Ionian University
Performative Environments in the Arts Research Lab
Department of Audio & Visual Arts

PEARL

The Performative Environments Art Research Laboratory (PEARL) researches various kinds of performance arts making use of technological media and their related practices. Computer Music formed an early starting point for this exploration. Since 2018, the scope of research expanded to dance, and since 2021 other types of performance arts such as theatre and other narrative art forms are also included. Members of the lab have varied backgrounds ranging from composition, sound design, theatre and dance to programming and digital technology.



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Research Day at the Ionian University
Posted: 27-01-2026 14:57 | Updated: 03-02-2026 22:00 | Views: 4418
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The Ionian University is organizing Research Day on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, with the aim of promoting and disseminating the research activity that has been carried out or is currently underway at the Institution to the public.
AKOYSMATA: Electroacoustic Music Concert by Ionian University teachers
Posted: 14-05-2025 18:04 | Views: 12295
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AKOYSMATA is the annual series of events presented by the Laboratory of Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications (ΕΡΗΜΕΕ) in collaboration with the Laboratory of Performance Environments in the Arts (PEARL) at the Festival of Audiovisual Arts organized by the Department of AudioVisual Arts of the Ionian University. The concert includes pieces composed by faculty composers from the Department of AudioVisual Arts and the Department of Music Studies
FANTASY SOUNDS – Sound worlds in science fiction movies - Seminar
Posted: 14-05-2025 15:59 | Views: 6747
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The lecture examines the main science fiction films from the 1930s onward in which sound plays a fundamental role; from the use of wind sounds to symbolize the arrival of a comet in La Fin du Monde (1931), to the hierarchical and complex sound world of the Star Wars saga (1977-2005); from the electronic music of Forbidden Planet (1956) to the music built on sound in Arrival (2016).
AKOYSMATA: ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC FROM FLORENCE (17/05/2025)
Posted: 14-05-2025 18:12 | Views: 11987
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AKOYSMATA is the annual series of events presented by the Laboratory of Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications (ΕΡΗΜΕΕ) in collaboration with the Laboratory of Performance Environments in the Arts (PEARL) at the Festival of Audiovisual Arts organized by the Department of AudioVisual Arts of the Ionian University. The program includes music by the Italian professor Lelio Camilleri and works by students of Florence Music Conservatory L. Cherubini.
AKOYSMATA: Electroacoustic Music Concert by Ionian University students (16/05/2025)
Posted: 14-05-2025 17:57 | Views: 14139
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AKOYSMATA is the annual series of events presented by the Laboratory of Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications (ΕΡΗΜΕΕ) in collaboration with the Laboratory of Performance Environments in the Arts (PEARL) at the Festival of Audiovisual Arts organized by the Department of AudioVisual Arts of the Ionian University. The concert includes pieces composed by students from the Department of Audio and Visual Arts and the Department of Music Studies.
Presentation: Telematic live coding performances in SuperCollider using OscGroups [21/05/2024, YouTube]
Posted: 20-05-2024 14:02 | Views: 13755
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PEARL (Performative Environment Art Research Lab) of the Department of Audiovisual Arts of the Ionian University and TOPLAP Athens present a research report and demo followed by a networked live coding concert: Telematic live coding performances in SuperCollider using OscGroups. Date: Tuesday, May 21, Time: 20:00 EET.
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