Within the space of just four months, students in Greece took a dive deep into the world of contemporary art and create contemporary music inspired by a work of art. In association with Athens' National Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki’s State Museum of Contemporary Art, museum educators, artists, musicians and composers, the Onassis Stegi-Athens invited the students to join this interdisciplinary programme in order to gain hands-on experience of the visual and audio arts and create something of their own along with the group.

After museum visits and talks with the artists and the educational curators, the students got inspired by a work of contemporary art and created their own musical compositions using self-made musical instruments and sound editing software.

Selected Schools:
Athens
2nd Vocational School of Sivitanidios Public Arts and Crafts, Department of Computer Science specializing in Computer and Network Applications
Project Coordinator: Yannis Kotsonis (musician)
Inspired by the artwork of Nikos Podias "Inside Out"
Listen to the recordings HERE.

2nd Vocational High School of Nea Smyrni, Department of Applied Arts, specializing in Graphic Arts and Silversmithing
Project Coordinators: Stefanos Konstantinidis (musician), Iakovos Steinhauer (musician) and Nassos Sopylis (musician)
Inspired by the artwork of Nikos Papadopoulos "Ocean Rock Garden"
Listen to the recordings HERE.

Thessaloniki
1st Vocational High School of Ampelokipoi, Thessaloniki
Project Coordinator: Anastasia Peki
Inspired by the artwork of Mikhail Matyushin "Musical /Visual Construction" (1918) , part of the Costaki Collection “Russian Avant-Garde”
Listen to the recordings HERE.

1st Vocational High School of Neapoli, Thessaloniki
Project Coordinator: Savvas Metaxas
Inspired by the artwork of Alexander Rodchenko "Expressive Rhythm" (1943), part of the Costaki Collection “Russian Avant-Garde”
Listen to the recordings HERE.

The final presentation of the students' works of art in Athens is set for 11 May 2018, 11:00 am at the National Museum of Contemporary Art

The final presentation of the students' works of art in Thessaloniki is set for 18 May 2018, 11:00 am at the State Museum of Contemporary Art 

photo credits: Stella Tzachristas for EMST