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Summary Sentence: Associate Professor Harris Dimitropoulos displays his work in digital media
Full Summary: Celebrate artists and associate professor Harris Dimitropoulos's work in digital media, in a new gallery space on campus.
Exhibition Opening: Harris DimitropoulosThe Georgia Tech College of Architecture hosts artist and associate professor Harris Dimitropoulos at the opening of an exhibition of his work in digital media, in a new gallery space on campus.
The School of Architecture lecture by Michael Ra of Front, Inc. will follow.
Open through December 16
Monday through Friday, 10 am - 4 pm
Private viewing by appointment | 404-894-3880
Artist's statement
This work is an experiment in digital media. This
experiment is based on the question: Can we produce difference and particular
identity by using the default functions of the computer? This question
engenders the dialectic between two competing and mostly mutually exclusive
realms; of virtuality and embodiment. In
using a system of software and hardware, our intellectual and physical products
are both facilitated and limited by the technology. Is it possible to discover and exploit the limitations of
this system? Can we then produce objects and images that appear to be uniquely
conceived and whose digital DNA is melded with our own?
About the artist
Harris Dimitropoulos has taught art, design, and theory
courses in Europe and in the United States. He is an associate professor in the
School of Architecture at Georgia Tech, where he has taught for more than 25
years. Currently his creative interests explore issues of representation and
aesthetics, especially as they pertain to digital media. Dimitropoulos received
a Master of Architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1984, a PhD
from the Aristoteleion University in Thessaloniki, Greece, and a Bachelor of
Architecture N.T.U. in Athens, Greece. In addition to his architectural
education, he received formal art education from 1970 to 1983. His
architectural and art work has been exhibited in Europe and in the United
States, and his project "Bastilles" was chosen for the commemoration
of the Bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989.
