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The Artistic and Research Outreach section of the Department of Performing and Digital Arts (DPDA) has been a fundamental pillar of its mission since the Department’s launch (2019-20).

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📁 Streaming Fluxus 

📍Online, in collaboration with Athens Digital Arts Festival

🗓️ June - August 2020, Greece

🔵 General curation: Marina Kotzamani - Ilias Chatzichristodoulou (ADAF) 🔴 Invited faculty members guest curators: Bill Psarras, Marina Kotzamani, Assi Dimitrakopoulou (DTS) 🟡 Concept 'Streaming Fluxus' - Audiovisual editing: Bill Psarras

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📁  Video Art Μηδέν: The New New

📍Online, in collaboration with the International Festival Video Art Miden

🗓️ March - April 2021, Greece

🔵 Curation - Audiovisual editing: Bill Psarras

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📁 Haiti Greece 1821-2021 

📍Exhibition space of the Agios Nikolaos Church, Spetses 

🗓️  August - September 2021 

ℹ️ interdepartmental project under the auspices of the President of the Hellenic Republic

🔵 Curation: Marina Kotzamani (concept and curation by artist Leda Papakonstantinou)  🟡 Invited faculty members/curators: Bill Psarras, Stella Dimitrakopoulou 🟡 Audiovisual editing: Bill Psarras

The Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering (University of the Aegean) also participated in the inter-university project, curated by Florentia Economidou (Associate Professor, DPSDE).

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📁 Αϊτή Ελλάδα 1821-2021

📍Vouleftiko, Nafplio

🗓️  October-November 2021

ℹ️ interdepartmental project under the auspices of the President of the Hellenic Republic

🌐 DPDA participation has been documented in the official website of the interdepartmental project

🔵 Curation Nafplio section: Marina Kotzamani  🟡 Invited faculty members/curators: Bill Psarras, Stella Dimitrakopoulou, various from MA of DTS  🟡 Audiovisual editing - Trailer : Bill Psarras

The Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering (University of the Aegean) also participated in the inter-university project, curated by Florentia Economidou (Associate Professor, DPSDE).

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📁 Αϊτή Ελλάδα 1821-2021 

📍 Athens Music Hall (Megaro Mousikis)

🗓️  November 2021 

ℹ️ interdepartmental project under the auspices of the President of the Hellenic Republic

🔵 Curation Nafplio section: Marina Kotzamani  🟡 Invited faculty members/curators: Bill Psarras, Stella Dimitrakopoulou, various from MA of DTS  🟡 Audiovisual editing - Trailer : Bill Psarras

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📁  Prague Quadrennial 2023 

📍 Prague, Checz Republic

🗓️  June 2023 

ℹ️ DPDA participated with 2 official projects : Transient Luminous Events / Nafplio Blues

Marking another significant milestone as it completes its first four years of operation, the Department of Performing and Digital Arts (DPDA) of the University of Peloponnese actively participated as part of the Greek national delegation at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) 2023. Held in Prague from June 8–18, 2023, the event stands as the most prestigious international exhibition in the fields of scenography, performing arts, theatre architecture, and hybrid artistic practices

📒 Read the Press Release ΔΤ 

▶️ Watch our  Trailer 

📕 Read the Report 

🔵 Curation: Athena Stourna - Bill Psarras 🟡 Participating faculty members: Athena Stourna (Nafplion Blues), Bill Psarras (Transient Luminous Events)  🟡 Participating teaching staff at parallel projects: Chara Thanou 🟡 Audiovisual editing - Trailer : Bill Psarras

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📁 Screening at Athens Epidaurous Festival

📍 Athens Epidavros Festival, Athens

🗓️  July 2023 

🔵 Curation: Athena Stourna - Bill Psarras 🟡 Participating faculty members: Athena Stourna (Nafplion Blues), Bill Psarras (Transient Luminous Events)  🟡 Participating teaching staff at parallel projects: Chara Thanou 🟡 Audiovisual editing - Trailer : Bill Psarras

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📁 Aristonautes Festival 

📍 Xylokastro, Greece

🗓️   June 2024 

▶️ Watch the video excerpt 

🔵 Curation: Bill Psarras  🟡  Participating faculty members: Bill Psarras, Gina Giotaki 

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📁 International Forum of Performance Art 2024 

📍 Drama, Greece

🗓️  September 2024

📒 Read Press Release for the DPDA student artworks ^{(curated by Bill Psarras)}

▶️ Watch the IFPA2024 reel

🔵 Curation: Bill Psarras 🟡 Participating faculty members: Bill Psarras , Gina Giotaki

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FrontPage Project 2025 - (May 2025, Greece - 📍 Melina Merkouri Cultural Center) [Press Release for our participation at the exhibition - the digital catalogue is available here]

🔵 Curation: Bill Psarras ^(main) - Marina Kotzamani  🟡 Participating faculty members: Nikos Vasilopoulos, Bill Psarras, Katerina El Raheb, Chariklia Thanoy, Marina Kotzamani in collaboration with Yiannis Leontaris (DTS) 🟡 Digital curation / editing : Bill Psarras

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Xenakis 22 Διαπανεπιστημιακό Εργαστήριο - (May 2022, Greece) with 11 participating academic departments of fine arts and new media  - in concept and curation of the Dept. of Performing and Digital Arts at 📍Fougaro (Nafplio) 🔵 Curation: Marina Kotzamani  🟡 Participating faculty members: 

Art Committee: Marina Kotzamani, Alexandros Efklidis, Bill Psarras, Chara Thanou 

Organizing Committee: Athena Stourna, Anastasios Theodoropoulos, Nikos Vasilopoulos, George Kondis

Catalogue Curation - Digital Editing: Bill Psarras

Printing: Ikona Printing Company

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16-20 December 2025, Vouleftiko, 📍Nafplio, Greece 

📕 The Press Release of our collaboration is available here . 

📒 Read our Report Release here

 🔵 Curation: Bill Psarras   🟡 Participating faculty members: Gina Giotaki, Anastasios Theodoropoulos, Katerina El Raheb, Bill Psarras, Marina Kotzamani in collaboration with Yiannis Leontaris (DTS) 

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1-3 December 2023, Lithografeion Theatre, 📍Patras, Ελλάδα.  (📍Poland, 📍Georgia, 📍Ukraine)   

🔵  Participating faculty members: Anastasios Theodoropoulos, Katerina El Raheb

📕 Read the Press Release / Report here

▶️ Watch video excerpts in this presentation

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Κύματα Φωτός  (March 2024 - June 2025) Greece📍Megalopolis Steam Electric Power Station: GNO, DEI, and the DPDA — in collaboration with V, PPC, and the DPDA

🔵 Organizer: Alexandros Efklidis   🟡 Participating faculty members: Alexandros Efklidis, Bill Psarras ,Katerina Kanelli, Katerina Zacharopoulou ajunct lecturer ^{(συμβ. διδάσκουσα 2023-24)}, Anastasios Theodoropoulos   🟡 Project Committee: Alexandros Efklidis, Bill Psarras ,Katerina Kanelli,  🟡 Digital curation - teaser creation: Bill Psarras

📕 Read our Press Release (DPDA) and Greek National Opera announcement 

▶️ Watch our teaser here

🎬 You can warch all artworks at GNO

Section for interdisciplinary - interdepartmental projects-collaborations for the DPDA

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March 2024 📍Prague 

🔵 Organizer: Collaboration ERASMUS+ with the Academy of the Performing Arts of Prague (DAMU)

🟡 Participating faculty members: Athena Stourna, Gina Giotaki, Alexandros Efklidis

📕 More information available 

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📍Nafplio (November, 2021)   [Greece] 

🔵 Organizer: Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais (collaboration)

🟡 Participating faculty members: Marina Kotzamani, Stella Dimitrakopoulou, Bill Psarras - and Asi Dimitroulopoulou (DTS)

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Global Game Jam 

January 2026 📍Athens, Greece

🔵 Organizer: Global Game JamAthens – Foundation of the Hellenic World

🟡 Participating departments: Dept of Performing and Digital Arts and Dept. of Informatics and Telecommunications / HCI-VR Lab

🟡 Participating faculty members: Anastasios Theodoropoulos, Elina Roinioti, George Lepouras (DIT, Tripolis)

📕 More information available here