Vangelis Lympouridis was born in Greece in 1978. He studied Physics at the University of Ioannina in Greece, and took classes at the Fine Art and Modern Technology program at the Technical University of Crete where he attended a two week workshop with Allan Kaprow. He later received his diploma in painting and sculpture at the Vakalo School of Art and Design in Athens. Upon the completion of the latter he was accepted at the Sculpture and Environmental Art department of the Glasgow School of Art, where he graduated with a BA(hons) in 2005.
Immediately after, he continued his studies at the University of Edinburgh and in 2006 he received his MSc in Sound Design. For his final project he was awarded the Alumni Prize as well as offered a three month internship at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh.
Vangelis currently lives in Edinburgh, where he is working on his PhD thesis under a full scholarship from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC-UK). His research explores “Whole Body Interaction Design Strategies” for applications in Interactive Art, Digital Music, Dance and Performances. Consequently, he is focused on the potential of real time sonification of movement within an artistic context. All of his projects have been realized through the innovative use of the wireless sensor based, Motion Capture system Orient-3 provided by the Speckled Computing Consortium, at the University of Edinburgh.
While there, he regularly supervises MSc Sound Design and MSc Digital Media students. Additionally, he is part of the “CIRCLE” research group at Edinburgh College of Arts (ECA).
In 2008 he was awarded a Small Project Grant from the University of Edinburgh towards his research. His work has been presented in several conferences including CHI 2009 in Boston and SMC07, and he has so far published four papers related to his findings, all of which can be found here:
http://edinburgh.academia.edu/VangelisLympouridis
http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/vangelis-lympouridis/
Vangelis has presented and exhibited personal and site specific work during workshops and residencies in the UK, US, Greece, Portugal and Italy, and was a member of the team representing Greece at the 11th Venice Biennial of Architecture in 2008. The interactive installation was titled “Athens by Sound”.
Additional professional affiliations include gallery space OlivePress Art Factory in Chania, Crete, University of Southern California, and Choreo Theatro Company in New York.
EDUCATION
Ongoing PhD research in “Design Strategies for Whole Body Interactive Performances”.
- The University of Edinburgh, School of Arts, Culture and Environment
- The research is fully funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council
2005-2006 Msc. in Sound Design
- The University of Edinburgh, School of Arts, Culture and Environment
(His Final Project was awarded the Alumni Prize)
2003-2005 BA Honours in Fine Art
- Glasgow School of Art, Environmental Art Department
2001-2003 Diploma in Fine Arts, Painting, First
- “Vakalo school of Art and Design”, Athens
2001 Seminar (two weeks) with American artist Allan Kaprow
2001 Seminar (two months) with Greek sculptor Antonis Dagadakis
1998-2001 University of Crete, Fine Art and Technology
The department does no longer exists due to administrative
problems
1995-1998 University of Ioannina, Department of Physics
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES
2008 Small project Grand Award, Edinburgh University
2007-2010 Doctorate scholarship by AHRC (UK)
2006-2007 Three months studentship by the Speckled Computing
Consortium, School of Informatics, Edinburgh University
2006 Alumni Prize for the best Final Project in Msc Sound Design,
University of Edinburgh
2005 Honorary Mention “Paraxeni Othoni” Thessaloniki, Greece
for his Video Art “ Circular Sense of Time
CONFERENCES
CHI-2009 Boston MA, USA, 2009
Audio Mostly, Glasgow, 2009
8th workshop on Speckled Computing, Edinburgh, 2009
7th workshop on Speckled Computing, Edinburgh, 2008
Research Narratives – Goldsmiths Art and Design, London 2008
IMHSD Conference -Dance Time and Musical Gesture, Edinburgh 2008
SMC07 International Conference, Lefkada, Greece, 2007
6th workshop on Speckled Computing, Edinburgh, 2007
5th workshop on Speckled Computing, Edinburgh, 2006
PAPERS and PUBLICATIONS
“Fully Wireless, Full Body 3-D Motion Capture for Improvisational Performances”
CHI2009 Boston 2009
“Exploration of digital manipulation of acoustic sound with the body, using a sensor based motion capture system”
Audio Mostly, Glasgow 2009
“Researching Non-Hierarchical Interactive relationships within Interdisciplinary Improvisation” Poster “Dance, Time and Musical Gesture” Conference, Edinburgh University 2008
“Sonification of Gestures using specknets”
Paper for SMC07 International Conference, Lefkada, Greece, 2007
EMPLOYMENT
MSc Project Supervisor
“Audisee" Project, Edinburgh University, Jan 2009 – March 2009
11th Venice Biennale in Architecture
Sound Design and Implementation of Interactive Environment, (Greek Pavilion), July 2008 – September 2008
MSc Project Supervisor
“Through the Wireless Interface” project, Edinburgh University, Jan 2008 – March 2008
“Ensemble Project”
Sound and Interaction Designer, December 2006 - March 2007,AHRC, Napier University, Edinburgh
MSc Project Supervisor
“Wireless Gestures” project, Edinburgh University, Jan 2007 – March 2007
Music Studio Manager
School of Music, Edinburgh University, March 2007 - May 2007
GROUP Shows and EXCIBITIONS
“Hiroshima”
Whole Body Interactive Performance, Inspace, Edinburgh, Apr 2010
“Olive Tree, The Mediterranean Olive Grove”
Residency, OlivePress Art Factory, Chania Crete, 2009
11th Venice Biennale in Architecture
Sound Design and Implementation of Interactive Environment, (Greek Pavilion), July 2008 – September 2008
“Untitled #2”
Interactive Performance, Residency, Lisbon, Nov 2008
“Untitled #1”
Interactive Performance, Residency, DanceBase, Edinburgh, June, 2008
“Magnetic North”
Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Oct-Nov, 2005
“Standing room only”
GSA, Barnes Gallery, February 2005
“New blood”
GSA, Barnes Gallery, October 2004
“Public Workers”
GSA, Pontium Gallery, May 2004
"The Genesis of Knowledge"
Vakalo School of Art and Design, Athens, October 2002
"Projection of Square on a Gravity Field"
Vakalo School of Art and Design, Athens, October 2001
“KA.TE.SY.TE”
Neoria Exhibition space, Chania, Greece, May 1999
SOLO EXHIBITIONS and PERFORMANCES
“The NeuroGlove”
Interactive Performance, The forest, Aug, 2006
“Neutral Ground”
Interactive Installation, Glasgow Mackintosh Building, June 2005
“Yes…I will perform for you”
Interactive Installation, Glasgow, Barnes Building, May 2005
“Inter-Connection”
Public art project, Glasgow-Palermo, April 2005
“Nevronic Inter-performance”
Barnes building, February 2005
“Nevronic Reconstruction”
Residency, Palermo, Cantieri Culturali de la Zisa, April 2005
“Circular Sense of Time”
Public Art, Glasgow, George Square, March 2004
“Duck and Cover”
Glasgow School of Art, Round space, December, 2003
“Nevronic Interconnections”
Glasgow School of Art, Garage space, November, 2003
“Tic, Tac, Booom
(Seminar with Allan Kaprow) French Academy, Chania, Greece, 1998
EVENTS and SCREENINGS
“Duck and Cover”,
The Forest, Edinburgh, Octomber 2005
“Nostalgia”
Central Saint Martins, London, December 2004
“Paraxeni othoni III”
Cinemuseum Thessaloniki, Greece, May 2004
“LookOut”
Public Projections, Athens, September, 2003
“Paraxeni othoni II”
Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 2003
“Projections”
Municipal of Filothei, Athens, Greece, November 2002
“35 hours”
Fournos Exhibition center, Athens, Greece, September 2002
INTERVIEWS
"The Pirate Cat Radio"
Interview, San Fransisco, Nov. 2010
“KYDON TV”
Interview during residency at Olivepress Art Factory, Chania, Crete 2009
“360Tv”
Presentation of work (“Neutral Ground”) and interview at Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Nov 2005
“Live day”
Presentation of work and Interview on, “MAD- TV” Channel, Greece, October 2001
