VIDEOART
VIDEOART
The aim of the elective course “Video Art” is to introduce students to the fundamental principles of moving image and sound in contemporary art, and to explore the forms and evolution of video and sound as artistic media. The course investigates the expressive potential, plastic qualities, and technical characteristics of moving image and sound, enabling students to use them as materials and expressive tools in the creation of artistic works —either as stand-alone media or in combination with other materials and mediums— as part of mixed-media artistic proposals.
A combined approach is employed —studio practice— in the development of artistic proposals incorporating moving image (video, animation, mapping projection, etc.) and the composition and processing of sound for visual media.
Videoart, professor: V.Betsou, Assistant professor Visual Arts Dpt ASFA
Introduction to moving image (theory and practice), principles of audiovisual language, experimental video and film, narrative video: structure – editing, cinematographic techniques, editing and compositing of digital video and sound, and the design of multi-screen projections in space. All stages in the creation of video art—including single-channel, multi-channel, video installations, and projection mapping—from concept to realisation are presented and analysed, with a consistent focus on aesthetic and visual composition.
The studio offers an overview of the history of Video Art from its early decades to the present day. It presents and analyzes representative video artworks and installations by selected artists.
It explores expressive issues arising from the use of video and moving image in contemporary art. The course includes themed presentations and analyses of examples from experimental cinema, aiming at a deeper understanding of the medium’s expressive potential and identifying key structural elements of audiovisual language in terms of image, sound, and editing
Sound composition, professor: Τ. Diamantopoulos, LT Staff ASFA
As part of the Video Art Studio, a workshop on Sound Composition and Music Technology is also offered, focusing on sound composition for audiovisual works (screenings or installations) and/or the creation of autonomous soundscapes.
Special emphasis is placed on:
- The planning and implementation of artistic exercises within the studio course, addressing essential expressive and technical issues raised by the medium.
- The development and realisation of personal artistic projects (videos, video installations, sound compositions) with support and feedback on structure, aesthetics, and technical concerns throughout the entire production process.
Activities & Collaborations
- Συμμετοχή του Εργαστηρίου Βιντεοτέχνης της ΑΣΚΤ στα Open Studios – Platforms Project 2024
- Open Studios – Platforms Project 2024 at the old Tobacco Factory: presentation of selected video and animation works by students. Curators: Vicky Betsou, Periklis Antonaropoulos.
- Open Studios – Platforms Project 2023 at Technopolis, City of Athens: student video and animation works showcased. Curated by Vicky Betsou.
- 2023 Collaboration of the Videoart Studio with the Peloponissos International Documentary Festival: Intensive documentary workshop with participation from undergraduate and postgraduate students. 5-day workshop, film presentations at the “Theodoros Angelopoulos” Hall in Kalamata.
- Athens Digital Arts Festival – ADAF 2022 Retro-Future at old Notos Home in Kotzia Square. Video and animation works presented by ASFA students. Curated by Vicky Betsou and Taxiarchis Diamantopoulos.
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- 2022 Collaboration of the Videoart Studio with the Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival: Under the coordination of Assistant Professor of Video Art, Ms. V. Betsou, ten undergraduate students—participants in the Video Art Workshop and coming from various core studios—along with two postgraduate students from the ASFA Master’s Programme “Digital Forms of Art” took part in the project following an open call. The theme of Africa, which was the central focus of the 2022 festival, also served as the conceptual framework for the workshop, led by guest director Robert Rombout, invited by the festival. The 12 participating students engaged with artists of African descent living and working in Athens and, in pairs, created short films of 3–6 minutes each, enjoying considerable freedom in terms of expression and final form.
The educational workshop took place from April 7 to 17, 2022, and was structured in two parts:
Part 1 – Athens (April 7–11):
This included an organizational meeting to plan the workshop between guest director Robert Rombout, Video Art Workshop coordinator V. Betsou, and the festival’s artistic directors Ms. Gina Petropoulou and Kleoni Flessa (via teleconference).
Production planning involved: communication with African artists, task distribution, and shooting schedule planning. Filming took place in teams, with students working directly with the African artists, under the support and coordination of Professor V. Betsou.-
On April 8, a masterclass was held at ASFA by guest director R. Rombout.
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On April 9, a cinematography workshop was conducted by Odysseas Pavlopoulos of the Greek Society of Cinematographers, also at ASFA.
This was followed by additional shooting sessions, rough cuts, and one-on-one consultation and instruction by R. Rombout in collaboration with Professor Betsou.
Part 2 – Kalamata (April 14–17):
This phase included final editing, sound mixing, and color grading of the six films, in collaboration with the guest director and other festival partners. The final collective film was publicly screened at the festival’s closing ceremony on April 17 at the Creative Documentary Center in Kalamata, in the presence of all participants -
- 2022 Collaboration of the Videoart Studio with the Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival: Under the coordination of Assistant Professor of Video Art, Ms. V. Betsou, ten undergraduate students—participants in the Video Art Workshop and coming from various core studios—along with two postgraduate students from the ASFA Master’s Programme “Digital Forms of Art” took part in the project following an open call. The theme of Africa, which was the central focus of the 2022 festival, also served as the conceptual framework for the workshop, led by guest director Robert Rombout, invited by the festival. The 12 participating students engaged with artists of African descent living and working in Athens and, in pairs, created short films of 3–6 minutes each, enjoying considerable freedom in terms of expression and final form.
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- Participation in Open Studios – Platforms Project 2022 at ASFA Selected student works in video and animation, as well as multi-channel video installations, were presented in the Video Art Workshop space. Curator: Vicky Betsou.
- Participation in open-studios 2021 Platformsproject Net – VideoArt elective studio An online screening of selected video, animation, and sound composition works by students, held during the lockdown period. Curator: Vicky Betsou
- 2021 Collaboration of the Videoart Studio with the Peloponissos International Documentary Festival: Students from the Video Art Workshop participated in an educational workshop within the framework of the festival, where, under the guidance of guest filmmaker Tekla Taidelli, they created a poetic documentary in Kalamata over the course of one week. The documentary was based on the poetry of Nikos Kavvadias..
- Participation in Festival Miden – The New New 2020 – An online showcase dedicated to the new generation of artists from Greece’s fine and audiovisual arts schools. Students from the Video Art Workshop contributed works to the thematic video presentation “How Long is Now.”
Participants: Giorgos Asimakopoulos, Despina Vaxevanidi, Ioko Kotidis, Magda Tseberi, Chrysa Voudouri, Giannis Tsouchlos, Lambros Kordolaimis, Giorgos Asimakakis, Ioanna Mitza (Erasmus student)
Curator: Vicky Betsou - view screening programme>>
- 2020 Collaboration of the Videoart Studio with the Peloponissos International Documentary Festival: Students of the Video Art Workshop took part in an intensive documentary workshop held in collaboration with the 6th Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival. The five-day workshop concluded with a public screening of the student films at the “Theodoros Angelopoulos” hall in Kalamata, January 2020.
- 2020 – “Variations on a Choreography II” Workshop
A collaboration between the Video Art Workshop and the Higher Professional Dance School of the Athens Conservatoire, held in the underground space Ω2 of the Conservatoire as part of the Splitting Mechanism exhibition. An educational workshop designed for students of the Video Art Workshop, in collaboration with the dance school. The project involved multi-camera recordings of a choreography developed by the dance students under the guidance of their instructor, Lila Zafeiropoulou. The choreography was inspired by the artworks in the exhibition Splitting Mechanism by Vicky Betsou, presented at the Athens Conservatoire.
Instruction, artistic guidance, and coordination of the student team were provided by Vicky Betsou.
- 2019 “Writing and Directing for Documentary” Workshop –Collaboration of the Videoart Studio with the Peloponissos International Documentary Festival: Collaboration with Peloponnisos Festival and director Robert Rombout. Participation of 12 students from different ASFA departments in a 5-day workshop in Kalamata. Films were presented at the Theodoros Angelopoulos Hall.
- 2018 “Introduction to the Art of Animation”: A joint program between the ASFA Video Art Lab and the MA in “Digital Forms of Art,” organized in cooperation with the General Secretariats for Youth and for Information & Communication. The program combined traditional and digital animation techniques, aiming to train youth in animation art and technology. It included both theoretical and practical components, covering all stages of animation production.
Program design: Vicky Betsou
Instructors: Vicky Betsou, Eleni Miltsi, Taxiarchis Diamantopoulos, Spyros Pantazis, Dimitris Agathopoulos, Konstantinos Tiligadis, Fotis Raftopoulos, Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos, Thanasis Rentzis - Making off 2D animation >>
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- 2017 Music and Poetry Festival – Trianon Cinema, Athens: Educational workshop on video poetry led by V. Betsou. Students created video poems based on poetry by Yiannis Efthymiadis from his collection Autolexei.
The works were presented at the festival with live improvised music by composer Orestis Tannis and musician Alexandros Karadimos.
Participating students: Myrsini Nikou, Maya Galateia Tapinou, Vangelis Tzanis
Instructor and curator: Vicky Betsou - https://youtu.be/whkcjb3oY08
VASSILIKI (VICKY) BETSOU / Assistant Professor
Vicky Betsou
Assistant professor of Videoart at Athens School of Fine Arts
Institutional Erasmus Coordinator of ASFA (2021- 2025)
Vicky Betsou is a Visual Artist and Assistant professor of Videoart at the Athens School of Fine Arts
(Graduate and MA program of studies). She has also served as the Institutional Erasmus Coordinator
of ASFA. In 2022, she has initiated as project leader on behalf of the ASFA, the collaboration
with 5 European Art Schools in order to accomplish the participation of the ASFA in the EUR4ART
– European Art Schools Alliance. She has participated in and coordinated many research, artistic and
educational programs in the Intersection between Art & Technology, New Media Art, Moving
Image in Education etc. She is the scientific coordinator of the “ASFA Digital transformation”
program (Operational Programme Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2014-
2020 (EPAnEK).
Her artistic practice includes multichannel video installations and soundscapes in both physical and virtual spaces, as well as immersive narratives. She explores a wide range of new media and platforms to document and reconstruct time and space, creating immersive spatiotemporal experiences for viewers.
She is particularly interested in capturing extended durations and moments of “frozen” time as inscribed on everyday objects, cinematic portraits, archives, and daily patterns, while investigating the possibilities that new media offer for the emergence of non-linear, contemplative narratives that negotiate questions of personal and collective memory.
Her work has been presented internationally, and some pieces are part of private collections and museums.
She has also created physical and multimedia scenographies, as well as mapping projections for theatre (Athens Concert Hall, Athens Festival, Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center – Theatron, etc.), in addition to stage designs for theatre and television.
She has taught experimental video and animation to children and young people, and has also served as a trainer of trainers in Secondary Education, specialising in Moving Image in Education. She lives and works in Athens, Greece.
Website: http://cargocollective.com/vickybetsou
TV doc presentation of artistic work – “One Picture, a thousand thoughts – Vicky Betsou”, ErtFlix
Email: vbetsou@asfa.gr, mob.: +30 6972551014
TAXIARCHIS DIAMANTOPOULOS / Laboratory Teaching Staff
Taxiarchis Diamantopoulos, Laboratory Teaching Staff
Sound composition & computer music: sound as an artistic expression, medium and form in contemporary visual arts
Born in 1965 in Athens Greece. First degree in Computer Science (TEI of Athens, 1989). MSc in Music Technology (University of York, 1990). In the 1990s he has been a member of the Computer Music group at the Athens CCMR (Center for Contemporary Music Research) contributing to several research and artistic projects. A foundation faculty member of the Music Technology and Acoustics Department (HMU – Crete), where he taught and organised Sound Synthesis and Music Programming subjects (2000-08). Since 2007 he teaches Sound Composition at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
In 2024 he completed his PhD thesis at the Athens School of Fine Arts, department of Art Theory and History. Thesis subject: “Sound Space. A methodological approach to 20th century New Music”.
Αs author and co-author he has published a number of text books in Greek on Sound Synthesis, Computer Music and Electronic Music,.
He has a major artistic and research interest in Sound Space.
email: tdiamantopoulos@asfa.gr
PERIKLIS ANTONAROPOULOS / Laboratory Teaching Staff
Ο Περικλής Αντωναρόπουλος είναι εικαστικός ψηφιακός καλλιτέχνης, εκπαιδευτικός και μέλος του Ειδικού Διδακτικού Προσωπικού της Ανώτατης Σχολής Καλών Τεχνών (ΑΣΚΤ), με πολυδιάστατη παρουσία στους τομείς της σύγχρονης τέχνης, της πολιτιστικής διαχείρισης, της εκπαίδευσης και της οπτικοακουστικής παραγωγής. Είναι απόφοιτος του Τμήματος Εικαστικών Τεχνών της ΑΣΚΤ, από όπου αποφοίτησε με βαθμό Άριστα το 2000 από το εργαστήριο του καθηγητή Γιάννη Ψυχοπαίδη, ενώ το 2024 ολοκλήρωσε το μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα σπουδών «Ψηφιακές Μορφές Τέχνης» της ίδιας Σχολής. Διαθέτει πιστοποιημένη γνώση της αγγλικής γλώσσας (Β2) και πιστοποίηση ψηφιακών δεξιοτήτων ECDL.
Η επαγγελματική του πορεία ξεκίνησε ήδη από το 1989 στον χώρο του κινηματογράφου και της τηλεοπτικής παραγωγής, όπου εργάστηκε ως οπερατέρ και αργότερα στον τομέα του post-production, συνεργαζόμενος με σημαντικούς Έλληνες σκηνοθέτες, όπως ο Γιώργος Πανουσόπουλος, ο Γιώργος Τσεμπερόπουλος, ο Νίκος Περάκης, ο Παντελής Βούλγαρης και ο Νίκος Κατσουρίδης. Κατά τη διάρκεια αυτής της περιόδου συμμετείχε σε περισσότερες από 120 κινηματογραφικές και διαφημιστικές παραγωγές, αποκτώντας σημαντική εμπειρία στην παραγωγή οπτικοακουστικού έργου. Παράλληλα ανέπτυξε συνεχή καλλιτεχνική δραστηριότητα στον χώρο της ζωγραφικής, ενώ το 2001 διακρίθηκε στη Biennale Νέων Ελλήνων Καλλιτεχνών στο Ηράκλειο Κρήτης. Έργα του βρίσκονται στη Συλλογή Νέων Καλλιτεχνών της Προεδρίας της Δημοκρατίας στον Διεθνή Αερολιμένα Αθηνών «Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος», καθώς και σε ιδιωτικές συλλογές στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό.
Η καλλιτεχνική του παρουσία περιλαμβάνει ατομικές εκθέσεις, όπως οι «Vogue» (2014) και «Εξισώσεις» (2017), καθώς και συμμετοχές σε σημαντικές ομαδικές εκθέσεις και πολιτιστικές διοργανώσεις, μεταξύ των οποίων οι εκθέσεις «Μεταμορφώσεις», «Σχολείο Τέχνης», «transhFORMAT10N», «The Experience of Dreaming», «Ελληνική Επανάσταση: 200 Χρόνια Μετά», «Platforms Project» και «Between Zero and One». Το έργο του διερευνά τη σχέση της σύγχρονης εικαστικής δημιουργίας με τα ψηφιακά μέσα, τη δημόσια σφαίρα και τις κοινωνικές διαστάσεις της τέχνης.
Το 2005 διορίστηκε στη Δημόσια Δευτεροβάθμια Εκπαίδευση κατόπιν επιτυχίας σε γραπτό διαγωνισμό του ΑΣΕΠ και υπηρέτησε ως μόνιμος εκπαιδευτικός Καλλιτεχνικών. Στη συνέχεια αποσπάστηκε στην Κεντρική Υπηρεσία του Υπουργείου Παιδείας, όπου υπηρέτησε στο Γραφείο του Υφυπουργού Παιδείας, συμμετέχοντας στη διαχείριση διοικητικών και θεσμικών υποθέσεων, καθώς και στη σύνταξη απαντήσεων προς το Συμβούλιο της Επικρατείας, τον Συνήγορο του Πολίτη, την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή και άλλους εθνικούς και διεθνείς φορείς. Παράλληλα συμμετείχε σε ομάδες εργασίας για την καταγραφή, προστασία και αξιοποίηση των έργων τέχνης που ανήκουν στο Υπουργείο Παιδείας, σε συνεργασία με την Ανώτατη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών, την Εθνική Πινακοθήκη και ακαδημαϊκούς φορείς. Σημαντική υπήρξε επίσης η συμβολή του στον σχεδιασμό και την υλοποίηση του προγράμματος «Σχολείο Τέχνης», το οποίο έφερε περισσότερους από 10.000 μαθητές σε επαφή με τη σύγχρονη ελληνική τέχνη και την ιστορία της, καθώς και στη διοργάνωση του προγράμματος «transhFORMAT10N» στο Εθνικό Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης.
Από το 2016 υπηρετεί στην Ανώτατη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών, αρχικά ως μόνιμος υπάλληλος ΠΕ Διοικητικού-Οικονομικού στο Αυτοτελές Γραφείο Πρυτανικών Αρχών και Δημοσίων Σχέσεων και, από το 2018, ως υπεύθυνος του Αυτοτελούς Τμήματος Πινακοθήκης, Εκθέσεων, Φωτογραφικού Αρχείου και Ντοκουμέντων των Συλλογών της ΑΣΚΤ. Στο πλαίσιο αυτό έχει αναλάβει τον σχεδιασμό και τον συντονισμό πολυάριθμων δράσεων εξωστρέφειας, με στόχο τη σύνδεση της ακαδημαϊκής καλλιτεχνικής παραγωγής με την κοινωνία. Έχει επιμεληθεί και οργανώσει μεγάλες εκθέσεις έργων από τις συλλογές της ΑΣΚΤ σε υπουργεία, δημόσιους οργανισμούς και φορείς, ενώ παράλληλα έχει αναπτύξει εκπαιδευτικά προγράμματα, δράσεις πολιτιστικής συμμετοχής και συνεργασίες με οργανισμούς της τοπικής αυτοδιοίκησης, πολιτιστικά ιδρύματα και διεθνείς φορείς.
Ιδιαίτερα σημαντική είναι η συμβολή του στην ανάπτυξη κοινωνικών και εκπαιδευτικών παρεμβάσεων μέσω της τέχνης, με δράσεις που αφορούν τη συμπερίληψη, την προσφυγική εμπειρία, τη δημόσια τέχνη, την εθελοντική αιμοδοσία και την πολιτιστική εκπαίδευση. Έχει συνεργαστεί με φορείς όπως η Βουλή των Ελλήνων, το Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού, το Εθνικό Θέατρο, η Κρατική Ορχήστρα Αθηνών, διεθνείς πρεσβείες και πολιτιστικά ιδρύματα, σχεδιάζοντας και υλοποιώντας προγράμματα καλλιτεχνικής εκπαίδευσης, workshops, εκθέσεις και δημόσιες παρεμβάσεις. Παράλληλα υπήρξε εκπρόσωπος της ΑΣΚΤ στην παραγωγή της τηλεοπτικής σειράς ντοκιμαντέρ, 25 επεισοδίων της ΕΡΤ «Μια Εικόνα, Χίλιες Σκέψεις» (2021–2022), η οποία επικεντρώθηκε στην ανάδειξη της σύγχρονης ελληνικής εικαστικής δημιουργίας και των νέων καλλιτεχνών.
Το διδακτικό του έργο στην ΑΣΚΤ περιλαμβάνει αναθέσεις διδασκαλίας στο ΙΓ΄ Εργαστήριο (2019–2022), στο Β΄ Εργαστήριο Ζωγραφικής (2022–2024), ενώ από το 2024 διδάσκει το μάθημα «Βιντεοτέχνη». Παράλληλα συμμετέχει ενεργά σε ερευνητικά και αναπτυξιακά έργα, όπως το πρόγραμμα «Ψηφιακός Μετασχηματισμός και Ανάδειξη του Πολιτιστικού Αποθέματος της ΑΣΚΤ, 1837–2021» και το ευρωπαϊκό έργο Erasmus+ «Alliance for a Net Positive Performing Arts Sector». Το έργο του χαρακτηρίζεται από τη διαρκή σύνδεση της καλλιτεχνικής δημιουργίας με την εκπαίδευση, την πολιτιστική πολιτική, την κοινωνική προσφορά και τον ψηφιακό μετασχηματισμό των πολιτιστικών οργανισμών, αναδεικνύοντας τη σημασία της τέχνης ως εργαλείου γνώσης, συμμετοχής και κοινωνικού μετασχηματισμού.
Student Works
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