In the exhibition Model Collapse: Love you, bye, Maria Mavropoulou explores parallels between the human brain and artificial intelligence in terms of their decay process. The gradual loss of memories, as it manifests in cases of dementia or Alzheimer’s, is compared to the phenomenon of model collapse in artificial intelligence, where models are fed back with the data they’ve produced, leading to errors.
Following research on patients in the early stages of dementia, the artist documents personal stories and objects associated with their memories while conversing with artificial intelligence applications to comment on the distance between an individual’s contradictory subjectivity and the supposed objectivity of AI models’ data.
The exhibition is enriched by the dialectical relationship between the works and the archaeological findings showcased at the Archaeological Museum of Eretria, a par excellence repository of collective memory.
The work invites audiences to reflect on the significance of human memory and the role of technology in shaping our collective and individual identities.
Iconography 2.0 is a groundbreaking cultural project that aims to redefine the dialogue between traditional iconography methods, technological innovation, art, faith, and aesthetics.
The event culminates in an original visual art installation at the Holy Monastery of Our Lady of Akrotiriani and Saint John the Theologian in Toplou, Sitia, where light, image, and sound create a hybrid phygital setting that unfolds throughout the spaces of the Monastery and transforms the visitor’s experience into a multi-sensory journey between the past and present.
Byzantine music and the natural soundscapes of Crete engage in conversation with modern musical compositions and poetic texts, supporting the visual works that will be created as part of the three-day educational and artistic programme preceding the event. This polyphonic dialogue among sound, image, and speech allows for the co-existence of tradition and innovation, creating a new, vibrant space for cultural expression, where art becomes the language of faith, memory, aesthetics, and collectiveness.
The work Spider Mother is a visual, theatrical, and musical event, featuring twelve contemporary pieces of textile art selected and curated by distinguished art historian and curator Iris Kritikou.
These twelve wefts are crafted by the prominent textile artists Irini Gonou, Maria Grigoriou, Stathis Katsarelis, Eleni Krikki, Maria Kotsou, Anastasis Madamopoulos, Pandora Mouriki, Ioannis Papadopoulos, Ismini Samanidou, Hermione Syrogiannopoulou, Ioanna Terlidou, and Argyris Chatzimallis. Fixed on unevenly-sized frames, these pieces serve not only as representative samples of contemporary textile art, but also as a standalone, total work of art, which constitutes the performance’s setting.
The texts, selected and dramatized by Giorgos Giannarakos, who also directs the show, span the last three millennia and reference Greek textile art through epic poems, mythology, theatre, literature, legends, and poetry. The songs, including both adapted traditional tunes and modern creations, all tied together by the thematic “thread” of the performance, highlight the continuity of music and the importance of textile artistry across time.
The Tinos Virtual Museum (TVM), as part of the Ministry of Culture’s programme “All of Greece, One Culture 2025”, presents a multifaceted initiative dedicated to the weaving art of Tinos and its revival in the present day. Through a programme of exhibitions, talks, screenings, artistic and educational activities, weaving is approached as a living cultural practice and a means of creative expression, viewed through a historical lens and recontextualised in contemporary terms.
The events will take place at emblematic landmarks of the island — the Ursuline School in Loutra, the Zarifeios School of Weaving and Handicrafts in Chora, the historic Weaving Workshop in Pyrgos village — as well as at the TVM space in Chora. The programme includes visual art exhibitions, children’s workshops, presentations by distinguished historians and folklorists, and screenings of research-based videos curated by the TVM.