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AllthesetrendsandmovementsarrivedinGreecefromtheWesterncapitals,wheretheywereborn,buttheinterdisciplinaryapproachtoartstartedtowidelyconcernGreekartistsandsomearttheorists,onlyfromthe1990sonwards,whenwecantalkaboutMediaartinGreece.Shortlybeforethistime,thefirstawareartists,theoristsandscientistshadgroupedtogetherandtried,usingeveryavailablemeansandknowledge,tocreatethefirstexhibitions,festivals,hubs,opencalls,onlinespacesandworkshops,suchasthewebplatform

Internationaldevelopmentsinthefieldsoftechnologyandbiotechnologywererapidduringthelastdecadeofthe20thcentury.Theworldwasdividedintoinforichandinfopoorandtheimmaterialinformationbecameoneofthedominantgoods.Theconvergenceofscience,technologyandartdidnotjusthappenatthedawnofthedigitalage.Itranthroughoutthe20thcenturyasanexperimentalpractice,havingitsrootsinModernismanditsoriginsinthetechnologicalbreakthroughsofthelate19thcentury(18401880).Forexample,artistsusedelectricity,photography,film,video,robotics,electronicsandspacetechnologyandtowardstheendofthe20thcenturytheyusedmedia,digitaltechnologyandbiotechnology.[5]

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www.artopos.organdtheMedi@terraFestivals.IfwewanttoattemptanoverviewofMediaartinGreece,wewillseemuchmoreexperimentationindigitalvideosandvideoinstallationsandfewerexperimentationinstreamingmedia,interactivity,coding,games,sensorsandrobotics.However,totrulyhaveacomprehensiveoverview,weneedtotracetheoriginofinterdisciplinaryartsinModernGreece,toattemptadocumentationofthemostwellknowninternationalGreeknewmediaartists,tolookatthepioneersofthe1980sandthefirstflourishingperiodofthe1990s.Finally,weshouldmovetowardthefirstyearsofthe21stcenturyinordertoidentifythecharacteristicsofthenewgenerationofartists.TheevaluationofthedevelopmentofMediaArtinGreecewillbeadaringbetagainsttimeandtiming.

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[5]Inthefirsthalfofthe20thcenturythereemergedmovementsandartisticgroupsthatdealtwiththerapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnology:Dadaistswhosatirizedthemachine,Futuristswhodeifiedelectricityandtheindustrialrevolution,Constructivistswhoproposedtheosmosisofart,architectureandscience.Inthe1950sand1960s,skepticismandenthusiasm,thetwoextremereactionstotheinvolvementoftechnologyinart,gavewaytotheinquiringspirit.ThemostfamousartisticteamswhoexploredthenewpossibilitiesandmediaofferedtoArtbytechnologyandscience,wastheZerogroupinGermany,GRAV(GroupedeRecherchedArtVisuel)inFrance,andEAT(ExperimentsinArtandTechnology)intheUnitedStates.OttoPiene,NamJunePaik,DouglasDavis,PaulEarls,PiotrKowalski,WoodyWazulkaandothersarebutafewofthemanyartistswhousedtechnologicalapplicationsastheirmedia.Duringthe1980s,theuseofdigitaltechnologyinart,gainedgroundovertheanalogueone,whileduringthe1990snetartandwebartwereborn.Thisrenaissancelikeconvergenceofcognitivefields,gavetheopportunitytoexperimentalandinterdisciplinaryarttousethelandmarkinventionsofitstimeasthemeansforcriticismandintervention:electricity,information,technology,robotics,spacetechnology,thewebandbiotechnology.Thetheoristswhopredictedthat21stcenturyculturewouldbedigitalanditsartwouldbenetartwereright.Buteventheoneswhodisagreed,namingthe21stcenturytheeraofbiotechnologicalcivilization,wererightaswell.AnnaHatziyiannakiin:InVivoInVitro:ArtintheAgeofBiotechnologicalRevolution.FuturaPublications,Athens2008.Page122.[InGreek&English]

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