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What’s OnPlásmata: Bodies, Dreams, and Data
Part of: Plásmata: Bodies, Dreams, and Data
Educational program

Plásmata meet “constellations of works” inside Pedion tou Areos Park

Family-oriented guided tours for children (9+)

Dates

Prices

Participation is free following online registration

Location

Online registration

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Thursdays, June 16, 23, 30 & July 7, 2022
Time
Group 1: 19.30 – 21.15 | Group 2: 20.00 – 21.45
Venue
Pedion tou Areos

Information

Addressed to

Children aged 9 and over, accompanied by their parent or legal guardian

Duration

Each tour lasts 110 minutes

Application process and Participation conditions

For a child to take part, the registration form must be filled out by their parent or legal guardian.

To join a tour, you must register online beforehand, and arrive at the meeting point in good time.

Places will be filled on a first come, first served basis.

Working Language

Greek

For further information please contact

Department of Educational Programs

+30 210 371 3000

education@onassis.org

What sorts of relationships and dynamics are emerging between our bodies, the environment, and artificial intelligence? What are neural networks and datasets, and how can a machine see if it doesn’t have eyes? What might a tree growing in Pedion tou Areos Park tell us about the relationship between technology, the self, and nature? Can a machine have personality and imagination? What sort of materials are the exhibition’s “plásmata” made of, and what sort of beings are they?

Photo: Stelios Tzetzias

"Quantum Memories - Probability" by Refik Anadol

Data and algorithms, human and post-human identities all interact to create new beings. Creative guided tours for all the family have been designed as part of the “Plásmata: Bodies, Dreams, and Data” exhibition, taking in “constellations of works” set inside Pedion tou Areos Park. Incorporating educational activities, the tours hope to help visitors – both young and old – understand and think about the issues tackled by the exhibited works. Come discover Plásmata with us, and together we’ll explore every environmental, human, and cultural facet displayed by new technologies.

The tour takes in select works and includes a participatory educational activity to help children creatively understand the exhibits, with an emphasis placed on dialogue, observation, and the imagination.

Here’s just some of the things we’ll be seeing on our journey: how an artificial intelligence acquires an imagination (Refik Anadol – “Quantum Memories”), how a neural network is trained to construct sculptures inspired by the statues that stand inside Pedion tou Areos Park (Christian Mio Loclair – “Helin”), and how data dramatization can produce hypothetical scenarios about the future of humankind and of the planet (Liam Young – “Planet City”).

Venue & Meeting point

Pedion tou Areos Park, Leof. Alexandras 10, Athens 106 82

In front of the Superflex exhibit “We Are Having the Time of Our Lives”

Photo: Pinelopi Gerasimou

We Are Having The Time Of Our Lives | SUPERFLEX

Useful information
  • You are advised to wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
  • Tours involve a gentle walk of around 90 minutes within the confines of the park.
  • Every movement and activity undertaken by children as part of the tour within the grounds of Pedion tou Areos Park must be made in the presence of their legal guardian, who bear sole responsibility.
  • You are kindly asked to arrive at the meeting point ten minutes before the start of the tour.
  • Both tours include the same content and stop at the same exhibits.
  • If you are unable to attend, please contact us and let us know in good time (education@onassis.org or +30 210 371 3000) as there is a waiting list.

Credits

  • Guides and tour co-curators

    Nikos Vogiatzis, media designer and visual artist & Elli Leventaki, art historian and curator

  • Production

    Onassis Education, Onassis Digital and Innovation

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