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Future Text – Athens Week 7-15 November 2019

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Αγαπητά μέλη της πανεπιστημιακής κοινότητας,

Το Τμήμα Γραφιστικής και Οπτικής Επικοινωνίας σας προσκαλεί στις διαλέξεις και τα σεμινάρια που διοργανώνονται στο πλαίσιο του Future Text – Athens Week 7-15/11/2019.

Το Future Text είναι ένα διεθνές, ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα για την οπτική επικοινωνία και την εξέλιξη των αλφαβητικών γραφών στο σύγχρονο ψηφιακό περιβάλλον.

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες και δηλώσεις συμμετοχής στα εργαστήρια θα βρείτε στην ιστοσελίδα: https://futuretext.org/athens19  

 

 

Welcome to,

 

a week dedicated to Typography. 

International lectures, workshops, round table discussions, parallel events and an exhibition.

Future Text  is an academic research platform focused on text-based communication across cultural, international and interdisciplinary fields.
*Here is the full program of the week: futuretext.org/athens19

 

Programme of Lectures

 

Monday 11.11.19 
(Location: Central amphitheater – Campus 1)

09.30 – Registrations

09.45 – Opening

10.00 – Early Greek Printing Types / Matthiopoulos George

10.30 – Τhe lost meaning of the words / Eleni Martini

11.00– Type & Image / Tomasz Walenta

11.30 – Coffee break

12.00 – The living text and its disappearance / Alexandros Mistriotis
(*the lecture will be Live Streaming through our website)

13.00 -14.00 – Lunch break

(afternoon session is for workshops) 

 Tuesday 12.11.19 
(Location: Central amphitheater – Campus 1)

09.45 – Opening

10.00 – Dinosaurs & Type / Maciej Polczynski

10.30 – The problem with the letter gamma / Vassilis Georgiou

11.00 – `Typography as a melting pot of various cultures / Katerina Antonaki

11.30 – Coffee break

12.00 – The future will not be mono-tonous: the variability of text / Irene Vlachou & Laurence Penney

13.00 -14.00 – Lunch break

(afternoon session is for workshops) 

Friday 15.11.19 
(Location: Central amphitheater – Campus 1)

15.00 -16.30 – Round Table discussion / A discussion-critical thinking on the contemporary scene of greek typography, teaching typography & textual communication.

 

Programme of Workshops

 

Click each image to Learn more & Register!

7-10.11.19

Thu & Sun  —-> 09.30 – 18.00 

1. Posterrorism 2020 (Poster Design) / Tomasz Walenta 

11-15.11.19
Mon & Tue  —-> 14.00 – 18.00
Wed & Thu —-> 09.30 – 18.00
Friday        —-> 13.00 – 15.00

2. Greek Ligatures Revisited (Byzantine Calligraphy Workshop) / George Matthiopoulos & Constantina Politimi Zerdeva-Brikori 

11-15.11.19
Mon & Tue  —-> 14.00 – 18.00
Wed & Thu —-> 09.30 – 18.00
Friday        —-> 13.00 – 15.00

3. Variable fonts: Responsive—Animated—Flexible —Efficient typography (Typography workshop) / Irene Vlachou & Laurence Penney

11-15.11.19
Mon & Tue  —-> 14.00 – 18.00
Wed & Thu —-> 09.30 – 18.00
Friday        —-> 13.00 – 15.00

4. Greek type design experiments (Experimental typography) /
Eva Masoura

 

Exhibition

Friday 15.11.19 

13.00 – 17.00 – Presentation of workshops’ results

 

Parallel Events

Wednesday 13.11.19 
(Meeting point: TBA  )

13.00 – 15.00 – The reception / A walk-talk in the historical centre of Athens – storytelling and public space, by Alexandros Mistriotis  (15€/person)
*This tour will be in English

Thursday 14.11.19 
(Meeting point: TBA  )

13.00 – 15.00 – Epigraphical Museum of Athens  (Free) 

16.00 – 18.00 – Guided tour at the Museum of National Printing House  (Free)

19.00 – 20.00 – The reception / A walk-talk in the historical centre of Athens – storytelling and public space, by Alexandros Mistriotis  (15€/person)
*This tour will be in Greek