WADS ↑ ← → ↓

Co-curation of virtual exhibition at Ars Electronica Festival 2020 In Kepler’s Gardens (September 9-13, 2020). The exhibition involved 21 artists and consisted of 11 virtual environments developed in Mozilla Hubs.

Exhibition text

WADS (↑ ← → ↓) speaks of plurality and plentifulness, of conjoining principles, disciplines and possibilities. As a virtual space compiled of local artists, it sets out to explore the potential of digital hubs as grounds of artistic and technological co-creation. It imagines a garden of commoning where artists pollinate the digital by employing a technique derived from gardening: namely, grafting.

In this spirit and following its own mission, RISE invites local artists to pollinate the digital by employing a technique derived from gardening: namely, grafting. WADS, a digital garden of commoning formed by 21 local artists, sets out to explore the potential of digital hubs as grounds of artistic and technological co-creation. The digital exhibition is created and experienced in the online environment of Mozilla Hubs and will be accessible through the Ars Electronica Digital Platform.

Project presentation

WADS was exhibited at the Thinker Maker Space in Nicosia, on October 15-16, 2020.

Exhibition credits

Participating Artists

Raissa Angeli, Maria Andreou, Marina Ashioti, Pandelis Diamantides, Anastasia Dolitsay, Peter Eramian, Ibrahim Latif Ince, Stelios Ilchouk, Marina Kassianidou, Irini Khenkin, Angeliki Koutsodimitropoulou, Marinos Koutsomichalis, Marietta Mavrokordatou, Panagiotis Mina, Faysal Mroueh, Lina Protopapa, Doros Polydorou, Despina Rangou, Kleanthis Rousos, Elena Savvidou, Nico Stephou

Graphic design

Nico Stephou

Curatorial team

Demetris Shammas, Constantinos Miltiadis, Emiddio Vasquez, Myrto Aristidou

With the support of RISE CY (now CYENS) and the Austrian Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus.