’s bodies (General Assembly and Council) and teaching staff assessment committees, as well as dealing with every other issue regarding the Department.

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Painting Division Division’s Director: Nikolaos Navridis, Professor

The Painting Division is the largest division –in terms of number of students and teaching staff alike– of the Department of Fine Arts. It is structured upon many division studios, the teaching work of which is complemented by the elective studio courses. The Painting Division, having secured the necessary environment, offers its students a comprehensive education programme, which systematically cultivates their artistic personality and enhances their research efforts in the field of art expression. At present, the operation of nine (9) different painting studios reflects the extensive pluralism of the art education offered at the A.S.F.A., in general, and the Painting Division, in particular, ensuring that its students enjoy freedom of expression and a multitude of choices during their studies. The Division’s annual ordinary General Assembly distributes the teaching work to the T&R Staff, by order of academic rank, according to the provisions of the relevant Law and the Internal Rules of Operation, while the Studios’ Directors organise and update their respective Studios’ annual teaching programme and syllabus. The Department’s and Division’s elective studio courses also provide students with additional, specialised knowledge in a number of disciplines, expanding their creative experience and giving them a taste of a large array of fields, from specialised traditional techniques to the new media and technologies used in the visual arts; thus, students undergo a multifaceted and comprehensive art and professional education, and enjoy the respective increased prospects.

Note on the number of students: n = the number of students not exceeding 5 years of studies n+2 = the number of students of up to 7 years of studies The relevant data regard the academic year 2010-2011.

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1st semester of studies • Familiarisation exercises with large sketches in charcoal on paper, after a life model or a still-life composition (duration: 2 weeks). • Basic drawing exercises (duration: 5 weeks). a. Introduction to the painting material (colour). b. Colour recognition. c. The colour’s transition from light to shade, on single-colour surfaces and crooked surfaces of solid objects. d. The colour’s transition from light to shade, on single-colour surfaces of convex, concave, and spherical objects. e. Combination of the above with a life model and still-life elements. 2nd semester of studies • Application of the experience gained during the 1st semester’s exercises, to compositions after a life model (duration of each exercise: 2 weeks). • Students, accompanied by members of the T&R Staff, visit the A.S.F.A. Annexes in order to perform exercises (duration: 7 to 10 days). • One-day field trip, in order for students to collect data, with a view to preparing a (home-assignment) project.

• Visits to the National Gallery and various museums, for studying and data-collecting purposes, with a view to the preparation of home-assignments. • Field trip abroad, for visiting museums and exhibitions. • Repeated drawing exercises (duration: 1 day each). 3rd semester of studies • Colour and drawing studies after lifemodel compositions (duration: 2 weeks). • Exercise for the better understanding of croquis sketches (duration: 1 week). • Exercise on the composition on canvas and 3-dimensional construction (duration: 2 weeks). • Elements of photography and exercises in the darkroom (duration: 2 two-hour courses). • Free-subject home-assignment. • Drawing exercise (2nd) (duration: 1 week). 4th semester of studies • Colour and drawing studies after lifemodel compositions (duration: 2 weeks each). • Colour exercise after a life-model composition, using limited colour ranges (duration: 2 weeks). • Exercise, on different drawing styles, after a life-model composition (duration: 2 weeks). • Introduction to computers and digital photography (duration: 2 two-hour courses). • Given-subject home-assignment, depending on the students’ needs. 5th semester of studies • Exercises on the drawing rhythms, styles, textures and materials in the studio (duration: 1 - 2 weeks). • Life-model composition (duration: 2 weeks). • Photography exercises, for students to


collect data, with a view to preparing a (home-assignment) project. • Collage compositions (duration: 1 - 2 weeks, depending on the exercise’s progress). 6th semester of studies • Life-model composition (duration: 2 weeks). • Colour and drawing exercises, in different sizes and materials, after a life model taking successively different poses, of varying duration (duration: 1 week). • Screenings, presentations. • One-day field trip, in order for students to collect data, with a view to preparing a (home-assignment) project. before making their personal visual proposal thereupon. 9th & 10th semester of studies Both semesters are focused on the preparation of the diploma dissertation. • Seminars providing specialised support in the field of new media, with a view to help students better organise and present their diploma dissertation. • Seminars providing specialised support in the field of art theory, with a view to help students better organise and present their diploma dissertation.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, to be selected among a suggested bibliography on visual arts, art theory, history of art etc. In the case of the 1st Painting Studio, such references include, but are not limited to, titles by Giorgio de Chirico, Nelson Goodman, John Berger, Nicolas Calas, David Sylvester, Käthe Kollwitz, Giannis Kounellis, Anna Carola Krausse etc.

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7th semester of studies • Life-model composition (duration: 2 weeks). • Visits to museums, for studying and datacollecting purposes, with a view to the preparation of home-assignments. • Students, accompanied by members of the T&R Staff, visit the A.S.F.A. Annexes in order to perform exercises (duration: 7 to 10 days). • Exercises, using limited colour ranges, after a life model taking successive quick poses (duration: 1 week). 8th semester of studies • Life-model composition (duration: 2 weeks). • One-day field trip, in order for students to collect data, with a view to preparing a (home-assignment) project. • Screenings, presentations by guest speakers. • Exercises on sketches after a life model taking successive quick poses (duration: 1 week). The purpose of all the above activities is to enable students to better structure and develop their personal view, with which they could then approach every possible subject,

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Number of students: n = 33 / n+2 = 12 / total: 45

Director: Georgios-Thomas Lazongas, Professor Emmanouil Merambeliotis, S&LT Staff Ioannis Stamoulis, S&LT Staff 1st semester of studies • Basic elements of drawing. • Study after nude life model. • Study after still-life objects. • Composition: courses on its general principles. • Screenings, discussions on theory, lectures.

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2nd semester of studies • Drawing study. • Nude life model, objects, still-life. • Lectures on theory, screenings. • Colour exercises: nude, compositions. • Materials’ and preparation techniques.

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3rd semester of studies • Colour, materials, composition and techniques. • Screenings, theoretical approaches. 4th semester of studies • Colour, techniques, materials. • Composition. • Screenings, theory. 5th semester of studies • Composition. • Morphological and conceptual approaches on the subject of visual applications. • Theory.

6th semester of studies • Composition. • Morphological and conceptual approaches on the subject of visual applications. • Course on symbols and references in contemporary art. • Lecture by invited art historians. 7th semester of studies • Composition, theory, student guidance in their search of the main idea behind their prospective diploma dissertation. 8th semester of studies • Preparation and finalisation of the main idea of the students’ upcoming diploma dissertation. 9th semester of studies • Diploma dissertation. 10th semester of studies • Diploma dissertation. • Preparation of its final presentation.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, to be selected among a suggested bibliography on visual arts, art theory, history of art etc. In the case of the 2nd Painting Studio, such references include, but are not limited to, titles by Marios Spiliopoulos, Rudolf Arnheim, David Sylvester, Maurice MerleauPonty, monographs on artists such as Ghika, Theofylaktopoulos, Bouzianis, etc.


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Number of students: n = 68 / n+2 = 13 / total: 81

Director: Marios Spiliopoulos, Professor Zafeiris Xagoraris, Assistant Professor Pantelis Chandris, Lecturer 1st semester of studies • Exercises that serve as an introduction to the visual language. • Exercises on point, line, shape, direction, tone, colour, material and movement. • Approaches on structure and composition. • Teaching of digital image-processing programmes and weekly exercises. • Research project aiming at familiarising students with the use of the Library. Discussion on the students’ preferences on artworks by specific artists. • Screenings and lectures regarding the above exercises.

4th semester of studies • Exercise aiming to help students develop their ability to probe into and analyse concepts. • Screenings and lectures regarding the above exercises.

2nd semester of studies • Study after compositions and life models, helping students achieve competences in the interpretation of the representational and perceptible space by means of painting, and, more generally, in techniques creating a two-dimensional surface. • Organisation of image, techniques, materials. • Teaching of and weekly exercises on moving image programmes. • Screenings and lectures regarding the above exercises.

5th semester of studies • Research on the students’ individual, particular characteristics, with a view to help them develop their personal idiom of visual expression. • Given-subject exercises, with selective use of specific means, with a view to help students develop their personal way of expression. • Determination of an expressive and theoretical framework of the students’ personal work joined by a comparative study of similar artistic fields from the history of art (reference works). • Screenings and lectures by invited Greek and foreign guest speakers from the broader art field (students from the entire Painting Division are invited to attend such presentations).

3rd semester of studies • Study after compositions and life models, helping students develop and expand their abilities of expression.

6th semester of studies • Exercises on managing different conceptual systems of contemporary art (constructions, environments etc.).

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8th semester of studies • Exercises regarding the ways of exhibiting an artwork, including its presentation in different environments, such as the Internet, the institutional and other traditional exhibition venues etc.

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9th semester of studies • Determination of an expressive and theoretical framework of the students’ personal work joined by a comparative study of similar artistic fields from the history of art (reference works). • Analysing and processing the material needs to help students materialise their personal idiom of visual expression. • Preparation of the diploma dissertation, on the basis of theoretical research and practical experience alike, as well as the students’ competences and further familiarisation with the means of visual expression to be used.

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• Exercises (with selective use of both traditional and new-media techniques) aiming to help students acquire control over handling the image and the three dimensions alike, in search of their personal way of expression. • Screenings and lectures by invited Greek and foreign guest speakers from the broader art field (students from the entire Painting Division are invited to attend such presentations). 7th semester of studies • Exercises regarding the urban environment, the cityscape and the public space. • Processing of the initial ideas that will lead students to a personal visual proposal.

10th semester of studies • Preparation of the diploma dissertation, on the basis of theoretical research and practical experience alike, as well as the students’ competences and further familiarisation with the means of visual expression to be used.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, to be selected among a suggested bibliography on visual arts, art theory, history of art etc. In the case of the 3rd Painting Studio, such references include, but are not limited to, titles by Marios Spiliopoulos, Rudolf Arnheim, David Sylvester, Nelson Goodman, John Berger, Ernst Hans Gombrich, Giorgio Agamben, Michel Pastoureau, Robert Burton, Marcel Duchamp, André Malraux etc.


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Number of students: n = 70 / n+2 = 17 / total: 87

Director: Panagiotis Charalambous, Professor Michail Manoussakis, Associate Professor 1st semester of studies • Drawing exercises after a life model. • Exercises inspired by a B&W photograph (textures, styles, rhythms). • Lectures and screenings on visual-art topics. 2nd semester of studies • Colour exercises after a life model. • Screening of historic drawings and their analysis (students bring and analyse historic drawings of their choice). • Exercises on rice paper after the work of a significant artist followed by a detailed discussion with the students. • Lectures and screenings on visual-art topics. 3rd semester of studies • Given-subject exercise, which students are called to execute by means of numerous studies, and to frequently discuss, until finalising their work (defining the main idea, developing and processing the relevant concepts). • Drawing and colour exercises after a life model. • Lectures and screenings on visual-art topics. 4th semester of studies • Exercise on suggested subjects, which students are free to choose from. Students

5th semester of studies • 20th century: From representation to construction. The visual arts after cinema and photography. New means of expression, new media & technology, video art. • Fixed location – space, private – public, centre – periphery: examination of contradicting concepts. • Exercises: video-filming, photography. • The concept of “installation” as coexistence of multiple “visual entities”. • The Joseph Beuys case. 6th semester of studies • 20th century: “Drawing” as an expression strategy. The compensating concept of the world’s “re-enchantment” in a modernistic environment. The concept of archive, collection, of accumulating and rearranging materials, objects, ruins. The artist as an ethnographer. The inter-locality of arts. • Field exercises in which students are asked to combine materials, concepts, objects, with a view to finding their personal way of expression. 7th semester of studies • 20th century: The restructuring of the aesthetic (educational) process, the concept of bricoleur (craftsman) according to LéviStrauss (The Savage Mind). The creative use of any material by means of assembly “expands” the painter, sculptor, visual artist in general, turning him from a “specialist” into an “assembler craftsman”.

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work systematically on this project, by means of numerous sketches and photocopies, before reaching their final work. They also work after a life model. • A field trip to one of the A.S.F.A. Annexes is organised towards the end of the semester, in order for students to execute visual exercises in the open.

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• Exercises aiming to create not just a code, but many of them, without the fear of overlaps or contradictions, and regardless of the incompatible, miscellaneous, off-hand, useless materials. 8th semester of studies • 20th century: Mythology, History, Nation, Globalisation. Us – and Them. Identity (sameness) – Alterity (otherness) (a multitude of small ruptures). The art research resorts to a “timeless” time, a time of personal experiences, a time of the testimonies by the traces left, and composes a personal conscience, and a historical conscience and knowledge. • Exercises: creation of artworks incorporating or reflecting transformations due to (personal or collective) experiences – new formations due to new transitions.

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9th semester of studies • Preparation of diploma dissertation: Constant supervising, discussions on the subject of the choices and decisions made, of the strategies adopted. The concept of Exhibitionality & Presentation. The art market, the art “stock exchange”. The concept of political as an ontological horizon and not as an isolated act of the politicians (art & politics).

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10th semester of studies • Preparation of diploma dissertation: Final “spatial arrangements”, how will the artwork be arranged, presented, shown, exhibited, how will the visual event take place, how will it spark a dialogue with the viewers… in this case, the first viewers, the “assessment committee”; the “angst” of exhibiting.

Notes • During the entire duration of the studies (5 years), several “workshops” on specific subjects run in parallel, and exhibition events are organised. • Seminars are also organised, by inviting distinguished theorists and artists, of various fields or arts, or even laymen, simple labourers of the arts and crafts. • The Studio’s students also participate in field trips to Europe, in the metropolitan centres where one can visit leading museums and collections, and especially to the Venice Biennale (every 2 years), the Kassel “Documenta” art show (every 5 years), the Münster art show (every 7 years) etc., as well as in field trips in Greece “in order to better know and appreciate the fatherland’s landscape and History”.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, to be selected among a suggested bibliography on visual arts, art theory, history of art etc. In the case of the 4th Painting Studio, such references include, but are not limited to, titles by Fernand Braudel, Giulio Carlo Argan, Ernst Hans Gombrich, Cynthia Freeland, Herbert Read, C.P. Cavafy, Giannis Kounellis etc.





• Exercises on handling various non-painting materials (collage – assemblage). • Visual interpretation of interior (familiar) architectural space. • Screenings, lectures. 3rd semester of studies • Subject-based exercises (subjects selected from the History of Art). • Visual research and interpretation of public space – cityscapes, free choice of media. • Screenings, lectures. 4th semester of studies • Repetition of the 1st semester’s exercises, in order for students to probe more deeply and understand the three-dimensional space as an expansion of the twodimensional image.

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Director: Dimitrios Sakellion, Professor Konstantinos Tsolis, S&LT Staff Marios Simitis, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980)

• Repetition of the cityscape project, with emphasis put on constructions and video-art projects. • Various exercises on exploring the threedimensional architectural space as a field for the development of a new visual threedimensional space. • Screenings, lectures.

1st semester of studies • Exercises after a life model: drawing, colour, composition. • Exercises on handling conventional painting media. • Exercises after a life model. • Home-assignments on drawing, colour, composition. • Screenings, lectures.

5th semester of studies • Personalised subject-based exercises, for individual students or small groups of students, regarding their emerging visual personality. Emphasis is placed on combined visual applications and digital media. • Exploration of the students’ personal visual space, by means of various exercises and visual activities aiming at forming their personal visual vocabulary. • Related screenings, lectures.

2nd semester of studies • Exercises after a life model, in various colour ranges and sizes.

6th semester of studies • Further and deeper exploration of the subjects of the Fall semester’s exercises.


7th semester of studies • Personalised projects aimed at forming and developing the students’ personal visual idiom, with emphasis put on digital installations and the communicative dimension of the visual expression. • Exercises in the context of the concepts: “in – out”, “private – public”. • Screenings, lectures on various issues arising in the international contemporary visual reality. 8th semester of studies • Further and deeper exploration of the subjects of the Fall semester’s exercises. • Screenings, lectures on the visual contemporarity. 9th & 10th semester of studies • Preparation of the diploma dissertation.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, to be selected among a suggested bibliography on visual arts, art theory, history of art etc. In the case of the 5th Painting Studio, such references include, but are not limited to, titles by Wassily Kandinsky, Rudolf Arnheim, John Berger, Arthur C. Danto, Nicolas Calas, David Sylvester, Mark Rothko, Cynthia Freeland, Marcel Duchamp, Manolis Andronikos, Peter Fuller etc.

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Number of students: n = 44 / n+2 = 14 / total: 58

Director: Triantafyllos Patraskidis, Professor Vassilis Vlastaras, Lecturer Ioannis Messinis, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) 1st semester of studies • Approaches on structure and composition. Drawing, colour; screenings and discussions. 1. Linear perspective drawing, freestyle drawing, exercises on observing, studying spaces and the human body – life model. 2. Colour exercises after a point of reference, quick exercises aiming at the students’ familiarisation with the painting space and material. • Subject-based exercises. Approaches on concepts and compositions. Screenings, discussions, draft projects. 2nd semester of studies • Approaches on structure and composition. Composition, colour – screenings and discussions. 1. Colour composition for the better observation and understanding of colour, shape or poetic relations. 2. Quick colour exercises after a life model or space. 3. Screening of artworks by various historic art movements, in order to define the achieved consistency between composition, colour and shape, on one hand, and the selected subject and intended goal, on the other. • Subject-based exercises. Approaches on concepts and compositions. Presentation of the subject. Screening and discussion.

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Presentation of students’ material, proposals (drawings, photographs, videos etc.), drafts, exhibition, screening and discussion. • Exhibition of the projects in May, at the annual exhibition by all Studios.

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3rd semester of studies • Approaches on structure and composition. Colour, drawing – screenings and discussions. 1. Compositions in space, in the presence of a life model. Observation, understanding and composition of the colour, shape and qualitative relations. Image organisation, techniques, materials. 2. Plans for organising the space, studies of the composition, various colour attempts in terms of sizes and materials. 3. Screenings depending on the exercise. Discussion. • Subject-based exercises. Approaches on concepts and compositions. Presentation of the subject. Screening, discussion. Presentation of students’ material and proposals, studies (drawings, photographic material, archive material, videos etc.), exhibition, discussion.

4th semester of studies • Approaches on structure and composition. Colour, drawing – screenings and discussions. 1. Compositions in space, in the presence of a life model. Observation, understanding and composition of the colour, shape and qualitative relations. Image organisation, techniques, materials. 2. Plans for organising the space, studies of the composition, various colour attempts in terms of sizes and materials. 3. Screenings depending on the exercise. Discussion. • Subject-based exercises. Continuation of the presentation of proposals on the subject. Discussion. Screening. • Studio’s field trip. • Exhibition of the projects in May, at the annual exhibition by all Studios. 5th semester of studies • Subject-based exercise. • Analysis – discussion, search of space, materials, way. • Personal or group project, management of the main idea. Screenings.


7th semester of studies • Subject proposals by the students. • Search – expression of space and materials. 8th semester of studies • Painting space, installations, video, painting, combination of spaces and materials. • Studio’s field trip. • Exhibition of the projects in May, at the annual exhibition by all Studios. 9th & 10th semester of studies • Preparation of diploma dissertations. • Studio’s field trip. • Exhibition of the projects in May, at the annual exhibition by all Studios.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, to be selected among a suggested bibliography on visual arts, art theory, history of art etc. In the case of the 6th Painting Studio, such references include, but are not limited to, titles by Roland Barthes, Fernand Braudel, Friedrich Kittler, Tony Godfrey, Vilém Flusser, John Berger, Michel Foucault, Gaston Bachelard, David Sylvester, Cynthia Freeland, Ernst Hans Gombrich, Marcel Duchamp, Erwin Panofsky, Mario de Micheli, Wassily Kandinsky, André Malraux etc.

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Director: Jannis Psychopedis, Professor Ioannis Skaltsas, Assistant Professor 1st semester of studies • Drawing exercises. • Colour exercises. • Exercises on photography, constructions, environments. • Screening and analysis of drawings taken from the History of Art. • Subject-based exercises (development and visual processing of concepts). • Lectures, screenings. 2nd semester of studies • Drawing exercises. • Colour exercises. • Paints, materials, rhythms. • Subject-based exercises (development and visual processing of concepts). • Exercises on photography, constructions, environments. • Lectures, screenings. 3rd semester of studies • Drawing exercises. • Colour exercises. • Subject-based exercises (development and visual processing of concepts). • Lectures, screenings. 4th semester of studies • Drawing exercises. • Colour exercises. • Subject-based exercises (development and visual processing of concepts). • Lectures, screenings.

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7th semester of studies • Development of personal projects. • Subject-based exercises (development and visual processing of concepts). • Lectures, screenings. 8th semester of studies • Development of personal projects. • Subject-based exercises (development and visual processing of concepts). • Lectures, screenings. 9th semester of studies • Preparation of diploma dissertations. • Art and avant-gardes of the 20th century. • The social dimension of Art. • The Bauhaus school and the interrelations of the means of expression (painting, sculpture, cinema, photography, theatre).

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10th semester of studies • Preparation of diploma dissertations. • New social and aesthetic theories in the early 20th century. • Poetry and visual arts. A meeting of arts on the occasion of the Elytis centenary celebrations. Visual artworks inspired by Elytis’s poetry and ensuing exhibition of the students’ works at a public exhibition venue.

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5th semester of studies • Development of personal projects. • Subject-based exercises (development and visual processing of concepts). • Exercises, lectures, screenings. 6th semester of studies • Development of personal projects. • Subject-based exercises (development and visual processing of concepts). • Teaching of and exercises on processing programmes (photo, video, 3d). • Lectures, screenings.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, to be selected among a suggested bibliography on visual arts, art theory, history of art etc. In the case of the 7th Painting Studio, such references include, but are not limited to, titles by Odysseas Elytis, Cornelius Castoriadis, Eric Hobsbawm, Jacques Lacarrière, Fernand Braudel, Ernst Hans Gombrich, Ernest Borneman, Clement Greenberg etc.


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Number of students: n = 48 / n+2 = 11 / total: 59

Director: Anastassios Christakis, Professor Ioannis Kontaratos, Lecturer The 5-year studies are divided into three periods: A. Analytical period: 1st to 4th semester B. Synthetic period: 5th to 8th semester C. Diploma dissertation period: 9th & 10th semester Note: The above correspondence of periods and semesters of studies may apply in the majority of students, but is not an absolute standard, as, in some exceptional cases, students may enter Period C during their 4th year of studies.

ANALYTICAL PERIOD

1st & 2nd semester • Visual reading: Discussion observing a life model, pointing out the lines, shapes, and emerging relations, understanding the character of forms. • Linear drawing (after a life model): Understanding the character of the movement of the line as an independent force and as a limit of the form. • Screening on the following topic: The drawing as form and language, as a cultural factor in interpreting the world, from the prehistoric years to the present; the purpose of the screening is to help students gain a better understanding of the above exercise. • Introduction to colour: Composition with geometric shapes, with reference to the book The Art of Color by Johannes Itten, as a practical and expressive process. • Colour study in oil, after a life model, in

3rd & 4th semester • The results, in terms of students’ progress, achieved during the 1st year of studies largely define, for the 2nd year, the exercises that would re-examine or expand the understanding of fundamental issues of the visual language, i.e. the perceptionanalysis-transfer of the visual phenomenon. • Use of new materials for 2D- (surface) and 3D-works, sculptures, constructions; use of computers, video, photography, expanding the field of studies and expression. • Comparing different works by the same student and works by different students as a means to overcome whatever boundaries and particularities of the shape and form language issues arising from a certain common choice; the comparison also serves to point out those concepts or problems of space, structure, form and content that are common, regardless of the means of expression. • Screenings on specific areas of the History of Art, discussions on specific books or monographs on artists, and the students’ task to talk about their work, are all done in the purpose to help broaden their visual culture and encourage them to begin to recognise the morphological characteristics of their works and articulate clearly their visual subject.

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order for students to put into practice the competences gained during the previous exercises (duration: 15 days). • Brief colour study (1-2-3 hours), to help students familiarise with the above medium and explore their practical & expressive skills. • Home-assignment on the subject of “Still life”: 3 same-sized works, in line, tone, colour, respectively; in all three cases, the purpose is to show a common visual perception. • Introduction to space: Determining the concepts of space, of virtual & real, etc., study in 3 dimensions, and use of other materials.

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5th to 8th semester • All studies pursued and experiences gained over the previous two years enable students to overview and assess their progress and commitment, and to better understand their place within the Studio’s community. • At the beginning of the 5th semester, students are asked to submit in writing (1 page) the reasons they have chosen to study in a specific field of the visual arts. Such field is determined as a result of discussions on the students’ work and their own efforts, during the examinations of the previous 4 semesters, to reflect upon and talk about their artworks. • The selection of means of expression and of a specific visual orientation comes as a result of discussion, taking into consideration the students’ personal experiences and –even more– their overall character makeup. • Attendance and exercises are personalised; group exercises are intended as “agents provocateurs” against the students’ relaxing in their vigilance after making the above decision, or to detect other allusions or insinuations. • The coexistence of various forms of studies reflects the visual pluralism of our times, leads to a certain “chaos”, but also provides a number of very significant advantages. It helps defend the subjective nature of art, the students’ respective personal creative path, cultivates their efforts to discover their own artistic identity, generates dialectics, and enriches the students’ culture in both images and ideas, at the same time ensuring that no misunderstanding is made as to the stereotype of a “single way” to do things. • The media-free exercise brings students to face the pros and cons of their choice, and of other students’ choices. It makes them understand that visual-art quality is achieved through consistency in execution, regardless of the chosen media. Diversity

forces students to formulate their objections as to the other students’ visual language and quality of work.

DIPLOMA DISSERTATION PERIOD

9th & 10th semester After four years of studies, by the end of the 8th semester –and in some exceptional cases, even by the end of the 6th semester–, students have settled on the course to follow, on their specific visual-art field of action and further research. Each student has his or her own room for concentrating and working. Discussions are exclusively focused on the students’ respective field of research, while professors also suggest books and other sources that will help students in the research for their work. P.S. Art education is a complex, ever-evolving process that cannot be conquered by merely sticking to a prescribed methodology and educational system. Each day is a new day, and we are thankful to face the new, vital questions it brings along. Provided we are aware of the miracle of life –and, thus, of Art–, we must be open to new discoveries and, accordingly, to the possibility of a complete refutation of our previous views.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, to be selected among a suggested bibliography on visual arts, art theory, history of art etc. In the case of the 8th Painting Studio, such references include, but are not limited to, titles by Theodor W. Adorno, Nelson Goodman, Tony Godfrey, Arthur C. Danto, Giulio Carlo Argan, Nathalia Brodskaya, Neil Cox, Matthew Gale, David Blaney Brown, André Malraux etc.


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Number of students: n = 22 / n+2 = 0 / total: 22

Director: Nikolaos Navridis, Professor Eftychios Patsourakis, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) The 9th Painting Studio (focused on Multimedia and Combined Media) was established during the academic year 2008-2009. Students attending the Studio are encouraged to specialise –through their work, active participation and involvement– in a wide range of Multimedia and Combined Media. Such media, both digital and analog, include, but are not limited to, the following: • Drawing and the drawing process in general. • Installations in space. • Film. • Video (video art and its derivatives). • Animation – Animated cartoon. • Photography (analog photography, digital prints, synthesised imagery). • Sound (sound art – installations). • Performances. 1st unit of studies (Covering the 1st & 2nd year of studies.) • Particular emphasis is put on drawing, studio projects, painting, and personal projects proposed by the students, besides the studio projects. • Deals with drawing techniques and analysing, recording and processing methods, preparing students to deal with all kinds of subjects, through the exploration of modern ways of visual expression. • Free use of materials and of methods of recording, approach and expression.

Description Drawing – Painting: This part of the course focuses on basic drawing principles. It deals with drawing and its potential (outline, open figure, surface, models, accumulation, movement, rhythm, transposition, repetition, the concept of time in drawing etc.). Teaching involves exercises and studio projects. Study on the limitations of drawing. From representational drawing to the strategy of the representation’s narrative. Visual expression methods. The drawing process as a broader process of organising and formulating an expression language. Free use of means, research, experimentation. Studio projects – Students’ projects: Discourse, image, text, narrativity. (Free use of different forms of art.) Before the presentation and during the preparation of the projects, discussions take place and the students give their opinions and argue on their choices and decisions as to the way they treated and developed the subjects. All discussions regarding the evolution phases of the projects take place in the Studio’s hall, in the presence of the semester’s entire team. Upon project completion, students undertake the responsibility of organising and holding the final exhibition, where their works are going to be assessed. Purpose and desired learning outcomes • Besides the drawing and painting values, students understand the uniqueness and quality of drawing and the relevant materials. Furthermore, they understand traditional concepts, methods, techniques and values as strategies for formulating and processing concepts that would ultimately be developed

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by means of the modern analog and digital media. • Understanding the polysemy (the multitude of meanings) of modern visual language and the infinite means of expression it can assume. • Students participate in group projects and in the process of their works’ exhibition. • Besides the presentation of their work, students are also expected to submit a relevant bibliography and reading material regarding artists that are directly or indirectly referenced in the treatment of their subject, that are of particular interest to them, have influenced them, artists whose work, in other words, “communicates” with the students’ own work.

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Assessment criteria • Participation in the Studio’s activities, attendance of presentations and discussions, presentation of the progress made in the treatment of the subject, corrections, work’s presentation: 50%. • Research, collection of background material, subject development: 30%. • Broadness and quality of the final outcome: 20%.

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2nd unit of studies (Covering the 3rd & 4th year of studies.) • Emphasis is put on the studio projects and the students’ projects, i.e. the subjects students choose to undertake as home assignments. • Activities are divided as follows: Studio projects 50% – Students’ projects 50%. Description • During the above semesters, students work on studio projects and projects of their own choice, defend their choices and present their work to the entire team participating in the semester’s project.

• During the meetings, the Studio’s team proceeds to theoretical approaches, research, discussions, and presentations of individual artists or groups of artists whose work has marked the contemporary visualart scene. • Particular emphasis is put to each student’s personal choices of subject, as well as the process of documenting such choices and presenting them to the Studio’s students from all years of studies. Purpose and desired learning outcomes • Developing the students’ skills in observing and analysing the phenomena that form up the visual language, and perceiving its expressive boundaries. • Enabling students to understand the methods and practices used by modern visual language in formulating its concepts. • Selective studying of the art and visual fields of the 20th century (especially its second half) and identifying artists, trends, ideas, works, attempts etc., that are believed to coincide with each student’s views and have influenced in general his or her artistic proposal. • The visual language is in fact a means for one to perceive the social reality (in which it always takes shape), but also the interpersonal or inner psychological environment (which it carries, projects, and reproduces) and comment thereupon. • Defining the students’ specific field of interests and enabling them to develop, by means of their works, a personal way of expressing themselves, of developing and formulating their views. • Helping students present and defend publicly their works and views. • Helping students expand the range of materials they use and, technically-wise, their field of applications. • Free experimentations on expressing and


formulating concepts, by means of various expressive methods and techniques, and alternative media. Assessment criteria • Participation in and attendance of the Studio’s activities, presentation of the progress made in the treatment of the subject, corrections, discussions: 50%. • Artistic outcome, research, collection of background material, references, development, presentation and defence of the subject, other artistic activities: 50%.

Description Each student chooses and proposes a project (a personal, independent proposal) which he or she will develop, execute and present as a diploma dissertation. The process of defining the diploma dissertation proposal focuses on the following: • Researching and gathering background material regarding the theoretical documentation and the development of the project. • Presenting the process and the final result alike. • Free choice of means and materials (students are free to suggest eventual collaborations with other fields in the finalisation of their project). Purpose and desired learning outcomes • Developing, as much as possible, a personal visual discourse on a specific subject field. • Exploring, by means of the work, the multifaceted expressive character of communication through art. • Gathering as much relevant information

and references as possible, in order for students to defend their diploma dissertation. • Helping students present and defend publicly, on the occasion of their diploma dissertation presentation, their personal views, regarding their overall visual quests. • Preparing students to face the labour market. Assessment criteria • Development, completeness, discourse clarity, quality, installation and presentation of the project: 60%. • Documentation, theoretical paper, dissertation defence: 40%.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, to be selected among a suggested bibliography on visual arts, art theory, history of art etc. In the case of the 9th Painting Studio, such references include, but are not limited to, titles by Gilles Deleuze, Nikos Daskalothanassis, Patrick Brantlinger, Friedrich Kittler, Tony Godfrey, Laurence Bertrand Dorleac, Vilém Flusser, Platon Rivellis, Martin Esslin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein etc.

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Sculpture Division Division’s Director: Georgios Houliaras, Professor

Besides its three main Studios, the Sculpture Division also operates a number of auxiliary workshops, focused on various sculpture materials and techniques, such as the marble-working, metalworking, woodworking workshops and the ceramics studio. By attending the above auxiliary workshops, together with the acquisition of new techniques and practice on different materials, students also have the opportunity to apply to a new material the knowledge and expertise gained at the main Studios, broaden their visual horizons and finally opt for the specific material most suitable for their own personal artistic quest.

Note on the number of students: n = the number of students not exceeding 5 years of studies n+2 = the number of students of up to 7 years of studies The relevant data regard the academic year 2010-2011.

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The Sculpture Division is structured upon three main Studios, where the basic principles of the art of Sculpture are initially taught; the Studios’ purpose is to ultimately help students develop their skills and become masters, to the greatest possible extent, of their own means of expression.

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• Exercises focused on the multiple approaches and ways of visual formulation, and study of various practices in contemporary art.

Number of students: n = 25 / n+2 = 7 / total: 32

Director: Nikolaos Tranos, Associate Professor Andrianna Verveti, Lecturer Loukas Loukidis, S&LT Staff

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During the ten (10) semesters of studies, students attending the 1st Sculpture Studio execute exercises, both theoretical (focused on ideas and meanings) and practical (focused on forms and materials), aiming to enable each of them to design, realise, assess and approach within its historical context of references their personal work.

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From the 1st to the 8th semester, students execute sculpture and drawing exercises aiming at their familiarisation with the visual language and its materials, as well as plastic exercises in the form of studies after a life model or on a free subject (representational and abstract art) with the use of materials that can be shaped or carved (clay, plaster, plasticine, wax, ceramic materials, silicones, woods, metals). The courses also include: • Exercises with the combined use of multiple media and materials (installations, video installations, events, performances, constructions), the use of any material, readymades, collages, free experimentations, group projects. • Drawing exercises and planning of the execution and realisation (production) of an artwork or project (financial and technicalmaterial planning), personal quests and research regarding the work of each student.

The other fields and topics that we are going to deal with, at an introductory level, during the studies at the 1st Sculpture Studio, include: • Sculpture and the visual arts vis-à-vis the moving image, photography, colour, architecture, the urban environment, the natural environment, the public space, the landscape, the monument, randomness. • Art beyond the potential of materials, the “real” compact object – the theoretical object, mental objects – sacred objects, the body as part of a material, time, the fleetingness of experience. • The artwork and its respective context (historical, social, financial, psychological). • The artwork and space, audience, communication, behaviours. • The artwork and its mechanical reproduction. • The process of art criticism: What is the artist’s role and say in it? • The scenario in the visual arts. • The traditional concept of artwork, the concept of collectable, investment value, art museums, art products, art market. • Artists and their professional prospects. Students of all semesters attend theoretical lectures on the history of art, sculpture and the aesthetics, as well as presentations on artists, art movements and particular exhibitions that have marked contemporary art. The course is structured upon the following main axes: a subject is given and then follows an open discussion with the participation of all the Studio’s students. Then, students present their ideas and draft stud-


During the 9th and 10th semester, students prepare their diploma dissertation. The issues examined include the planning, execution and presentation of the dissertation project, while the students’ personal work is also approached critically, philosophically, and historically. Finally, students learn how to plan and produce a portfolio and how to exhibit their works.

The 1st Sculpture Studio is fully equipped with all necessary tools and possesses all necessary premises for the creation of visual art works, while students can also borrow the available digital equipment. The Studio’s students also participate in various workshops, field trips, and visits to museums and exhibitions.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, to be selected among a suggested bibliography on visual arts, art theory, history of art etc. In the case of the 1st Sculpture Studio, such references include, but are not limited to, titles by Tony Godfrey, Michel Foucault, Françoise Dolto, Jean Baudrillard, Eric Hobsbawm, Arthur C. Danto, Nicolas Calas, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Jean-Michel Besnier, Ernst Jünger, Matthew Gale, Johan Huizinga, Georges Bataille, Denis de Rougemont, Fredric R. Jameson, Pliny the Elder etc.

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ies, which are assessed and discussed, in groups or with each student individually; the subject is approached theoretically by researching relevant references and the work of other artists or art movements, while the issues of technical support, execution and exhibition of the project are also examined. Students present and defend their project in front of the entire Studio team and are solely responsible for the final outcome. The presentation is followed by a discussion with the professors, with the active participation of all the other students. The same method is also followed in the case of personal projects on subjects selected by the students themselves.

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Number of students: n = 23 / n+2 = 7 / total: 30

Director: Georgios Lappas, Professor Afroditi Liti, Associate Professor Styliani Sylogidou, Lecturer Andrianna Verveti, Lecturer

philosophy, psychology, etc. They also frequently visit museums –featuring lectures and guided tours by the museums’ curators–, art galleries, and locations of particular interest, while they are provided with a basic bibliography and further reading suggestions. The Studio’s students also actively participate in exhibitions, in Greece and abroad, in cooperation with the relevant organising bodies of the respective universities and other institutions.

The five year-length of studies is divided into three units of sculpture studies.

During the second unit, covering the 5th to 8th semesters, which requires the students’ familiarisation with the basic sculpture principles, teaching advances to more complex forms of sculpture, like sculpture installations, providing for the coexistence of multiple forms such as: video, digitallyprocessed material, photographs and actions. During the third unit, covering the 9th and 10th semester, students probe further into the selected subjects and the execution of their diploma dissertation. During the entire duration of their studies, the Studio’s students attend regular lectures, conducted either by their professors or by guest speakers, on the history of sculpture and related fields such as: cinema, theatre,

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, to be selected among a suggested bibliography on visual arts, art theory, history of art etc. In the case of the 2nd Sculpture Studio, such references include, but are not limited to, titles by W. G. Sebald, Gisella Richter, Thomas Bernhard, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Françoise Dolto, Arthur C. Danto, Herbert Read, H. H. Arnason, Elias Canetti, Herman Melville, Johan Huizinga, Marcel Duchamp, Franz Kafka etc.

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The first unit, spanning semesters 1 through 4, includes: • Representational and abstract sculpture exercises, in clay and in plaster, and, later, in iron, marble, wood and plastic materials. • Drawing exercises in a variety of forms, sizes and materials.

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Number of students: n = 20 / n+2 = 16 / total: 36

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1st to 6th semester of studies From the first to the sixth semester, up to their third year of studies, that is, students execute on a daily basis, from 9:00 to 14:00, exercises after a life model. Such exercises aim at the students’ studying the various dimensions and their inter-relations, the organisation of volumes and levels, practicing in observation and drawing, and reporting the observed life model into a sculptural entity. Furthermore, students are assigned subjectbased projects (four of them during each academic year) aiming at cultivating and developing their skills in various sculpturerelated fields – for example, morphological or conceptual exercises, sculptural interventions in architectural spaces, both public and private, as well as sculptural exercises on literary texts of distinguished writers (2 projects per semester). 7th & 8th semester of studies Covering a wide range of sculptural quests, and in constant dialogue with their professors, students are directed during the 7th semester (or, more generally, during the fourth year of studies) towards more personalised exercises, preparing them for their diploma dissertation at the end of their studies. 9th & 10th semester of studies Diploma dissertation. The overall effort aims to provide students

with knowledge –both technical and aesthetic– on their subject and convince them that Sculpture is a journey to self-knowledge, which makes it all the more significant, in the sense that the truer it is, the more genuine and unique it will become. Drawing for sculptors course Sculpture students are asked to execute a series of exercises on the human figure (after a life model), on various other still-life models and objects, as well as spaces (both natural and architectural ones), in order to be introduced to the drawing process, as a means to better and more fully understand their own field, i.e. Sculpture. Such exercises aim at developing the students’ sense of observation, cultivating their visual memory, enabling them to acquire both analytical and synthetic skills, useful to the organisation and execution of their work. Further exercises help students develop their personal style, as well as form and expand their visual perception, in order to ultimately establish their personal art idiom. Analysis of and discussion on selected drawings by important artists from the History of Art also contributes to the sculpture students’ broader culture, enabling them at the same time to better perceive drawing as an independent and accomplished art form.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, to be selected among a suggested bibliography on visual arts, art theory, history of art etc. In the case of the 3rd Sculpture Studio, such references include, but are not limited to, titles by Odysseas Elytis, Giorgos Seferis, Walter Burkert, Tony Godfrey, Giulio Carlo Argan, Andrei Tarkovsky, Arthur Koestler, Umberto Eco, Dimitris Pikionis, André Bon-



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Printmaking Division Division’s Director: Vassiliki Tsalamata, Associate Professor

The purpose of the Printmaking Division is to educate students in the aesthetic and expressive values of printmaking, by means of creative practice and theoretical approaches alike. Through this educational process, students are initiated to both traditional and modern methods and techniques, in order to discover new forms of visual art expression, develop their ingenuity and perfect their skills. This is the general direction in which all the Division’s professors pour their efforts, knowledge and expertise.


There are two main groups of students attending the Division’s studios and courses. The first one consists of those students having enrolled at the elective studio course “Elements of Printmaking”, while the second one consists of those majoring in Printmaking. The “Erasmus / Socrates” student mobility programme’s students, for their part, are respectively admitted according to the curricula of their home institutions.

Students are divided into the Division’s two Studios, where, for teaching expedience reasons, they are also assigned to specific professors, depending on the specific field or discipline, as shown in the following syllabus. Courses in screen printing and lithography are taught by the same teaching staff at both Studios, and are offered equally to students majoring in Printmaking or students attending it as an elective course.

Note on the number of students: n = the number of students not exceeding 5 years of studies n+2 = the number of students of up to 7 years of studies The relevant data regard the academic year 2010-2011.

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The “Elements of Printmaking” elective studio course corresponds to 12 teaching hours per week; approximately 200 students enrol at it annually, of which about 180 (90%) attend courses regularly. The main Printmaking Division courses correspond to 20 teaching hours per week and admit approximately 50 students, of which about 35 (70%) attend the courses on a regular basis, while the remaining 30% of “dropouts” consists mainly of students pursuing a second academic degree, who, for various reasons (family or professional obligations etc.), become more and more scarce or fail to attend at all.

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Number of students: n = 18 / n+2 = 17 / total: 35

Director: Michalis Arfaras, Professor Ioannis Gourzis, Assistant Professor Konstantina Kotsiou, Assistant Professor Apostolos Peirounidis, Assistant Professor Mary Schina, Assistant Professor 1st semester • Black & white woodcut: Introduction, preparation of the block-carving, carving of compositions already executed at the drawing-composition course, teaching of printing techniques.

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2nd semester • Colour woodcut: Introduction, preparation of the block-carving, carving of compositions already executed at the drawingcomposition course, teaching of printing techniques.

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3rd semester • Intaglio: Introduction, engraving preparation, engraving of compositions already executed at the drawingcomposition course, teaching of printing techniques. • Black & white lithography: Introduction, preparation of the lithographic plate, drawing & acidification of compositions already executed at the drawingcomposition course, teaching of printing techniques. 4th semester • Intaglio: Introduction, engraving preparation, engraving of compositions

already executed at the drawingcomposition course, teaching of printing techniques. • Black & white lithography: Introduction, preparation of the lithographic plate, drawing & acidification of compositions already executed at the drawingcomposition course, teaching of printing techniques. 5th semester • Intaglio: Mixed intaglio techniques. Introduction, engraving preparation, engraving of compositions already executed at the drawing-composition course, teaching of printing techniques. • Colour lithography / Screen printing: Introduction, preparation of the lithographic plate / screen-printing surface, execution of compositions already drawn at the drawingcomposition course, teaching of printing techniques. • Teaching of digital image-processing, use of photography and photo-transfer in printmaking. Teaching of alternative engraving and printing techniques. 6th semester • Intaglio: Mixed intaglio techniques. Introduction, engraving preparation, engraving of compositions already executed at the drawing-composition course, teaching of printing techniques. • Colour lithography / Screen printing: Introduction, preparation of the lithographic plate / screen-printing surface, execution of compositions already drawn at the drawingcomposition course, teaching of printing techniques. • Teaching of digital image-processing, use of photography and photo-transfer in printmaking. Teaching of alternative engraving and printing techniques.


8th semester • Intaglio: Mixed intaglio techniques. Introduction, engraving preparation, engraving of compositions already executed at the drawing-composition course,

teaching of printing techniques. • Screen printing: Introduction, preparation of the screen-printing surface, execution of compositions already drawn at the drawingcomposition course, teaching of printing techniques. • Teaching of digital image-processing, use of photography and photo-transfer in printmaking. Teaching of alternative engraving and printing techniques. At all semesters, the teaching work is accompanied by screenings of audiovisual material (in PowerPoint and video), meetings with and lectures by invited artists and art historians, as well as visits to museums and exhibitions. 9th and 10th semester Preparation of the diploma dissertation.

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7th semester • Intaglio: Mixed intaglio techniques. Introduction, engraving preparation, engraving of compositions already executed at the drawing-composition course, teaching of printing techniques. • Screen printing: Introduction, preparation of the screen-printing surface, execution of compositions already drawn at the drawingcomposition course, teaching of printing techniques. • Teaching of digital image-processing, use of photography and photo-transfer in printmaking. Teaching of alternative engraving and printing techniques.

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Number of students: n = 6 / n+2 = 14 / total: 20

Director: Vassiliki Tsalamata, Associate Professor Konstantina Kotsiou, Assistant Professor Apostolos Peirounidis, Assistant Professor Charalambos Dermatis, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) Pavlos Metsovitis, STL Staff

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1st semester • Monotyping: Introduction to the research of trace, graph, gesture with the painting materials onto the surfaces from which the visual impression will be produced. Methods: stencil, masking, collage, frottage. • Black & white woodcut: Introduction, preparation of the block-carving, carving of compositions already executed at the drawing-composition course, teaching of printing techniques.

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2nd semester • Colour woodcut: Introduction, preparation of the block-carving, carving of compositions already executed at the drawingcomposition course, teaching of printing techniques. • Monotyping, intaglio: Introduction to the drypoint technique, execution of compositions already drawn at the drawingcomposition course. Teaching of combined monotyping-intaglio printing techniques. 3rd semester • Colour intaglio: Drypoint, preparation of the incision, execution of compositions

already drawn at the drawing-composition course. Teaching of printing techniques: “à la poupée”, stencil, chine-collé techniques, techniques involving multiple matrixes. • Black & white lithography: Introduction, preparation of the lithographic plate, drawing & acidification of compositions already executed at the drawingcomposition course, teaching of printing techniques. 4th semester • Intaglio: Introduction to etching (both linear and tonal variations): etching and aquatint. The aquatint or “open bite” technique, ink – sugar. Preparation of the metal plate for etching and acid application, in execution of compositions already drawn at the drawing-composition course. Combined methods of intaglio printing. • Black & white lithography: Introduction, preparation of the lithographic plate, drawing & acidification of compositions already executed at the drawingcomposition course, teaching of printing techniques. 5th semester • Intaglio: Mixed intaglio techniques: Soft ground etching, collagraphy, relief matrix, carborundum, teaching of combined printing techniques, viscosity and simultaneous printing. Introduction to “greener” etching and printing techniques, non-toxic etching. Water-based media. • Colour lithography / Screen printing: Introduction, preparation of the lithographic plate / screen-printing surface, execution of compositions already drawn at the drawingcomposition course, teaching of printing techniques. • Teaching of digital image-processing, use of photography and photo-transfer in printmaking. Teaching of alternative


6th semester • Intaglio: Experimentation with and application of mixed intaglio etchingengraving and printing techniques. Teaching of alternative intaglio printmaking techniques with the use of water-based etching and printing materials. • Water-based screen printing: Experimentation with water-based media. • Colour lithography: Introduction, preparation of the lithographic plate, execution of compositions already drawn at the drawing-composition course. Teaching of printing techniques. • Teaching of digital image-processing, use of photography and photo-transfer in printmaking. Teaching of alternative engraving and digital printing techniques. 7th semester • Intaglio: Introduction to and experimentation with innovative “greener” techniques of non-toxic etching. Use of acrylic polymers, solarplate techniques, photo-etching, printing techniques with the use of water-based inks. • Screen printing: stencil techniques, gum, slide – film, photo-transfer. • Digital image-processing, use of photography and photo-transfer in printmaking. • Project execution through the application of combined intaglio, screen printing and monotyping techniques. • Application of digitally-processed images in printmaking. Teaching of alternative etching and photo-etching printing techniques. 8th semester • Intaglio: Execution of a research project. Application of and experimentation with the

innovative “green” printmaking techniques by combining intaglio, relief, screen printing, monotyping and photography techniques. • Screen printing: Execution of a project by combining different intaglio, relief, screen printing, monotyping and photography techniques. • Application of digitally-processed images in printmaking. Application of alternative etching and photo-etching printing techniques. At all semesters, the teaching work is accompanied by screenings of audiovisual material (in PowerPoint and video), meetings with and lectures by invited artists and art historians, as well as visits to museums and exhibitions. 9th and 10th semester Preparation of the diploma dissertation.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, to be selected among a suggested bibliography on visual arts, art theory, history of art etc. In the case of both the 1st and the 2nd Printmaking Studios, such references include, but are not limited to, titles by Julian Bell, Michalis Arfaras, Vassiliki Tsalamata, monographs on artists such as Yiannis Moralis, Tonia Nikolaidi etc.

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engraving and digital printing techniques. • Water-based screen printing. Waterbased media.

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Required elective studio courses’ syllabus The required elective studio courses are the following: Bronze casting – Plaster working Ceramics Drawing Elements of Painting Elements of Printmaking Elements of Sculpture Fresco and Portable Icons Technique Graphic Arts, Typography, and the Art of Book Mosaic Multimedia-Hypermedia and Video Art Photography: Forms of the analog and digital photographic image in contemporary art 12. Stage Design and: 13. Foreign language The Painting Division offers the following courses: Drawing, Elements of Painting, Fresco and Portable Icons Technique, Mosaic, Multimedia-Hypermedia and Video Art, and Stage Design; the Sculpture Division offers the courses: Bronze casting – Plaster working, Ceramics, Elements of Sculpture; and the Printmaking Division the courses: Elements of Printmaking, Graphic Arts, Typography, and the Art of Book, and Photography: Forms of the analog and digital photographic image in contemporary art.

After consulting the Curriculum in effect in the relevant pages of the Academic Catalog in hand, students are required to opt for one (1) elective studio course per semester of studies, to be attended from 2 to 6 semesters, from the following:

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nature of the above materials and techniques, their contribution in the History of Art and their significance today. 3rd & 4th semester Students learn how to enlarge an artwork with the use of plaster, as well as the making of a sculptural composition in wax, to be ultimately cast. Lectures, educational visits and other activities complement the above studio exercises. SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, including titles by John Boardman, Le Corbusier, Alain de Botton, Benvenuto Cellini, Émile Zola, J. W. von Goethe, Andrei Tarkovsky etc.

1. Bronze casting – Plaster working

The course is offered by the Sculpture Division. Semesters of studies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Number of students: 10

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1st & 2nd semester During the first two semesters of studies at the “Bronze casting – Plaster working” studio course, students are taught the techniques regarding all types of moulds (plaster-based, rubber ones etc.) as well as the making of cast copies in all sort of materials (plaster, cement, resin, paper, wax etc.). Next comes the teaching of bronze- and aluminium-casting for art purposes. During the semesters, a series of lectures, video and slide screenings etc., examine the

2. Ceramics The course is offered by the Sculpture Division. Semesters of studies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Number of students: 30

Pavlos Paltoglou, STL Staff 1. Proposals – motifs – form. 2. Shaping: solid balls of clay, hollow form, slab, relief – low relief – sunk relief, perforated. 3. Slipcasting (moulds) • Terracotta: 1. Analysis of different clays, drying of artworks. 2. Firing of artworks. 3. Colouring of artworks. 4. Raku. • Colours: Slips, oxides, fire glazes, enamels, on-glaze decoration – low temperatures.


3. Drawing The course is offered by the Painting Division. Semesters of studies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Number of students: 63

Georgios Kazazis, Assistant Professor The course’s purpose is to help students gain practice and experience, and to perceive drawing as a primary field of creation in its diverse forms, regardless of the visual-art media.

1st semester • Drawing after a life model. • Drawing after a non-life model. • Drawing after a virtual model. • Drawing exploration and interpretation of space. • Subject-based exercises regarding the concepts of comparison, positioning in space, and materiality. • Screenings and lectures on topics regarding visual controversies or comparisons. 2nd semester • Drawing after a life model. • Drawing after a non-life model. • Drawing after a virtual model. • Drawing exploration and interpretation of space. • From three dimensions to two. • Subject-based exercises regarding the concepts of comparison, positioning in space, and materiality. • Screenings and lectures on topics regarding visual controversies or comparisons. 3rd semester • Drawing after a life model.

• Drawing after a non-life model. • Drawing after a virtual model. • Drawing and the audiovisual media. • Drawing and installation-construction. • Visual exploration on reporting tones to colours. • Subject-based exercises regarding early approaches to various concepts. • Screenings and lectures on topics regarding visual controversies or comparisons. 4th semester • Drawing after a life model. • Drawing after a non-life model. • Drawing after a virtual model. • Computer-aided drawing. • Drawing and the audiovisual media. • Further probing into the concept of drawing as a strategy. • Visual exploration of drawing as a means of expression. • Subject-based exercises regarding approaches to various concepts.

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• Screenings and lectures on topics regarding visual controversies or comparisons. 5th semester • Drawing after a life model. • Drawing after a non-life model. • Drawing after a virtual model. • Computer-aided drawing. • Drawing and the audiovisual media. • Drawing and installation-construction. • Subject-based exercises regarding all the above. • Screenings and lectures on topics regarding visual controversies or comparisons.

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6th semester • Drawing after a life model. • Drawing after a non-life model. • Drawing after a virtual model. • Computer-aided drawing. • Drawing and the audiovisual media. • Drawing and installation-construction. • Drawing and performance. • Subject-based exercises regarding all the above. • Screenings and lectures on topics regarding visual controversies or comparisons.

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4. Elements of Painting The course is offered by the Painting Division. Semesters of studies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Number of students: 24

Aristotelis Tzakos, Associate Professor The course’s duration is four semesters; its purpose is to introduce students (from the Sculpture and Printmaking Divisions) to the field of painting. The course includes: • Studying of basic drawing principles, analysis of lines and shapes. • Introduction to colour, use and properties of the painting materials. • Exercises after models, exercises with nonpainting materials, subject-based and conceptual projects. • Exercises aiming to help students sharpen their observation skills, with the use of a photo camera as a means of recording the visual phenomena, in an effort to ultimately transfer them to the painting space. • Screenings.

In the context of the “Drawing” studio course, and especially during the 4th, 5th, and 6th semesters of studies, and apart from the representational drawing (figure drawing, linear perspective drawing etc.), topics covered include instances where the concept of proportionality is expanded, as seen in contemporary art.

In the case of art education, no methodology or educational system is guaranteed to yield fruits. In this respect, the above syllabus is not to be taken as a fixed proposal; it is always possible for the syllabus to be amended, according to circumstances – after all, that’s the point of Art.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, including titles by Giorgio de Chirico, Roland Barthes, Nicolas Calas, David Sylvester, Herbert Read, Giannis Kounellis, Marcel Duchamp, Manolis Andronikos, Paul Klee, J.W. von Goethe, Honoré de Balzac etc.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, including titles by Vincent Van Gogh, James Lord, Paul Klee, Giulio Carlo Argan, David Sylvester, Monroe C. Beardsley, André Breton, Ernst Hans Gombrich etc.


5. Elements of Printmaking The course is offered by the Printmaking Division. Semesters of studies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Number of students: 108

Students are divided into equal groups and admitted in the 1st and 2nd Printmaking Studios. 1st Printmaking Studio Ioannis Gourzis, Assistant Professor Konstantina Kotsiou, Assistant Professor Apostolos Peirounidis, Assistant Professor Mary Schina, Assistant Professor

2nd semester of studies • Intaglio: Drypoint, printing. • Engraving on wood and similar surfaces, printing. 3rd semester of studies • Intaglio: Drypoint, printing. • Engraving on wood and similar surfaces, printing. • Screen printing, printing. • Lithography, printing. 4th semester of studies • Etching, printing. • Woodcut, printing.

• Screen printing, printing. • Lithography, printing. 5th semester of studies • Woodcut, printing. • Screen printing, printing. • Lithography, printing. 6th semester of studies • Woodcut, printing. • Screen printing, printing. • Lithography, printing. 2nd Printmaking Studio Vassiliki Tsalamata, Associate Professor Konstantina Kotsiou, Assistant Professor Apostolos Peirounidis, Assistant Professor 1st semester of studies • Introduction to engraving and printing. (Students are divided into two equal groups.) • Execution of subject-based compositions (black & white) with the use of various drawing materials, and exercise in transferring a print from the History of Printmaking.

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1st semester of studies • Introduction to engraving and printing. (Students are divided into two equal groups.) • Intaglio: Drypoint, printing, engraving on wood and similar surfaces, printing. • Execution of subject-based compositions (black & white) with the use of various drawing materials (charcoal, ink, markers). • Personal written exercises, 3 to 4 pages long, on the topic of printmaking. • What is printmaking; screenings.

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• Intaglio: Stencil, frottage, introduction to the drypoint technique, printing. • Monotyping, experimentations with various materials, inks, printing. • Woodcut, engraving on wood and similar surfaces, printing. • What is printmaking; screenings. 2nd semester of studies • Intaglio: Drypoint, printing. • Woodcut or screen printing: Introduction to woodcut or screen-printing techniques, printing. 3rd semester of studies • Intaglio: Introduction to etching, both linear and tonal (aquatint), printing. • Screen printing, printing. • Lithography, printing.

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4th semester of studies • Intaglio: Introduction to combined etching techniques: linear and tonal etching, ink & sugar, open bite, printing. • Colour woodcut, printing. • Screen printing, printing. • Lithography, printing.

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5th semester of studies • Colour intaglio: Introduction to combined etching-engraving and printing techniques. • Colour woodcut, printing. • Screen printing, printing. • Lithography, printing. 6th semester of studies • Colour intaglio: Introduction to combined etching-engraving and printing techniques. • Colour woodcut, printing. • Screen printing, printing. • Lithography, printing. SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, including titles by Julian Bell and Michalis Arfaras.

6. Elements of Sculpture The course is offered by the Sculpture Division. Semesters of studies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Number of students: 152

Nikolaos Tranos, Associate Professor Aikaterini Athanassiou, S&LT Staff During the six (6) semesters of studies, students attending the “Elements of Sculpture” studio course execute exercises, both theoretical (focused on ideas and meanings) and practical (focused on forms and materials), aiming at enabling each of them to design, realise, assess and approach within its historical context of references their personal work. From the 1st to the 6th semester, students execute sculpture and drawing exercises aiming at their familiarisation with the visual language and its materials, as well as plastic exercises in the form of studies after a life model or on a free subject (representational and abstract art) with the use of materials that can be shaped or carved (clay, plaster, plasticine, wax, ceramics, silicones, woods, metals). The courses also include: • Exercises with the combined use of multiple media and materials (installations, video installations, events, performances, constructions), the use of any material, ready-mades, collages, free experimentations, group projects. • Drawing exercises and planning of the execution and realisation (production) of an artwork or project (financial and technical-material planning), personal quests and research regarding the work of each student. • Exercises focused on the multiple approaches and ways of visual formulation, and study of various practices in contemporary art. Other fields and topics covered, at an introductory level, during this studio course, include:


Students of all semesters attend theoretical lectures on the history of art, sculpture and the aesthetics, as well as presentations on artists, art movements and particular exhibitions that have marked contemporary art. The course is structured upon the following main axes: a subject is given and then follows an open discussion with the participation of all the studio’s students. Then, students present their ideas and draft studies, which are assessed and discussed, in groups or with each student individually; the subject is approached theoretically by researching relevant references and the work of other artists or art movements, while the issues of technical support, execution and exhibition of the project are also examined. Students present and defend their project in front of the entire studio team and are solely responsible for the final outcome. The presentation is followed by a

discussion with the professors, with the active participation of all the other students. The same method is also applied in the case of personal projects on subjects selected by the students themselves. The studio’s students participate in various workshops, field trips, and visits to museums and exhibitions. The “Elements of Sculpture” elective studio course is offered by the 1st Sculpture Studio, which is fully equipped with all necessary tools and possesses all necessary premises for the creation of visual art works, while students can also borrow the available digital equipment. Students attending the studio course may also make use of the Sculpture Division’s ceramics, marble-working, woodworking, plaster-working, and metalworking workshops. SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, including titles by Tony Godfrey, Michel Foucault, Jean Baudrillard, Nicolas Calas, Jean-Michel Besnier, Ernst Jünger, Matthew Gale, Georges Bataille, Denis de Rougemont, Pliny the Elder etc.

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• Sculpture and the visual arts vis-à-vis the moving image, photography, colour, architecture, the urban environment, the natural environment, the public space, the landscape, the monument, randomness. • Art beyond the materials’ potential, the “real” compact object – the theoretical object, mental objects – sacred objects, the body as part of a material, time, the fleetingness of experience. • The artwork and its respective context (historical, social, financial, psychological). • The artwork and space, audience, communication, behaviours. • The artwork and its mechanical reproduction. • The process of art criticism: what is the artist’s role and say in it? • The scenario in the visual arts. • The traditional concept of artwork, the concept of collectable, investment value, art museums, art products, art market. • The artists and their professional prospects.

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7. Fresco and Portable Icons Technique

The course is offered by the Painting Division. Semesters of studies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Number of students: 24

Pavlos Samios, Assistant Professor The course’s purpose is the study of ancient and Byzantine visual expression. Teaching focuses on the study of the traditional fresco, encaustic painting, and portable icon techniques. The course also aims at students’ fully assimilating the above techniques, in order for them to be able to apply them in contemporary art forms. Brief outline of the course’s syllabus:

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Fresco • Fresco materials and techniques. • Mural painting on wet, fresh lime mortar. • Painting study after Paleologan School originals.

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Portable icon • Wood preparation materials and techniques. • Canvas gluing, “bolo” primer preparation, gold-leaf burnished gilding. Encaustic painting • Encaustic painting materials and techniques. • Wax mixed with mastic, on an encaustic hot palette. • Painting study after Fayum mummy portraits originals. 1st semester of studies • Introduction to the fresco, encaustic paint-

ing, portable icon, and stained glass techniques and materials. • Introductory practical course on the materials and techniques in use. • Fresco I: The technique of ancient Greek mural painting and of Byzantine and Renaissance fresco on wet lime mortar and sand. • Encaustic painting Ι: The encaustic painting technique of hot wax and mastic resin on wood. • Portable icon I: The portable icon technique on wood, glued canvas, gold-leaf burnished gilding, egg tempera painting and final varnishing. • Stained glass Ι: The stained glass technique, glass painting with enamel, cutting and firing in the furnaces, lead or copper joints. 2nd semester of studies • Introductory theoretical course with screening of the most important monumental artworks from ancient, Byzantine and Renaissance Art. • Fresco II: Painting study after Hellenistic, Byzantine and Renaissance copies. • Encaustic painting II: Painting study after Fayum mummy portraits copies. • Portable icon II: Painting study in egg tempera after copies of Byzantine and postByzantine icons. • Stained glass II: Study in stained glass. 3rd semester of studies • Fresco III: Original composition with the use of the fresco technique. • Encaustic painting III: Original composition with the use of the encaustic painting technique. • Portable icon III: Painting study in egg tempera after copies of Byzantine and postByzantine icons. • Stained glass III: Original composition with the use of the stained glass technique.


4th semester of studies • Fresco IV: Original composition with the use of the fresco technique. • Encaustic painting IV: Original composition with the use of the encaustic painting technique. • Portable icon IV: Painting study in egg tempera after copies of Byzantine and postByzantine icons.

• Stained glass IV: Original composition with the use of the stained glass technique.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, including titles by Michel Quenot, Cyril Mango, N. Ozoline, Tania Velmans, Pliny the Elder etc.

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1st semester of studies During the 1st semester, students work at the historical A.S.F.A. Press Typography Studio, at the Patission str. campus. They proceed to hand-composing typesetting, execute lay-out drafts and print cards and pamphlets at the vertical and the flat-bed printing press or the offset press. 2nd semester of studies During the 2nd semester, students work at the Graphic Arts – Typography Studio of the Pireos str. campus. They experiment on the relationship between text-writing and image, using Macintosh computer systems and QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop computer applications, executing experimental art books, livres d’artistes, posters and CDs, and printing them with the use of both traditional and digital techniques.

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The course is offered by the Printmaking Division. Semesters of studies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Number of students: 37

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Leoni Vidali-Lambrinakou, Associate Professor Patricia Deligianni, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) Konstantinos Bakas, STL Staff Students systematically attend courses on the history of Graphic Arts, from the first appearance of writing to today’s digital media. Furthermore, by means of various screenings, seminars, lectures by guest speakers from the Graphic Arts field, students are initiated to a wide range of Graphic Design and Arts applications.

3rd & 4th semester of studies During the 3rd and 4th semesters, students probe more deeply into the field of Graphic Arts, write their own texts and join promotional campaigns with posters they have designed themselves, in cooperation with various Institutions, NGOs etc. SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, including titles by Andrew Robinson and Robert Bringhurst.


The course is offered by the Painting Division. Semesters of studies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Number of students: 37

Daphne Aggelidou, Assistant Professor Aggeliki Kokonaki, STL Staff This course aims at familiarising students with the mosaic and its artistic potential. Students study ancient Greek and Byzantine mosaics and experiment on technical exercises (direct and indirect method of tessellation, making of mural and floor mosaics, mosaics in metal constructions, 3-D mosaics, selection of various cements depending on each work’s needs). As a medium, the mosaic can meet

various visual-expression needs. Using the mosaic art’s materials and techniques, students can create modern, independent, portable artworks. 1st semester of studies • Study of plastic solutions applied to the ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine mosaics. • Execution of mosaics using the direct and indirect methods of tessellation (introduction to and familiarisation with the mosaic art’s materials and techniques). • Educational screenings of photos of ancient Greek, Byzantine and modern mosaic artworks. 2nd semester of studies • Execution of modern mosaic artworks (familiarisation with the techniques and specific aesthetic needs of the mosaic art).

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• Exercises using metal frames, on mural and floor mosaics. • Educational screenings of photos of ancient Greek, Byzantine and modern mosaic artworks.

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3rd semester of studies • Execution of modern mosaic artworks, in the form of students’ personal projects. • Educational screenings of photos of ancient Greek, Byzantine and modern mosaic artworks. • Exercises using metal frames, on mural and floor mosaics. • Students acquire more technical and aesthetic experiences and professional competences.

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10. and Multimedia-Hypermedia Video Art The course is offered by the Painting Division. Semesters of studies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Number of students: 60 http://www.medialab.asfa.gr/

Matthaios Santorinaios, Assistant Professor Vassiliki Betsou, Lecturer Stavroula Zoi, S&LT Staff Taxiarchis Diamantopoulos, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) Nefeli Dimitriadi, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) Aikaterini Antonopoulou, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980)

4th semester of studies • Execution of modern mosaic artworks, in the form of students’ personal projects. • Having assimilated the mediums’ techniques, students finalise their visual project. • Educational screenings of photos of ancient Greek, Byzantine and modern mosaic artworks. • Exercises using metal frames, on mural and floor mosaics, matching mosaics to a given architectural space.

The “Multimedia-Hypermedia and Video Art” required elective studio course is addressed to all students of the A.S.F.A. Department of Fine Arts –regardless of their extent of familiarisation with digital technology– who are interested in understanding aspects of the Digital Culture and learning how to use digital media as a means of artistic expression.

Notes Each student executes his or her own personal mosaic artworks. Apart from lectures and subject-based screenings, intended for all students, teaching is personalised, monitoring and supporting each student’s own expression idiom and visual style.

It is also intended for more advanced students, wishing to probe more deeply in specific fields of the digital arts, such as video art, virtual and enhanced reality, multi-user systems, interactive installations in a real space or on the Internet etc., according to their specific artistic interests.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, including titles by Nano Chatzidakis, Eftychia Kourkoutidou-Nikolaïdou, Chryssanthi MavropoulouTsioumi, Charalambos Bakirtzis, Anastasia Tourta, Panagiota Asimakopoulou-Atzaka.

The course is structured upon different teaching units covering a) a 2-semester-long basic training for beginners, and b) special topics, covering up to 2 academic years after the basic training, for advanced students with special artistic interests (total: 6 semesters).


The teaching process includes: introduction to the aesthetics of the new media, teaching of specific computer programmes, further study of special methodology issues, seminars on special topics, field trips and visits, exercises and projects. The course’s structuring into teaching units calls for a common organisation of the particular courses and a close cooperation between members of the teaching staff, with a view to meeting the needs of better allocation of the teaching work, specialisation and complementarity of digital means and visual forms. Students are re-

quired to execute individual projects for each teaching unit, but also a combined multimedia artwork project, with the entire students and teaching staff team. The final grading of the project is calculated taking into consideration the individual grading by all members of the teaching staff. Apart from the weekly teaching hours, the course’s syllabus also provides for lectures by guest speakers, screenings of audiovisual material, and artwork presentations. The teaching units forming up the course’s syllabus are as follows:

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Students, according to their knowledge of specialised tools and programmes, enrol at the respective semester.

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1.1. Methodology and aesthetics of the digital artwork 1.2. Narrative – Screenplay – Multi-scenario – Programming Instructor: Matthaios Santorinaios, Assistant Professor

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This teaching unit aims at introducing students to the methodology and aesthetics of the digital artwork, before enabling them to further probe into this field. The concept of Digital Environment is at first presented and explained, with its differences from its analog counterpart being analysed next. By means of examples of artworks, students are taught the history of the new media, from video art to interactive artworks in a real space and on the Internet, the virtual and enhanced reality, the artificial entities, even games and the social web on the Internet. (Teaching of a great part of this unit has formed the basis of an independent course, namely the “History of the New Media”, at the Department of Art Theory and History of Art of the A.S.F.A., which students of the Department of Fine Arts are free to enrol at and attend.)

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At the same time, the concept of narrative as a basic structure of the multimedia and audiovisual work is also examined: students follow courses on screenplay, multi-scenario, project planning, while programming is presented as a special form of writing, affecting the final technical structure of the work and its outcome, thus directly determining, most of the times, the audience’s reactions. By means of presentations of artworks and exercises at every stage of the creative process (initial idea, screenplay, multi-scenario, programming), in cooperation with the other teaching units, students acquire the necessary scientific, technical and artistic foundations

for creation in the specific environments of the course’s field. The outline of the syllabus of units 1.1 and 1.2 during the 1st and 2nd semesters is as follows: 1.1. Introduction to the Digital Culture: • Differences between Digital and Analog Culture. • The Digital Culture’s basic tools and environment: the computer, the network, the Internet. • Human-machine interaction tools (interfaces). The “genealogy” of various programmes and their creative combination. Open-source software. • Ideology and aesthetics. Introduction to the creation of digital artworks (Internet, interactive installations, virtual and enhanced reality artworks, digital games). 1.2. • Basic principles of screenplay development. • Basic principles for the development of a multi-scenario (non-linear narrative) for an interactive artwork. • Basic principles for the development of software intended for non-linear-narrative artworks. • Basic principles for the use of interactive systems in the creation of artworks (experimentations with microcontroller systems and sensors). • Basic principles for the development of a digital artwork project. The outline of the syllabus of units 1.1 and 1.2 during the 3rd and 4th semesters is as follows: • Development of a specialised digital artwork project.


The outline of the syllabus of units 1.1 and 1.2 during the 5th and 6th semesters is as follows: Cooperation with each student individually (or with a group of students), with a view to the completion of the specialised digital artwork project already undertaken, or development and execution of a new project, calling for an in-depth exploration of issues regarding the artistic and technological integration and completion of a digital artwork. Each student completes and presents his or her personal (or group) combined artwork project, undertaken into one of the following fields: interactive video, interactive artworks in a real space, Internet artworks, and virtual and enhanced reality artworks. Furthermore, students present their research on resolving

specialised technical or aesthetic problems, necessary for completing the specific project. Students also attend the relevant seminars of unit 4: • Seminar on Internet multi-user spaces. • Seminar on interactive interfaces with sensors. (Seminars are open to students from all semesters, provided they have the required knowledge to attend them.) Contact information: Student office hours: Wednesday, 17:00-20:00, at the Multimedia Studio Email: msantori@otenet.gr

2. Video art Instructor: Vassiliki Betsou, Lecturer Purpose The purpose of the “Video art” studio course is to enable students explore the expressive potential and technical characteristics of the video (and, more generally, the moving image)

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This comes as a continuation of the syllabus of the first two semesters. However, depending on their knowledge and competences, students may enrol directly at this semester. The exercise is about the planning and execution of a combined artwork, such as an installation, with the use of digital technology, of Internet artworks, interactive artworks in a real space etc. • Completion of a multi-scenario for an interactive artwork. • The project’s field is selected, following a discussion between the students and the teaching staff, taking into consideration the availability of interactive systems at the Studio (Internet, interactive installations with different sensors’ structures, virtual and enhanced reality). • Development of the necessary technical parts and programming for the project’s operation. • Technical issues. • Artistic and aesthetic issues.

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medium, with a view to its use as a means of expression in creating artworks, either independently, or combined with other media in the context of artistic proposals and works.

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to the better understanding of the medium’s expressive potential and the analysis of the basic elements of formulation of the audiovisual language, as to its composition and components, such as image, sound and editing.

Structure The course presents and analyses all the stages of the creation of a video-art work, from the visualisation of the initial idea and the necessary preliminary work (pre-production), to the production stage, and the work’s editing to its final form (post-production: selection of “useful” shots, digital editing and processing of the moving image and synchronised soundtrack, the work’s time structuring / rhythm, one-channel projection or projection into space – installation), with emphasis put on the aesthetic and visual organisation of the work.

Particular emphasis is put: • on the organisation and execution of projects in the context of the studio course, focusing on basic expressive, composition, narrative and technical issues put by the specific medium. • on the organisation and execution of personal projects (video and video-installations), in the context of the studio course, with the teaching staff’s supervision and support, as to the structure, organisation, composition, aesthetics, narrative and technical issues arising at all production stages.

Furthermore, the course also provides for the presentation and analysis of video-art works of the visual avant-garde, from the 1960s to the present, and examples from both the experimental and narrative cinema, with a view

Assessment Students are assessed on the basis of the required projects they execute in the context of the studio course. Their attendance and active participation are also taken into consideration.


Instructor: Stavroula Zoi, S&LT Staff This teaching unit regards the technical realisation of an artistic proposal combining various digital components used as means of expression (image, video, sound, screenplay programming, composition into space), according to the artistic needs arising from the other teaching units (1. and 2.). Students are initially familiarised with the relevant international practices, by means of presentations of digital artworks and tools. In this context, the basic technical aspects of realising an artwork in a digital environment are explained, namely the design of digital objects, the synchronisation of multiple varied information flows, the concept of interaction, etc. Students are given presentations of and use software packages (e.g. Adobe Flash, Adobe Director, Dassault Virtools, as well as opensource ones, such as openFrameworks, EyesWeb etc.), and also more complex platforms (such as the Apache-PHP-MySQL web platform). Such packages are selected according to the level of the students’ familiarisation with the digital technology, their level of studies (beginners or advanced students, respectively), and the specific needs regarding the execution of student projects. 4. Seminars Instructor: Taxiarchis Diamantopoulos, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) 4.1. Seminar on digital sound processing: • Introduction to the nature and characteristics of sound.

• Introduction to the concepts and basic elements of the digital sound. • Understanding of the sound module and its use in the new music of the 20th century. • Enabling students to acquire the necessary skills for the creation, processing and configuration of audio sources, with an ultimate view to creating sound modules. Instructors: Nefeli Dimitriadi, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) Aikaterini Antonopoulou, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) 4.2. Seminar on 3D graphics. • Introduction to the basic principles of the creation of 3D graphics. 4.3. Seminar on the interactive interfaces with the use of sensors. • Introduction to the use of interactive interfaces and sensors, with a view to creating original artworks. • Design and execution of an interactive installation. 4.4. Seminar on Internet multi-user 3D spaces of remote creation and collaboration. • Experimentation with open-source technologies and platforms • Execution of a remote-collaboration virtual space. • Discussion on the new theoretical, artistic, aesthetic and technical issues arising. SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, including titles by Vilém Flusser, Philippe Breton, and the Adobe Creative Team.

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Forms of the analog and digital photographic image in contemporary art

The course is offered by the Printmaking Division. Semesters of studies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Number of students: 139

Manolis Baboussis, Associate Professor Giorgos Totskas, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) Alexandros Voutsas, S&LT Staff Giota Khachaturian, STL Staff Webpage: www.photography.asfa.gr Email: ergastphoto@gmail.com

The course explores the creation of artworks with the use of photographic media, whether independently or in combination with other art media. Its goal is to train the students’ gaze with respect to the various aspects of the photographic image. Apart from a dialectic dialogue developed during the course, on the aesthetic approaches to and the technical particularities of the projects students are required to execute, the latter are taught –by means of seminars– the history of the photographic artworks, focusing on their aesthetic and technical aspects. Photographic artworks, whether executed independently or in combination with other art media, are perceived as both ways and means of artistic expression, and are examined in relation to the overall progress of contemporary art. Photographic artworks are an integral part of contemporary art production and the history of art, while photography, in its various forms, is taught as a major discipline in most European and US Fine Art Schools for decades.

Photography studies were first established at the A.S.F.A. during the academic year 19992000; the Course is fully equipped with darkroom, studio, and computer facilities. Photography has expanded and developed our ways of perceiving, analysing and understanding the ever-changing reality around us. The fact that photography produces images makes it at the same time a spiritual means of expression. The photograph of an object, an action or an event is not that object, that action or that event. What changes when something is detached from its original time & space continuum and is recreated in the photographic space? Is this art medium’s nature constant, or does it change in time? The course aims to enable each student to develop his or her own personal creative approach to the means and forms of photographic image, in an interactive relation with painting, sculpture, video art, installations and performances. The course also aspires to attract and further cultivate the students’ interest in the photographic artworks of every form and approach, in a constant dialogue with the aesthetic ideas shaping Art in the 21st century, so that not only can students understand the wide range of possibilities offered by the media in question, but also critically develop their own work. Each of the course’s three teaching units, i.e. the creative, the theoretical and the technical, seek to help students, in the span of 2 to 6 semesters, grasp in visual terms the particularity of forms and means of digital and analog image in art. They seek to identify and arouse all things creative and consciously promote them without offering ready-made solutions. It is of great importance that the teaching of art should acknowledge certain essential values the duration of which lasts for more than just

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one season, while at the same time different approaches are encouraged.

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The Photography Studio Course organises field trips in Greece and abroad. For more detailed information on the course’s syllabus and the Studio’s structure, operation, student projects and activities you can visit the Studio’s webpage: www.photography.asfa.gr 1st & 2nd semester 1. Photography art projects I/II The dialogue developed between the professor and the students, in the presence of all course students, aims at analysing the aesthetic approaches to and the technical particularities of each project students are required to execute and of the free-subject project of the students’ choice. Such dialogue promotes students’ critical thinking on visual issues arising from the viewing of photographic images. This process forms the basis of the course.

Portfolio submission and projects’ exhibition I/II A synthesis of the students’ work, in various formats, is presented at the various exhibitions curated by the Studio. The idea is to introduce students to the experience of the art photography exhibition: an educational experience, where it is important for students to understand the different forms of photographic image, from the framed photograph as an object to photo projections and installations, the photographic work’s exhibition value, the morphological and conceptual dialogue between various means and works, etc. 2. Introduction to photography. Its journey through Art. (Seminar consisting of 12 two-hour lectures by M. Baboussis.) A theoretical seminar, complemented by slides’ screening, examining photography’s own history, as well as the relations between


the photographic image and other art forms and media, such as painting, sculpture, video, and architecture.

• Presentation of portfolios and defence of the students’ projects. Exhibition of the projects.

3. Introduction to photographic techniques I/II • Equipment. Analog photography with 35mm cameras. Digital photography. • The darkroom. Developing and printing black & white (b&w) photographs.

2. Media forms and development. The photographic language. (Seminar) • A critical approach of modern artists.

3rd & 4th semester 1. Photography art projects ΙΙΙ/ΙV • Issues of space, identity, environment. Forms of image video-projection. The sequence of images. Introduction to film-editing. Photographic installations in space. • Portfolio submission. Exhibition of students’ projects. 2. Monographs on specific artists (Seminar) • Probing into the work of important artists. 3. Photographic techniques ΙΙΙ/ΙV • Introduction to the “digital darkroom”. • Special printing techniques for b&w and colour photographs. • Introduction to the photography studio. Lighting techniques. Portraiture. Photographing artworks. Practical exercise in the studio. 5th & 6th semester 1. Photography art projects V/VI • Student projects combining other media, and in conjunction with the photography history and techniques taught during the corresponding semester. Contemporary approaches to painting, sculpture, cinema etc. by photographic means.

Equipment and technical infrastructure – Students’ benefits • The Studio’s fixed equipment. • Lending of photographic equipment to students. • Photo gallery. Transferring projects to CDs. • Scanning of projects. Each semester, the Photography Studio admits for practice three (3) students of the Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts of the Athens H.T.E.I.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to four sets of teaching notes by Assistant Professor M. Baboussis (2 sets of theoretical and 2 sets of technical notes); sets of video-recorded lessons are also available. Students are also entitled to a number of free books, including titles by Gregory J. Markopoulos, Hans Bellmer, Gilles Deleuze, Michael Freeman, Andrei Tarkovsky, John Hedgecoe, Jacques Derrida etc.

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Practical exercises Introduction to the art of photography, with exterior and studio shots. The studio is fully equipped.

3. Techniques V/VI • Analog and digital shooting using mediumformat film and camera back (use of the A.S.F.A. Photography Studio’s medium- and large-format equipment). • Digital image processing. • Design and presentation of a portfolio, in both printed and digital form, of analog photographic images. • Practical exercise: Studio, interior and exterior shots. • Submission of projects.

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• Lectures, screenings, meetings with theatre professionals. 2nd & 4th semester of studies • Examples of use of the theatrical space by distinguished stage directors and stage designers. • Contemporary stage designers and their work. • Study of one play from the ancient Greek repertory and execution of proposals regarding its scenery, costumes and poster. • Visits to the ancient Theatre of Epidaurus and the ancient Theatre of Dionysus. • Stage design in Antiquity. • Use of colour and light. • Theatrical masks: design and making techniques. • Lectures, screenings, meetings with theatre professionals.

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The course is offered by the Painting Division. Semesters of studies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Number of students: 61

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Efthalia Pezanou, Assistant Professor Vassiliki Psarrou, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) 1st & 3rd semester of studies • Introduction to the recent Greek theatrical stage-design history. • Forms of theatrical space. • Study of two plays from the classical & modern repertory and execution of proposals regarding their scenery, costumes and poster. • Studio exercises at the A.S.F.A. theatre hall. • Visits to Athens theatre halls. • Theatrical masks: design and making techniques.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Students are entitled to a number of free books, including titles by Jacqueline de Romilly, Paolo Bosisio, Karolos Koun, Peter Brook, Louis B. Wright, Jan Kott, Pamela Howard etc.

13. Foreign language Semesters of studies: 1, 2, 3, 4

Maria Varra, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) (English) Marina Leontari, Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) (French) Two foreign languages are taught: English and French. For each one of them, the Department’s Curriculum offers six (6) teaching hours per week.


COURSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ART THEORY AND HISTORY OF ART ALSO OFFERED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS During the academic year 2011-2012, the following courses of the Department of Art Theory and History of Art can also be attended, as elective lecture courses, by students of the Department of Fine Arts, during the respective (Fall or Spring) semesters. (Note: Not all of the following courses are necessarily offered in each academic semester; courses are offered provided a minimum of students have enrolled at them. The syllabus of the following courses is given in detail in the Academic Catalog of the Department of Art Theory and History of Art.)

• Art Methodology and Historiography 1 • European Early Modern and Modern History 1 • Philosophy and Theory of Art 1 • History and Theory of Art Criticism 1 • European Literature 1 • Anthropology of Art 1 • Sociology of Art 1 • History of the New Media 1 • Introduction to the History of Film • Art Theory 1 • Museology 1 • History of Contemporary Art 1 • Special topics in History of Art 1 • Special topics in History of Architecture 1 • Special topics in European History 1 • Art and Philosophy 1 (seminar) • Comparative approaches to Art and Literature 1 (seminar) • Exhibition curating 1 (seminar) • Special topics in History of the New Media • Research problems in History of Art • Art and Psychoanalysis (seminar) • Architecture and public space 1

SPRING SEMESTER • Art Methodology and Historiography 2 • European Early Modern & Modern History 2 • Philosophy & Theory of Art 2 • History and Theory of Art Criticism 2 • European Literature 2 • Anthropology of Art 2 • Sociology of Art 2 • History of the New Media 2 • Introduction to the History of Theatre • Psychoanalytical approaches of Art (seminar) • History of Modern Art • Art Theory 2 • Museology 2 • History of Contemporary Art 2 • Special topics in History of Art 2 • Special topics in History of Architecture 2 • Special topics in European History 2 • Art and Philosophy 2 (seminar) • Comparative approaches to Art and Literature 2 (seminar) • Exhibition curating 2 • Special topics in Art Theory • Research problems in Art Theory (seminar) • Architecture and public space 2

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Κωστορίζου Ξανθή / Kostorizou Xanthi

Κιουρτσόγλου Ελευθέριος / Kiourtsoglou Eleſtherios

Ελευθεράκης Παναγιώτης / Eleſtherakis Panagiotis

Φρατζεσκάκης Νάσος / Fratzeskakis Nassos

Αλατζιά Αγγελική / Alatzia Aggeliki

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Μαυρογιάννη Ευτυχία / Mavrogianni Eſtychia

Τσαγκαράκη Μαρία / Tsaggaraki Maria

Αποστόλου Στέλλα / Apostolou Stella

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Χασούλα Χαραλαμπία / Hassoula Charalambia


Μικιρδιτσιάν Γρηγόριος / Mikirditsian Grigorios

Aποστόλου Θανάσης / Apostolou Thanassis

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Μπόλκα Αναστασία / Mpolka Anastassia

Χατζηκωνσταντής Νικόλαος / Hatzikonstantis Nikolaos

Λογοθέτη Σοφία / Logotheti Sofia

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Βιδάλη-Σούλα Αθανασία / Vidali-Soula Athanassia


Μαραθάκη Ευαγγελία / Marathaki Evaggelia

Αποστολοπούλου Ειρήνη / Apostolopoulou Eirini

Πετροπούλου Χρυσή / Petropoulou Chryssi

Κωβαίος Θεόδωρος / Kovaios Theodoros

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Γαïτάνος Γιώργος / Gaitanos Giorgos

Κουτσουμάνη Παρασκευή / Koutsoumani Paraskevi

Φωτοπούλου Μαρίλια / Fotopoulou Marilia

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Πρίφτη Έλενα / Priſti Elena


Χαραβιτζίδου Άννα / Haravitzidou Anna

Eυαγγελίδου Όλγα / Evaggelidou Olga

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Επιτηδείου Αικατερίνη / Epitideiou Aikaterini

Γιαννοπούλου Εύα / Giannopoulou Eva

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Αδαμαντίδης Λεωνίδας / Adamantidis Leonidas


Διέλλα Φωτεινή / Diella Foteini

Μικροπούλου Ευγενία / Mikropoulou Evgenia

Τζάρος Αλέξανδρος / Tzaros Alexandros

Τζηρίνη Παναγιώτα / Tzirini Panagiota

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Χατζηδάκη Αικατερίνη / Hatzidaki Aikaterini

Γεωργά Ματίνα / Georga Matina

Λογιωτάτου Μιχαέλα / Logiotatou Michaela

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Δημητροπούλου Ελένη / Dimitropoulou Eleni


Ξανθόπουλος Δημήτρης / Xanthopoulos Dimitris

Μπαρτζιώκα Ηρώ / Mpartzioka Iro

Κοέν Δανιήλ / Cohen Daniel

Τουμαζάτου Ελένη / Toumazatou Eleni

Κουτελιέρη Ευαγγελία / Koutelieri Evaggelia

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Κιτμερίδης Νικόλαος / Kitmeridis Nikolaos

Κολιόπουλος Ιωάννης / Koliopoulos Ioannis

Ζαφειράτος Ηλίας / Zafeiratos Ilias

Κύρκου Ευδοκία / Kyrkou Evdokia

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Τσιότη Σίσυ / Tsioti Sissy


Τζάκη Μυρτώ-Σοφία / Tzaki Myrto-Sofia

Κρέτσης Χαράλαμπος / Kretsis Charalambos

Χαρατσάρη Μαρία / Haratsari Maria

Κυριτσόπουλος Λοΐζος / Kyritsopoulos Loizos

Μαρλίτση Πολυξένη / Marlitsi Polyxeni

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Αριστοτέλους Μαρία / Aristotelous Maria

Μπομπέτσης Γεώργιος-Ευάγγελος / Mpompetsis Georgios-Evaggelos

Παππά Αλίκη / Pappa Aliki

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Πετρίδου Ελευθερία-Μαρία / Petridou Eleſtheria-Maria

Δημητριάδη Ευλαμπία / Dimitriadi Evlambia

Μιχαηλίδης Χρήστος / Michailidis Christos

Μυτιληνός Νικόλαος / Mytilinos Nikolaos

Μπλιούμη Λία / Mplioumi Lia

Μεγαλοοικονόμου Εύα / Megalooikonomou Eva

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Γεροδήμος Βασίλης / Gerodimos Vassilis

Ταγαρίδη Ερατώ / Tagaridi Erato

Όιμπακ Γεώργιος / Oimbak Georgios

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Κουϊμτζόγλου Τίμος / Kouimtzoglou Timos


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Undergraduate Studies Curriculum


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Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking Art Theory & History of Art Art Theory & History of Art Art Theory & History of Art A.S.F.A.

Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking

Studio

Lecture course Lecture course Lecture course Foreign language course Studio / Studio course

Division Studios 1 (Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking)

History of Art 1

Theory of Space – History of Architecture 1 (theory)

Theory of Space – History of Architecture 1 (drawing)

Foreign language 1 (English or French)

Required elective studio or studio course 1

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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

DIVISION or DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE

COURSE TYPE

RDSs & RLCs

No

1st semester

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Total: 32

Total: 42

2

2

4

15

GREEK CREDITS

12

2

2

2

4

20

TEACHING HOURS

Total: 30

7

Students are accredited 2 Credits upon completion of all 4 semesters’ Foreign Language courses.

3

4

16

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

Holders of a Foreign Language Certificate are dispensed and directly awarded the relevant Credits.

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REQUIRED DIVISION STUDIOS (RDSs) & REQUIRED LECTURE COURSES (RLCs)


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Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking Fine Arts

Lecture course Foreign language course Studio / Studio course Seminar

Theory of Space – History of Architecture 2 (drawing)

Foreign language 2 (English or French)

Required elective studio or studio course 1

Field trip in Greece or abroad

4.

5.

6.

7.

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Theory of Space – History of Architecture 2 (theory)

3.

Art Theory & History of Art

Lecture course

History of Art 2

2.

DIVISION or DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking

Division Studios 2 (Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking)

1.

COURSE TYPE Studio

RDSs & RLCs

No

2nd semester

Total: 42

12

2

2

2

4

20

TEACHING HOURS

Total: 32

[2]

9

2

2

4

15

GREEK CREDITS

Total: 30

7

Students are accredited 2 Credits upon completion of all 4 semesters’ Foreign Language courses.

3

4

16

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

Students participating in a field trip are accredited 2 Credits.

Holders of a Foreign Language Certificate are dispensed and directly awarded the relevant Credits.

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Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking

Lecture course Foreign language course Studio / Studio course

Theory of Space – History of Architecture 3 (theory)

Foreign language 3 (English or French)

Required elective studio or studio course1

4.

5.

3.

Art Theory & History of Art

Lecture course

History of Art 3

2.

DIVISION or DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking

Division Studios 3 (Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking)

1.

COURSE TYPE Studio

RDSs & RLCs

No

3rd semester

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Total: 42

4

4

15

GREEK CREDITS

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2

4

4

20

TEACHING HOURS

Total: 30

7

Students are accredited 2 Credits upon completion of all 4 semesters’ Foreign Language courses.

3

4

16

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

Holders of a Foreign Language Certificate are dispensed and directly awarded the relevant Credits.

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Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking Fine Arts

Lecture course Lecture course Foreign language course Studio / Studio course Seminar

History of Art 4

Theory of Space – History of Architecture 4 (theory)

Foreign language 4 (English or French)

Required elective studio or studio course1

Field trip in Greece or abroad

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

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Studio

Division Studios 4 (Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking)

1.

DIVISION or DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE

COURSE TYPE

RDSs & RLCs

No

4th semester

Total: 42

12

2

4

4

20

TEACHING HOURS

Total: 32

[2]

9

4

4

15

GREEK CREDITS

Total: 30

7

Students are accredited 2 Credits upon completion of all 4 semesters’ Foreign Language courses.

3

4

16

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

Students participating in a field trip are accredited 2 Credits.

Holders of a Foreign Language Certificate are dispensed and directly awarded the relevant Credits.

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Studio

Lecture course Lecture course Studio / Studio course

Division Studios 5 (Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking)

History of Art 5

Introduction to Philosophy & Aesthetics 1

Required elective studio or studio course1

1.

2.

3.

4.

DIVISION or DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE

COURSE TYPE

RDSs & RLCs

No

5th semester

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Total: 30

Total: 38

2

4

15

GREEK CREDITS

12

2

4

20

TEACHING HOURS

Total: 30

7

3

4

16

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

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Studio / Studio course

Seminar

Required elective studio or studio course1

Field trip in Greece or abroad

4.

5.

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Art Theory & History of Art

Lecture course

Introduction to Philosophy & Aesthetics 2

3.

Art Theory & History of Art

Lecture course

History of Art 6

2.

DIVISION or DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking

Division Studios 6 (Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking)

1.

COURSE TYPE Studio

RDSs & RLCs

No

6th semester

Total: 38

12

2

4

20

TEACHING HOURS

Total: 30

[2]

9

2

4

15

GREEK CREDITS

Total: 30

7

3

4

16

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

Students participating in a field trip are accredited 2 Credits.

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RDSs & RLCs

Division Studios 7 (Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking)

Required elective studio or studio course1

Required elective lecture course2

Pedagogy

Art Education 1

No

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

7th semester

Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking Art Theory & History of Art

Art Theory & History of Art Art Theory & History of Art

Studio / Studio course Elective lecture course

Lecture course Lecture course

DIVISION or DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE

Studio

COURSE TYPE

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<6> Total: 27 / <35>

Total: 35 / <43>

<2>

3

9

15

GREEK CREDITS

<6>

<2>

3

12

20

TEACHING HOURS

Total: 30 / <38>

<6>

<2>

3

7

20

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

Courses are mandatory only for those wishing to teach Art in the Secondary Education.

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Art Theory & History of Art

Art Theory & History of Art Art Theory & History of Art

Fine Arts

Elective lecture course Lecture course Lecture course Practice Seminar

Required elective lecture course2

Educational Psychology

Art Education 2

3.

4.

5.

Field trip in Greece or abroad

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6.

Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking

Studio / Studio course

Required elective studio or studio course1

2.

(Practice in Schools)

Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking

Studio

Division Studios 8 (Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking)

1.

DIVISION or DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE

COURSE TYPE

RDSs & RLCs

No

8th semester

Total: 35 / <49>

<6>

<6>

Total: 27 / <41>

[2]

<6>

<2>

3

9

15

GREEK CREDITS

<6>

<2>

3

12

20

TEACHING HOURS

Total: 30 / <48>

<10>

<6>

<2>

3

7

20

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

Students participating in a field trip are accredited 2 Credits.

Courses are mandatory only for those wishing to teach Art in the Secondary Education.

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Dissertation preparation

1.

RDSs & RLCs

Dissertation preparation

Field trip in Greece or abroad

No

1.

2.

10th semester

RDSs & RLCs

No

9th semester

Seminar

COURSE TYPE

COURSE TYPE

Fine Arts

Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking

DIVISION or DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE

Painting or Sculpture or Printmaking

DIVISION or DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE

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Total: 20

20

Total: 15

[2]

15

GREEK CREDITS

Total: 15

Total: 20

TEACHING HOURS

15

GREEK CREDITS

20

TEACHING HOURS

Total: 30

30

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

Total: 30

30

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

Students participating in a field trip are accredited 2 Credits.

Students must have fulfilled all course requirements before presenting their dissertation proposal.

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2. Students must opt for (a total of) two (2) required elective lecture courses, among those offered by the Department of Art Theory & History of Art (see table on page 95).

Bronze casting – Plaster working / Ceramics / Drawing / Elements of Painting / Elements of Printmaking / Elements of Sculpture / Fresco and Portable Icons Technique / Graphic Arts, Typography, and the Art of Book / Mosaic / Multimedia-Hypermedia and Video Art / Photography: Forms of the analog and digital photographic image in contemporary art / Stage Design

1. Students must opt for one (1) elective studio or studio course (per semester), among the following:


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REQUIRED ELECTIVE STUDIOS, STUDIO COURSES & SEMINARS

Bronze casting – Plaster working 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Ceramics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Drawing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Elements of Painting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Elements of Printmaking 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Elements of Sculpture 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Fresco and Portable Icons Technique 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Graphic Arts, Typography, and the Art of Book 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Mosaic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

No

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

DIVISION or DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE Sculpture Sculpture Painting Painting Printmaking Sculpture Painting Printmaking

Painting

COURSE TYPE

Studio course Studio course Studio course Studio course Studio course Studio course Studio course Studio course

Studio course

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

TEACHING HOURS

Elective studios, studio courses & seminars

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9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

GREEK CREDITS

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

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Painting Printmaking

Painting A.S.F.A.

Studio course Studio course

Studio course Foreign language course Seminar

Multimedia-Hypermedia and Video Art 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Photography (Forms of the analog and digital photographic image in contemporary art) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Stage Design 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Foreign language 1, 2, 3, 4

Field trip

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

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COURSE TYPE

REQUIRED ELECTIVE STUDIOS, STUDIO COURSES & SEMINARS

No

2

12

12

12

TEACHING HOURS

7

7

7

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

2

-

Students are accredited 2 Credits upon completion of all 4 semesters’ Foreign Language courses.

9

9

9

GREEK CREDITS

In Greece or abroad. Students are accompanied by members of the A.S.F.A. T&R Staff and Administrative Staff.

Holders of a Foreign Language Certificate are dispensed and directly awarded the relevant Credits.

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Art Theory & History of Art

Elective lecture course

Students are free to chose among the courses offered at the Department of Art Theory & History of Art

1. 3

TEACHING HOURS 3

GREEK CREDITS

Art Theory & History of Art Art Theory & History of Art Art Theory & History of Art

Lecture course Lecture course

Educational Psychology (Spring semester)

Art Education 1 Art Education 2 Practice in Schools

2.

3. 4. 5.

DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE

Lecture course

COURSE TYPE

Pedagogy (Fall semester)

FOR THOSE WISHING TO TEACH ART IN SCHOOLS

ELECTIVE LECTURE COURSES MANDATORY

1.

No

6 6 6

2

2

TEACHING HOURS

6 6 6

2

2

GREEK CREDITS

mandatory for those wishing to teach Art in the Secondary Education

Elective lecture courses

DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE

COURSE TYPE

REQUIRED ELECTIVE LECTURE COURSES

No

Required elective lecture courses

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6 6 10

2

2

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

3

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

Courses are mandatory only for those wishing to teach Art in the Secondary Education.

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NOTES ON THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES CURRICULUM General 1. The grading, for all courses, corresponds to a scale of 0 to 10 (including half points); in order for students to successfully pass a course, a minimum grade of 5 is required.

GREEK CREDITS

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

Required division studios

150

196

Required lecture courses

46

44

Required elective studio courses & seminars

72

56

Required elective lecture courses

6

6

Total of credits required for the awarding of the Diploma

274

302

Total of credits required for the awarding of the Diploma for those participating in the field trips (2 credits x 5 trips = 10 credits)

284

COURSES

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2. The Credits required for the awarding of the Diploma (for all Divisions) are as follows:

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3. For those wishing to teach Art in the Secondary Education, the Credits required for the awarding of the Diploma (for all Divisions) are as follows:

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COURSES

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GREEK CREDITS

E.C.T.S. CREDITS

Required division studios

150

196

Required lecture courses

46

44

Required elective studio courses & seminars

72

56

Required elective lecture courses

6

6

Elective lecture courses only for those wishing to teach Art in the Secondary Education

22

26

Total of credits required for the awarding of the Diploma

296

328

Total of credits required for the awarding of the Diploma for those participating in the field trips (2 credits x 5 trips = 10 credits)

306

4. The courses offered during the Fall semesters are not offered during the Spring semesters, and vice versa. Required division studios • The “required division studios” refer to the Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking Studios. • Students must attend and be successfully examined in all required division studios and all required courses, as mentioned in the relevant curriculum tables of the ten (10) semesters of studies. • In the case of the required division studios, the course No 1 (Fall semester) is not a prerequisite for the course No 2 (Spring semester); however, the courses No 1 (Fall semester)

and 2 (Spring semester) are prerequisite courses for the course No 3, and so on. Required elective studio courses • Students must opt for one (1) elective studio course per semester; they must opt for this particular course for at least two (2) consecutive semesters, so that they can finally attend and be examined in up to four (4) pairs of elective studio courses. Students are thus awarded 56 E.C.T.S.-credits (or 72 Greek Credits). It is suggested that such required elective


• The required elective studio course “Elements of Painting” (regardless of numeric suffix) can be attended only by students of the Sculpture or Printmaking Divisions; similarly, the required elective studio course “Elements of Sculpture” (regardless of numeric suffix) can be attended only by students of the Painting or Printmaking Divisions; and the required elective studio course “Elements of Printmaking” (regardless of numeric suffix) can be attended only by students of the Painting or Sculpture Divisions. • The following required elective studio courses: Elements of Painting (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), Elements of Sculpture (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), Elements of Printmaking (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), Drawing (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), Ceramics (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), Bronze casting – Plaster working (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), Photography (Forms of the analog and digital photographic image in contemporary art) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) can be attended from the 1st to the 8th semester. • The following required elective studio courses: Multimedia-Hypermedia and Video Art (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), Fresco and Portable Icons Technique (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), Mosaic (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), Stage Design (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), Graphic Arts, Typography, and the Art of Book (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) can only be attended from the 5th to the 8th semester.

• In the case of the required elective studio courses, the course with the numeric suffix 1 is a prerequisite for attending the course with the numeric suffix 2, and so on; i.e., students must have attended and succeeded in the previous course in order for them to attend the following one. • Any given required elective studio course can normally be attended for no more than six (6) semesters. In case, however, students need to further explore the technical and aesthetic aspects of a medium taught in a specific studio course, with a view to the realisation of their diploma dissertation, they may be exceptionally granted, at the beginning of each academic year, the right to attend and be examined in the studio course in question for a period beyond the above mentioned maximum of six semesters, provided that circumstances allow for such an exception and that the Supervisor of the studio course in question approves in writing such demand. In this case, students are of course awarded the relevant credits, on top of the minimum credits normally required for being awarded their Diploma. Lecture courses (of those offered at the Department of Art Theory & History of Art) • The required lecture courses are as follows: a) History of Art (6 semesters) b) Theory of Space & History of Architecture (4 semesters) c) Introduction to Philosophy and Aesthetics (2 semesters) • The required lecture courses have no prerequisites; i.e. students are not expected to have attended and succeeded in the course bearing the numeric suffix 1 in order for them to attend the course with the numeric suffix 2, and so on.

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studio courses are attended during the first eight (8) semesters.

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• In order to be accredited six (6) credits corresponding to required elective lecture courses, students will have to enrol, attend and be successfully examined in two (2) such courses of one semester each. It is suggested that these two semester-long elective lecture courses are attended during the 7th and 8th semesters of studies. Students of the Department of Fine Arts have a free choice among all courses offered in the annual curriculum of the Department of Art Theory & History of Art, regardless of the semester this course is normally offered at the latter (with the exception of seminar courses).

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Foreign languages Learning one of the two foreign languages for which courses are offered is mandatory. Students are accredited 2 Credits upon completion of all 4 semesters’ courses. In the case of the English Language Course, level A is set as a prerequisite for level B, whereas level B is a prerequisite for level C. In both cases, holders of a Foreign Language Certificate are dispensed and directly awarded the relevant Credits.

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Courses for those wishing to be appointed to the Secondary Education • Students wishing to teach Art in the Secondary Education (according to Article 14 of Law 1566/1985 and Article 1 of Law 2327/ 1995) must attend the following courses: “Pedagogy”, “Educational Psychology”, “Art Education 1”, and “Art Education 2” (& Practice in Schools). Such courses should be attended during the studies and before the students are awarded their Diploma, because the students’ grading in these courses is taken into consideration when calculating the students’ final diploma grading. Those who do not wish to attend the above courses must formally declare so in writing to the Secretariat.

• Each of the courses “Pedagogy”, “Educational Psychology”, “Art Education 1”, and “Art Education 2” (& Practice in Schools) is taught during a period of one (1) semester; they are offered as follows: Pedagogy, 5th semester, Educational Psychology, 6th semester, Art Education 1, 7th semester, Art Education 2 (& Practice in Schools), 8th semester. Practice in schools, in the context of the “Art Education 2” course, is performed after consulting with the Professor in charge. Diploma dissertation Before formally announcing to the Department’s Secretariat that they are ready to present their dissertation proposal, students must have fulfilled all course requirements, including all required elective studio courses.



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To this day, the Department operates two (2) Postgraduate Studies Programmes (P.S.P.s), leading to the awarding of a “Postgraduate Specialisation Diploma” (P.S.D.) or Master’s Degree:

The “Master in Digital Art forms”

P.S.P., since 1998.

The “Master in Visual Arts” P.S.P.,

since 2004. A third P.S.P., in collaboration with the Université Paris 8, has been approved and is expected to operate during the academic year 2013-2014:

The “Master in Art, Virtual Reality

& Multi-User Means of Artistic Expression” P.S.P.

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“MASTER IN DIGITAL ART FORMS” P.S.P.

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The “Digital Art Forms” (D.A.F.) P.S.P. is mainly oriented towards the education and research in the field of visual art creation, in conjunction with the technical specialisation in the field of Digital Art Forms. The formand image-making possibilities the audiovisual media and computer science offer today, and put at the disposal of the artistic creation, are infinite, while the notion of “combination” is synonymous with the very nature of the new media. The “Digital Art Forms” P.S.P. was planned and established with a view to meeting the educational and specialisation needs of young artists –and, under certain circum-

stances, of scientific researchers– regarding the new, expanded forms and the new means of expression. It offers a combination of artistic and technological education, research methodology, know-how and theoretical knowledge, thus supporting the active participation of its graduates in the artistic process and research – in other words, in the adventure, the events and recent developments of contemporary art. The interdisciplinary character and structure of the P.S.P. in question are dictated by the very nature and rapid progress of the new technological means, in conjunction with the expanded, combined forms of expression that have emerged in contemporary Art. The intersection of Art and Technology is nothing but a common ground, defined by the collaboration between professors teaching (and


Today, more than ever, in art and theory alike, be it in the field of ideas, sciences or research, the notion of interdisciplinarity meets an unprecedented expansion. In Higher Education, and in the context of the efforts made to upgrade and renew the existing curricula, such trend is usually ascribed to and realised by means of “inter-universitary” and interdisciplinary cooperation between academic institutions and professors. From the trunk of “pure” and clearly distinguished disciplines, a great number of interdisciplinary approaches and collaborations have now sprung, branched away, pursuing not merely an “expansion”, but also new possibilities, ways, viewpoints and interpretations, in the context of a combined research process. We all now live in a context of increased and broad interdisciplinarity. Such trend could not leave contemporary art unaffected. Art had always been the melting pot of new social givens, new ideas, scientific breakthroughs and technological innovations. In the early 20th century, such trend was expressed by means of the historic art move-

ment of modernism, which often collided fiercely with corporate mentalities and sectional interests, and faced efforts of retrogression by the established academic art. Summing up, it is fair to say that this interdisciplinary character of the P.S.P. in question is reflected on its own educational structure, even affecting the selection of its teaching staff and students alike. Although that may still sound heretical in the context of an art academy, this is a basic component and a comparative advantage of the educational profile of the P.S.P. in question. Studies of this kind are, without a doubt, more difficult, more demanding, the students’ workload is increased, but, in return, the benefits offered to the graduates are also greater. Graduates of the “D.A.F.” P.S.P. are artists well-equipped, in both theory and practice, to handle the new forms and new means of visual expression, offered by the audiovisual and digital technology. They have acquired a deep and sound theoretical knowledge, but are also practically trained enough to secure their place in the labour market. It is quite telling that, apart from their personal art creation and exhibition activities, many graduates of the “D.A.F.” P.S.P. are currently teaching as appointed T&R Staff members or adjunct professors in many Greek H.E.I.s, many are collaborating with various academic bodies and institutions, some are pursuing their postgraduate studies at a doctoral level, while others are working in the field of design and digital applications. Giorgos Harvalias Head of the “Master in Digital Art forms” P.S.P. Associate Professor of the Department of Fine Arts Rector of the A.S.F.A.

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specialised in) different fields, visual artists, audiovisual artists, scientists, engineers and art theorists. The digital forms and means of expression “demand as a prerequisite the constant collaboration between artists, technical staff and scientists, in order to ensure the transfer of know-how, the students’ education on the basic computer principles and applications, and digital systems in general, and the necessary support of Research & Development programmes in the context of artistic projects”. Naturally, such a postgraduate studies programme also requires the constant harmonious cooperation between students and professors, ensuring in practice the above mentioned “common ground”.

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1. ADMISSION OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS The “D.A.F.” P.S.P. admits graduates, holders of an academic degree by Greek H.E.I.s’ Departments in Fine Arts, Visual Studies, Audiovisual Arts, Applied Arts, and Architecture, as well as holders of a relevant degree by equivalent Departments of the Greek H.T.E.I.s, according to Par. 12c of Article 5 of Law 2916/2001 (Official Gazette 114 vol.1) and of relevant degrees by foreign equivalent accredited H.E.I.s.

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As an exception, the “D.A.F.” P.S.P. may also admit graduates of other Departments, provided that, apart from all other specified requirements, the candidates’ submitted artistic work gives evidence of an extensive know-how, high artistic value, as well as relevance to the “D.A.F.” P.S.P.’s orientation.

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The number of students to be admitted each academic year is specified by the P.S.C. and the S.C.G.A. at the end of the previous academic year, when the relevant Call for Applications is drawn up. The number of students admitted cannot be over twenty (20) and it depends on the available equipment and working-stations’ capacity of the P.S.P. Attending the P.S.P. may, in the future, require some kind of compensatory contribution on behalf of the admitted students, in order for the P.S.P. to cover part of its operational expenditure. To this day, however, studies in the P.S.P. are gratuitous. Criteria for assessing candidates are: • A particular relevance between the candidates’ work and the “D.A.F.” P.S.P.’s orientation, as well as the overall quality of their artistic work. • The candidates’ familiarity, to a great extent, with the use of modern audiovisual and

digital technology, as means of expression in the context of contemporary art, and their applications in art. • The candidates’ knowledge of at least one (1) foreign language (English or other), as evidenced by the relevant certificates. • The candidates’ efficiency in the theory field, their broader education, culture and maturity, as shown in the personal interview with the Assessment Committee they undergo at the last stage of the assessment. • The candidates’ academic degree grading. The Assessment Committee takes into consideration the candidates’ qualifications, other personal skills and competences, and individuality, particularly weighing in the candidates’ respective needs to further expand and specialise their knowledge and research in the use and development of new-technology means of artistic expression – such needs should already been sufficiently evident in the executed artistic work or proposals submitted by candidates and assessed by the Committee. Depending on which Department candidates have graduated from, the Assessment Committee may decide that certain candidates, before being admitted to the P.S.P., should attend and successfully be examined in a number of additional courses, of those offered in the A.S.F.A. Undergraduate Studies Curriculum. The maximum duration for attending the said additional courses is set at two (2) academic semesters. 2. ADMISSION APPLICATIONS Admission applications are submitted by candidates within the deadlines announced by the “D.A.F.” P.S.P.’s Secretariat, and should include the following documents:


The Assessment Committee, responsible for assessing and selecting the candidates for admission to the “D.A.F.” P.S.P., takes into consideration each candidate’s qualifications and individuality and calls a small number of candidates for a personal interview. The list of successful candidates is approved by the Department’s S.C.G.A.

3. STUDIES PROGRAMME & CURRICULUM The studies programme and curriculum were planned with a view to meeting the modern educational needs and aim at providing students with the theoretical education, artistic experience, technological skills, and methodology (all necessary in the use of combined, audiovisual, and digital means of expression) required for them to develop their own artistic or interdisciplinary research. The programme extends over a period of four academic semesters and is structured upon three main axes: • Courses and studios aiming at the creation of audiovisual (video, video installations, experimental cinema, virtual environments etc.) or combined works or forms, interactive installations, etc. • Courses and studios regarding research in the field and applications of computer interactive multimedia, as well as the creation of works and environments of virtual reality, interactive platforms, etc. • Purely theoretical courses regarding the Art, History, Theory and Aesthetics of the media. Students are expected to attend all courses and studios of the first two semesters, opt for a specialisation in the 3rd semester, and prepare and present their postgraduate diploma dissertation during the 4th semester. The 4th semester is specifically reserved for the preparation of the postgraduate diploma dissertation, the dual nature of which involves a) the development of an artistic or research project, and b) the submission of a theoretical paper. From the experience gained in the years of operation of the “D.A.F.” P.S.P., it can be safely assumed that the theoretical courses

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• 1. Admission application • 2. An artwork portfolio containing: a. a presentation of selected previous works or projects in CD and/or DVD form (for PC) and/or a photographic portfolio, with Α4 or Α3 or 35x50 digital prints. b. a presentation of works or projects with a particular relevance to the “D.A.F.” P.S.P.’s orientation, in DVD-video (PAL) and/or CD Rom / DVD Rom (for PC) or miniDV form. c. short explanatory notes on the submitted works; these should include: the work’s title, its duration (in case of video-art work or film), the date of its creation, a short description, technical specifications (including the tools & techniques used) and a detailed list of the persons involved in the project (credits). • 3. A certified photocopy of the candidate’s academic degree. (In case of foreign H.E.I. graduates, candidates should also submit an Academic Title Equivalence Certificate issued by the N.A.R.I.C.) • 4. A CV of the candidate, which should include his or her studies, artistic, research or professional activities and any eventual projects with a particular relevance to the “D.A.F.” P.S.P.’s orientation. • 5. Foreign language certificates (foreign students should have sufficient knowledge of the Greek language). • 6. Certification of the candidate’s computer skills and competences (especially in image-processing, video and 3D-graphics software, programming languages etc.).

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and preparation of written papers and dissertations have been key to the students’ artistic formation and the expansion and development of their work. (This has been a novelty and an interesting finding, at least during the first years of operation of the “D.A.F.” P.S.P., compared to what was till then customary in the context of the A.S.F.A. studies.)

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Theory lecture courses are of major significance in the shaping of a context in which artistic creation can flourish, as evidenced by the way ideas and theories affect the students’ work, despite the common risk of misunderstanding, or even distorting, the exact content of scientific theories and approaches. Nevertheless, it is through artistic creation that the theory of art receives feedback from the work of art and vice versa.

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Diploma dissertations The students’ diploma dissertations are a significant index for assessing the P.S.P. in question. To this day, postgraduate students have submitted high quality dissertations, many of which can be considered accomplished artistic creations in their own right. They are more than satisfactory in terms of technical perfection, thus testifying the students’ familiarity with the digital media in use, their narrative abilities and competences in developing new means of artistic research, depending on the goals set by their proposal. Postgraduate students are free to choose either a diploma dissertation exclusively focused on their own artistic work and/or research, or to further explore the possibilities offered by the new means of expression and their applications in art, by combining artistic and scientific research, in


Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation Students submit their Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation proposals to the “D.A.F.” P.S.P.’s Secretariat. The relevant application should include: • an analysis of the dissertation’s topic, • a description of the artistic proposal, • a note on the theoretical field of research, • a note on the technical aspect of the project, • a note from the intended supervisors stating that they accept to supervise the project in question, • a list of scientific collaborators and technical support staff. Postgraduate dissertations may cover topics ranging from very specific issues to combined proposals on a vast field of research and applications: • in the field of artistic and, especially, visual creation; • in the field of applied research; • in a pure research-oriented direction of interdisciplinary nature (on the common ground or intersection of art, theory and science, as defined by the “D.A.F.” P.S.P.’s intended aims). In any case, the postgraduate diploma dissertation is required to be of a combined nature: • Theoretical part (written paper, analysis) • Artistic part (art work and/or application proposal) • Technical part (research, integration and use of new technical means in the art work).

Postgraduate diploma dissertations are supervised by a 3-member committee of “D.A.F.” P.S.P. professors: a theorist, responsible for supervising the theoretical written paper, an artist, supervising the art work, and a third member, of the postgraduate student’s choice, according to the specific needs of the project. More generally, students are free to choose the members of the supervising committee among the teaching staff of the “D.A.F.” P.S.P., on the basis of the specific and overall needs of the dissertation’s subject and taking into consideration a number of factors, namely the long term possibility of a fruitful cooperation between the students and their supervisors, their availability, their specific knowledge in a certain field or their broader culture etc. Students are free to choose their supervisors among all members of the “D.A.F.” P.S.P.’s T&R Staff, regardless of course or semester. In case an adjunct professor or visiting staff of the “D.A.F.” P.S.P. is asked to supervise a dissertation, then another member of the T&R Staff must also join the committee. On the other hand, the committee may also ask visiting staff of the P.S.P. to participate in the dissertations’ supervision and the students’ guidance. The reviewing, assessment and grading of the postgraduate diploma dissertation are made by an assessment committee consisting of members of the “D.A.F.” P.S.P.’s T&R Staff, which, following the dissertation’s presentation by the student and the relevant recommendation by the 3-member supervising committee, weighs in the artistic proposal, the theoretical paper and the project’s technical achievement. Members of the Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation’s assessment committee, among the members of the “D.A.F.” P.S.P.’s T&R Staff, are selected with a

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an interdisciplinary approach. Due to its dual nature –art project and theoretical paper–, the “D.A.F” P.S.P.’s diploma dissertation is no easy task, but has fruits to yield.

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view to covering the entire research & development field of the dissertation’s subject. The final results are approved by the Department’s P.S.C. and S.C.G.A.

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Grading The final grading of the Postgraduate Specialisation Diploma (P.S.D.) is calculated as the sum of the average grading of all courses of all semesters attended by the student, multiplied by a factor of 0.75, and of the Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation’s grading multiplied by a factor of 0.25. The Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation has a combined research nature, consisting of an artistic work-proposal and a theoretical paper, and is graded by taking into consideration both of them. The grading corresponds to a scale of 0 to 10; a minimum grade of 5 is required for success. According to the “D.A.F.” P.S.P.’s own grading system, a grading from 5 to 6.95 corresponds to a description of “Good”; a grading from 6.96 to 8.65 corresponds to a description of “Very Good”; and a grading from 8.66 to 10 corresponds to a description of “Excellent”.

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4. STUDIES REGULATION • Postgraduate studies at the “D.A.F.” P.S.P. are conducted according to the system of semester-long courses. Each academic year’s teaching work is structured into two (2) academic semesters (i.e. Fall semester and Spring semester), the exact dates for the beginning and end of which are defined following a relevant decision by the S.C.G.A. The length of each academic semester should comprise at least 13 weeks of actual teaching. • The staff teaching courses and studio exercises is appointed following a relevant decision by the S.C.G.A.

• The postgraduate courses workload is expressed in (Greek education system) “Credits”. Each “Greek credit” corresponds to one (1) teaching hour per week for the duration of one semester. • The minimum duration of studies at the “D.A.F.” P.S.P., required for the awarding of the P.S.D., is set to four (4) semesters. • The maximum duration of studies at the “D.A.F.” P.S.P., for the awarding of the P.S.D., is set to two (2) years. As a general rule, this may not be prolonged. In extraordinary cases, it is possible for students, following a fully founded decision by the P.S.C. and the P.S.P.’s Head or the Department’s General Assembly, to briefly prolong their maximum period of studies for up to one (1) year. • At the end of each semester, the P.S.P.’s students undergo examinations in all courses taught during said semester. Their assessment and grading may be partially or entirely based on the preparation of an art work or project or the successful completion of studio exercises. • If, during the examinations held at the end of each semester, students fail in more than two courses, they are not entitled to enrol at the following semester and are expelled from the P.S.P. Students are entitled to be re-examined, during a following examination period, in only one (1) course per semester. • If, upon completion of the 3rd regular semester of studies, students have failed in only one (1) course, among all those taught during the above 3 semesters of the P.S.P., then the grading of said course may be compensated by the grading of the Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation, and students may still


Decision Β7/411/1996. Upon completion of their studies, students are expected to hand over to the Secretariat their Student Health Care Booklet and Student Transport Pass.

• Following a founded application by the interested student and its approval by the P.S.C., students may temporarily suspend their studies for a period not exceeding one (1) year.

• The Postgraduate Specialisation Diploma mentions the name of the Department and the H.E.I., the name of the Programme and the subject of specialisation, the period of studies, as well as the achieved grade, which is a number with up to 2 decimal digits. It also mentions the graduate’s name, surname and father’s name, and is signed by the Rector, the Department’s Chairman, the Head of the P.S.P. and the Department’s Secretary. Until the Diploma is officially awarded, P.S.P. graduates may receive a certification attesting the successful completion of their postgraduate studies.

• For each student of the P.S.P., the P.S.C. appoints a member of the P.S.P.’s teaching staff as supervisor. The P.S.C. and the supervisor are responsible for monitoring the performance of the postgraduate student under their supervision. • Postgraduate students may be awarded assisting teaching work, according to the provisions of Article 28 §7 of Law 2083/ 1992 and following a relevant decision by the Department’s G.A., remunerated on the basis of hourly wages. The relevant expenditure is ascribed to the A.S.F.A. budget. • Postgraduate students participate actively, by means of their legally elected representatives, in the administrative activities of the A.S.F.A. decision-making bodies (G.A., S.C.G.A., Senate, S.C. Senate, Rector’s Council), thus contributing to the better organisation and performance of the administrative and teaching work of the Department and the Institution. • Postgraduate students are entitled to a Student Health Care Booklet (unless already insured by another public social security organisation), a Student Transport Pass, and free catering, according to the provisions of Presidential Decree 143/1990 (on the relevant financial and family criteria), as well as to student loans, according to the Ministerial

5. COURSES TEACHING & ATTENDANCE • Attendance of the courses and/or seminars and participation in the studio exercises is mandatory for students. Absence from lecture and studio courses to a degree exceeding 20% of the relevant teaching hours of a P.S.P. course entails the students’ failure in said course. Attendance of seminars in theory topics is also mandatory for all postgraduate students. • Specialisation courses and/or seminars of the 3rd semester are mandatory only for students having opted for the specialisation in question and elective for all other students. • Teaching, studio exercises and examinations are conducted in the Greek language; the suggested reading references however may be based upon Greek and international bibliography and sources.

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be awarded the P.S.D. Failure, however, in the Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation corresponds to failure in the P.S.D. and students are expelled from the P.S.P.

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POSTGRADUATE STUDIES CURRICULUM 1st semester 1. Informatics Studio Ι 1.1 Introduction to Informatics – Internet Art 1.2 Multimedia systems 1.3 3D graphics – Modelling – Animation Ι 1.4 Interactive multimedia Ι (Hybrid Art forms Ι) 1.5 Digital sound processing Ι (Music technology)

Academic Year 2011-2012 Greek Credits

ECTS Credits

3 4 3 5

3 3 3 5

2. Video art Ι 2.1 Media forms and evolution in contemporary art 2.2 Video art studio

6

6

3. Cinema and audiovisual media Aesthetics Ι

4

4

4. Screenplay – Film directing Ι

3

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5. Theories and Technologies of Aesthetic Perception Ι

4

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2nd semester 1. Informatics Studio II 1.1 3D graphics – Modelling – Animation II 1.2 A technological environment for art: sensors and computer automations / interactions Ι 1.3 Interactive multimedia II (Hybrid Art forms II) 1.4 Digital sound processing II (Music technology)

Greek Credits

ECTS Credits

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3

3 5 2

3 5 2

2. Video art II 2.1 Media forms and evolution in contemporary art 2.2 Video art studio

6

6

3. Cinema and audiovisual media Aesthetics II

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4. Screenplay – Film directing II

3

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5. Theories and Technologies of Aesthetic Perception II

4

4

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ECTS Credits

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4 12

4

4

12

12

3. Photography: Forms of the analog and digital photographic image in contemporary art (studio)

3

3

4. Cinema and new media Aesthetics (course)

10

10

5. Media Aesthetics and Philosophy (mandatory course)

4

4

3rd semester 1. Informatics Studio III 1.1 Interactive multimedia III (Hybrid Art forms III) (studio) 1.2 3D graphics – Modelling – Animation IIΙ (studio) 1.3 A technological environment for art: sensors and computer automations / interactions II (studio) 2. Development of art proposals & works with the use of combined and new media (studio)

6. Lectures and/or seminars on special topics (Field trip in Greece or abroad) Note: During the 3rd semester of studies, students are required to enrol at: – one (1) among the studios: 1.1 and 2 – two (2) among the studios or courses: 1.2, 1.3, 3, 4 – the one (1) mandatory course of the 3rd semester: 5.

4th semester Preparation of the Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation Combined project: art work, research, written paper, technical applications, under the supervision of a 3-member committee. (Field trip in Greece or abroad)

Greek Credits

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ECTS Credits

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TEACHING STAFF

TITLE & ACADEMIC RANK

Harvalias Georgios

Head of the “D.A.F.� P.S.P. Associate Professor at the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A.

Apostolou Athanassios

Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980)

Baboussis Manolis

Associate Professor at the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A.

Betsou Vassiliki

Lecturer at the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A.

Diamantopoulos Taxiarchis

Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980)

Ginossatis Dimitrios

Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980)

Kavvathas Dionyssios

Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) Assistant Professor at Panteion University

Raftopoulos Fotios

Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980)

Rentzis Athanassios

Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980)

Santorinaios Manthos

Assistant Professor at the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A.

Sevastikoglou Petros

Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980)

Sotirchos Stavros

Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980)

Zacharopoulos Denys

Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) Honorary Doctor of the A.S.F.A.

Zoi Stavroula

Member of the S&LT Staff

Zouroudis Dimitrios

Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) Assistant Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Semester-long seminars on special topics Babassakis Ikaros

Visiting collaborator

Moutsopoulos Thanassis

Scientific collaborator Associate Professor at the Technical University of Crete


The “Master in Visual Arts” (“V.A.”) Postgraduate Studies Programme was created to respond to the needs for a prolongation of the undergraduate studies of the Department of Fine Arts and with a view to organise teaching conditions in a way that could lead to a new impetus in visualart thinking. The “V.A.” P.S.P. forms a conversational community which inspires and facilitates the art process towards the development and deepening of the work of new artists, while cultivating their self-knowledge as a means for them to gain their independence. The Masters’ knowledge and expertise, regarding both artists and theorists, meet the creative vigour of young artists, thus defining an intellectual common ground with a role of catalyst in the formation of artworks.

The Athens School of Fine Arts, the history of which coincides with the history of the Modern Greek State, restructures and enriches its institutional role, by encouraging new procedures of art education and research. The idea for the establishment of the “V.A.” P.S.P. (conceived several years ago and materialised in 2004, as a result of a number of conditions met and necessary measures taken, such as the Institution’s staffing in the fields of Philosophy, Aesthetics, Art Theory and History of Art, the conjuncture enabling a financial support by means of the O.P.E.I.V.T. II, as well as the establishment of the Department of Theoretical Art Studies) paved the way for expanding the scientific community of the A.S.F.A. The “V.A.” P.S.P. aims to ensure the organisation of a research and dialogue field suitable for cultivating the young artists’ critical thinking, regarding their own work and the trends of a

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multifaceted “new reality” in the visual arts alike. Facing that new reality which is characterised by an unprecedented hail of different opinions and alternate versions of artistic expression, on one hand, and the advantage of quasi-instantaneous information, on the other, the “V.A.” P.S.P. community enhances the young artists’ creativity and prepares them intellectually in order for them to be able to mark, through their work, their own ground, while keeping up and in constant interaction with the new givens arising from the displacement of boundaries, due to the ever-changing cultural landscape. Anastassios Christakis Scientific Supervisor of the “Master in Visual Arts” P.S.P. Professor of Painting Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A.

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1. ADMISSION OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS Each year, the “V.A.” P.S.P. admits a maximum of twelve (12) students. Studies are gratuitous.

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By relevant decisions of the S.C.G.A., the Department defines the procedure of admission, the dates and the applications procedure for the candidates. The S.C.G.A.’s decision regulating the procedure of admission of postgraduate students is made in May and its realisation is relegated to the Coordinating Committee. The selection of postgraduate students is made by a 5-member Committee, consisting of members of the Department’s T&R Staff and formed up following a relevant decision by the S.C.G.A. The Committee considers mainly the following criteria: 1. Five (5) recent artworks of the candidate. 2. The candidate’s academic degree grading. 3. A portfolio of photographs or slides (up to 20). 4. A paper on the artwork’s theoretical approach (up to 2 pages).

5. The candidate’s knowledge of a foreign language. 6. Interview (candidates will undergo a personal interview with the Committee). The list of successful candidates is certified by the S.C.G.A. Foreign candidates should exhibit sufficient knowledge of the Greek language. In case the postgraduate student is not an A.S.F.A. graduate, a number of basic courses from the Undergraduate Studies Curriculum may be also added to the postgraduate courses, following a relevant recommendation of the P.S.P.’s 3-member Admissions Committee and a relevant decision by the S.C.G.A. Postgraduate students may be awarded assisting teaching work, according to the provisions of Article 28 §7 of Law 2083/1992 and following a relevant decision by the Department’s G.A., remunerated on the basis of hourly wages. The relevant expenditure is ascribed to the A.S.F.A. budget. The “V.A.” P.S.P., depending on the relevant funding made available by the State Scholarships Foundation, the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs and/or the A.S.F.A., may award to its postgraduate students a limited number of scholarships per year. The amount of the awarded scholarships and the candidates’ selection procedure are specified in the Call for Selection of Postgraduate Students, following a relevant decision by the Department’s S.C.G.A. Postgraduate students participate actively, by means of their legally elected representatives, in the administrative activities of the A.S.F.A. decision-making bodies (G.A., S.C.G.A., Senate, S.C. Senate, Rector’s Council), thus contributing to the better organisation and performance of the administrative and teaching work of the Department and the Institution.


Staff teaching courses and studio exercises are appointed following a relevant decision by the S.C.G.A. The Courses Timetable is drawn up by the P.S.P.’s Coordinating Committee and announced by the P.S.P.’s Secretariat. The teaching staff may suggest, for each of their courses, a list of books and other educational material, as well as relevant bibliography. The postgraduate courses’ workload is expressed in (Greek education system) “Credits”. Each “Greek credit” corresponds to one (1) teaching hour per week for the duration of one semester. The assessment of the postgraduate students’ performance in the courses and studios provided in the “V.A.” P.S.P.’s Curriculum is made by the P.S.P.’s teaching staff. The student’s grading for each course is calculated on the basis of the grading in the final examination at the end of each semester, but also the grading of the exercises and projects conducted during the semester (the relevant factors are specified by the course’s professor). The teaching staff announces the students’ grading within one (1) week after each semester’s final examination. No re-examination period is provided. The grad-

ing corresponds to a scale of 0 to 10, with no decimal digits (unless the grading of a studio course is calculated as the average of the grading awarded by more than one professors, in which case decimal digits are accepted). A minimum grade of 5 is required for success. Following a relevant application by the interested student and a founded decision by the S.C.G.A., the S.C.G.A. may exceptionally set a reexamination period in September, for the student to be re-examined in a maximum of two (2) courses of the first three semesters. Attendance of the courses and studios is mandatory. A maximum of three (3) justified absences is allowed for the entire duration of courses and studios. Students may apply for a temporary suspension of studies (for a period of up to one academic year), in case of serious personal reasons (health issues, for instance); the P.S.P.’s Coordinating Committee examines such demand and makes its recommendation to the S.C.G.A., which is ultimately responsible for deliberating on the matter. Postgraduate students are entitled to a Student Health Care Booklet (unless already insured by another public social security organisation), a Student Transport Pass, and free catering, according to the provisions of Presidential Decree 143/1990 (on the relevant financial and family criteria), as well as to student loans, according to the Ministerial Decision Β7/411/1996. Upon completion of their studies, students are expected to hand over to the Secretariat their Student Health Care Booklet and Student Transport Pass. 3. THE POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA DISSERTATION Postgraduate students are expected to prepare a Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation, the subject of which is to be relevant to the “V.A.” P.S.P.’s field. At the end of the 3rd semester, postgraduate students, in coordination with their super-

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2. CONDUCTING TEACHING WORK Postgraduate studies at the “V.A.” P.S.P. are carried out according to the system of semesterlong courses. Each academic year’s teaching work is structured into two (2) academic semesters (i.e. Fall semester and Spring semester), the exact dates for the beginning and end of which are defined each year following a relevant decision by the S.C.G.A. In order to be valid, the length of each academic semester should comprise at least 13 weeks (including a minimum of 11 weeks of actual lecture-course and studio teaching, and 2 more weeks covering special teaching needs and examinations).

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visor and the P.S.P.’s teaching staff, submit to the P.S.P.’s Coordinating Committee the subject of their Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation, accompanied by a relevant intentions note. They will present their dissertation at the end of the 4th semester.

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Before submitting and presenting their Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation, students must have succeeded in all seminar and studio courses of the “V.A.” P.S.P.’s Curriculum. In exceptional cases, and provided the Coordinating Committee’s consent is secured, a prolongation may be granted, for students to submit and present their Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation by the month of June of the following academic year.

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Besides their artwork Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation, students are also expected to present a theoretical paper (up to 10 pages long), regarding the visual subject of their dissertation. The Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation, accompanied by the above theoretical paper, is publicly defended in front of the members of a relevant assessment Committee (including the student’s supervisor, who should be a member of the P.S.P.’s T&R Staff), which is formed following a relevant recommendation by the Coordinating Committee and a decision of the S.C.G.A. The members of the assessment Committee assess and grade the Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation. The grading corresponds to a scale of 0 to 10, with no decimal digits, while a minimum grade of 6 is required for success. The Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation’s final grading is calculated as the average of the grading awarded by the members of the assessment Committee. The criteria used by the above Committee in assessing the Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation are based on the “V.A.” P.S.P.’s intended aims and philosophical orientation: The postgraduate students’ course towards developing and deepening their work, the originality of their personal expressive idiom, the students’

awareness as to the form and content of their work, the novelty in their visual language and their research orientation. In case of failure, students should complete their Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation within three (3) months from the date of the first examination and undergo a second and final examination at a date set by the Coordinating Committee. In case of a new failure, students are expelled by the “V.A.” P.S.P.; they are however entitled to an attendance certificate, for those courses they have successfully attended. 4. POSTGRADUATE SPECIALISATION DIPLOMA The Postgraduate Specialisation Diploma (P.S.D.) is a public document. In order to be awarded the P.S.D., students must have succeeded in all postgraduate courses and the Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation. The grading of the P.S.D. is calculated as the sum of the grading achieved in the P.S.P.’s courses, multiplied by a factor of 0.5, and of the grading of the Postgraduate Diploma Dissertation, multiplied by a factor of 0.5. The grading of the Postgraduate Specialisation Diploma is described as follows: 8.5 to 10: Excellent 6.5 to 8.5 (not included): Very Good 5 to 6.5 (not included): Good The Postgraduate Specialisation Diploma mentions the name of the Department and the H.E.I., the name of the Programme and the subject of specialisation, the period of studies, as well as the achieved grade, which is a number with up to 2 decimal digits. It also mentions the graduate’s name, surname and father’s name, and is signed by the Rector, the Department’s Chairman, the Head of the P.S.P. and the Department’s Secretary. Until the Diploma is officially awarded, P.S.P. graduates may receive a certification attesting the successful completion of their postgraduate studies.


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Academic Year 2011-2012

1st ACADEMIC YEAR OF STUDIES 1st semester

2nd semester

No

COURSE TYPE & FIELD

1. 2. 3. 4.

Studio History of Art 1 Philosophy – Aesthetics 1 Seminars – Lectures

No

COURSE TYPE & FIELD

1. 2. 3. 4.

Studio History of Art 2 Philosophy – Aesthetics 2 Seminars – Lectures

Greek Credits

ECTS Credits

10 2 2 2 Greek Credits

15 5 5 5 ECTS Credits

10 2 2 2

15 5 5 5

2nd ACADEMIC YEAR OF STUDIES

4th semester

No

COURSE TYPE & FIELD

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Studio History of Art 3 Philosophy – Aesthetics 3 Seminars – Lectures Assisting teaching work in the A.S.F.A. undergraduate studies Studios.

No

COURSE TYPE & FIELD

1.

Α. Preparation of the Diploma Dissertation (research or combined project). Β. Theoretical paper (of up to 10 pages), regarding the visual subject of the Dissertation. Total of Greek and ECTS credits

Scientific Supervisor: Anastassios Christakis Professor of Painting Department of Fine Arts

Greek Credits

ECTS Credits

10 2 2 2 5

Greek Credits

15 5 5 5 5 ECTS Credits

20

30

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“V.A.” P.S.P. Coordinating Committee: Zafos Xagoraris, Assistant Professor of Painting, Department of Fine Arts Marios Spiliopoulos, Professor of Painting, Department of Fine Arts Anastassios Christakis, Professor of Painting, Department of Fine Arts

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TITLE & ACADEMIC RANK

Christakis Anastassios

Head of the “V.A.” P.S.P. Professor at the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A.

Arfara Katia

Art historian

Ioannidis Andreas

Associate Professor at the Department of Art Theory & History of Art of the A.S.F.A.

Ioannidis Konstantinos

Lecturer at the University of Ioannina

Kaniari Assimina

Art historian Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980)

Koumbis Panagiotis

Architect Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980)

Navridis Nikolaos

Professor at the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A.

Sideris Nikolaos

Psychoanalyst – Writer Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980)

Spiliopoulos Marios

Professor at the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A.

Stratou Danai

Visual artist – sculptor Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980)

Xagoraris Zafos

Assistant Professor at the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A.

Zika Fay

Assistant Professor at the Department of Art Theory & History of Art of the A.S.F.A.

Key to abbreviations A.S.F.A.: Athens School of Fine Arts D.A.F.: Master in Digital Art Forms E.C.T.S.: European Credit Transfer System G.A.: General Assembly H.E.I.: Higher Education Institution H.T.E.I.: Higher Technical Education Institution N.A.R.I.C.: National Academic Recognition Information Center O.P.E.I.V.T.: Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training (O.P. “Education”) P.D.: Presidential Decree

P.S.C.: Postgraduate Studies Committee P.S.D.: Postgraduate Specialisation Diploma P.S.P.: Postgraduate Studies Programme S&LT Staff: Specialised & Laboratory Teaching Staff S.C. Senate: Special Composition Senate S.C.G.A.: Special Composition General Assembly S.M.o.C.: Special Memorandum of Cooperation T&R Staff: Teaching & Research Staff (appointed professors) V.A.: Master in Visual Arts


1. The Department of Fine Arts of the Athens School of Fine Arts, in cooperation with the “Département Arts et Technologies de l’Image”, “UFR Arts, philosophie, esthétique”, of the Université Paris 8, is going to operate as of the academic year 2013-2014 a new Postgraduate Studies Programme (P.S.P.), namely the “Master in Art, Virtual Reality & Multi-User Means of Artistic Expression”. 2. The Department of Fine Arts of the Athens School of Fine Arts will be responsible for the administrative support of the P.S.P. with regard to its activities taking

place in Greece, while the Université Paris 8 will be respectively responsible for those taking place in France. A Coordinating Body, consisting of two (2) academic supervisors, each from the two Institutions involved, will be responsible for coordinating the operation of the P.S.P., according to the relevant Special Memorandum of Cooperation (S.M.o.C.). The P.S.P.’s courses will be conducted in Athens and Paris. Object & Purpose of the P.S.P. The P.S.P.’s purpose is to provide its students with competences of a dual nature (i.e. at an

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artistic and technical level alike) in the field of digital arts, enabling them to acquire the necessary know-how for the creation of artworks in the following fields:

Duration The duration of studies, required for the awarding of the Postgraduate Specialisation Diploma, is set to four (4) semesters.

Development of artistic and technological projects based on combined platforms of virtual reality multi-user applications. Technology development with a view to the realtime creation of dynamic artistic content.

Studies programme & Curriculum The teaching of courses is to be performed as follows: During the 1st and the 2nd semester, each Institution will teach eight (8) courses, the syllabus of which is divided in two parts – one for each semester. The 3rd semester provides for the teaching of four (4) courses by the A.S.F.A. and seven (7) courses by the Paris 8; one (1) of the above courses will be taught jointly, through the Internet. During the 4th semester, five (5) courses will be taught, one (1) of which will be taught jointly by the two Institutions, through the Internet, while students are also expected to complete their theoretical and practical project. Each semester-long course, regardless of whether it is taught at the A.S.F.A. or the Paris 8, leads to the awarding of 30 ECTS-credits. The selection of courses for each student and, respectively, the order of attendance between the two Institutions (A.S.F.A. or Paris 8) will be decided by a professors’ examination committee, on the basis of each student’s competences and primary needs. In other words, a committee consisting of teaching staff from both Institutions, will decide which students will attend the first year of studies (and the respective courses) in Greece and the 2nd year in France, and vice versa. Students are required to attend one academic year at each Institution.

Postgraduate academic decrees The Joint Postgraduate Studies Programme in Art, Virtual Reality & Multi-User Means of Artistic Expression awards a Postgraduate Specialisation Diploma (P.S.D.) (Master) in “Art, Virtual Reality & Multi-User Means of Artistic Expression”.

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Each of the two Institutions involved will award a different diploma.

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Admission of graduates The P.S.P. admits graduates, holders of an academic degree by Greek Higher Education Departments in Arts or Informatics, with emphasis on studies in the fields of the new image-processing technologies and multimedia, as well as holders of a relevant degree by equivalent Departments of foreign equivalent accredited Institutions The candidates’ final selection will be made, according to the procedure specified in the S.M.o.C., on the basis of a dossier which will include: a) a CV of the candidate, b) a written note describing the field of the candidate’s primary interest, in which research activities will be developed during his or her studies in the P.S.P., as well as stating the reasons the candidate wishes to attend the P.S.P. in question, c) a portfolio of artworks already executed by the candidate, and d) a proposal as to the subject of research to be performed by the candidate.

The details of the Curriculum are as follows:


Athens School of Fine Arts, 1st & 2nd semester COURSE TYPE

COURSE

Theory / Methodology Theory / Practice Practice Practice Theory / Practice Practice Theory / Methodology

Theory and aesthetics of virtual and Internet spaces 1 Web platforms for interactive artworks 1 Digital moving image 1 Digital sound 1 Remote collaboration platforms 1 Virtual reality 1 Screenplay, multi-scenario, programming: interactive artworks and artistic integration of web technologies in Internet virtual reality works 1 Practical Exercise 1 Theory and aesthetics of virtual and Internet spaces 2 Web platforms for interactive artworks 2 Digital moving image 2 Digital sound 2 Remote collaboration platforms 2 Virtual reality 2 Screenplay, multi-scenario, programming: interactive artworks and artistic integration of web technologies in Internet virtual reality works 2 Practical Exercise 2

Practice Theory / Methodology Theory / Practice Practice Practice Theory / Practice Practice Theory / Methodology

Practice

ECTS 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

2

COURSE TYPE

COURSE

Theory Theory / Methodology Practice Practice

History and aesthetics of Digital Art 1 Programming and algorithms (Artificial Intelligence) 1 Digital media 1 3D digital image 1 Programming and algorithms (Artificial Life) 1 Virtual Reality, interactive installations and events 1 Multi-user applications technology on the Internet 1 Foreign Language: English 1 Theory and aesthetics of Digital Art 2 Programming and algorithms (Artificial Intelligence) 2 Digital media 2 3D digital image 2 Programming and algorithms (Artificial Life) 2

Theory / Methodology Theory Theory Theory Theory / Methodology Practice Practice

ECTS 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4

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Practice Theory / Methodology Theory

Virtual Reality, interactive installations and events 2 Multi-user applications technology on the Internet 2 Foreign Language: English 2

4 4 2

Athens School of Fine Arts, 3rd semester COURSE TYPE

COURSE

Theory

Screenplay, multi-scenario, programming: interactive artworks and artistic integration of web technologies in Internet virtual reality works Virtual/mixed reality multi-user network environments’ development platforms Planning of the diploma dissertation 1st Joint Course: Execution of an art project

Theory / Practice Theory / Methodology Theory / Practice

ECTS 6

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COURSE TYPE

COURSE

Theory Theory / Practice Theory / Practice

Research on Digital Art Research on Virtual Reality Programming and algorithms (Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Life) Planning and execution of a virtual reality artwork Development of and experimentation with sensors Foreign Language 1st Joint Course: Execution of an art project

Theory / Practice Practice Theory Theory / Practice

ECTS 4 4 4 4 4 4 6

Athens School of Fine Arts, 4th semester COURSE TYPE

COURSE

Theory Theory / Practice

Research on Digital Art Virtual/mixed reality multi-user network environments’ development platforms Theoretical paper and presentation (selection and preparation of diploma dissertation) Final artwork 2nd Joint Course: Execution of a joint art project

Development Development Development

ECTS 4 4 6 8 8


Paris 8 University, 4th semester COURSE TYPE

COURSE

Theory Theory / Practice Development

Research on Digital Art Multi-user applications technology in virtual reality Theoretical paper and presentation (selection and preparation of diploma dissertation) Final artwork 2nd Joint Course: Execution of a joint art project

Development Development

ECTS 4 4 6 8 8

All courses will be taught in the Greek, French or English language. Number of students The number of students to be admitted each academic year in the P.S.P. cannot be over twenty (20).

Equipment and technical infrastructure The Athens School of Fine Arts will make available to the P.S.P. all necessary lecture and seminar halls, workshops equipped with the necessary technical infrastructure, as well as its Library. The Paris 8 University will also contribute accordingly. Term of the P.S.P.’s operation The P.S.P. has been approved to operate until the year 2015; its term of operation may be extended, provided that the procedure of the Department’s external assessment is completed, according to the relevant law in effect. Scientific Supervisor: Manthos Santorinaios Assistant Professor.

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Teaching staff Courses will be taught by the teaching staff of the two cooperating Departments. More specifically, the organisation and realisation of the teaching work to be conducted in Greece will be performed by the members of the Institution’s own T&R and other teaching staff, as well as other categories of teaching staff, according to the provisions of Article 5 of Law 3685/2008.

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Library

The A.S.F.A. Library operates as an independent and decentralised service, organised at a Directorate level. Its webpage (www.library.asfa.gr) forms a practical information tool with regard to the services offered. The A.S.F.A. Library is mainly an Art library, specialised in the visual arts’ field. Its collections, however, also cover topics such as: philosophy, sociology, literature, cinema, theatre, culture, history, and, to a certain extent, all academic disciplines of the humanities. At the same time, and until the relevant independent Directorate is staffed, the Library manages, for research purposes, the A.S.F.A. Historical Archive and Gallery (http://www.gallery.asfa.gr).

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The Library’s main purpose is to support the educational and research programmes of the A.S.F.A., both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. More generally, it aims at contributing to the country’s educational and cultural efforts, by providing specific information to the broader academic and educational community.

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More specifically, the Library consists of the following collections: – 50,000 books. • 400 titles of magazines & revues in printed form. • 150 titles of e-journals. • 10,000 titles of audiovisual material (videos, DVDs, CD-ROMs, films, microfilms, slides). • Digital library (19 books, 12 titles of magazines, 500 engravings). • 4 digital databases.

Equipment and technical infrastructure In its premises, the Library offers its users: • Seventy (70) reading-room posts. • Ten (10) computer terminals (one for people with disabilities). • Three (3) photocopying machines (for both b/w and colour photocopies), requiring the use of a magnetic card. • Two (2) printers for both b/w and colour print-outs. • One (1) scanner. • Photographic dark room.

The Library also offers the following services:

Library visiting hours • During the academic terms: Monday-Thursday-Friday: 09:00-16:00 Tuesday-Wednesday: 09:00-19:00

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• Participation and access to the digital databases and e-journals of the HEAL-Link (Hellenic Academic Libraries Link) • Lending and Interlibrary Loaning between libraries in Greece and abroad.

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Lending of material Students wishing to borrow material must display their Library Card, which is issued at any time by displaying the Student ID Card and providing one ID photograph. The Library Card is strictly personal. In case of loss, the Library must be informed immediately. The lending rules are specified in the Library’s Internal Rules of Operation. Terms of lending and deadlines vary, according to the type of user and material. Searching through the material The list of the Library’s material is accessible through the Library’s Online Catalogue, at its webpage (www.library.asfa.gr). The Catalogue provides a short bibliographical description, as well as information regarding the item’s availability and exact position (collection, taxonomy number, document’s status).

• During the holiday seasons (Christmas – Easter – summer): Monday to Friday: 09:00-14:00 The Library remains closed on public holidays. It also remains closed for 15 days during the summer (the exact dates are announced after July 15). Contact information Lending and users’ service: +30 210 4801204 Other services: +30 210 4833825 Email: library@asfa.gr




Exhibition venues

Worth-noting activities of the “Nikos Kessanlis” exhibition venue include visual arts exhibitions by world-famous artists or on historic art movements (Takis, Fluxus, Joseph Beuys, Outlook, The Dakis Joannou Collection, Gilbert & George, Vallie Export etc.); the same venue also hosts the annual Department of Fine Arts’ Graduating Class exhibition. Furthermore, art exhibitions are also held at the building’s basement and the Theatre Hall’s lobby.

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“Nikos Kessanlis” (a.k.a. “The Factory”) is the A.S.F.A.’s main exhibition venue, located at the Pireos str. campus and covering an area of 2,318m2.

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Photo: Fanis Vlastaras & Rebecca Constantopoulou

A view of the “Nikos Kessanlis” (a.k.a. “The Factory”) venue, during the exhibition of works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, titled Everything That’s Interesting Is New, held in 1996 in collaboration with the DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art.





Multi-purpose exhibition venue at the Theatre Hall lobby.



ART EXHIBITIONS & OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE A.S.F.A. The A.S.F.A., in the context of its educational and research mission, organises or coorganises many art exhibitions, lectures, seminars, etc.; it also participates in similar events organised by other art and cultural organisations. During the past two years, such activities included, but were not limited to, the following:

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• A.S.F.A. 2006-2007 Graduating Class exhibition held at the “Nikos Kessanlis” exhibition venue, February 16 to March 3, 2009. • Ceremony held on the occasion of conferring the title of Honorary Professor of the A.S.F.A. to the painter Jannis Kounellis, at the “Giorgio de Chirico” auditorium, February 26, 2009. • Exhibition Famous Fantastic Caprices by the ERASMUS students of the A.S.F.A., held at the A.S.F.A. Theatre lobby, June 3 to 5, 2009. • Congress and exhibition under the title A bus for direct democracy, held at the A.S.F.A. and the Goethe-Institut, September 22 to October 1st, 2009. • Giorgos Zoggolopoulos Award at the Benaki Museum, September 22, 2009. • Photography Studio 2008-2009 Exhibition held in the context of the Athens Photo Festival, at the A.S.F.A. Theatre lobby, October 21 to November 13, 2009. • Teacher and students-professors of the A.S.F.A., exhibition held as a tribute to Yiannis Moralis, at the “Nikos Kessanlis” exhibition venue, November 23 to December 4, 2009. • Lecture by Mr. Stelios Virvidakis, Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Methodology, History and Theory of Science of the University of Athens, titled The philosophical end of Art?, organised by the Department of Art Theory & History of Art of the A.S.F.A., January 25, 2010.

• A.S.F.A. 2007-2008 Graduating Class exhibition held at the “Nikos Kessanlis” exhibition venue, March 2 to 26, 2010. • Bipolarity and Art, exhibition with artworks by A.S.F.A. students, held at the Pireos campus basement exhibition venue, in collaboration with the University Mental Health Research Centre, March 9 to 21, 2010. • The A.S.F.A. Bronze-Casting Studio, exhibition with artworks by A.S.F.A. students, held at the “Technopolis” exhibition venue of the Municipality of Athens, April 16 to 25, 2010. • Ceremony held on the occasion of conferring the title of Professor Emeritus to the sculptor and A.S.F.A. Professor Theodoros Papagiannis, at the “Giorgio de Chirico” auditorium, April 19, 2010. • Lecture by Mr. Georgios Faraklas, Professor of Political Philosophy at the Department of Political Science & History of the Panteion University, titled Makeshift necessity, thoughts on the historical aspect of the work of art, organised by the Department of Art Theory & History of Art of the A.S.F.A., April 26, 2010. • Intaglio into focus – Intaglio Printmaking, 2nd Printmaking Studio, printmaking exhibition held at the Tsichritzis Visual Arts Foundation, May 5 to 20, 2010. • Lecture by Mr. Georgios Dertilis, Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris), titled The Greek State, a historic experiment, organised by the Department of Art Theory & History of Art of the A.S.F.A., May 19, 2010. Academic year 2010-2011 • Athena Tacha, Athena Tacha: Private to Public, exhibition of public environmental sculpture and conceptual art held at the “Nikos Kessanlis” exhibition venue, October 22 to November 28, 2010. • Lecture by Ms. Athena Tacha, titled Public and private works: From the Universe to the Self, held at the “Giorgio de Chirico” auditorium, October 26, 2010. • Event held on the subject of Architectural mod-


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• Ceremony held on the occasion of conferring the title of Honorary Doctor of the Department of Fine Arts to the curator Christos M. Joachimides, at the “Giorgio de Chirico” auditorium, March 17, 2011. • Lecture by Mr. Gerassimos Stefanatos, psychiatrist-psychoanalyst, member of the Quatrième Groupe, visiting professor of the Department of Art Theory & History of Art of the A.S.F.A., titled Approaching Art from a psychoanalytical point of view, at the Cinema Hall, April 13, 2011. • Public discussion between the sculptor Thodoros, Panagiotis Charalambous, Professor at the A.S.F.A., and Thanassis Moutsopoulos, titled Course coordinates with question marks, held at the “Giorgio de Chirico” auditorium, May 11, 2011. • Participation of the Athens School of Fine Arts, as a Higher Education Institution, at the Art Athina 2011 International Contemporary Art Fair, at the Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena (“Taekwondo venue”), Palaio Faliro, May 12 to 15, 2011. • Exercises for well-being, exhibition of the Photography Studio, held at the Goulandris Museum, May 15 to June 10, 2011. • Visual Displacements, exhibition of 23 graduates of the “Master in Visual Arts” Postgraduate Studies Programme (2008-2009-2010), at the “Nikos Kessanlis” exhibition venue, May 17, 2011. • Lecture by the Austrian filmmaker Gustav Deutsch, co-organised by the “Master in Digital Art forms” Postgraduate Studies Programme and the Department of Art Theory & History of Art of the A.S.F.A., held at the “Giorgio de Chirico” auditorium, May 20, 2011. • Lecture by Ms. Vasso Kindi, Associate Professor at the Department of Methodology, History and Theory of Science of the University of Athens, titled A radical change in art and science: Kuhn, Cavell, Greenberg, Fried, organised by the Department of Art Theory & History of Art of the A.S.F.A.

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els, symbols, and refutations in the modern times, on the occasion of the book presentation Essays on Architecture, by the Professor Emeritus of the A.S.F.A. Mr. Savvas Kontaratos; organised by the Department of Art Theory & History of Art of the A.S.F.A., November 24, 2010. Capitalism and Aesthetics of Knowledge in the 21st century: Uses of the social documentation in modern art. Series of 4 screenings and workshop with Angela Dimitrakaki, curated by Marina Fokidis, held at the “Giorgio de Chirico” auditorium, December 8 to 11, 2010. Ceremony held on the occasion of conferring the title of Honorary Doctor of the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A. to the art theorist Mr. Denys Zacharopoulos, at the “Giorgio de Chirico” auditorium, January 14, 2011. Against all Odds – Ethics/Aesthetics, congress on architecture, design and art, held in collaboration with the Life Strategies organisation, January 19-20, 2011. A.S.F.A. 2008-2009 Graduating Class exhibition held at the “Nikos Kessanlis” exhibition venue, January 20 to February 20, 2011. Ceremony held on the occasion of conferring the title of Honorary Doctor of the Department of Art Theory & History of Art of the A.S.F.A. to the Professor of Philosophy, Comparative Literature, and Humanities at the University of Princeton, Mr. Alexander Nehamas, at the “Giorgio de Chirico” auditorium, January 26, 2011. One-day symposium on the occasion of the publication in Greek of the book Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art by Alexander Nehamas; organised by the Department of Art Theory & History of Art of the A.S.F.A., January 27, 2011. Foodjects. Design and New Gastronomy in Spain, exhibition held in collaboration with the Spanish Embassy in Athens, January 27 to February 18, 2011. Staging of the theatrical play Schopenhauer Unleashed, by Theodossis Pelegrinis, directed by Manolis Sormaïnis, at the A.S.F.A. Theatre Hall, February – March 2011.

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Auditorium ÂŤGIORGIO DE CHIRICOÂť This 231m2 hall is located at the Pireos str. campus; it is in use since 1997 and has a seating capacity of 180. It hosts lecture courses, various A.S.F.A. events, lectures, seminars and screenings.

Ceremony held on the occasion of conferring the title of Honorary Doctor of the Department of Fine Arts to Christos M. Joachimides, on March 17, 2011. From left to right: Sir Norman Rosenthal, Christos M. Joachimides, and Nikos Daskalothanassis. Ceremony held on the occasion of conferring the title of Honorary Doctor of the Department of Fine Arts to the art theorist Denys Zacharopoulos, on January 14, 2011. From left to right: Giorgos Harvalias, Denys Zacharopoulos, Panagiotis Poulos, Manolis Baboussis, and Panagiotis Charalambous. 178



A view of the audience during the ceremony held on the occasion of conferring the title of Honorary Professor of the A.S.F.A. to the painter Jannis Kounellis, at the “Giorgio de Chirico� auditorium, on February 26, 2009.




Theatre hall In use since 1999. It is located at the basement of the Pireos str. premises, covers a 676m2 surface (including its lobby, cloakroom, dressing rooms and auxiliary spaces), and has a seating capacity of 140. It is commonly used by various A.S.F.A. theatre groups, and, apart from the performance of theatrical plays, it also hosts various events and lecture courses.

Cinema hall In use since 1999. It is located at the basement of the Pireos str. premises, covers a 270m2 surface, has a seating capacity of 129, and is equipped with a 35mm film projector with Dolbystereo system. The A.S.F.A. cinema hall hosts retrospectives on leading artists, seminars, video-projections by various artists, and lecture courses.


Garden In 2011, a tree garden of 6,000m2 was created at the open space of the Pireos str. campus. It is planned that this will be used as an open-air venue for hosting various A.S.F.A. cultural events and exhibitions, complete with a summer canteen.


View from the Garden of the new building of the Master in Visual Arts programme.



THE A.S.F.A. HISTORICAL ART COLLECTION – THE A.S.F.A. GALLERY

The works of art forming the A.S.F.A. Gallery collection are representative examples of the artistic activity of the professors who have taught in the A.S.F.A. studios, and of the A.S.F.A. students alike; the Gallery also incorporates works donated to the A.S.F.A. In this sense, the A.S.F.A. Gallery is a “living” and ongoing display of the School’s history and, by extension, of a significant part of the Modern Greek Art in general. Collections The A.S.F.A. Gallery includes the following collections: • Paintings • Drawings • Sculptures • Installations • Engravings • Copies of Folk Art works The above collections mainly include students’ works that were either distinguished during the Institution’s exams, or received awards in pan-Hellenic art contests, or were offered by the graduates, as examples of their dissertation project. They also include works of art by significant

artists, donated to the A.S.F.A., and a large number of copies of Greek Folk Art works (mainly paintings and reliefs), executed by students, under their professors’ supervision, during their field trips in various locations around Greece (Pelion, Chios, Mytilene, Skyros, etc.) from 1950 to 1960. Copyright & Permission for use in publications In order for an item of the collection to appear, in any form, in a publication, a relevant permission should be granted by the Athens School of Fine Arts, which, along with the artists who created the works, is the copyright holder for those works. The items may be photographed, by the Gallery itself or the applicant, at the premises of the A.S.F.A. Gallery. Assisting research The A.S.F.A. Gallery is always available to assist researchers, by providing information on its collections – either by phone, email or fax. Contact information Visiting hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00-14:00 Phone number: +30 210 4801206 Fax number: +30 210 4834351 Webpage: http://gallery.asfa.gr/

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The A.S.F.A. owns and manages an extensive art collection, of significant cultural value. As soon as the Athens School of Fine Arts was established in 1837, a “Gallery” was formed, aiming mainly at collecting the artworks of those involved in the art education provided by the Institution. This collection now includes approximately 8,000 items, representing the art fields of painting, sculpture, printmaking, icon and mosaic art, covering a span of 174 years.

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THE A.S.F.A. ANNEXES The Athens School of Fine Arts has six (6) “Annexes”, which are used by the Institution as special educational centres and are operating under their own Rules of Operation, according to the Presidential Decree 169/1988. The Annexes are housed in buildings of particular architectural value and located at places possessing great natural beauty and a significant historical and cultural background. Their operation aims at providing students with additional and specialised training, conducting special workshops (in cooperation and mutual exchange with foreign academic institutions and art centres), assisting students in the preparation of their projects, as well as hosting seminars, exhibitions, lectures, screenings, and other cultural events.

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The A.S.F.A. graduates, as well as members of other Greek and foreign Art Schools, may also use the facilities of the A.S.F.A. Annexes, provided there are vacancies, and at a cost of 12 € per day.

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Paramythia (in Thesprotia), which are expected to also be turned into Annexes in the future. In the case of the Monodendri and Paramythia Annexes, the building plans have been completed and building permits have been secured, while the Parikia Annex is awaiting for the relevant building permit to be issued and the design plans to be completed. Recently (Senate meeting of June 6, 2011), the A.S.F.A. accepted the offer made by the Epirus Regional Governor and the Mayor of Zagori for the cession of an 800m2 municipal building (with a 5,000m2 surrounding open space) at Tsepelovo, in order for an Annex to be established there, instead of the construction of a new building in Monodendri. The A.S.F.A. Administration Department is responsible, among others, for issuing the staying permits for the Annexes, organising student field trips to the Annexes and observing the Annexes’ Rules of Operation (person in charge: Mr. Nikos Zamanis, phone number: +30 210 3897120).

Furthermore, the A.S.F.A. has become the owner of land lots in Parikia (Paros island), at Monodendri (near Ioannina), and at

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SPECIAL RESEARCH FUNDS ACCOUNT

EMPLOYMENT & CAREER STRUCTURE (E.C.S.)

The Special Research Funds Account aims at awarding and managing funds, regardless of origin, which are destined to meet the expenses of any kind related to the needs of research, educational, training & life-long learning, and development projects, execution of scientific, technological and artistic services, drawing up of special studies, issuing of expert opinions, drawing up of specifications for third parties, as well as other relevant services or activities that contribute to bringing the education and research sector closer to the production sector, and are performed or provided by members of the active academic staff of the Athens School of Fine Arts (T&R Staff, S&LT Staff, STL Staff), with the assistance of its administrative staff and/or the collaboration of other specialised scientists.

The Action “Employment & Career Structure” (E.C.S.) of the Athens School of Fine Arts has been awarded the task of providing the A.S.F.A. students and graduates with practical information directly related to their incorporation in the professional arena – a necessary insight enabling them to find their place therein. The E.C.S. consists of various partial actions, including, but not limited to, the development of an informatics’ system, innovative activities, the organisation of one-day seminars etc.

The governing and managerial bodies of the Special Research Funds Account are: • The Education and Research Committee. • The Account’s Secretariat. The Managing Committee of the A.S.F.A. Special Account comprises five members; it is formed for a 3-year term following a relevant decision of the Rector’s Council and consists of the Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs, Research, and Personnel (as its President) and two representatives of each of the two Departments (members of the T&R Staff), with one alternate member, who are designated by the General Assembly of their respective Department.

CAREERS OFFICE The A.S.F.A. Careers Office was formed as a special service in October 1997; it was initially funded by the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs and the 2nd and 3rd Community Support Frameworks, by means of the Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training (O.P. “Education”), and is now funded by the N.S.R.F. (National Strategic Reference Framework) 2007-2013. Its activities aim at providing information on issues regarding studies, scholarships, employment etc., and liaising the Institution’s students and graduates with the labour market; they include employment counselling services, the organisation of cultural events for the promotion of the artistic work of the students and graduates, the drawing up of statistical studies, the organisation of struc-


tures aiming at facilitating the access of students with disabilities to the field of education and the labour market alike, etc. A.S.F.A. Careers Office 42, Patission str., 10682, Athens Phone number: +30 210 3897158-9 Email: career@asfa.gr Webpage: www.career.asfa.gr

ERASMUS OFFICE – “STUDENT MOBILITY” ACTION

Students moving between Greek and equivalent foreign H.E.I.s, in the context of the Erasmus Programme, are admitted as guest students to the host H.E.I.s. Such mobility is possible after the first year of studies.

awarding of studies certificates and other non-academic titles, the issuing of which corresponds to the studies’ time spent in the host Institution by the guest students and conforms to the terms and conditions of the internal rules of operation in effect.

As long as they study at the host Institution, according to the approved cooperation programme, guest students have the same rights and obligations as the students of the host Institution.

The E.C.T.S.-credits, amounting to 60 credits per year, or 30 credits per semester, or 20 credits per trimester, the duration of studies, the success in attending the courses and the grading the guest students achieved in the host H.E.I. are taken into consideration, transferred and recognised by the home H.E.I., provided that the courses attended are included in the approved programme of cooperation.

Guest students have no right to be transferred, admitted to or be awarded an academic degree by the host H.E.I. Such restriction, however, does not include the

At A.S.F.A., the Institution’s coordinator of the Erasmus programme is the Rector, and its academic coordinator is Mr. Manthos Santorinaios, Assistant Professor.

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The Erasmus Programme (EuRopean Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) aims at improving the quality and enhancing the European dimension of Higher Education, encouraging the international cooperation between Universities, in a spirit of mutual confidence, at increasing student mobility and promoting the use of the E.C.T.S. (European Credit Transfer System) standard; thus, the E.C.T.S.-credits awarded to students in their host University are transferred to and recognised by their home Institution.

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For additional information, students may refer to the E.C.T.S. prospectus available at the Department of International Relations, Educational Programmes & Cultural Exchanges (person in charge: Ms. Doris Hakim, phone number: +30 210 3897131, email: llp@asfa.gr).

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During the academic year 2009-2010, the student mobility between the Department of Fine Arts and foreign universities, in the context of the Erasmus programme, was as follows:

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UNIVERSITIES HOSTING A.S.F.A. STUDENTS

COUNTRY

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

ACADEMY OF FINE ARΤS VIENNA

AUSTRIA

1

UNIVERSITY OF ART AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN LINZ

AUSTRIA

1

ARTESIS ANTWERPEN

BELGIUM

2

AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN HELSINKI

FINLAND

1

ÉCOLE RÉGIONALE DES BEAUX ARTS DE NANTES

FRANCE

1

ENSBA DE PARIS

FRANCE

1

AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE MÜNCHEN

GERMANY

1

ACADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI DI BRERA

ITALY

1

UTRECHT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

NETHERLANDS

1

WILLEM DE KOONING ACADEMY ROTTERDAM

NETHERLANDS

1

UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

PORTUGAL

2

UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID

SPAIN

1

UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA

SPAIN

2

UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA

SPAIN

3

UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA

SPAIN

1

UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA

SPAIN

3

CENTRAL ST MARTINS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

UNITED KINGDOM

1

EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART

UNITED KINGDOM

2

MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY

UNITED KINGDOM

TOTAL

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HOME UNIVERSITIES OF GUEST STUDENTS

COUNTRY

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

SINT LUCAS ANTWERPEN

BELGIUM

1

ACADEMY OF ARTS ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN PRAGUE

CZECH REPUBLIC

1

AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN HELSINKI

FINLAND

1

ÉCOLE RÉGIONALE DES BEAUX ARTS DE NANTES

FRANCE

5

ÉCOLE RÉGIONALE DES BEAUX ARTS DE RENNES

FRANCE

6

UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8

FRANCE

1

HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, BUDAPEST

HUNGARY

1

MOHOLY NAGY UNIVERSITY BUDAPEST

HUNGARY

5

ACADEMIA DE BELLE ARTI DE BRERA

ITALY

3

ACADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI DI FIRENZE

ITALY

3

VILNIAUS DAILES AKADEMIJA LITHUANIA

LITHUANIA

2

ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN CRACOW

POLAND

1

UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID

SPAIN

2

UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA

SPAIN

1

UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA

SPAIN

1

UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO BILBAO

SPAIN

1

UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA

SPAIN

1

UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA

SPAIN

3

CENTRAL ST MARTINS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

UNITED KINGDOM

1

EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART

UNITED KINGDOM

GRAYS SCHOOL OF ART SCOTLAND TOTAL

UNITED KINGDOM

1 1

According to its Rules of Operation, as approved by the Institution’s competent bodies, the Department of Network Administration & Communications of the A.S.F.A. has the following main mission and objectives: • Managing and supporting the A.S.F.A. Network and enabling the Institution’s participation in the Greek Universities Network GUnet.

• Supporting and developing the academic research and teaching, with the use of advanced telematics services (multimedia network applications, open e-learning and distance learning systems, development of multimedia titles, etc.). Providing Internet services and supporting the A.S.F.A. voice communication network are also among the main duties of the Department of Network Administration & Communications.

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The Department of Studies & Student Welfare is part of the Directorate of Academic Affairs and, apart from issues regarding the academic studies in a strict sense, it is also responsible for handling all other student issues (such as: health care, free catering, free accommodation), as well as various cultural and student sports issues. More specifically, the Department is responsible for: • issuing the Student Health Care Booklet and the European Health Insurance Card (E.H.I.C.),

organising sports and cultural events.

Student Welfare

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• collecting students’ applications and relevant supporting documents, with a view to be granted free catering and accommodation by the A.S.F.A.,

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HEALTH CARE

Students’ health care scheme provides for:

Students (either Greek, of Greek origin, or foreign ones), either undergraduate or postgraduate ones, are entitled to the health, medical, pharmaceutical and hospital care benefits of a Health Care Scheme, for a period corresponding to the minimum number of years of their studies multiplied by a factor of 1.5. For the last year of studies, the health care insurance is prolonged beyond the end of the academic year, to December 31, for students who have not yet been awarded their academic degree. In case of temporary interruption of the studies (according to the provisions of Law 3549/ 2007), health care insurance is, upon their resumption, prolonged accordingly.

• Medical check-up • Hospitalisation: Provided by State hospital institutions, hospitals operating as Public Entities and university hospitals. • Pharmaceutical care: Medical prescriptions are written in the Student Health Care Booklet by the physician collaborating with the Institution or the hospitals’ doctors and are dispensed at the collaborating pharmacies. • Para-clinical examinations: Performed in university laboratories or the laboratories of State hospital institutions, following a relevant reference by a physician. • Dental care: Provided by a dentist collaborating with the Institution, charging the fees applying to public servants. To get a refund (from the A.S.F.A. Accounting Department), students must fill in a relevant application (the form is provided by the Department of Studies & Student Welfare), attaching the payment receipt and the relevant coupon of the Student Health Care Booklet. • Childbirth • Physiotherapy • Orthopaedic devices • Doctor house calls

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Students entitled, directly or indirectly, to a health-care scheme provided by another social security organisation, may opt for the organisation of their will, and declare so by submitting a relevant solemn declaration to the Department of Studies & Student Welfare.

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Supporting documents for the issuing of a Student Health Care Booklet: 1. Application & Solemn Declaration by the student that he or she is not already insured by another social security organisation (the form is supplied by the Department of Studies & Student Welfare). 2. One (1) ID card photo. 3. Certification of enrolment for the current academic year (supplied by the respective Department’s Secretariat). The Student Health Care Booklet is issued on the same day, if all supporting documents are submitted, and remains in effect for a period corresponding to the minimum number of years of studies multiplied by a factor of 1.5, provided that it is certified annually by the competent department.

HOSPITALISATION Inpatient care may be provided by hospitals operating as Public Entities and –preferably– by university hospitals. As an exception, students may be admitted to private hospital institutions and clinics, provided that the State hospitals have no infrastructure for treating a particular medical case or if there is a shortage in hospital beds, in case of medical emergency. In such case, the health care scheme covers the hospitalisation expenses corresponding to a “Bb”-class hospital ward.


CATERING Students of low or no income are entitled to free catering, according to the terms and conditions announced by the Department of Studies & Student Welfare and decided by the Rector’s Council, following a relevant recommendation by the Student Welfare Committee and the competent Department. Students entitled to such benefit are provided with a school restaurant card, issued by the Department of Studies & Student Welfare. The card entitles students to two free meals (lunch and dinner) per day at the A.S.F.A. Restaurant operating at the Pireos str. campus.

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European Health Insurance Card (E.H.I.C.) Such card is issued only for students that are already holders of an A.S.F.A. Student Health Care Booklet and are expected to travel to an EU-member state, in the context of their studies, whether participating in the ERASMUSSOCRATES Student Mobility Programme, or in an A.S.F.A. field trip, etc. In order for the E.H.I.C. to be issued, students must submit to the Department of Studies & Student Welfare the following documents: • A.S.F.A. Student Health Care Booklet (certified for the current academic year). • Certification of enrolment (supplied by the respective academic Department’s Secretariat).

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Free catering is provided to A.S.F.A. and Erasmus students alike, on the basis of the reciprocity principle. Students not entitled to free meals may also be catered at the A.S.F.A. Restaurant, paying the corresponding daily charge.

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Supporting documents for the issuing of a school restaurant card: 1. Application (the form is supplied by the Department of Studies & Student Welfare). 2. One (1) ID card photo. 3. Certification of enrolment for the current academic year (supplied by the respective academic Department’s Secretariat). 4. A certified copy of the Income Tax Return Statement of both the student and his/her parents, issued by the Tax Authorities. If, at the time of the application, the Income Tax Return Statement has not yet been issued, applicants may submit a certified copy of their original Income Tax Statement submitted to the Tax Authorities. 5. A Family Status Certificate, issued during the past six months, by the competent municipal authority.

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Applications for the issuing of the school restaurant card can be submitted each academic year, starting from September 1st. The school restaurant card is valid for one (1) academic year and is issued on the same day, if the applicant provides all supporting documents. Free catering benefits are temporarily suspended for students doing their military service, and for its entire duration. Free catering benefits cease following the students’ graduation or when the duration of their studies exceeds a period corresponding to the minimum number of years of studies multiplied by a factor of 1.5.

ACCOMMODATION The A.S.F.A. provides accommodation to students of low or no income, in double rooms (or single ones, for students with a certified serious health condition), in a collaborating hotel in the centre of Athens. Students may also apply to the National Youth Foundation and, if selected, be housed at the residence halls operated by the Foundation. Conditions The Department of Studies & Student Welfare accepts applications for free accommodation from students meeting the following conditions: 1. They are students of the A.S.F.A. 2. They have not been admitted to the A.S.F.A. after “classifying examinations” (students pursuing a 2nd academic degree). 3. They are not older than 25 years of age. 4. Their families’ location of permanent residence is different from the location of their studies and they are not owners of a private residence in Athens (not within a 40 km radius from the A.S.F.A. site). 5. They have submitted in time an application with all supporting documents. Past the deadline set by the Department of Studies & Student Welfare, applications are assessed as a whole and a list of the students entitled to free accommodation is displayed on the A.S.F.A. announcement board. The applicants may appeal the results within five (5) working days from the date of the relevant announcement. 6. They have not been expelled from the hall of residence due to a previous disciplinary offence. Free accommodation benefits last for a period corresponding to the minimum number of years of studies multiplied by a factor of 1.5.


Selection criteria The selection of the students to be accommodated is made by the Rector’s Council, following a relevant recommendation by the Student Welfare Committee, based upon social and financial criteria set by the Rector’s Council.

1. Students from families of zero income. 2. Students whose parents have (both) deceased. 3. Students with disabilities. 4. Students from families of wage earners or large families, the annual family income of which comes from rural occupations or salaried services. 5. Children of large families. B. All other applicants come next, on the basis of the annual income and the number of members of the applicant’s family – with a priority given to the lowest per capita income. Application and supporting documents for free accommodation The Department of Studies & Student Welfare provides the interested students with a special application form, to be submitted accompanied by a number of supporting documents. 1. Application (the form is supplied by the Department of Studies & Student Welfare). 2. One (1) ID card photo. 3. Certification of enrolment for the current academic year (supplied by the respective academic Department’s Secretariat). 4. A certified copy of the Income Tax Return Statement of both the student and his/her parents, issued by the Tax Authorities. If, at the time the application is made, the Income

Tax Return Statement has not yet been issued, the applicants may submit a certified copy of their original Income Tax Statement submitted to the Tax Authorities. 5. A Family Status Certificate, issued during the past six months, by the competent municipal authority. 6. A Certificate of Permanent Residence, issued during the past six months, by the competent municipal authority. 7. A copy of the “E9” Tax Form, as proof that the applicant does not own a residence in Athens. 8. Applicants stating health reasons should submit a certificate issued by a competent medical committee, documenting and supporting their claims. 9. The applicants whose sibling is also a student or is doing his military service should submit a relevant certification of enrolment from the Higher or Higher Technical Education Institution the sibling is attending, or from the competent military authority. 10. Applicants coming from large families should submit a Large Family Certificate, issued by the competent municipal authority. 11. Foreign A.S.F.A. students, from non-EU countries, should also submit a photocopy of their passport and of their “green card”.

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A. Priority is given to the accommodation of students of the following special groups (by order of priority):

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STUDENT ACCOMMODATION ALLOWANCE Undergraduate (but not postgraduate) students, enrolled with a view to being awarded their first (not a second) academic degree are entitled to a student accommodation allowance amounting to a thousand euros (€1,000) annually; such benefit lasts for a period corresponding to the minimum of years of studies of the attended academic Department. Such allowance may be granted to all undergraduate students members of the same family, if they attend studies at a location different from the one of their main residence, and regardless of whether siblings attend the same H.E.I. in the same location or not, provided they meet all the other criteria set by the law.

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The conditions for granting the allowance are as follows:

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1. Students stay, due to their studies, at a rented residence, at a location different from the one of their main residence, and in which they (or their parents) are not proprietors or have the usufruct of another residence (it is worth noting that the Attica Region and the Thessaloniki Urban Area are considered respectively as a single city). Students residing at student residence halls are not entitled to the allowance in question. 2. The students’ enrolment is certified by means of a Certification of enrolment, supplied by their academic Department’s Secretariat, which should also mention in detail the student’s academic year of admission, the minimum of years of studies of the attended academic Department, according to the

H.E.I.’s Rules of Operation, and also attest that the interested student has succeeded in at least half the courses of the previous academic year (or the respective academic semesters), as described in the relevant Curriculum. For students enrolling for the first time in the first year of studies, such certification should only mention their enrolment in the academic Department. 3. The students’ family annual income for the previous year should not exceed the amount of thirty thousand euros (€30,000), increased by three thousand euros (€3,000) for every additional dependent member of the family. The “family annual income” corresponds to the total annual chargeable (real or imputed) income, plus the tax-free or chargeable under special clauses income, of the tax-payer, his or her spouse, and their minor children, regardless of the income’s source. The allowance in question, however, is not to be taken into account when calculating the amount of the family annual income according to which the allowance is to be granted. 4. Students and/or their parents are not the proprietors or have the usufruct of residences (either for private use or renting) exceeding a surface of 200m2, except in the case the residences or apartments are located in a municipality with a population of less than 3,000.


Students are entitled to reduced fares when using public transport. Such benefit lasts for a period corresponding to the minimum of years of studies of the attended academic Department multiplied by a factor of 1.5. Students entitled to such benefit are provided with a Student Passport Pass issued by the Secretariat of their academic Department. The Student Passport Pass is strictly personal and its use by third persons is strictly forbidden.

Students admitted to an academic Department after “classifying examinations” (i.e. students pursuing a 2nd academic degree) are not entitled to a Student Passport Pass.

SCHOLARSHIPS A. “I.K.Y.” SCHOLARSHIPS Undergraduate students are entitled to scholarships and awards by the State Scholarships Foundation (“I.K.Y.”), under the following terms and conditions: Awards (a diploma in print and a sum of money for buying scientific books of the student’s discipline) are granted to the student achieving the top score at the Pan-Hellenic National Examinations, to the student achieving the top score at each academic year’s examinations, and to the student achieving the top score at the graduation examinations (within the first two regular examination periods). Scholarships are granted to undergraduate students on the basis of the following criteria: a) the financial status of the students and their parents, and b) their ranking performance in the Pan-Hellenic National Examinations or each academic year’s examinations. The number of scholarships, the amount of each scholarship and award and other specific issues are defined by the Board of Directors of the State Scholarships Foundation. For more information, students may contact the Secretariat of their academic Department. B. BEQUESTS The Athens School of Fine Arts awards the following scholarships and allowances:

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1

BEQUEST

SCHOLARSHIPS

NOTES

Susanna, widow of Giannis Kefallinos

Up to two 1-year scholarships for studies in Greece, granted to assiduous students of the Printmaking studios.

The frequency of the scholarships’ awarding is determined according to the bequest’s financial status.

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One 1-year scholarship for studies abroad, granted to a graduate of the Printmaking studios.

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2

Spyridon Vikatos

Up to three scholarships to graduates of the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A. for 3year studies in Europe (one of which, necessarily, in Munich, Germany).

3

Anna Kapetanaki

An allowance is granted to the destitute student of the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A. achieving the best academic performance; its amount depends on the bequest’s financial status.

4

Mika Skouze

One annual scholarship to a graduate of the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A. for studies in Europe.

The frequency of the scholarship’s awarding is determined according to the bequest’s financial status.

5

G. Averoff

One annual scholarship or a fixed-sum allowance to students who excelled at their studies in the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A.

The frequency of the scholarship’s awarding is determined according to the bequest’s financial status.

Every 3 years, an 1-year scholarship is granted to a German painter or sculptor, graduate of the Munich Art Academy, for studies at the A.S.F.A.


Students are entitled to a number of free books and other learning material, for a period corresponding to the minimum of years of studies multiplied by a factor of 1.5. Starting from the academic year 2010-2011, the process of selecting and receiving the books is performed by means of the Integrated Online System for the Management of University Books & Other Learning Material “Eudoxus” (www.eudoxus.gr). By means of this integrated online service, students can use their username and password (provided by their academic Department’s Secretariat) in order to a) be fully informed on the Curriculum courses and the corresponding suggested reading material, as well as the availability of the books in question, b) proceed to the online selection of the books and check-out upon their delivery.

SPORTS ACTIVITIES Provided the hiring of a Physical Education teacher, A.S.F.A. students may participate in various sports activities, in Universiades (World Student Games), etc. Furthermore, A.S.F.A. students may make use of the Open Swimming Pool of the Municipality of Palaio Faliro, as well as the National Technical University of Athens’s Gym, at the Patission str. campus (at the building of the Department of Mechanical Engineering).

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES The A.S.F.A.’s infrastructure is available to student cultural groups, offering students the opportunity to spend their leisure time in a creative way, and explore their potential in various fields. For instance, such groups include, but are not limited to, the A.S.F.A. The-

atre Group and Cine Club. The Department of Studies & Student Welfare is responsible for assisting in the realisation of the projects submitted by the student cultural groups and the students’ union, and the organisation of cultural events.

STUDENTS’ USE OF THE A.S.F.A. PREMISES & EQUIPMENT Students are encouraged to make use of the Library and the Reading Room, the Computer Centre, the workshops, and, in general, of all premises and means of the A.S.F.A., respecting the relevant rules of operation and according to the relevant decisions by the Institution’s competent bodies. Specific halls may be used for hosting various student events, following a written application by the interested parties and its approval by the Rector’s Council, provided that such events do not impede the performance of the regular teaching activities.

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FREE DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS

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TEACHING & RESEARCH STAFF (T&R STAFF) Teaching is provided by the members of the Teaching & Research Staff (T&R Staff); this consists, by order of academic rank, of professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and (until the new law on higher education was passed) lecturers. The professors and associate professors are appointed personnel. The members of the T&R Staff of the Higher Education Institutions are public servants, who enjoy an operational independence in performing their teaching and research duties. The members of the T&R Staff are under the obligation of performing teaching, research / scientific, and administrative duties.

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no

Surname

Name

Academic rank

Academic discipline

1 2

Arfaras Arvanitis

Michail Zacharias

Professor Professor

Printmaking Painting

3 4 5

Charalambous Christakis Houliaras

Panagiotis Anastassios Georgios

Professor Professor Professor

Painting Painting Sculpture

6 7 8 9

Lappas Lazongas Navridis Patraskidis

Georgios Georgios-Thomas Nikolaos Triantafyllos

Professor Professor Professor Professor

Sculpture Painting Painting Painting

10 11 12

Psychopedis Sakellion Spiliopoulos

Jannis Dimitrios Marios

Professor Professor Professor

Painting Painting Painting

13

Antonopoulos

Aggelos

Painting

14

Baboussis

Manolis

15

Harvalias

Georgios

16

Liti

Afroditi

17

Manoussakis

Michail

18

Tsalamata

Vassiliki

19

Tzakos

Aristotelis

20

VidaliLambrinakou

Leoni

Associate Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor

Photography Painting Sculpture Painting Printmaking Painting

Student office hours Day Hours MondayWednesday-Friday Wednesday

12.00-14.00

MondayWednesday-Friday

11.00-15.00

Monday MondayWednesday Tuesday-Thursday Wednesday- Friday

13.00-15.00 11.00-14.00

Monday-TuesdayFriday MondayWednesday MondayWednesday Monday-TuesdayThursday MondayWednesday- Friday Monday-TuesdayWednesday MondayWednesday-Friday

12.00-15.00

Printmaking, specialisation in Graphic Arts

10.00-14.00

13.00-15.00 13.00-18.00

16.00-20.00 10.00-14.00 10.00-15.00 11.00-13.00 16.00-20.00 16.00-20.00


MEMBERS OF THE TEACHING & RESEARCH STAFF (T&R STAFF) – OFFICE HOURS no

Surname

Name

Academic rank

Academic discipline

21

Aggelidou

Daphne

Mosaic Art

22

Georgilakis

Markos

Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

23

Gourzis

Yiannis

24

Kazazis

Georgios

25

Kotsiou

Konstantina

26

Peirounidis

Apostolos

27

Pezanou

Efthalia

28

Samios

Pavlos

29

Santorinaios

Manthos

30

Schina

Mary

31

Skaltsas

Yiannis

32

Tranos

Nikolaos

33

Xagoraris

Zafeiris

Assistant Professor

Painting

34 35

Betsou Chandris

Vassiliki Pantelis

Lecturer Lecturer

Painting Painting

36

Kontaratos

Ioannis

Lecturer

Painting

37 38

Siamkouri Sylogidou

Magdalini Styliani

Lecturer Lecturer

Painting Sculpture

39 40

Verveti Vlastaras

Andrianna Vassileios

Lecturer Lecturer

Sculpture Painting

Painting Printmaking

Monday16.00-20.00 Wednesday-Thursday Tuesday16.00-20.00 ThursdayFriday Monday-TuesdayWednesday MondayWednesday-Friday Monday-WednesdayThursday-

16.00-20.00 16.00-20.00 16.00-20.00

Printmaking Stage Design Fresco & Portable Icons Technique Multimedia Printmaking

Monday-Friday

16.00-20.00

Tuesday-Wednesday- 16.00-20.00 Thursday

Painting Sculpture

Monday Wednesday Friday Tuesday-WednesdayThursday

16.00-20.00 11.00-16.00 12.00-20.00 11.00-14.00

Monday-WednesdayFriday Monday-WednesdayThursday

10.00-14.00 10.00-14.00

Monday-WednesdayFriday

11.00-15.00

Monday-WednesdayFriday

10.00-14.00

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Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

Applied Sculpture (Plaster Working, Bronze Casting, Toreutic Art) Printmaking

Student office hours Day Hours

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(Following in alphabetical order are the short biographical notes submitted by the members of the T&R Staff.)

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DAPHNE AGGELIDOU Born in Athens in 1962. She studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1980-1986), under Yiannis Moralis and Dimitris Mytaras, as well as mosaic art, under Yiannis Kolefas. She has been teaching the “Mosaic” studio course at the A.S.F.A. since 1987. She was elected Lecturer in 1999 and Assistant Professor in 2005 at the Mosaic Studio. Solo exhibitions 1986 Agathi art gallery, Athens 1988 Agathi art gallery, Athens 1992 Ora Cultural Centre of Arts, Athens 1994 Her cold piece of silver, Art Space 24, Athens 1996 Dream-cities, Gallery 7, Athens 1996 Dream-cities and windows, Terracotta Gallery, Thessaloniki 2000 Choreographies, Gallery 7, Athens 2002 Mosaics - Painting, Art Space 24, Athens 2005 Passages, Gallery 7, Athens 2009 Passersby, Gallery 7, Athens Since 1986, she has participated in many group exhibitions, in Greece, Belgium, England, Italy, the United States and China. Artworks of hers are exhibited in public and private collections, museums and galleries, both in Greece and abroad. AGGELOS ANTONOPOULOS Aggelos (Aggelis) Antonopoulos was born in the village of Tropaia (in Gortynia, Peloponnese) in 1957. He studied painting and stage design at the A.S.F.A., under D. Kokkinidis, V. Dimitreas, and V. Vassiliadis. He has held more than fourteen solo exhibitions (Athens Municipal Gallery, Art-Athina Titanium, Art Forum Tsatsis [Thessaloniki], Nees Morfes [Athens], Citronne [Poros], Apocalypse [Nicosia], t.a.f. [The Art Foundation, Athens]) and has participated in many group exhibitions, both in Greece and abroad (Cyprus, Spain, Germany, Italy, Croatia, England, U.S.A.). He has painted the cinema halls “Ideal” (Athens) and “Cineac” (Piraeus). Since 1989, he has been teaching painting at the A.S.F.A. and, in 2009, he was elected Associate Professor. He is currently teaching at the 1st Painting Studio.

MICHAIL ARFARAS Michail (Michalis) Arfaras was born in Athens, in 1954. 1975-1980 Studies at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (Lower Saxony, Germany). 1980-1982 Postgraduate studies at the same school, with specialisation in printmaking and animation film. Upon completion of studies, he was awarded the title of Meisterschüler. 1980 Lower Saxony Printmaking Award. 1980-1983 Teaching assistant at the lithography, intaglio printing and typography studios of the above school. 1980-2006 Member of the German Association of Visual Artists, and member of the Lower Saxony Filmmakers Association. 1982 & 1986 Hanover Government Fellowships (Lower Saxony, Germany). 1988 European AICA Award. 1988-2006 Professor in Special Courses at the Institute of Fine Arts and Art Science at the Hildesheim University (Lower Saxony, Germany). 1990 Member of the “Engraving Center” Group (Athens). 2000 Film Fellowship by the Lower Saxony’s Ministry of Science and Culture. 2001 Sparkassenstiftung Fellowship for creating and publishing lithographs at the Quensen Printing Company (Lammspringe, Germany). 2006 Professor of Printmaking at the Athens School of Fine Arts. 2007 Member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece and of the Greek Printmakers’ Association. 2009 Publication of the handbook Printmaking and print art, Metaichmio eds., Athens. 2010 Publication of the book Michalis Arfaras – Absence from reason, National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation (M.I.E.T.), Athens 2011 Member of the Board of Directors of the National Gallery. Since 1990, he has presented his work in solo exhibitions in galleries and museums in Greece and many European countries. He has participated in all international printmaking biennials, as well as in ex-


ZACHARIAS ARVANITIS Born in Athens in 1947. He studied painting at the A.S.F.A., under Yiannis Moralis, as well as stage design under V. Vassiliadis (1969-1973). He also studied stage and costume design at the École Nationale Supérieure Des Arts Décoratifs, in Paris (1975-1976). He has held 4 solo exhibitions and has participated in group exhibitions in Greece and abroad (England, Spain, Hungary, Japan etc.). He is currently a Professor at the 1st Painting Studio of the A.S.F.A. MANOLIS BABOUSSIS Born in Athens in 1950. He completed his studies in Architecture at the University of Florence, under Professor A. Natalini (founder of the Superstudio architecture firm). He then studied building restoration in Rome. Since 1999, he has been teaching Photography (an approach to visual art by photographic means) at the A.S.F.A. In 2010, he was elected ViceRector of the A.S.F.A. He has held many solo exhibitions in museums and art galleries (five of them abroad), including: Retrospective 1973-2003, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, 2003; Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2003; CAMeC, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, La Spezia, 2006; Crisis, Yeni Mosque, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, 2007; Galería Hilario Galguera, City of Mexico, 2007; Occupations, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, 2007; Central European House of Photography, Bratislava, 2008; New York Photo Festival, 2009; Installation, remap2, Athens, 2009; Skeletons, Benaki Museum, Athens, 2010. He has participated in numerous international group exhibitions (twenty seven of which abroad), including: Contemporary Greek Photography, Galerie du Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium, 1982; Contemporary Greek Art, Salon de Montrouge, Paris, 1997; The Invention of landscape, Beijing, China, 1997; Art and Photography 1960-2000, at the Festival Triennale Milano-Photomedia Europe, 1999; Image and Reflection, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa; X-Centrum Pilsen, Moravian/Brno, Czech Republic

Gallery 2000; Marché Bonsecour, Montréal; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 2001; World in focus, The Chicago Atheneum, 2001; Everyday Hellas, An exhibition of contemporary Greek art, White box Gallery, New York, 2004; International Biennale of Art, Seville, 2005; The Gesture, Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, 2005; Index Esperando a los Barbaros, Galería Hilario Galguera, City of Mexico, 2007; Breakthrough Greece, Madrid, 2004; Face to faces, 2nd Biennial of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2009; Belle vue, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, 2010. He has worked as an architect, and as an art director in film productions, and has participated (and distinguished) in monument-building contests. Monographs on his work have been published by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, the CAMeC, the Benaki Museum, and Exandas publications. Since 1994, he has been closely collaborating with Jannis Kounellis, gaining valuable, in-depth experience in organising and curating exhibitions in art galleries worldwide. Artworks of his feature in museum exhibitions and private collections in Greece and abroad. www.manolisbaboussis.gr Email: baboussi@hol.gr VASSILIKI BETSOU Vassiliki (Vicky) Betsou is a visual artist. She studied biology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (for 2 years), and painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts (A.S.F.A.); she completed her Master’s Degree in Digital Art Forms at the A.S.F.A. (2000) with distinction. From 2001 to 2006, she has been a visiting and adjunct professor (P.D. 407/ 1980) at the Multimedia and Video-art courses at said Institution. In 2006 she was elected a Lecturer; she is currently teaching Video Art, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, at the A.S.F.A. She has participated in several research programmes on Art and the New Media, and in e-learning research projects on Art education in collaboration with the National Technical University of Athens. She has directed and edited several video and multimedia productions for e-learning and Distance Learning purposes; she has also participated in productions promoting various research and European programmes by the Ministry of Education, the GUNet, the Ministry of Interior’s General Secre-

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tariat for Gender Equality, the “Information Society” etc. She has worked as a stage designer and has created animations for both theatre and television productions. From 1997 to 2002, she has been teaching Experimental Animation and video to children and teenager students, at the Agia Paraskevi Municipal Art Workshop, in Athens. Her art work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions and festivals, in Greece and abroad: at the 10th International Festival of Ancient Drama (2000), the Kappatos gallery (6 rooms, Athens, 2001), the Nederlands Filmmuseum’s Biennial (Breaking news, Amsterdam, 2003), the Artio gallery (4 young artists, 2003), the Mostra SESC de Artes – Mediterrâneo (São Paulo, Brazil, 2005), “To Milo” art space (elevators – corridors, solo exhibition, 2005), the exhibition of the Beltsios Collection (An outing: Contemporary art in the 21st century, Matsopoulos Mill Art & Culture Center, Trikala, 2006), the National Museum of Contemporary Art (Crossing the borders: Visual arts in Greece, 2006), the Athens Concert Hall (Song of Songs, a multimedia performance for mezzo-soprano, chamber ensemble, video, laptop, and dance, 2008), the Rencontres Internationales festival (Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2006 and 2010), the Art Athina (microgeographies I, 2011), the Athens Festival (A tribute to Iannis Xenakis by the Ergon Ensemble: a performance for orchestra, actor, and video, 2011) etc. She lives and works in Athens. Email: vikibetsou@yahoo.com PANTELIS CHANDRIS Born in Athens in 1963. Studies 1980-1983 Studies in Graphic arts. 1982-1987 Studies in Painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Degree grade: Excellent. Scholarships – Distinctions 1987 Scholarship for studies in Greece awarded by the State Scholarships Foundation. 1992 1st Prize by the Jannis and Zoe Spyropoulos Foundation. 2010 1st AICA Award for his work Ens Solum (a.antonopoulou.art, 2007). Teaching activities From 1990 to 1994, he has taught creative activities to children, at the Art Workshop of the Chalkida Cultural Centre. From 1992 to 2007, he has taught at the “A.K.T.O.”

Art & Design College the courses of Painting (Drawing-Colour) and Illustration, at the Graphic Arts Division, having during that period restructured the courses’ syllabus and methodology. Since 1995, he has been responsible for the course of “Creative Illustration” during the 3rd and 4th years of studies (Bachelor Honors Degree). In 2007, he has been elected at the rank of Lecturer, at the academic field of Painting, at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Since then, he has been teaching at the 3rd Painting Studio, being responsible for the 1st and 2nd years of studies. Art work To this day, he has held 11 solo exhibitions and has participated in many significant group exhibitions, in Greece and abroad. Artworks of his are feature in museum exhibitions and private collections. PANAGIOTIS CHARALAMBOUS Panagiotis (Panos) Charalambous was born in 1956 in Acarnania. He currently lives and works in Athens. Studies: 1983-1988, at the Athens School of Fine Arts, Painting Division, at the 5th Painting Studio, under Nikos Kessanlis. He is currently a Professor of Painting at the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A. and Director of the 4th Painting Studio. Solo & Group Exhibitions: 1986, 2nd Biennale for Young Mediterranean Artists, Thessaloniki; 1987, 3rd Biennale for Young Mediterranean Artists, Barcelona, Spain; 1988, Story of tobacco, Artio gallery, Athens; 1991, Redman Gallery, Berlin; Kunst-Εuropa, Visual European Landscape, Berlin; 1992, About fishing, Artio gallery, Athens; Ogrody, Poznań, Poland; 1993, Transformations of the Modern: the Greek experience, National Gallery, Athens; 1994, Out of limits, Wielka Gallery, Poznań, Poland; 1995, ICHTHYS (FISH), Artio gallery, Athens; 19951996, Nafpaktos, European Capital of Culture ’96, Tickon, Copenhagen, Denmark; 1998, Entertainment Ι, Artio gallery, Athens; 1999-2000, 19462000, como humo se va, Artio gallery, Athens; 2001, Entertainment ΙΙ, Artio gallery, Athens; 2002-2003, The Pioneers, the Beltsios Collection, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki; 20032004, Phonopolis, Artio gallery, Athens; 2004, Breakthrough, ARCO, Madrid; 2006-2007, Voice-OGraph, Batagianni Gallery, Athens; 2011-2012 Tobacco Area 1986-2011, Batagianni Gallery, Athens.


MARKOS GEORGILAKIS Born in Spili, a village near Rethymno, Crete, in 1957. 1986 Diploma in Mechanical Engineering and degree from the former “A.S.E.TE.M.” / “S.E.L.E.T.E.” (Higher School of Pedagogical & Technical Education / Technical & Vocational Teacher Training Institute) institutions. 1987-1992 Studies in sculpture at the A.S.F.A. 1992 Edinburgh College of Art (Erasmus scholarship). 1994-1996 Scholarship for postgraduate studies awarded by the State Scholarships Foundation. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the A.S.F.A. He has held six (6) solo exhibitions and has participated in many group exhibitions. IOANNIS GOURZIS www.engraver.gr

GEORGIOS HARVALIAS Born in Athens in 1956. He lives and works in Athens. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1976-1983), initially at the Preparatory Studio under Dimitris Mytaras and Lefteris Kanakakis, and then at the Studio of Dimosthenis Kokkinidis. Later on, as a young scientific collaborator of the A.S.F.A., he continued his training under Nikos Kessanlis. He is currently an Associate Professor, Head of the “Master in Visual Art Forms” Postgraduate Studies Programme of the A.S.F.A. In 2006, he was elected Vice-Rector of the A.S.F.A. and, in 2009, Rector of the Institution. Since 1996, he has developed a significant research activity in the context of many A.S.F.A. or inter-universitary research programmes and projects, in the fields of Visual Arts, the new, expanded means of expression and media, Art education and new technology infrastructures. He has held the following solo exhibitions: Batagianni Gallery – Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens (2009), AD gallery, Athens (2005), Artio gallery, Athens (1993, 1995, 1999, 2003), Eleni Koronaiou Gallery, Athens (1991), Polyplano gallery, Athens (1985). His participations in group exhibitions include, but are not limited to: Athens, European Capital of Culture, Athens, 1985; 2nd Biennial of Young Artists from the European Mediterranean, 1986; Antipodes, Young Greek Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 1987; 16th Alexandria Biennial 1987; ΚunstEuropa, Staatlichen Κunsthalle, Berlin, 1991; Pro Patria, House of Cyprus, Athens, 1995; Greek Realities, Stiftung Neue Kultur – Galerie im Marstall, Berlin, 1996; Greek Realities, Kunsthalle Brandts Klaedefabrik – Odense, Denmark, 1997; Montrouge – Athènes, 42e Salon d’Art Contemporain, France, 1997; Focus of Gaze, Larissa Visual Art Centre, 1997; Alexandria Biennial, Egypt, 1997 (National Pavilion distinction); Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 1998; An outing, the Beltsios Collection, 2006; In the Labyrinths of Winds, Guernica, Spain, 2007; Locations, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art Collection, Benaki Museum, Athens, 2007; Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2008; Politics of Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, 2010; Ready Made, Municipal Gallery of Kalamata, 2011; A tribute to the “Artio” gallery, Athens, 2011.

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ANASTASSIOS CHRISTAKIS Anastassios (Tassos) Christakis was born in Anatoliki, near Ioannina, in 1947. He studied Painting (1967-1972) and Stage design (1970-1972) at the A.S.F.A. He travelled to various European countries, where he stayed for long periods. From 1977 to 1982, he was permanently settled in the United States. From 1978 to 1981, he attended a “Master in Arts” programme in Painting, at the Boston University. From 1982 to 1989, he taught at said Institution, as well as the A.S.F.A., as a Scientific Collaborator. In 1995, he was elected Assistant Professor and, in 2000, full Professor at the A.S.F.A. Since 2000, he has been Director of the 8th Painting Studio, and since 2004 he has been Head of the “Master in Visual Arts” postgraduate studies programme. He has held six solo exhibitions, in Athens, Helsinki, and Copenhagen; his latest work, titled Samarkand, was exhibited in 2008 at the Benaki Museum. He has also participated in many group exhibitions, and has represented Greece in the following exhibitions: European Painters (Strasbourg, 1988), EXPO ’92 (Seville, 1992), Tel Aviv Museum of Art (1998), Beijing National Museum (2008), Vienna Museum (2008), and Transexperiences Greece 2008 (798 Art Space, Beijing).

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GEORGIOS HOULIARAS Georgios Houliaras was born in Ioannina in 1947. He graduated from the Zosimaia School in 1964. From 1965 to 1977, he studied sculpture in Athens (A.S.F.A.), London (West Surrey College of Art), and Paris (École des Beaux-arts). Since 1977, he has been living and working in Athens. 1978: Together with colleagues of his, he establishes the “Sculptors’ Association”, with a view to holding open-air exhibitions and highlighting contemporary Sculpture. 1981: Curator of Sculpture at the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece. During his term, he worked to reform the legal framework governing the holding of contests, and to bring forward the contemporary Sculpture in the public space. At the same time, with the conviction that Sculpture should be present in life and organically tied to Architecture, he teams up with several architects to shape spaces and utensils. Together with a group of colleagues, he organises symposia on Sculpture in various Greek cities. He has held eight solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions, in Greece and abroad. 2001: He is elected Professor of Sculpture at the A.S.F.A. 2003-2006: Vice-Rector of the A.S.F.A.

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GEORGIOS KAZAZIS Georgios Kazazis was born in 1958 in Athens, where he currently lives and works. He has been a member of the T&R Staff of the Athens School of Fine Arts since 1990. Exhibitions (selection) 1985 Medusa Art Gallery, Athens (catalogue) 1989 Medusa Art Gallery, Athens (catalogue) 1992 Medusa Art Gallery, Athens (catalogue) 1993 The Sea in Greek Painting, Nees Morfes gallery, Athens (catalogue) 1995 Medusa + 1 Art Gallery, Athens (catalogue) 2000 Elvis Has Left the Building, Athens (catalogue) 2001 Els Hanappe Underground, Athens Art Athina, Els Hanappe Underground, Athens 2003 Depictions of AIDS through Art, Hellenic American Union, Athens 2004 Mickey meets Art, Hellenic American Union, Athens Domestic Alien, Ileana Tounta, Athens 2005 Visions, Byzantine and Christian Museum of

Athens, Athens (catalogue) Invisible (Love will tear us apart), 10th International Comics Festival, Gazi, Athens (catalogue) Rencontres Internationales 2005, Paris (catalogue) 2007 Art Act, Athens About Cyprus…, House of Cyprus, Athens (catalogue) 2008 Art Kessaris, Mykonos A4 project, Action Field Kodra 2008, Thessaloniki 2009 Couples in Life and Art: Eleni Dimitropoulou & George Kazazis, Gaia gallery, Piraeus (flyer) Dialogues, Against the Dogmatic Mode and in Favour of Fellowship, Ekfrasi and Fizz galleries, Athens and Papastratio Hall, Agrinio IOANNIS KONTARATOS Ioannis (Yiannis) Kontaratos was born in Athens in 1968. 1987-1992 He studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts (at the Studio of D. Kokkinidis). 1991 Having been awarded an Erasmus scholarship by the State Scholarships Foundation, he attended a semester at the Middlesex Polytechnic, in London. 2001-2003 He taught at the Department of Graphic Arts and Systems Design of the Aegean University. From 2003 to 2010, he taught as a member of the S&LT Staff, and since 2010 he has been teaching as a Lecturer at the Athens School of Fine Arts (8th Painting Studio). He has given lectures in various academic departments and has participated in congresses, with papers on various art-related topics. He is currently preparing his thesis on the visual-art work by William Blake, at the Department of Communication, Media and Culture of the Panteion University. Solo exhibitions 2002 Marilena Liakopoulou’s Athens Art Gallery 2006 Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center 2010 About: cultural venue, Athens Group exhibitions (selection) 1993 4th Biennial of European Visual Art Schools, M.E.C., Maastricht, Netherlands 1998 Four artists (Kontaratos, Matsouki, Samakouris, Xagoraris), Technopolis (Gazi), Athens 2003 2001-2002 Acquisitions, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens 2007 In present tense: Young Greek artists, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens


KONSTANTINA KOTSIOU Konstantina (Dina) Kotsiou was born in 1958 in Dresden, Germany. Studies 1976-1981 Printmaking, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens 1980-1982 Typography and the Art of Book, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens 1989-1992 Postgraduate dissertation in Lithography, by means of a scholarship by the State Scholarships Foundation 2002 Postgraduate studies in Lithography, Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, U.S.A. Activities 1982-1993 She taught at the Secondary Education 1993 She was elected a member of the Special Administrative & Technical Staff and taught Lithography at the 1st Printmaking Studio of the A.S.F.A. 2005 She was elected Lecturer at the 1st Printmaking Studio of the A.S.F.A. 2010 She was elected Assistant Professor at the 1st Printmaking Studio of the A.S.F.A. Solo exhibitions 1988 Printmaking-Painting, Nea Filadelfeia Cultural Centre, Athens 1990 Sketches and Prints, Rhodian Villa, Rhodes 1993 Printmaking, Theatre of Mytilene, Lesbos 1994 Prints and Colours, Anemos gallery, Kifissia Prints and Colours, Zakynthos art gallery, Zakynthos 1997 Printmaking, Nafplio Municipal Gallery, Nafplio 1999 Through the eyes of lost innocence, Astrolavos gallery, Piraeus 2000 Painting-Printmaking, “Theognis” Megara Cultural Association, Megara 2001 Prints and Sketches, Zakynthos art gallery, Zakynthos 2002 Colours and Prints, Lavyrinthos gallery, Katerini 2003 Sketches and Prints, Ermoupolis art gallery, Syros

2007 Cactus-Woman, “Tehnohoros” (Greek Printmakers’ Association), Athens 2009 Cactus-Woman, Vlassis art gallery, Thessaloniki She has also participated in many group exhibitions (in Greece, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria), the latest being the 2011 Art Athina, with the Ersis Gallery. She lives and works in Athens. GEORGIOS LAPPAS Georgios (George) Lappas was born in 1950 in Cairo and completed his secondary education studies in Athens. From 1970 to 1974, he studied Clinical Psychology at Reed College. He was active in the research field and participated in psychiatric programmes in various clinics in Salem (Oregon), San Francisco and San Diego (California). In 1974, as a recipient of a Watson scholarship, he travelled to India, where he collected documents on Indian Sculpture and Architecture. He also travelled to Iran and Afghanistan. In 1975, he studied for a year at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, in London. This was followed by an educational seminar in Italy. From 1976 to 1981, he studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (5-year studies of Sculpture, at the Pappas’s and Nikolaïdis’s Studios). In 1984, he was awarded a scholarship by the Institut Français for studies at the École Supérieure des Beaux-arts, in Paris, where he also studied Sculpture. In 1986-1987, he worked in France and England. In 1991, he stayed in Jouy-en-Josas, thanks to a Fondation Cartier scholarship. In 1995, he travelled to England, the United States, Korea, and Japan. Since 1988 he has been permanently working in Athens and teaching at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Solo exhibitions (selection): 1981 Iron grids, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, 1985 Abbacus, Zoumboulakis Gallery, 1987 Μappemonde, Zoumboulakis Gallery, 1990 Dice work, Galerie Bernier, Athens, 1991 Absolute dice, Glasgow, 1992 Red Bourgeois, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, 1992 Sculptures, Tanit gallery, Munich, 1993 The Attitude of the Artist, Galerie Bernier, 1996 Parafratellinalia, Retrospective at the Warehouse and the Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki, 1997 Light Works, Gentili gallery, Florence, 1997 Man in the presence of ghosts, Tanit gallery,

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2009 Turbulent Times, The Art Foundation (taf), Athens 2009 Dialogues, Ekfrasi and Fizz galleries, Athens 2010 Participation in the Art Athina, with the About: cultural venue.

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Munich, 1997 Elbo, Galerie Bernier, Athens, 1998 Elbo, Lehmann Maupin gallery, New York, 2001 The escape of Laocoon, Bernier/Eliades gallery, 2004 Sculptures, Diaspro gallery, Nicosia, 2005 G. Lappas, Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Rethymno, 2007 Sculptures, Xippas Gallery, Paris. Group exhibitions (selection): 1982 Biennial of Young Artists, Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 1982 Europalia ’82, Hasselt, Belgium, 1987 São Paulo Biennial, Brazil, 1988 Venice Biennale, Aperto, 1989 Psychological abstraction, DESTE Foundation, Athens, 1990 Venice Biennale, Greek Pavilion, with Yiannis Bouteas, 1991 Metropolis, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 1992 Post-Human, Greece, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Israel, 1994 Metis (Craft), Goulandris Museum, 1995 Gwangju Biennale, Korea, 1996 Everything That’s Interesting Is New, The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, 1997 Kunst Im Kontorhaus Mitte, Berlin, 2001 Magicians and Magic, Pavlidis Estate, Athens, 2003 Outlook, Athens, 2004 Giants, The Hague, 2004 Monument to now, The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, 2007 Gmurzynska gallery, Zurich, 2008 Nord City Park, Hamburg, 2010 Super Load, AMP gallery, Athens.

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GEORGIOS-THOMAS LAZONGAS Georgios-Thomas (Yorgos) Lazongas was born in 1945 in Larissa. He studied architecture at the University of Thessaloniki and, later on, having been awarded a scholarship by the French Government, he studied in Paris, at the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs and the École des Arts Appliqués, where he distinguished himself among 50 scholarship recipients. In 1972, he was awarded the 1st Award for young artists by the Hellenic American Union of Athens. In 1982, he was awarded a Prix Europe bronze medal, in Ostend, Belgium. Until 1985, he lived and worked in Paris and Thessaloniki, teaching at the Visual Arts Studio of the Faculty of Architecture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Since 2008, he is a Professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts. During his years in France, he participated in exhibitions, in the spirit of the conceptual art of the 1970s. His collaboration with Alexander Iolas gave him the opportunity to meet and team up with influential foreign artists. His work is divided into three periods: During the first one (1974-1980), Lazongas focuses

on image and its substructure. He explores writing in painting, upon which layers of slides with drawings can be added. He explores the concept of Palimpsest in a two-way sense –back and forth in time–, by adding or removing writings, with collage and décollage. In his themes, he is preoccupied with the social dimension of image and visual communication, with works reshaping and redefining the everyday experience, such as in the Camping gaz canisters series (“an object open to multiple readings”), or in installations, such as “Bitter Victory” in different versions. During the same period, he also holds performances, which expand and broaden his research in materials and processes. In his installations, he uses stones, stray feathers, glass, mirrors, papers, fabrics – bits and pieces. The concept of the bed (“eros-hypnos-nostosthanatos”, i.e. love-sleep-homesickness-death) dominates the second period (1981-1990), as well as Blind Painting, the “Ineffable-Hidden/Cryptic”. Using as his main material the opaque carbon paper, he blind-traces his drawing, thus exploring in alternative ways the concept of trace. Blind Painting is the drawing trace lost or revealed in the context of the “Hidden/Cryptic-Ineffable” dipole. During the third period (1990 and thereafter), he is interested in the concepts of air and Breath. Exploring the visual narrative, he highlights the dynamics of the abstract element, which signifies the primordial and, at the same time, magical dimension of space. With references to the ancient imagery, he juxtaposes, re-writes, mimics or copies (Palimpsests), in order to reform new structures impregnated by modernism and the avant-garde of the 1970s. In his performances, as well as in the slides he used, he referred to the concepts of opacity and of the artist’s self-confinement in his space. Blind space-time. Artworks of his are exhibited in museums and private collections, in Greece and abroad. AFRODITI LITI Diploma in Sculpture, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens. Degree in mosaic art, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens. 1978 Scholarship by the Italian Government, studies in Italian culture, University of Milan. 1978-1980 Degree in fresco and portable-icon techniques, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens.


2007 Sculpted rings, Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, Athens. Exhibition curated and flyer edited by: Ioanna Lalaouni. Afroditi Liti at the Numismatic Museum: a fruitful encounter, Numismatic Museum of Athens, Iliou Melathron, Athens. Monograph, theoretical texts by: Afroditi Kouria, Despoina Evgenidou. MICHAIL MANOUSSAKIS Michail (Michalis) Manoussakis was born in 1953, in Chania, Crete. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts, at the Studio of D. Kokkinidis, graduating in 1984. In 2009, he was elected Associate Professor at the A.S.F.A. Solo exhibitions 1979 Diagonios gallery, Thessaloniki 1986 Ora gallery, Athens 1993 Europe Art, Geneva 1998 Zoumboulakis gallery, Athens 2001 Zoumboulakis gallery, Athens 2001 Rossi and Rossi gallery, London 2002 Artforum gallery, Thessaloniki 2005 Nees Morfes gallery, Athens 2006 C.K. gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus 2007 Present Perfect tense, Falatados School, Tinos 2008 Ekfrasi-Fizz gallery, Athens Group exhibitions (selection) 1998 Contemporary Greek Art, Three Generations of Artists, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, (M. LambrakiPlaka). International meeting at the European Delphi Centre, (A. Schina). A tribute to El Greco, National Gallery, (M. LambrakiPlaka). 2000 The Leonidas Beltsios Collection, Cultural Organisation of the Municipality of Trikala, Trikala, (M. Stefanidis). The Frissiras Museum of Contemporary European Painting, (M. Stefanidis, M. Karra). Approaches of Hellenicity, The ’80s’ and ’90s’ Generations, Athens Municipal Gallery; Dalarna-Falun Museum, Hellenic Cultural House of Stockholm, Sweden; Vianden Castle, Luxembourg (N. Kyriazi). 2004 Near Likeness, Versions of a portrait of Antonis Benakis, Benaki Museum (Pireos str. venue), (Th. Moutsopoulos). God Becomes a Man, A tribute to the Athens Olympics. Silver medal (audience award). Museum

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1979 Appointment as a museum sculptor at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. 1979-1981 Scholarship by the Kassimatis Foundation for postgraduate studies in Europe. 1983-1986 Scholarship by the State Scholarships Foundation for postgraduate studies in England. 1983-1986 Bachelor in restoration-conservation, University of London. 1984 Honorary distinction, in the field of Sculpture, by the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece. 1999 Appointment to the A.S.F.A. as a member of the T&R Staff. 2001 Honorary distinction, in the field of Sculpture, by the Glyfada Cultural Centre. 2010 Honorary distinction by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for her participation in the exhibition Treasures of Tradition, organised by the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki at the Museum of Byzantine Culture. Solo exhibitions (selection) 1994 From culture to nature, Mylos, Thessaloniki. Exhibition curated & theoretical text by: Dorothea Konteletzidou. The conference of the birds and fruits, Athens Art Gallery, Athens. Monograph, theoretical text by: Katerina Kafopoulou. 1995 A stroll through the theatre of nature, Zina Athanassiadou Gallery, Thessaloniki. Monograph, theoretical text by: Sania Pappa. 1997 The secret gardens, Athens Art Gallery, Athens. Monograph, theoretical text by: Takis Mavrotas. 1998 The enigmatic princesses, Athens Art Gallery, Athens. Monograph, theoretical text by: Afroditi Liti. 2000 The coastal landscape, Athens Art Gallery, Athens. Monograph, theoretical text by: Athena Schina. 2002 The rings, Zina Athanassiadou Gallery, Thessaloniki. Exhibition curated by: Irini Orati. 2004 The bliss of sharing the fruit, Athens Art Gallery, Athens. Monograph, theoretical text by: Irini Orati. Dive into the realm of innocence, Filothei Cultural Centre, Athens. Monograph, theoretical text by: Katerina Perpinioti. 2006 Treasures of Tradition, Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki. Catalogue edited by: Nora Skouteri; exhibition curated by: Efthymia Koundoura, Nora Skouteri.

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of Modern Art, Estonia, (Mark Soousaar). Deleting Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, (Lina Tsikouta). 322+1 Artists Donors, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki. Voyage, Flowers East gallery, London. 2007 Classical memories in contemporary Greek art, Capital Museum of China, Beijing, China; Istanbul, Turkey. Love Will Tear Us Apart, Babel magazine, Technopolis, Gazi, Athens. 2008 The dynamics of the image, B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation, (Dora Iliopoulou-Rogan). Antiquity and Modernism, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. The Big Sleep, Kalamata Municipal Gallery, (Th. Moutsopoulos). 2009 35 artists for democracy, Zappeion Megaron (Takis Mavrotas).

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NIKOLAOS NAVRIDIS Nikolaos (Nikos) Navridis was born in Athens. He studied Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and Painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Since 2008, he has been teaching Visual Arts at the Athens School of Fine Arts. He has held many solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions and significant international events, including: Respiro (Breath), ZOE Foundation, Vicenza; The First Image, CRAC, Contemporary Art Center, Sete, France, 2009; Transexperiences Greece 2008, 798 Art Space Beijing, China; Take a deep breath, Tate Modern, London, UK; Bodycity, Video Apartment project, Docklands, Dublin, Ireland; Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens; 18:Beckett, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Canada; Venice Istanbul, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey; Always a Little Further, 51st Venice Biennial, Arsenale, Venice, Italy; Nuit Blanche. 2004, Hôpital Saint Lazare, Paris, France; Nikos Navridis, Difficult Breaths, Foundation La Caixa, Madrid, Spain; Monument to Now, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens; 2nd Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003, Echigo Tsumari, Japan; Banquette, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain; Art in Transition II, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh North Carolina, USA; Plateau of Humankind, 49th Venice Biennial, Greek Pavilion,

Venice, Italy; Leaving the Island..., PICAF, Metropolitan Museum of Pusan, South Korea; Friends and Neighbors, Limerick, Ireland; Looking for a Place, 3rd International Biennial, SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; Hot Air, Granship, Performing Arts Center, Shizuoka, Japan; Medialization, Edsvic Art Center, Stockholm, Sweden; On Life, Beauty, Translations and other Difficulties, 5th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey; Question of the Age of the Void, São Paulo Biennial, Brazil. Artworks of his are exhibited in private collections and museums, in Greece and abroad. TRIANTAFYLLOS PATRASKIDIS Born in Drama in 1946. He studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1964-1969) under Yiannis Moralis and Nikos Nikolaou, as well as mosaic art under Elli Voïla. He continued his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts in Paris, where he lived from 1972 to 1979. During his stay there, he studied painting under Gustave Singier, mosaic art under Riccardo Licata, and lithography under Hubert Haddad. From 1981 to 1984, he taught at the Preparatory Studio of the A.S.F.A. as a Teaching Assistant. In 1984, he was elected Professor at the A.S.F.A., thus succeeding Yiannis Moralis who had retired, and was appointed Director of the Preparatory Studio. Since 1987, he has been Director of the 6th Painting Studio. He has also held the posts of Vice-Rector (1988-1989, 2000-2001) and Rector (20062010) of the A.S.F.A. He has held several solo exhibitions and has participated in many group exhibitions, the latter including the 17th São Paulo Biennial, in Brazil, and the 1992 EXPO, in Seville, Spain. He has collaborated with many architects and has created large-scale mosaics in Paris and Athens. In 1981, 1985, and 1992, he presented sound and voice artworks, composed and performed by himself. In 1989, he designed the “Greece – Homeland of the Olympic Games” stamps’ commemorative issue. He has participated in various committees on visual-art issues of the Ministry of Culture and the Hellenic Parliament, as well as in committees of the Ministry of Education. He lives and works in Athens. Solo exhibitions (selection) 1981 Painting – Drawing – Sound, Ora gallery 1985 Painting in space – Music, Ora gallery


APOSTOLOS PEIROUNIDIS Apostolos (Akis) Peirounidis was born in 1948 in Xanthi. Studies 1968 Preparatory Studio, Athens School of Fine Arts (under Nikos Nikolaou) 1969-1972 Printmaking, Athens School of Fine Arts (under Kostas Grammatopoulos) 1975 Painting, École des Beaux-arts, Paris 1977-1978 Printmaking, postgraduate studies, Chelsea School of Art, London (Master of Arts). Exhibitions 1969 Memories from Mithymna, Hilton Art Gallery, Athens Exhibition of Young Printmakers, Macedonian Art Association, Thessaloniki 1976 Five Artists exhibit at “Syllogi”, Syllogi Art Gallery, Athens 1978 Young Printmakers, Genil gallery, London 1981 Printmaking, solo exhibition, Chryssothemis Art Gallery, Athens 2nd Biennial of European Graphic Art, Baden Baden Seminars on Printmaking, Pan-Hellenic Cultural Movement, Athens 1982 6th Norwegian International Print Biennale, Fredrikstad, Norway Greek Printmaking, Athens Municipal Cultural Centre 1984 8th British International Print Biennale, Bradford International Triennale Intergraphic, Berlin 1985 Homage to the A.S.F.A. ΙΙΙ, Apopsi Art Centre, Athens

1986 8th Norwegian International Print Biennale, Biennale Prize 11th Biennale International de la Gravure, Krakow 1987 17th International Biennale of Graphic Art, Ljubljana 1989 9th Norwegian International Print Triennale, Fredrikstad (solo exhibition of the 8th Biennale’s Prize-Winners) 1st Bhahat Bhavan International Biennale of Prints, Bhopal, India 1992 1st International Print Biennale, Maastricht 10th Norwegian Print Triennale, Fredrikstad 2002 Printmaking Exhibition, Apollon Gallery, Rafina 2004 Visual Culture Centre, Čačak Izložbe Grafika Atine, Klub Centra 2007 DIIKONTES +, solo exhibition, Maison Artistique Gallery International Visual Forum de natura east west, ARTOWER ATHINA European Artists’ Elective Affinities, Frissiras Museum 2008 Greek Printmaking Panorama, Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, Technopolis 1st Mediterranean Countries’ Printmaking Triennial, Tribute to Greek Printmaking, Rhodes 2009 Lost in time, solo exhibition, Thanassis Frissiras Gallery Shield and Symbol from the Ancient Veil to the Hijab, Athinais cultural centre 1st Athens Printmaking Festival, City of Athens 2011 Black & White, Frissiras Museum Screen Printing Seminar, Municipality of Nikaia Printmaking Workshop Distinctions 1968-1972 Scholarships by the State Scholarships Foundation 1976 3-year scholarship for studies abroad by the State Scholarships Foundation 1986 Biennale Prize Norsk International Graphic Bien EFTHALIA PEZANOU Efthalia (Lili) Pezanou was born in Athens in 1956. She holds a Diploma in Architecture by the National Technical University of Athens (1974-1980). She has worked as an architect and as an assistant stage and costume designer for theatre and cinema productions under Dionysis Fotopoulos, in Greece and abroad (1980-1992). Since 1986, she has been pre-

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1989 Painting – Sculpture (in Iron), Titanium gallery 1990 Painting – Sculpture (in Iron), Municipal Gallery of Patras 1991 Acrobatics, Painting, Agathi gallery 1992 The space of the human myth, Installation (Architectural space – Painting – Music), Ekfrasi Art Gallery 1995 Trilogy ’95, Installation – Painting, Art Athina, Ekfrasi Art Gallery 1997 Painting, Ekfrasi Art Gallery 2003 Painting – Drawings – Video, Galerie, Patras 2004 Painting – Sculpture – Drawings – Video, Astrolavos 1 gallery (Xanthippou venue) Painting – Drawings, Astrolavos 2 gallery (Irodotou venue)

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senting her work as a stage and costume designer, in collaboration with state theatres and various theatre companies. She has signed the stage design for plays of the ancient Greek, classical, and modern repertory, for plays based on poetic texts, for lyrical theatre and dance performances etc. She has also collaborated on cinema and television projects. Her activities include theatrical stage design, organisation and design of exhibitions in collaboration with leading museums as well as the design of book editions. She was a member of the creative team that designed and performed the Athens 2004 Olympic Games’ Opening and Closing Ceremonies, having designed the stage set and the overall space configuration. Since May 2009, she is an Assistant Professor at the A.S.F.A. in Athens, teaching the course of Stage Design.

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JANNIS PSYCHOPEDIS Jannis Psychopedis was born in Athens in 1945. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (19631968) and continued with postgraduate studies at the Academy of Fine Arts (Akademie der Bildenden Künste München) in Munich (1971-1976), having been awarded a scholarship by the German State. He was a founder-member of the “New Greek Realists” group (1971) and of the “K.E.T.” (Centre for Visual Arts) in Athens (1974-1976). He was also a member of the “10/9” group of artists in Munich (1975), and was invited to participate in the DAAD West Berlin artistic programme (1977). From 1977 to 1986, he lived and worked in Berlin. From 1987 to 1997, he lived and worked in Brussels. In 1994, he was elected Professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts. He has presented his work in many solo and group exhibitions in Greece, France, West and East Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Yugoslavia, Romania, Ireland, Albania, Cyprus, the United States, Sweden, Israel, the UK, the Netherlands, Turkey, Egypt, Italy, Canada, etc., in private and public galleries and museums. DIMITRIOS SAKELLION Dimitrios (Dimitris) Sakellion was born in 1949 in Volos, and lived in Piraeus and Athens, where he received his elementary education. He studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts and, upon completion of his studies, he continued with studies at the École Supérieure des Beaux-arts in Paris,

from 1973 to 1977, having been awarded a relevant scholarship. In 1978, he returned to Athens, where he is currently living and working. In 1999, he was elected Professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts and has held the post of Director of the 5th Painting Studio since. He has presented his work, in its entire evolutionary range, in ten solo and twenty group exhibitions in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Strasbourg, Madrid, Athens, Thessaloniki, Delphi, and Patras. PAVLOS SAMIOS Pavlos Samios was born in Athens in 1948. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts, under Y. Moralis and N. Nikolaou. After a long stay in Paris, he is currently living and working in Athens. He is Assistant Professor at the Fresco and Portable Icons Technique Studio. He has participated in many exhibitions in Greece and abroad. His most significant solo exhibitions were held at the Sammy King gallery in Paris (1982, 1992, 1995, 1999), the Gallery K in London (1997, 2000), the Zoumboulakis Gallery in Athens, the ZM Gallery in Thessaloniki, the Kapopoulos FineArts Halls (Athens / Mykonos), the Benaki Museum, etc. He has also participated in many group exhibitions. Using the fresco technique, he has decorated many small churches in Corfu, Mykonos and elsewhere. Website: http://www.samiospavlos.gr/ Email: pavlos@samiospavlos.gr MATTHAIOS SANTORINAIOS Matthaios (Manthos) Santorinaios is a Digital Art artist & researcher. He is an Assistant Professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts (at the MultimediaHypermedia Studio). He was the founder of and is currently a counsellor at the FOURNOS Centre for Digital Culture (www.fournos-culture.gr) and the Mediaterra Festival. He is active in issues regarding the Digital Culture, at both theoretical and practical level. He studied in Paris, at the “Beaux-arts” and the Université Paris 8. He has directed films and television programmes (1985-1995). The works of his first artistic period fall within the video-art domain and multi-art spectacles, while during his second artistic period he creates artworks in the fields of interactive installations, virtual reality and networks. Such works have been presented in festivals and museums in Greece and abroad (Argos Festival,


MARY SCHINA Mary Schina was born in Serres in 1948. She is Assistant Professor of Printmaking at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Studies 1966-1971 Athens School of Fine Arts, Printmaking (Greek Government scholarship). 1971-1973 Athens School of Fine Arts, Typography and the Art of Book 1976-1981 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Lithography, Paris (French Government scholarship). 1996-1997 New York University, Advanced Colour Printmaking Dept., visiting artist, New York 2004 Columbia College Chicago, visiting A.S.F.A. lecturer, in the context of exchange programmes. Exhibitions She has held 24 solo exhibitions in Greece, Cyprus, India, Germany, Paris, New York, River Falls (Wisconsin, USA), and has participated in more than 90 International Biennials and group exhibitions in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, France, Austria, Luxembourg, Spain, Norway, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Lebanon, Egypt, Japan, and Turkey. Her installation titled Aegean Sea – Light and Colours, with 40 digital prints on Chinese silk, photo-transferred from woodcuts, 2.50x10x12m, was presented at: – the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Tracings, Thessaloniki, 2007 – the Gallery 101, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, USA, 2008 – the 1st Rhodes Art Festival, Modern Greek Art Museum, 2009 – the Art Foundation (t.a.f.), as Aegean Sea Odes, Athens, 2010 – the Art Athina, with the Ersis Gallery, 2011

Distinctions 2003 “Dr. Iwasaki Award”, 4th Kyoto International Woodprint Exhibition, Japan 2009 “Rector’s of the Szczecin Academy of Applied Art Award”, International Print Triennial, Krakow 2009, Krakow, Poland Artworks of hers are displayed in museum exhibitions, galleries, and private collections, in Greece and abroad. MAGDALINI SIAMKOURI Magdalini (Magda) Siamkouri is a painter and printmaker, a Lecturer at the Athens School of Fine Arts. She was born in Thessaloniki and studied in Athens, at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1980-1985), under Mytaras, Tetsis, Valavanidis, Exarchopoulos, Peirounidis. Having been awarded a scholarship by the State Scholarships Foundation, she continued with postgraduate studies in London, at the Royal College of Art and the Central-St. Martin’s School of Art (1986-1989). Solo exhibitions 1989 Blenheim Gallery, London 1992 Nees Morfes gallery, Athens 1995 Astir gallery, Athens 1996 Studio Sienko, London 1999 Atrion, gallery Thessaloniki 2003 Ekfrasi gallery, Yianna Grammatopoulou, Athens 2010 ArtAct Alternative Art Space, Athens She has also participated in many group exhibitions, in Greece and abroad. Since 1990, she has been teaching at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Collections – Ministry of Culture, Athens – at Greek Embassies abroad – the Cycladic Art Gallery, Syros – the Gallery of the Anthropological and Paleontological Museum of Ptolemais – the Larnaca City Hall, Cyprus – Alpha Bank, Athens – “TECHNI” Macedonian Art Association, Thessaloniki – the Sotiris Tsoukalis Collection, Thessaloniki – Bayerische Vereinsbank, Athens – the Modern Greek Art Museum of the Municipality of Rhodes, Rhodes

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Roma Europa, Locarno Festival, Video fest, Festival Interférences, Festival Video Brasil, Festival de Lille etc.). He has also edited the Games Realities catalogue (Mediaterra, 2006) and authored the book De la civilisation du papier à la civilisation du numérique (“From paper to digital civilisation”) (Harmattan, 2008). Email: msantori@otenet.gr

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YIANNIS SKALTSAS Yiannis Skaltsas was born in Germany in 1968. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts, and also attended courses at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich and the School of Visual Arts in New York. He is an Assistant Professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts, teaching at the 7th Painting Studio, since 1998. He has been scientific supervisor of the research project “Female graduates of the Athens School of Fine Arts, 1980-2004: An inter-disciplinary approach”, in the context of the “Pythagoras II” programme. He has held solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions, in Greece and abroad.

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MARIOS SPILIOPOULOS Marios Spiliopoulos was born in Polygyros, Chalkidiki. He studied Electrical Engineering at the Thessaloniki H.T.E.I. and painting at the A.S.F.A. He is a Professor at the A.S.F.A., where he has been teaching since 1991. Since 2005, he holds the post of Director of the 3rd Painting Studio. In 1998, he participated in the study group preparing the establishment of the “Master in Visual Arts” Postgraduate Studies Programme (P.S.P.); he has been teaching at said P.S.P. since its establishment in 2003, being also a member of its Coordinating Committee. In 1990 he participated in workshops at the Glasgow Sculpture Studio in Scotland, and in 1995 at the T.I.C.K.O.N (Tranekaer International Centre for Art and Nature) in Denmark. He has represented Greece at three “European Capital of Culture” editions, namely at Glasgow (1990), Madrid (1992), and Copenhagen (1996), as well as at the 2nd Istanbul Biennale (1990). In 1994 he was awarded the “Grand Prix d’Alexandrie” during the 18th Mediterranean Countries’ Biennale, in Alexandria. He has held more than 20 solo exhibitions, including but not limited to: 1989, The Earthly Oil-Lamp; 1992, Mystery of the Bees; 1994, Memory outpost, Artio gallery; 1997, Landscapes of Being, Wigmore Fine Art gallery, London; 2003, Mystery of the Bees ΙΙΙ, Mystras archaeological site; 2006, Reading paintings, National Library; 2008, Human traces, 2008 Aeschyleia Festival, Old Olive Press, Elefsis. His participations in international events include: 1989, Mediterraneo per l’Arte Contemporanea, EXPOARTE, Bari; 1990, The Quest for the Secret Center, 2nd Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul; 1990, Out of limits,

Poznań, Poland; 1990 and 1991, LINEART, Foire d’Art Internationale, Ghent, Belgium; 1992, Sanat, Techni (Art), 14 Greek and Turkish contemporary artists, MJU, Istanbul Museum of Sculpture and Painting; 1991, Spiral: 12 Greek creators, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid; 1992, Transformations of the Modern: the Greek experience, National Gallery; 1996, Trilogy: Art – Nature – Science, Copenhagen, European Capital of Culture ’96, TICKON, Langeland, Denmark; 1996, Art Contemporain, 42e Salon de Montrouge, Paris; 1996, Heimatkunde-Patridognosia (Country Knowledge), ΚΧ / CAMPNAGNEL, Hamburg; 1998, Contemporary Greek Art, Three Generations of Artists, Tel Aviv Museum of Art; 1999, Approaches of Hellenicity, The ’80s’ and ’90s’ Generations, Dalarna Museum, Falun, Sweden & Vianden Castle, Luxembourg; 1999, Greek Contemporary Art, European Central Bank, Frankfurt; 1999, Greek Painting 1950-1999, National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest; 2001, Mythologies of the Book, Contemporary Greek Artists, Frankfurt Book Fair Forum, Frankfurt; 2002, Synopsis 2 – Theologies, National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST); 2005, Myths and Antimyths, Cultural Center Lesnica Castle, Wroclaw, Poland; 2007, L’Uomo del Mediterraneo, Complesso del Vittoriano (Salone centrale), Rome; 2009, Human Traces Νο2, 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale; 2010, The landscape of Being, National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST). Artworks of his are exhibited in private and public collections in Greece, Turkey, Belgium, France, Poland, the UK, Germany, Israel, Denmark, and the United States. Webpage: www.mariosspiliopoulos.com Email: spmario@otenet.gr STYLIANI SYLOGIDOU Styliani (Stella) Sylogidou was born in 1945 in Piraeus. Teaching experience 2004-2007 Adjunct Professor (P.D. 407/1980) at the 2nd Sculpture Studio 2007-present Lecturer at the 2nd Sculpture Studio Studies 1968-1971 Vakalo art & design college. 1988-1994 Painting studies at the A.S.F.A., 5th Painting Studio, under P. Tetsis and R. Papaspyrou. Icon painting and sculpture. 1996-2003 Sculpture studies at the A.S.F.A., 2nd


NIKOLAOS TRANOS Nikolaos (Nikos) Tranos was born in Zarakes (Euboea) in 1957. He studied sculpture at the A.S.F.A. (1983-1988), and at the École Nationale des Beauxarts, in Paris, by means of both Erasmus-programme and State Scholarships Foundation scholarships (1990-1991). Having been awarded another State Scholarships Foundation scholarship, he continued with postgraduate studies in “installations and elements of installations” at the A.S.F.A. Since 2005, he has been teaching Sculpture at the A.S.F.A. as an Assistant Professor. He has held solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions, in Greece and abroad. His solo exhibitions include: Houses of lead, Passage à l’acte, installation, Artio gallery, Athens, 1990; Memory Monument, installation, Artio gallery, Athens, 1992; Burning house, installation, Artio gallery, Athens, 1994; Building stones, installation, Kalfayan gallery, Thessaloniki, 1995; Torball, special specifications installation, Artio gallery, Athens, 1997; Careful! This is not lightweight, installation, Kalfayan gallery, Thessaloniki, 1998; Travel warnings, installation, Artio gallery, Athens, 2000; Spell your name, installation, Artio gallery, Athens, 2002; Hospital-acquired infections, installation, AD gallery, Athens, 2005; Crimen Majestatis, installation, AD gallery, Athens, 2007; Locked Time, installation, Donopoulos Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2009.

He has also participated in group exhibitions, including but not limited to: 2nd Biennale for Young Mediterranean Artists, Thessaloniki, 1986; Biennale ’88, Bologna, Italy, 1988; Anti-festival, Athens, 1989; Out of Limits, Wielka 19 Gallery, Poznań, Poland, 1990; Contigura 2. Dialog der Kulturen, Internationale Triennale des Kunsthandwerks Erfurt, Germany, 1995; Greek Realities, Marstall gallery, Berlin & Kunsthellen Brandts Klaedetabrik, Odense, Denmark, 1996; Inside, International Art Exhibition (in the context of the Documenta X art show), Kassel, Germany, 1997; Greece, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, 1999; DESTE Prize, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, 2003; Marubi 2004, Tirana National Gallery, 2004; Makronisos project, concept-production: Savra-Art, 2005; Open Plan, Art Athina 2008; Paganism, performance, Art Athina 2009; Greek Art, Sem-Art Gallery, Monaco, 2011. He has organised and participated in many lectures and workshops. Since 2003, he is the co-founder of the SΑVRΑ-ART art group. VASSILIKI TSALAMATA Vassiliki (Vicky) Tsalamata was born in Athens. She is an Associate Professor, Director of the 2nd Printmaking Studio, as well as Director of the Printmaking Division, at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Studies: Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Italy. Μaster of Art in Printmaking, University College of London, Slade School of Fine Arts, London. Art of Paper, London College of Printing, London. She has presented her work in twenty-four solo exhibitions in Greece and abroad, in private and public galleries, museums, universities, as well as in international biennials and triennials. Solo exhibitions as Honorary Invitee: 2001, 21st Alexandria Biennale, Alexandria National Museum of Fine Arts; 2001, Belgrade School of Fine Arts, Serbia; 2001, Nadezda Petrovic Galerija Cacak, Serbia; 2002, Mesta Bratislava Palffiyho Palace Gallery, Slovakia; 2003, 18e Foire Internationale LeLac, 18e Salon du Printemps, Luxembourg; 2005-2009, Icon Data World Prints Permanent Exhibition, International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland; 2006, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki; 2007, Győr Museum of Fine Arts, in the context of the 9th International Printmaking Biennale, Győr, Hungary; 2008, National Gallery of Slovakia, Villa Vermes, Dunajska Streda, Slovakia.

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Sculpture Studio, under G. Lappas. Art education, photography. Group exhibitions 1994 A.S.F.A. Graduating Class Exhibition, National Gallery 2001 You’ve been home for too long, Psychari 36 Gallery Collaborating artists’ exhibition, Psychari 36 Gallery The A.S.F.A. Studios, (The Art News), Eynard Mansion 2003 Exhibition by the A.S.F.A. distinguished Sculpture graduates, “G. Karydis” Visual Arts Centre 2004 A.S.F.A. Graduating Class Exhibition, “The Factory” venue, A.S.F.A. 2005 Installation, Visual-art video exhibition, “Videoart”, “The Factory” venue, A.S.F.A. 2007 Outdoor Mural, Herakleidon Museum 2008 Unfoldments, Gallery V. Haitoglou Email: stellasylogidou@gmail.com

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She counts ninety-nine international participations in the most significant international printmaking biennials around the world, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States: 2011, Belgrade International Triennial as Honorary Invitee; 2003, 1994, 22nd and 18th Alexandria Biennale, Egypt, National Greek pavilion, honorary distinction; 2009, Krakow International Triennial, Poland; 2009, 2007, 2005, Győr, Hungary; 2008, Warsaw, Poland; 2007, Prints Tokyo, Japan; 2006, 2003, 1999, Cairo International Triennial, Egypt; 2004 Dalarna Museum, Falun, Sweden; 1998, 1994 Belgrade, Serbia; 1994, New Delhi, India; International Biennales of: Ljubljana, Slovenia; Biella, Italy; Kanagawa, Japan; Chamalières, France; Sint Niklaas, Belgium, etc. Awards: 1st Printmaking Award, House of Arts and Letters, Athens, 1985; 1st Printmaking Award, Serra San Quirico, Italy, 1989; Belgrade School of Fine Arts Award, 5th Belgrade International Biennale, 1998; 2nd Award, 1st Engravings & Prints Triennial, Ilios Printmaking Centre, Thessaloniki, 2008; she has also received fifteen international “highly commended” mentions. Artworks of hers are exhibited at the following museums: Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki; Belgrade National Museum, Serbia; Sakima Museum, Okinawa, Japan; Museum of Graphic Arts in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt; Municipal Museum of Arts, Győr, Hungary; Carbunari Museum, International Print Triennale Society Collection, Krakow, Poland, Romania, etc.; as well as in the following collections: the National Bank of Greece Collection; the Athens Municipal Gallery; the Αlpha Bank collection, etc. Her biographical note can be found in the Marquis Who’s Who In The World and the Marquis Who’s Who In America, N.J., USA, in the Great Minds Of The 21st Century, American Biographical Institute, N.C. USA, and is also reported by the International Biographical Center, Cambridge. ARISTOTELIS TZAKOS Born in 1957 in Athens. He studied painting at the A.S.F.A. (1975-1980), and continued with postgraduate studies in the United States, at the Washington University in St. Louis – School of Art (1980-1982). He holds a Master of Fine Arts. From February 1985 to March 2010, he taught Painting at the 2nd Painting Studio of the A.S.F.A. Since the academic year

2010-2011, he has been the Supervisor of the “Elements of Painting” required elective studio course. He has held ten solo exhibitions and has participated in many group exhibitions, in Greece and abroad. Email: aristotelistzakos@msn.com ANDRIANNA VERVETI Born in 1958. She studied painting for a brief period at the Rome Academy of Fine Arts. She studied sculpture at the A.S.F.A., under G. Nikolaïdis, and graduated with honours. She also attended materials, woodworking, marble-working, and metalworking studio courses, and has received the relevant degrees from the applied sculpture Plaster working – Bronze casting and Ceramics studios. Was awarded a 3-year scholarship by the State Scholarships Foundation for studies in “Sculpture in public places”. She worked at the Studies Bureau of the Municipality of Volos, working on the renovation and reshaping of the city’s squares. Since 1989, she has been teaching, as a Lecturer, the course “Drawing for sculptors” to the students of the Sculpture Studios. She has participated in group exhibitions. Solo exhibition: From information to sentiment, Zoumboulakis gallery, 1988. LEONI VIDALI Born in Athens. She is an Associate Professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Studies Elementary & Secondary Education, Mina Aidonopoulou School 1975-1980 Printmaking, Athens School of Fine Arts (Lithography award) 1978-1980 Typography and the Art of Book, A.S.F.A. (exhibited works award) 1983-1986 postgraduate project in Lithography (at the A.S.F.A. Studio, on scholarship by the State Scholarships Foundation) 1989 Printmaking, Royal College of Art, London 1992 Printmaking – Multimedia, Royal College of Art, London 1998-1999 Printmaking – Advanced Colour Printmaking Department (visiting professor), New York University, New York Exhibitions (selection) 1988 Wspotczesna Grafika Grecka, Naradowe National Museum, Warsaw


Hellenic Adventures, Bankside Gallery, London 2004 Greek printmakers in the 20th century, curated by Irini Orati, Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Rethymno Prints from the Balkans, Fallu Triennalen, Dalarna Museum, Sweden 2005 Monoprints – Unicum, curated by Irini Orati, Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas Gallery, Hellenic American Union, Athens The Alpha Bank collection, curated by Irini Orati, Benaki Museum (Pireos str. venue), Athens 2006 Monoprints – five Greek artists, curated by Irini Orati, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Artworks from the Alpha Bank collection – Greek Art, from 1920 to the present, curated by Irini Orati, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki 2007 Tracings, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki 2011 Ό,τι: The Art of Book at the Athens School of Fine Arts, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens From 1980 to 2000, she has designed, edited and illustrated art books and exhibitions catalogues for museums and galleries in Greece, Milan, Paris, London, and New York. VASSILEIOS VLASTARAS Vassileios (Vassilis) Vlastaras is a painter; he teaches at the Athens School of Fine Arts. He was born in Argos, where he completed his elementary and secondary education. He currently lives and works in Athens. He attended courses of architecture at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia and photography at the “A.K.T.O.” Art & Design College. He also studied graphic arts, specialising in animation, at the Athens H.T.E.I., and also filmmaking at the E. Hatzikou college, and painting at the A.S.F.A. He went on to pursue his M.Sc. in Interactive Multimedia at the University of Westminster of London, and the postgraduate studies programme “Design – Space – Culture” at the Faculty of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens. He is mainly working on largescale installations and paintings with the use of new media, as well as on experimentations with sound and moving images in real time. From 2002 to 2007, he was a founding member of the “platforms” art group. Since 2006, he has been the scientific su-

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1989 International Grafikkustilling, Grafica Norvegica, Stavanger, Norway Homage to Vasso Katraki, Velidio Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki International Lithography Exhibition, Galeri Norske Grafikere, Oslo 1990 Contemporary Greek Printmaking, The Arts Hall, Moscow 1991 Zeitgenossische Griechische Grafik, Palfucho Palace, Bratislava Zeitgenossiche Griechische Grafik, Hirch Palace, Schwetzingen, Germany 1994 Zeitgenossische Hellenische Druckgrafic, Konschthaus beim Engel, Luxembourg Sucasna Grecka, Julius Jakobi Museum, Kozice, Slovakia 1995 Gravures Helléniques Contemporaines, Palais de l’Unesco, Paris 1996 Contemporary Greek Painting, Hirsh Palace, Schwetzingen, Germany 1998 Printmaking and the NYU – Selected works from the permanent collection, New York 1999 Printmaking, solo exhibition, Rosenberg Gallery, New York 5th International Biennale of Drawing & Printmaking, Győr, Hungary Good to print, solo exhibition, “7” Gallery, Athens 2000 5th World Triennial of Small-size Prints, Chamalières, France International Printmaking Triennial – 100 cities, Dzierzoniow, Krakow 2001 Are there any really new ideas?, solo exhibition, Paratiritis gallery, Thessaloniki International Printmaking Triennial – 100 cities, Suwalki, Krakow Mythologies of the Book, Contemporary Greek Artists – Greece, guest of honour, curated by Efi Strousa, Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt 2002 Meetings, solo exhibition, Mesta Bratislava, Palfycho Palace, Bratislava Printmaking in SE Europe – Balkan Square, curated by Liljana Cincul, Warehouse Β, Thessaloniki Port Authority, Thessaloniki 2003 Artworks from the collection of the 5th World Triennial of Small-size Prints in Chamalières, Ilios Printmaking Centre, Thessaloniki 322+1, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greek printmakers in the 20th century, curated by Irini Orati, Eynard Mansion, Athens

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pervisor and organiser of the annual “Utopia Project” workshop organised by the A.S.F.A. in Rethymno, Crete. He has participated in many exhibitions and events in Greece and abroad.

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ZAFEIRIS XAGORARIS Zafeiris (Zafos) Xagoraris (Athens, 1963) studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His doctoral thesis, defended at the National Technical University of Athens, regarded the construction of “wonders” by Hero of Alexandria. He has participated in exhibitions such as: Manifesta 7, 2008, the Thessaloniki Biennale, 2007, the Bienal fin del Mundo, 2007, the São Paulo Bienal, 2006, and others. He was one of the curators of the Greek Pavilion for the Venice Architecture Biennale, 2004, and the 2nd Athens Biennale, 2009. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the A.S.F.A., having been in the past a visiting researcher at the Columbia University in the City of New York and invited to present his work in institutions such as the IUAV in Venice, the School of Visual Arts in New York, the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, the Palermo Academy of Fine Arts, the University of Illinois at Chicago, etc.

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ADJUNCT PROFESSORS (ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 5 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 407/1980)

“Scientists of established scientific merit, either holders of a doctoral degree, or displaying exceptional technical skills and experience, can be hired by decision of the Rector of the Institution, following a relevant recommendation by the interested Faculty, on the base of a fixed-term employment relationship, under private legal status, in order to perform teaching, research, scientific and organisational duties defined by the relevant contract. The above instructors, the number of whom cannot exceed the aggregate number of the appointed professors of all academic ranks of said Institution, have, for the entire term of their contract and as far as the work assigned to them is concerned, the duties and obligations of the professors of the academic rank their remuneration has been assimilated with, according to their qualifications. The term of the contract cannot exceed the duration of one Academic Year.”

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Academic discipline

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Antonopoulou Aikaterini Apostolou Athanassios Deligianni Patricia-Evgenia Dermatis Charalambos Diamantopoulos Taxiarchis Dimitriadi Nefeli Ginossatis Dimitrios Kassapakis Vlassios Kavvathas Dionyssios Koukos Dimitrios Koumbis Panagiotis Melanitis Ioannis Messinis Ioannis Patsourakis Eftychios Psarrou Vassiliki Raftopoulos Fotios

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Rentzis Athanassios

18 19

Sevastikoglou Petros Sideris Nikolaos

Technical support of interactive artworks Combined & Audiovisual Media Studio Graphic arts, Computer-aided design Printmaking Digital sound processing Internet art Media Aesthetics and Philosophy Cultural Informatics & Communication Media Aesthetics and Philosophy Painting Theory of Space Sculpture by means of digital media Painting Painting Stage design 3D graphics – Animation, Integrated Digital Sensor Systems Studio, Multimedia applications in art Aesthetics of Cinema and the Audiovisual media / Media forms and evolution Screenplay – Film directing Visual creation and the artist’s fantasy


ADJUNCT PROFESSORS no

Surname & Name

Academic discipline

20 21 22

Simitis Marios Skantzis Konstantinos Sotirchos Stavros

23 24 25 26 27

Stratou Danai Tiligadis Konstantinos Totskas Georgios Zacharopoulos Denys Zouroudis Dimitrios

Painting – New media Woodworking studio Multimedia systems, Interactive digital objects, Introduction to Programming Sculpture Multimedia & 3D graphics – Animation Photography Research methodology Interactive digital objects

SPECIALISED & LABORATORY TEACHING STAFF (S&LT STAFF)

S&LT STAFF no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Surname & Name

Academic discipline

Athanassiou Aikaterini Loukidis Loukas Merambeliotis Emmanouil Stamoulis Ioannis Tsolis Konstantinos Voutsas Alexandros Zoi Stavroula

Teaching Sculpture Teaching Sculpture techniques Teaching Painting techniques Teaching Painting techniques Teaching Painting techniques Specialisation in Photography Specialised technical laboratorial support and applied teaching work in the context of the Multimedia-Hypermedia studio course

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The members of the S&LT Staff perform special and/or laboratorial/applied teaching duties at the Higher Education Institutions. They are hired, following an open call, for a 3-year fixed term, following the expiration of which their performance is assessed, in order for them to be permanently appointed.

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SPECIALISED TECHNICAL LABORATORY STAFF (STL STAFF) The members of the STL Staff, or technical assistants, have a fundamental contribution to the operation of a Higher Education Institution; they provide specialised technical laboratorial services, ensuring that the Institution’s teaching, research and applied work is performed in the best possible terms. They are hired for a 5-year fixed term, following the expiration of which their performance is assessed, in order for them to be permanently appointed.

SLT STAFF

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Specialisation

Division

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Bakas Konstantinos Karapli-Khachaturian Panagiota Kokonaki Aggeliki Maggos Efstathios Metsovitis Pavlos

Printmaking Printmaking Painting Printmaking Printmaking

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Paltoglou Pavlos Tselepi Eirini Vanellis Dimitrios

Typesetter Photography Mosaic Typographer Cleaning & maintenance of Printmaking equipment Ceramics Library science

Department of Fine Arts

Sculpture

DETACHED FROM THE SECONDARY EDUCATION Surname & Name

Specialisation

Division

Anastassiadou Ourania

Sign language for students with hearing impairment

Painting Sculpture Printmaking


PROFESSORS EMERITI & HONORARY PROFESSORS The title of Professor Emeritus is awarded by the Special Composition Senate, following a recommendation by –at least– three (3) members of the Teaching & Research Staff (T&R Staff) of the Institution, to the members of the T&R Staff who are retiring at the rank of (full) professor, taking into consideration their overall contribution and the work accomplished. The title of Professor Emeritus has been conferred to the following professors:

Marina Lambraki-Plaka Niki Louizidi Panagiotis-Stamatis Metaxas Georgios Milios Dimitrios Mytaras Efthymios Panourgias Nafsika Panselinou-Koumbaraki Theodoros Papagiannis Aikaterini Papaspyrou-Vardaka Panagiotis Tetsis Ioannis Valavanidis Georgios Ziakas

Professor of Painting Professor of Printmaking Professor of Painting Professor of Theory of Space – History of Architecture Professor of History of Art Professor of History of Art Professor of Painting Professor of Printmaking Professor of Painting Professor of Sculpture Professor of History of Art Professor of Sculpture Professor of Painting Professor of Painting Professor of Painting Professor of Stage Design

The title of Honorary Professor is granted by the Senate. The procedure for awarding this title is specified in the Internal Rules of Operation of each H.E.I. (in the case of the A.S.F.A., a committee for drawing a plan of the Internal Rules of Operation has been formed). The title of Honorary Professor has been conferred to Jannis Kounellis.

HONORARY DOCTORS The title of Honorary Doctor (a doctoral degree honoris causa) is granted by the Department’s General Assembly to “Greek or foreign citizens who have excelled in Science or in the Arts & Letters, or have provided valuable services to the Nation or the Institution”. The title is conferred during an open ceremony, attended by the entire academic community. The title of Honorary Doctor has been awarded to the world-renowned art historians and theorists Messrs Denys Zacharopoulos and Christos M. Joachimides.

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Chronis Botsoglou Athanassios Exarchopoulos Dimosthenis Kokkinidis Savvas Kontaratos

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General Information


A.S.F.A. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

CONTACT INFORMATION

The A.S.F.A. Administrative Staff consists of fifty eight (58) civil servants manning its administrative, financial, and technical services. The A.S.F.A. administrative services are structured in administrative units according to the following organigramme:

RECTORIAL AUTHORITIES Rector Georgios Harvalias Associate Professor +30 210 3897121 +30 210 3897122 +30 210 3897163 Email: rector@asfa.gr

General Directorate of Administrative Services It is responsible for promoting the process towards modernising the Institution’s services, in the context of the goals set and decisions made by the Institution’s governing bodies, as well as for programming the activities and coordinating the operation of the following: a) Directorate of Administration & Personnel b) Directorate of Financial Administration c) Directorate of Academic Affairs d) Network Administration & Office Automation Directorate e) Independent Office of Rectorial Authorities & Public Relations

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Library Directorate It operates as an independent and decentralised service.

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Independent Art Gallery, Exhibitions, Photographic Archives & Documentation of the A.S.F.A. Collections Department Independent Department of Technical Services Senate Secretariat Rector’s Council Secretariat Academic Departments Secretariats Research Funds Special Account Secretariat The State Legal Service also runs a Legal Adviser Office within the A.S.F.A.

Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs, Research, and Personnel Panagiotis Charalambous Professor +30 210 3897153 +30 210 4801238 Email: vr-pcharalamb@asfa.gr Vice-Rector of Financial Programming, Development, and International Relations Manolis Baboussis Associate Professor +30 210 3897153 +30 210 4801248 Email: vr-baboussi@asfa.gr


A.S.F.A. ACADEMIC STAFF (T&R STAFF, S&LT STAFF, STL STAFF) Surname & Name

Academic Rank

Academic Field

Office Phone Number

Aggelidou Daphne Antonopoulos Aggelis Arfaras Michail Arvanitis Zacharias Athanassiou Aikaterini Baboussis Manolis Bakas Konstantinos Betsou Vassiliki Chandris Pantelis Charalambous Panagiotis Christakis Anastassios Daskalothanassis Nikolaos

Assistant Prof. Associate Prof. Professor Professor S&LT Staff Associate Prof. STL Staff Lecturer Lecturer Professor Professor Associate Prof., Department of Art Theory & History of Art Assistant Prof., Department of Art Theory & History of Art Assistant Prof., Department of Art Theory & History of Art Assistant Prof.

Mosaic Painting Printmaking Painting Sculpture Printmaking Printmaking Painting Painting Painting Painting Modern & Contemporary Art

210 4801309 210 4801224 210 4801275 210 4801224 210 4801225 210 4801248 210 4801270-272 210 4801242-230 210 4801238 210 4801238 210 4801219 210 4801271-178

Dialla Antonia Georgilakis Markos Gourzis Ioannis Harvalias Georgios Houliaras Georgios Ioannidis Andreas Karapli-Khachaturian Panagiota Karatzoglou Ioannis

Assistant Prof. Associate Prof. Professor Associate Prof., Department of Art Theory & History of Art STL Staff

Assistant Prof., Department of Art Theory & History of Art Kazazis Georgios Assistant Prof. Kokonaki Aggeliki STL Staff – Permanently appointed Kontaratos Ioannis Lecturer Kotsiou Konstantina Assistant Prof. Lappas Georgios Professor Lazongas Georgios-Thomas Professor Linardou Kallirroi Lecturer, Department of Art Theory & History of Art

History of Art & Art Criticism European Early Modern & Modern History Plaster working – Bronze casting – Toreutic art Printmaking P.S.P. “Digital forms of Art” Sculpture Modern & Contemporary Greek Art (19th century to present day) Printmaking (Photography)

210 4801294

Theory of Space / History of Architecture

210 4801220

Painting Mosaic Painting Printmaking Sculpture Painting Byzantine & Western Medieval Art History

210 4801275 210 4801230 210 4801225 210 4801271-278 210 4801272

210 4801309 210 4801219 210 4801275 210 4801260 210 4801240

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Surname & Name

Academic Rank

Academic Field

Office Phone Number

Liti Afroditi Loukidis Loukas Maggos Efstathios Manoussakis Michail Merambeliotis Emmanouil Metsovitis Pavlos Navridis Nikolaos Paltoglou Pavlos Patraskidis Triantafyllos Peirounidis Apostolos Pezanou Efthalia Poulos Panagiotis

Sculpture Sculpture Printmaking Painting Painting Printmaking Painting Sculpture Painting Printmaking Stage design Philosophy & Aesthetics

210 4801225 210 4801268 210 4801152 210 4801276 210 4801240 210 4801275

210 4801260

Psychopedis Jannis Sakellion Dimitrios Salla-Dokoumetzidi Aikaterini Samios Pavlos

Associate Prof. S&LT Staff STL Staff Associate Prof. S&LT Staff STL Staff Professor STL Staff Professor Assistant Prof. Assistant Prof. Assistant Prof., Department of Art Theory & History of Art Professor Professor Associate Prof., Department of Art Theory & History of Art Assistant Prof.

Painting Painting Teaching Art

210 4801243 210 4801236 210 4801220 210 4801244

Santorinaios Matthaios Schina Mary Siamkouri Magdalini Skaltsas Ioannis Spiliopoulos Marios Stamoulis Ioannis Sylogidou Stella Tranos Nikolaos Tsalamata Vassiliki Tselepi Eirini Tsolis Konstantinos Tzakos Aristotelis Verveti Andrianna Vidali-Lambrinakou Leoni

Assistant Prof. Assistant Prof. Lecturer Assistant Prof. Professor S&LT Staff Lecturer Assistant Prof. Associate Prof. STL Staff S&LT Staff Associate Prof. Lecturer Associate Prof.

Fresco & Portable icons technique Multimedia Printmaking Painting Painting Painting Painting Sculpture Sculpture Printmaking

Vlastaras Vassileios Voutsas Alexandros Xagoraris Zafeiris Xiropa誰dis Georgios Zika Foteini Zoi Stavroula

Painting Painting Sculpture Printmaking & Specialisation in Graphic Arts Painting Lecturer Photography S&LT Staff Painting Assistant Prof. Professor, Department of Art History of Philosophical & Aesthetic Ideas Theory & History of Art (18th-20th c.) Philosophy & Theory of Art Assistant Prof. Multimedia S&LT Staff

(Country calling code: +30)

210 4801226 210 4801239 210 4801275

210 4801242 210 4801275 210 4801224 210 4801243 210 4801243 210 4801238 210 4801260 210 4801268-225 210 4801275 210 4801271-278 210 4801236 210 4801240 210 4801268 210 4801270-272 210 4801239 210 4801248-249-250 210 4801238

210 4801242


A.S.F.A. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

GENERAL DIRECTOR (& Erasmus Office)

Surname & Name

Phone numbers

Email

Tzianalou Rolanda

210 3897127 Fax: 210 3829804

rolanda@asfa.gr career@asfa.gr

210 3897101 Fax: 210 3826704 210 3897102 210 3897154 210 3897120 210 3897115 210 3897109 Fax: 210 3301671 210 4801259-260 Fax: 210 4801666 210 3897150

nnikolopoulos@asfa.gr

(Country calling code: +30)

DIRECTORATE OF PERSONNEL & ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR

Nikolopoulos Nikolaos

Personnel Department

Tsantila Valeria Charapi Anna Zamanis Nikolaos Kappatos Nikolaos Kapis Filippos Tsamopoulos Nikolaos Anastassopoulou Antonia

Delphi Annex Hydra Annex Mithymna (Lesbos) Annex Mykonos Annex Rethymno Annex Rhodes Annex

Xirogianni Tychi Psychas Efstathios Nikou Efrossini Lembessi Anastassia Karatsalos Dionyssios Vamvakouris Stelios

22650 82274 22650 82156 22980 52291 22530 71238 22890 52291 22890 23440 22890 22289 28310 22088 Chalkiadakis Michalis Temporarily out of operation 22410 22096

DIRECTORATE OF FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION Accounting Department

Payroll Department Supplies Department – Head Bequests & Assets Department – Head

Asimakopoulou Christina Panetis Georgios Gogomitrou Athina Saïti Dimitra Lyrakos Kyriakos Tsamopoulos Pavlos Vassilakis Georgios

210 3897116 210 3897104 210 3897111 210 3897119 210 3897142 210 3897151 210 3897107 210 4801260

Vartholomaiou Aikaterini

210 3897106 210 4801215

chasim@asfa.gr panetis@asfa.gr athina@asfa.gr tsamop@asfa.gr

aikvarth@asfa.gr

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Administration Department (registry) Patission campus caretakers’ office Pireos campus caretakers’ office Cleaning crew

valeria@asfa.gr annax@asfa.gr nzamanis@asfa.gr

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A.S.F.A. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF DIRECTORATE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR Department of Studies & Student Welfare – Head Department of International Relations, Educational Programmes & Cultural Exchanges

Surname & Name

Phone numbers

Email

Kanellou Kalliopi Tokkas Konstantinos

210 3897148 210 3897129 Fax: 210 3820060

kanellou@asfa.gr tokkas@asfa.gr

Papageorgiou Maria Hakim Doris

210 3897156 210 3897131

mariapap@asfa.gr doris@asfa.gr llp@asfa.gr

Eleftheratou Elissavet

210 3897161

eliza@asfa.gr

(Country calling code: +30)

NETWORK ADMINISTRATION & OFFICE AUTOMATION DIRECTORATE Network Administration Department

Matsakis Minos

210 4801202

minos@asfa.gr noc@asfa.gr

Vanellis Dimitrios Georgouli Chrysanthi Kombolyti Marina Mamalinga Maria Pathiakaki Eleana

210 4801209 210 4801212 210 4801207 210 4801211 210 4801205

dimit@asfa.gr cgeorg@asfa.gr marina@asfa.gr mama@asfa.gr eleana@asfa.gr

LIBRARY DIRECTORATE

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Independent Department of Technical Services – Head Architect Architect Mechanical Engineer Civil Engineer Secretary of T.S. Electricians

Mitsaki Eleni Vetta Foteini Lolos Nikolaos Stathatos Fotios Ioannou-Sartzi Konstantina Koikas Christos Paraskevopoulos Andreas

Independent Art Gallery, Exhibitions, Photographic Archives & Documentation of the A.S.F.A. Collections Department (subordinated to the Library)

210 8838140 Fax: 210 8838101 210 8838140 210 8818048 210 8838130 210 8838160 210 4801260 210 3897109 210 4801260 210 3897109 210 4801206

emit@asfa.gr evet@asfa.gr nilo@asfa.gr fsta@asfa.gr ikon@asfa.gr


A.S.F.A. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENTS & OFFICES Surname & Name

Phone numbers

Email

Independent Office of Rectorial Authorities & Public Relations

Psarri Aspa

210 3897121 210 3897163 Fax: 210 3817156

aspa@asfa.gr

Senate & Rector’s Council Secretariat – Secretary

Spyropoulou Konstantina

210 3897108

nspyrop@asfa.gr

Tsakiridou Charikleia Felidou Maria

210 3897126 210 3897128 Fax: 210 3828028

tsakiridi@asfa.gr mfelidou@asfa.gr

Pappas Dimitris Papadopoulos Iraklis Karympaka Elena Panagiotopoulos Dimitris

210 3897130 210 3897100 210 3897159 210 3897158

pappas@asfa.gr hercpap@asfa.gr elenakar@asfa.gr dipan@asfa.gr

Careers Office Department of Fine Arts Secretariat – Secretary

Fax: 210 3824040 Katra Maria Klamaria Archontoula Marangaki Kyriaki Papadimitriou Ioanna Petropoulou Eleni

210 3897143 210 3897123 210 3897117 210 3897118 210 3897110

katra@asfa.gr aclam@asfa.gr maragaki@asfa.gr

Karma Evi

210 3897157

evi@asfa.gr

Moupassiridou Sofia

210 3897113 Fax: 210 3801298

moupasir@asfa.gr

Mavraeidi Aikaterini Gritzapi Fragka

210 3897141 under transfer

A.S.F.A. University Press – Head Typography studio

Vidali-Lambrinakou Leoni Associate Prof. Maggos Efstathios

210 3897155

Rector’s driver Tositsa str. gatepost Restaurant in 256, Pireos str.

Bekris Konstantinos

Postgraduate Studies Programmes Secretariat Department of Art Theory & History of Art Secretariat – Secretary

210 3897152 210 3897163 210 3897135 210 3897302

peleni@asfa.gr

fragka@asfa.gr

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Research Funds Special Account Secretariat

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LOCATION – CAMPUSES PATISSION STR. (28 OCTOBER STR.)

The two campuses of the A.S.F.A. are located as follows:

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42, Patission str., 106 82, Athens The building on Patission str. houses the Rector’s Office, the Administrative Services, the two Departments’ Secretariats, the Research Funds Special Account Secretariat, the A.S.F.A. University Press, and the historical Typography Studio. An apartment on 39, Ioulianou str. houses the A.S.F.A. Technical Service.

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TOSSITSA STR.

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Transportation: I.S.A.P. / Athens Metro: Omonoia station Trolleybuses: Νοs 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13. Buses: Nos 022, 054, 224, 622, Α8, Β8, Γ8 Bus stop: “Polytechneio” (N.T.U.A.)

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Transportation: I.S.A.P.: Kallithea station Buses: Νοs 049, 914. Bus terminus: in Athinas str., near Omonoia square. Bus stop: “Anotati Scholi Kalon Technon” (A.S.F.A.)

Apart from the above two campuses, the A.S.F.A. also performs its educational work in its Annexes around Greece.

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ENTRANCE

256, Pireos str., 182 33, Rentis The Pireos str. complex houses all the Art Studios, the lecture halls for all theoretical courses of both Departments, the “Master in Digital Art forms” and “Master in Visual Arts” Postgraduate Studies Programmes, the Library, the “Nikos Kessanlis” exhibition venue, the “Giorgio de Chirico” auditorium, the theatre and cinema halls, the teaching staff offices, the cafeteria and the restaurant.

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N.T.U.A.

42, Patission str. 1 2

“PREVELAKIS” CONFERENCE HALL DIRECTORATE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS (DEPARTMENT OF STUDIES & STUDENT WELFARE)

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RECTOR’S SECRETARIAT

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RECTOR’S OFFICE

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VICE-RECTORS’ OFFICE

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SENATE & RECTOR’S COUNCIL SECRETARIAT, ERASMUS OFFICE

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GENERAL DIRECTOR – DIRECTORATE OF FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION, CAREERS OFFICE

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DIRECTORATE OF ADMINISTRATION

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DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS SECRETARIAT

10 DIRECTORATE OF FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION

11 DIRECTORATE OF FINANCIAL

ADMINISTRATION, RESEARCH FUNDS SPECIAL ACCOUNT SECRETARIAT

12 DEPARTMENT OF ART THEORY & HISTORY OF ART SECRETARIAT CARETAKERS GATE POST BASEMENT ----HISTORICAL TYPOGRAPHY STUDIO


NA MELES S ST REET

256, Pireos str.

“WOODEN HALL” MULTI-PURPOSE VENUE

BU IL D I NG 2 A GROUND FLOOR ----RESTAURANT, LIBRARY NETWORK CENTRE 1st FLOOR ----8th PAINTING STUDIO ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING HALL LECTURE HALL

BU IL D I NG 3 A GROUND FLOOR ----3rd SCULPTURE STUDIO METALWORKING WORKSHOP DRAWING STUDIO BRONZE CASTING – PLASTER WORKING STUDIO WOODWORKING WORKSHOP W.C. 1st FLOOR ----“DIGITAL ART FORMS” P.S.P. 1st PAINTING STUDIO

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BU IL D I NG 4 “NIKOS KESSANLIS” EXHIBITION VENUE BU IL D I NG 5 A 1st SCULPTURE STUDIO CARETAKERS

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ATHENS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS / 11. GENERAL INFORMATION

BU IL D I NG 2 D BASEMENT ----THEATRE, CINEMA HALLS PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO W.C. GROUND FLOOR ----MOSAIC STUDIO VIDEO ART – MULTIMEDIA STUDIO ELEMENTS OF PAINTING STUDIO 3rd PAINTING STUDIO 5th PAINTING STUDIO W.C. 1st FLOOR ----METALWORKING WORKSHOP STAGE DESIGN STUDIO FRESCO & PORTABLE ICONS TECHNIQUE STUDIO 2nd PAINTING STUDIO 6th PAINTING STUDIO 9th PAINTING STUDIO CANTEEN, W.C.

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FOUNDAT ION OF THE HELLENIC WORLD

BU IL D I NG 2 C GROUND FLOOR ----1st PRINTMAKING STUDIO 2nd PRINTMAKING STUDIO 1st FLOOR ----4th PAINTING STUDIO 7th PAINTING STUDIO

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BU IL D I NG 2 B “DE CHIRICO” AUDITORIUM GRAPHIC ARTS – TYPOGRAPHY STUDIO OFFICES

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SECURITY GUARDS’ OFFICE

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ATHENS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS 42, Patission str., 106 82, Athens, Greece T: +30 210 3897109 +30 210 3897143 +30 210 3897121 F: +30 210 3828028 Email: katra@asfa.gr, rector@asfa.gr 256, Pireos str., 182 33, Rentis, Athens, Greece T: +30 210 4801260 www.asfa.gr

The 2011-2012 Academic Catalog of the Department of Fine Arts of the A.S.F.A. was printed and bound in 500 copies by DEKALOGOS, Graphic Arts, in January 2012.



Athens school of fine Arts / DePArtMent of fine Arts

ΙsBn: 978-960-6842-13-9


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