Athens Digital Arts Festival

[1] The first edition of the Athens Video Art Festival took place in April of 2005 at the cultural multi-space Thira Texnis.

This edition of the festival was notable for its tribute to Nam June Paik, a Korean artist who is considered the "founder of video art" and who passed away in 2006.

More than 18,000 visitors attended the festival which was held in cooperation with multiple venues, including CAMP!, Estia Emporon of Samourka Foundation, Booze Cooperativa[3][4] and Bios.

Places like Squares, parks, streets and the Internet are all potential public spaces that are activated through participation and engagement in order to acquire meaning.

[10] As the modern age seems to have purely incorporated the merge of "digital" and "reality" this edition explored the ways that technological advancements influence art and the everyday life.

[14] Therefore, the 14th edition presented works and achievements which outline, comment, foresee, or determine the upcoming singularity, the human as well as the technological role in this new era.

LPM 2015 > 2018 project foresees the production of 36 festivals, 3 Meetings, 3 Audience Development Conferences and 200 satellite events in 3 years.

Εspecially for the "SNF RUN 2019 FIRST RUN"[18][19] 4k race organized by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and took place a few minutes after we welcomed the New Year of 2019, Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) created a unique interactive and participatory installation under the name "Finish Line Digital Canvas", in which runners were displayed as they cross the finish line in real time, forming a mosaic of human bodies that was imprinted on a digital canvas which united individual efforts into a collective body.

During the Christmas period of 2018, Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), undertook the art direction and curated the luminous interactive installations at Stavros Niarchos Park, which were designed so visitors could walk past or through the "light frames", immersing themselves in a unique holiday festival of lights.

[20] On 26 November 2018, ADAF launched its new "Augmented Reality application", which gave life to artworks, murals, posters, flyers, vinyls, books and much more.

Mid-November 2018 saw the completion of a magnificent European Heritage Days project by the Directorate of Archeological Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programs of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.

A series of "augmented murals" were unveiled on the streets of Athens, Thessaloniki, and Ioannina, opening the dialogue between cultural heritage and urban life.

It included installations, indoor and outdoor screenings as well as a tribute to Microwave International New Media Arts Festival (HK).

[28] Under the theme "Seeking a new home: old and recent stories of people on the move"" the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports organised, an event in the context of the European Heritage Days in 2016.

In 2019, ADAF got the "Silver Award" for the "Thematical Events | Cultural Organisation" as well as for the category "5 Senses Star."