About

Yiannis Kranidiotis (Athens, Greece), is an artist whose work explores the relationship between science and art, using mainly light, motion and sound to create spaces and experiences where all coexist and interact. He often engages the visitor using interaction, while other times he uses data to drive the motion, the light, and the sound of his works. He is interested in exploring physical phenomena like natural repeatability or wave movement as well as creating sonification methods for scientific data from sources like exoplanets, gravitational waves, or the solar wind. The climate crisis and the increasing pollution of the planet with plastic are issues that also affect his practice. He has collaborated with choreographers and theatre directors in interdisciplinary projects, designing digital artworks, VR environments, and light installations. He has a BS in Physics from the University of Patras and an M.Sc. in Optics and Lasers from Essex University.

His work has been presented in many festivals and exhibitions like BOZAR (Brussels), Maintenant (Rennes, France), SPECTRA (Aberdeen, UK), Made in NY Media Center (New York), FILE (Sao Paulo, Brazil), B-Seite Festival (Germany), Rome Media Festival, ISEA (2019 S. Korea, 2016 Hong Kong, 2015 Vancouver), MADATAC (Madrid), Lumen Prize Global Tour,  Athens Digital Arts Festival, Onassis Cultural Center (Athens), LUNDA Gallery (St. Petersburg, Russia). Many websites and magazines have published articles about his work including “Google Cultural Institute“, “The Creators Project“, “Arduino.org”, “Gizmodo“,  “Open Culture“, “Hyperallergic“, “Bigthink” and “Konstvärlden”.

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Awards

• ADAF Award 2020
• MADATAC 2017 Special Jury Award
• Kinetica Museum London Special Price
• Alpine Fellowship Visual Arts Prize Finalist, 2019
• Lumen Prize Finalist, 2016

Residencies

• S+T+ARTS Hungry EcoCities – Studio Other Spaces – September 2023- June 2024 (EU)
• The Tipping Point project – SciArt Project at European Commission’s JRC Ispra – April 2023 (Italy)
• Anthos project – SciArt Project at European Commission’s JRC Ispra – March 2023 (Italy)
• Resonances IV – SciArt Summer School at European Commission’s JRC Ispra – 2022 (Italy)
• ArtScienceLab – “Sound Spatialization” at IPEM, Gent University – 2018  (Belgium)
• BOZAR Lab – “Power of Image” Project for BOZAR – 2018 (Belgium)
• ENLIGHT Project – MIRIAD at the Manchester School of Art – 2016-17 (UK)
• Soundscapes Landscapes II – MEDEA Electronic / Onassis Cultural Center – 2017 (GR)

Publications

• Yiannis Kranidiotis – “Black Hole: Using Black Hole Theory and General Relativity to Create a Data-Driven Light and Sound Sculpture”. Leonardo 2022; 55 (5): 451–455. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_02247

Talks

• “SYMPOSIO”, S+T+ARTS HEC Knowledge Event, Turin, Italy (November 2023).
• “The Tipping Point: A Data-driven Kinetic Light Installation”, European Commission’s JRC Ispra, Italy (May 2023).
• “Anthos: An immersive art installation designed by artists and scientists”, European Commission’s JRC Ispra, Italy (April 2023).
• “Anthos: An immersive art installation designed by artists and scientists”, S+T+Arts: Smart Agri-Cultures for Sustainable Futures, Impact Hub Athens (November 2022).
• “Mediated Spaces in Art, Science, and Technology”, S+T+ARTS Academy (June 2020).
• “The Art of Data”, Catalyst Conference, Aberdeen Music Hall (February 2020).
• “Black Hole: Creating a sculpture with light, sound and scientific data” Eugenides Foundation, The New Digital Planetarium for Athens Digital Arts Festival. (November 2019).
• “Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Art” at Megaron for Athens Digital Arts Festival. (May 2018)
• “Science & Art” at EESAB School of Fine Arts. (October 2017)
• Artist talk at Athens Digital Arts Festival about the relation of art and science in my work. (May 2017)
• Presentation of my works to Rome University of Fine Arts students at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma (April 2017)
• Talk about my interactive installation «9 months_Rebirth» and ENLIGHT Project at SPECTRA Catalyst Conference 2017, Aberdeen UK. (Feb 2017)
• “Interactive works” at School of Art of Manchester Metropolitan University (Nov 2016)
• Presentation of my interactive installation “Color Tubes” to students of primary schools in distant and inaccessible · areas of the country as part of the program “Άγονη Γραμμή, Γόνιμη” (Nov 2015)
• “Colour Tubes” International Computer Music Association and Sound & Music Computing Conference 2014, Onassis Cultural Center (Sept 2014)

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Βιογραφικό

Ο Γιάννης Κρανιδιώτης είναι ένας καλλιτέχνης το έργο του οποίου διερευνά την σχέση μεταξύ επιστήμης και τέχνης, χρησιμοποιώντας κυρίως το φως, την κίνηση και τον ήχο, δημιουργώντας χώρους και εμπειρίες όπου και τα δύο συνυπάρχουν και αλληλεπιδρούν. Συχνά χρησιμοποιεί δεδομένα για να οδηγήσει την κίνηση, το φως και τον ήχο των έργων του, ενώ άλλες φορές προσελκύει τον θεατή χρησιμοποιώντας την αλληλεπίδραση. Ενδιαφέρεται για την εξερεύνηση φυσικών φαινομένων όπως η φυσική επαναληψιμότητα και η αρμονική ταλάντωση, καθώς και η δημιουργία μεθόδων ηχοποίησης επιστημονικών δεδομένων από πηγές όπως εξωπλανήτες, βαρυτικά κύματα ή ο ηλιακός άνεμος. Η κλιματική κρίση και η αυξανόμενη ρύπανση του πλανήτη με πλαστικό είναι θέματα που επηρεάζουν και την πρακτική του. Έχει συνεργαστεί με χορογράφους και σκηνοθέτες θεάτρου σε διεπιστημονικά έργα, σχεδιάζοντας ψηφιακά έργα τέχνης, περιβάλλοντα VR και εγκαταστάσεις φωτός. Σπούδασε Φυσική στο Πανεπιστήμιο της Πάτρας και Οπτική (M.Sc.) στο Essex University. Ζει και εργάζεται στην Αθήνα.