The Institute for Experimental Arts was founded in 2008 in Athens- Greece as a non-profit platform of creative expression and research in the fields of theater, performance art, digital media, installation, poetry and art theory. The Institute is committed to existing as an open meeting point for poets-writers, directors, actors, theater engineers/ technicians, performance artists, photographers, video artists and the writers who develop new analytical tools on contemporary art, media & communication.
Kosta Papakosta with his video installation Non Sequitur
The following festivals organized by the Institute for Experimental Arts and supported by important cultural groups from Greece and USA. Including festival organized by international organizations in which the Institute for Experimental Arts participated in the section of poetry readings and performances, video art or theater performances.
ENGLAND London LSE Financial Consequences: International Poetry Festival
February 2019 London School of Economics and Political Sciences
For the last 10 years, we see entrepreneurs, economists, bankers, technocrats and politicians to dominate the public opinion- now is the time for poets to explain to all of them the social impact of their decisions and their politics. The social awareness and sensitivity of poets – in collaboration with video artists and musicians- invited from countries crushed by the economic crises offer us the best possible view to invisible sites of social life,
INDIA Calcutta Proscenium’s Art Center
Total Freedom World Tour 2013
WE WILL NOT LIVE LIKE SLAVES!
3 days International Experimental Art Festival
+Institute for Experimental Arts / Athens-Greece presents Multi Media Performance:
The tragedy of Modern Life
Written and Directed by Tasos Sagris
Performed by Sissy Doutsiou
Freedom of Expression
2 days Drama Workshop
Film Festival
Bibhaban- The Experimental Theatre Company / Calcutta-India
presents Theatre Performance ANATOLI (The SunRise) directed by Suprijyo Samjadar performed by Sissy Doutsiou
UKRAINE Kiev Cyclop International Film Poetry Festival
CYCLOP is a Poetry Film Festival established in 2011 by the NGO «Ukrainian Literary Center» for the purpose of supporting and popularizing videopoetry as a cinematic genre and school. The festival takes place in Kyiv (Ukraine) every two years.
The festival program features video poetry-related lectures, workshops, round tables, discussions, presentations of international contests and festivals,
The Institute for Experimental Arts presents the International Video Poetry Festival organised in Athens from 2011 and proposes specific Film Poems which have been projected to the festival.
USA Seattle Refrain Cadence Video Poetry Festival
A screening of video poetry packages from fellow festivals around the world featuring a selection of non-English language works. Showcase will include curated picks from Nudo Festival de Poesia Visual in Barcelona, Spain; Ó BhéalInternational Poetry-Film Competition in Cork, Ireland; and International Video Poetry Festival in Athens, Greece. APRIL 2019 –
GERMANY Osnabrück European Media Art Festival
The European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück / Germany is one of the most important forums of international Media Art, and is an open laboratory for creative and artistic experiments that help shape media and the aesthetics of their content. As a lively meeting place for artists, curators, lenders, gallery owners and a specialist audience, it has been instrumental in forming the themes and aesthetics of Media Art.
+the Institute [for Experimental Arts] proudly presents the show of the
short film “Global Civil War” directed by Tasos Sagris
GERMANY Frankfurt Gathering of the Tribes Art Festival
International Festival of Art, Panel Discussions, Workshops, Music, Dance, Child Area, Visual Art, Playgrounds, Politics, Poetry, Documentary. MAY 2008
MEXICO Mexico City – Puebla -Zapatistas Communities Total Freedom World Tour
The Total Freedom World Tour organized by Void Network on October 2008 in the National Autonomous University of Mexico, in Puebla and in the Zapatistas Communities with Poetry Performances, Music, Workshops and Leectures.
GREECE Athens International Video Poetry Festival
The yearly International Video Poetry Festival established in 2011 in Athens by the Institute for Experimental Arts. The Festival is one of 5 biggest videopoetry festivals throughout the world.
GREECE Athens Antifascist Festival of Performing Arts
Refugee Houses Aleksandras Avenue June 2014
The festival’s program is rich and interesting in terms of variety of cultural events as theatre shows, talks, discussions, films, poetry readings.
The Institute for Experimental Art participated to the organization of the festival offering the theatre performance Dying as Country a Greek theater play of Dimitris Dimitriadis directed by Tasos Sagris.
Supporting the poetry event Armed Words against fascism – poetry reading and performance by Greek poets and music composers.
INDIA Calcutta Celebrating the 82nd birth anniversary of Jersy Grotowksi
August 2015 Theatre Workshop-Meeting at the Theatre House, Shantiniketan, India
Bibhaban in association with Theatre House & Proscenium Art Centre presents: Towards a Better World Baul Music, Performance & Theatre Workshop.
GREECE Athens Metropolis Audio Visual Urban Poetry Festival
Square Monastiraki May 2015
Bookfair, Poets, Live Concerts, Performances, DJs, Video Art, Multimedia Poetry
GREECE Larissa Open Nights Festival
The Open Nights festival is a yearly multidisciplinary art festival in Greece from 2015, with international participations and social impact. It is a celebration and a gathering of dance, poetry, cinema, video art, literature, sculpture and drawing, lectures and performances.
GREECE Athens National Museum of Contemporary Art
Two-day Scientific Conference about The aspects of the Independent Visual Art Creation in Greece today organized by the cultural group Event Horizon.
April 2018 Visions of Independent Art
Lecture by the theater director and poet Tasos Sagris: Poetry and Revolt – the political Art in the 21st century
The symposium includes screenings of films, panels, workshops, speeches and discussions by filmmakers and organizations in Greece, Germany and Turkey. The symposium is open to the public and aims to create a network of mutual support for independent artists from around the world.
November 2011 Events organised by the Institute for Experimental Arts:
Live Poetry Performance: Tasos Sagirs & Whodoes
Discussion and Panel: Self- organization in Contemporary Cinema
USA We are an image from the future Book Tour organized by Void Network and AK Press
Tasos Sagris and Sissy Doutsiou for the Institute for Experimental Arts traveled and participated in the Book tour We are an image from the Future published by AK Press (publication in USA). The two founding members of the IfEA (Institute for Experimental Arts) talked to 30 states of USA presenting the Book We are an image from the Future and also participated to the New York Film Festival with their Poetry Performances and Video Art.
