Art that knows no borders and unites

Digital tour of the Sumida Hokusai Museum in Tokyo, Japan for the students of the AUEB Teacher Education Program

Art and the emotions it evokes are an integral part of the philosophy of the AUEB Teacher Education Program, thus that couldn’t stop even in the special conditions we experience due to the Covid pandemic.

More specifically, on Friday 2020-12-18, the students of the Program, with the presence of the teacher and scientific director of the Program Dr Vasiliki Brinia, as well as members of the Scientific Team, had the opportunity to browse remotely, through the Microsoft Teams platform, to the exhibition "The color of phenomenon" of Mr George Stamatakis, artist of the School of Fine Arts and collaborator of the Program for several years. The tour of the exhibition, which was carried out by the artist himself, took place in the context of the innovative action "Art and Education", which will be completed during the upcoming spring semester, with the students of the Program creating their own artworks.

The original installation of the distinguished artwork consists of 62 landscapes of the Greek sea, and more specifically of the Ionian Sea, which after special processing have been imprinted on natural silk with the use of the special color indigo. The purpose of the exhibition is to capture the changes that the color of the sea undergoes due to pollution and climate change, altering its pure blue and sometimes either getting closer to the shades of green or those of yellow. Utilizing the philosophy of "visual culture" in fact, the works of Mr Stamatakis acquire a unique character not only from their material and texture but also from their conceptual profile and the way they are presented, as the organization of the installation allows layers of air to penetrate and "embrace" his works, offering the viewer the feeling of a perpetual wave and an endless journey.