Kyriaki Goni

Kyriaki Goni, Counting craters on the moon. A deep dream (2018), 2018, Mixed media installation, dimensions variable

The lack of atmosphere on the Moon keeps its surface unchanged. The processes of creation, the past as well as the possible future of the solar system is reveleaded on its craters. Thus the Moon resembles a 'data center' where the memory of the solar system is stored. In March 2018, using Artificial Intelligence (AI), scientists discover 6,000 new craters within a 24-hour period. Julius Schmidt, director of the National Observatory of Athens (1858-1884), compiles over a 34-year period a large topographic map of the Moon and calculates the craters to about 30,000. What would Schmitt and the AI discuss with each other? An imaginary dialogue, drawings, and archival material compose the on-going work 'Counting Craters on the Moon. A deep dream '

Kyriaki Goni

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Kyriaki Goni was born in Athens. She studied at the Fine Arts Department of the Athens School of Fine Arts and the postgraduate program Digital Art of the same faculty. She has also studied Social Anthropology at Panteion University and completed postgraduate studies on the same subject in the Netherlands. Her work is presented in exhibitions and conferences in Greece and abroad (Digital Futures in Victoria and Albert Museum London, Digital Biennial Santa Cruz, Triennial of Melbourne, Tomorrows, Athens Biennial etc.) She designs and implements workshops as an extension of her artistic practice (Dutch Art Institute, Onassis Foundation, Science Fest). The research article on her interactive installation Deletion Process has been published in MIT's Leonardo Journal (49: 4). Since March 2018 she has been a fellow of the ARTWORKS program of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Kyriaki Goni is a cross media artist based in Athens, Greece. Her work, which combines the artistic practice and the research, focuses on the relationships and interactions between technology and society. Through narratives, and installations she examines subjects in the digital age, such as the power of information, the perception and construction of the self, memory and oblivion, surveillance and privacy, machine and its relation to human. Workshops constitute an integral part of her practice aiming for a broader communication with the audience.