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About

Pivoting on hybrid and interdisciplinary research in arts, design, and emerging techno - scientific culture.

Philosophy

Promoting a playful interaction between theory, engineering, and situated practice, it comprises a multi-disciplinary team of artists, creative technologists, designers, theorists, and digital craftsmen pursuing situated research in a wide array of subareas, inter alia concerning: electronic arts, cybernetic culture, digital theatre/performance, embodiment, making/hacking methodologies, animism, media archaeology, ‘dark’ ecology, AI and bio-inspired algorithms, VR/AR, ‘alien’ phenomenology, ethnography, posthuman studies, and DIWO (Do-It-With-Others) approaches to art and education.

Drawing upon such traits, ongoing projects aim the production of experimental artefacts/prototypes, theoretical critique/analysis, original exploratory artworks, bespoke software/hardware, and all sorts of hybrids thereof.

MAD Research Lab is co-directed by Doros Polydorou and Marinos
Koutsomichalis since March 2019.

Our aim is the production of experimental artefacts/prototypes, theoretical critique/analysis, original exploratory artworks, bespoke software/hardware, and all sorts of hybrids thereof.

 

Publications

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Cyprus as AI Saw It: Digital Colonialism and AttnGAN Text to Image Synthesis
Koutsomichalis, M. & Achilleos, A.
Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X (xCoAx 21) (Graz AT & Online)
  • Abstract
To appear
A Yellow Box with a Key Switch and a 1/4″ TRS Balanced Audio Output
Koutsomichalis, M.
Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (Shanghai, CN / Online)
To appear
A Hyperstitional Machine Appropriating Human Culture in an Evolutionary Fashion
Koutsomichalis, M.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Creativity: Workshop on Knowledge-Based Systems in Computational Design (Coimbra, PT / Online).
  • Abstract
2021
Non-solutionist and Post-optimal approaches to AI Research
Koutsomichalis, M.
Learning Machines Seminars. RI.SE. Stockholm, SE / Online
2021
The tamarind forest: an augmented virtuality experience
Doros Polydorou
Digital Creativity
  • External Link
2020
Rough-hewn Hertzian Multimedia Instruments
Koutsomichalis, M.
Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (Birmingham, GB)
  • Abstract
2020
Technology as the means to democratic, participatory and community-oriented practices in museums
Koutsomichalis, M.
Free/Libre Technologies, Arts And The Commons Unconference Proceedings (Nicosia, CY)
  • Abstract
2020
Invited Talk at Apo33 / IMPETUS LAB
Koutsomichalis, M.
Apo33 / IMPETUS LAB, Les Ateliers de Bitche. Nantes, FR / Online
2020
VR: Time Machine
Doros Polydorou, Oded Ben-Tal, Atser Damsma, Nadine Schlichting
Springer
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2020
Poe’s tree
Doros Polydorou
SIGGRAPH Asia 2020 Art Gallery
  • External Link
2019
Evolvable Media Repositories: An Evolutionary System to Retrieve and Ever-Renovate Related Media Web Content.
Koutsomichalis, M.
Proceedings of the Computing Conference (London, UK) Volume 2, pp 76-92. New York, NY: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22868-2_6
  • Abstract
2019
Hertzian, Disruptive, Experimental Text Physicalizations
Koutsomichalis, M.
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electronic Art (Gwangju, KO)
  • Abstract
2019
The Future of Technology in Museums
Koutsomichalis, M., Stylianou-Lambert, T.
Free/Libre Technologies, Arts And The Commons Unconference (Nicosia, CY).
  • Abstract
2019
Evolvable Media Repositories: An Evolutionary System to Retrieve and Ever-Renovate Related Media Web Content
Koutsomichalis, M. & Gambäck Björn
In Arai, K, Bhatia, R., Kapoor, S. (Eds) Intelligent Computing – Proceedings of the Computing Conference (London, UK) Volume 2, pp 76-92. New York, NY: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22868-2_6
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  • External Link
2019
On Catalogue Aesthetics
M. Koutsomichalis
Acoustic Space, 17:417-431. RIXC
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Artistic Output

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2021
Malfunctions
M. Koutsomichalis
Movement_athens Radio. Athens, GR and Online
2021
Creatures Cluster, site-specific installation
K. Undo
Mad Machine, CANAL CONNECT, Teatros del Canal, Madrid, Spain
2021
Creatures Cluster, site-specific installation
K. Undo
Mad Machine, iMal, Brussels, Belgium
2021
Site-specific installation commissioned project
K. Undo
LUFF 2021, Lausanne, Switzerland
2021
Cyprus as AI Saw it in 1879: Perpetuating Colonialism
A. Achilleos
Workshop on Ethical Considerations in Creative applications of Computer Vision, Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2021, virtual
2020-1
Weierstrass function, finite state automata, and l-system
M. Koutsomichalis
Audiosphere: Sound Experimentation 1980-2020 Group exhibition; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Madrid, ES.
2020
Malformed Information Forest
M. Koutsomichalis
Kepler’s Gardens, Ars Electronica. Online.
2020
Poe’s Tree
Doros Polydorou
Kepler’s Gardens, Ars Electronica. Online.
2020
Improvisation with Dime Ensemble
M. Koutsomichalis
PIKSEL festival. Bergen, NO / Online
2020
BLOOMS performance (with Solar Return, THENOISER, Jenny Pickett, and others)
M. Koustomichalis
STWST48x6 MORE LESS, Stadtwerkstatt / Ars Electronica. Linz, AT/Online
2020
Interrogations for Solo Serge parts 1-4
M. Koustomichalis
Electroacoustic Music Days. Online
2020
Ereignis #1
M. Koutsomichalis
8K. Christianchurch, NZ and Online
2020
Electric Nights Radio Mix
M. Koutsomichalis
Electric Nights Festival. Athens, GR and Online
2020
Bastard Noise [digital download]
M. Koustomichalis
Internet Archive, BandCamp
2020
Interrogations for Solo Serge [digital download]
M. Koustomichalis
Internet Archive, BandCamp
2020
Electric Nights Radio Mix [digital download]
M. Koutsomichalis
Mixcloud
2020
Stories of Flights, Ferries and Fish [Digital]
L. L. Norelius, M. Koutsomichalis, J. Teller, J. Riis
Bandcamp
2020
Creatures Cluster, site-specific installation
K. Undo
NOVAXX 2019, Haro sur les héros. Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles. Paris, FR
2019
Hyperstition Bot (Or, An Evolutionary Machine Appropriating Human Culture)
M. Koutsomichalis
Children of Prometheus Group Exhibition (curated by Marc Garret). NEME Arts Centre. Limassol, CY
2019
Sāk vitt ok vītt of verǫld hverja
M. Koutsomichalis
Nordic Music Days Bodø, Stormen Kulturhus. Bodø, NO
2019
Sāk vitt ok vītt of verǫld hverja
M. Koutsomichalis
in-discourse AB. Malmö, SE
2019
混乱
M. Koutsomichalis
神楽音. Tokyo, JP
2019
Sāk vitt ok vītt of verǫld hverja
M. Koutsomichalis
DOKK1. Århus, DK
2019
Sāk vitt ok vītt of verǫld hverja
M. Koutsomichalis
H15. Copenhagen, DK
2019
Sygxysis. In An Anthology of Greek Experimental Electronic Music 1966-2016 [CD/LP]
M. Koutsomichalis
Brussels, BE: Subrosa

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