06 October. 2020
@ RISE Makerspace - Plateia Dimarcheias, 14 Alkiviadi street, Nicosia Cy, 1016.
Thursday, October 15
Exhibition Opening and Round Table Discussion
Opening Hours: 18:30 - 22:00
Grafting in the Digital - Round Table Discussion
Time: 20:00
Friday, October 16
Virtual Exhibition Viewing
Opening Hours: 10:30 - 13:30 and 16:00-20:00
Responding to this year’s Ars Electronica Festival call, with the title “In Kepler’s Gardens”, RISE ITICA Group invited local artists to pollinate the digital by employing a technique derived from gardening: namely, grafting. WADS, a digital garden of commoning formed by 21 local artists, explores the potential of digital hubs as grounds of artistic and technological co-creation. The digital exhibition is created and experienced in the online environment of Mozilla Hubs. During the Ars Electronica Festival 2020, which took place between September 9 and 13, the WADS Garden was accessible through the Ars Electronica Digital platform.
The Ars Electronica Festival was first organized in September 1979, with the aim to takes the approaching digital revolution as an opportunity to ask about possible futures and to locate this research at the interface of art, technology and society. This year's restrictions due to the global pandemic have led the festival to an new adaptation: It has evolved and transitioned to the future, creating "a journey around the world" through the digital participation of groups from 120 countries, including the RISE ITICA Group with WADS irl.
WADS irl (in real life) extends the exhibition beyond the AE Festival and transposes the virtual experience of WADS Garden in the real world by bringing together participating artists, curators and the public at the newly established RISE Makerspace. The exhibition invites people to navigate through the WADS Garden, viewing the artworks that graft it using VR headsets and PCs.
On Thursday, a hybrid round table discussion with the artists, curators and facilitators of the project will take place. The discussion aims to both revisit and reflect on the WADS project as a whole. The exhibition will also be open for viewing on Friday, October 16.
Please note that all measures for COVID - 19 will be effective during the exhibition with a limited number of people allowed inside at any given time. In compliance with public health directives, the use of masks is mandatory during the event. Special care will be taken to sanitize technical equipment accessible to the public after each use. Hand sanitizer will be also available.
Facilitated and Hosted by RISE ITICA Group
With the support of the Austrian Embassy IG: Wads.Garden
Artists:
Raissa Angeli
Maria Andreou
Marina Ashioti
Pandelis Diamantides
Anastasia Dolitsay
Peter Eramian
Ibrahim Latif Ince
Stelios Ilchouk
Marina Kassianidou
Irini Khenkin
Angeliki Koutsodimitropoulou
Marinos Koutsomichalis
Marietta Mavrokordatou
Panagiotis Mina
Faysal Mroueh
Lina Protopapa
Doros Polydorou
Despina Rangou
Kleanthis Rousos
Elena Savvidou
Nico Stephou
Curatorial Team:
Demetris Shammas
Constantinos Miltiadis
Emiddio Vasquez
Myrto Aristidou