Angeliki Diakrousi, Empowerment of Gender Voice: Sound Acts in Victoria Square, Foto: Panos Kouros
The Laboratory for Art/Architecture in the Public Sphere at the Department of Architecture of the University of Patras, hosted by Rick Lowe's Victoria Square Project, has organized a public discussion with the participation of students in the Public Art course, who ask thought-provoking questions about the activation of urban space as an arena of public political discourse, and as a transformative force in regions of social conflicts, such as Victoria Square. The sound installation Empowerment of Gender Voice: Sound Acts in Victoria Square is being presented, realized by Angeliki Diakrousi as a diploma project, in the framework of the research topics of the Laboratory. During the last decade, the Laboratory has researched spatial agency through art-political practices, realizing experimental works on urban areas that have undergone radical change due to migration, gentrification, and social exclusion.
The presentation takes place in Greek.
Panos Kouros, professor
With the participation of students in the courses What Is Public Art? and No Memory. Public Art Works: Dimitra Chaida, Danai Dachri, Lemonia Moraiti, Marios Mylonas, Sofia Panagiotopoulou, and Aglaia Petta.