Video Art Miden is collaborating with the To Pikap Kato exhibition space in Thessaloniki to present a panorama of contemporary international video art on Thursday, June 11, and Friday, June 12, 2026 (6:00–10:00 p.m.). The tribute features 110 artists and groups from around the world. Thematic sections curated by the Video Art Miden team will be screened, exploring contemporary trends, explorations, and issues of our time, such as artificial intelligence, history, memory, war, relentless productivity, personal experience, poetic narration, physical movement and expression, the wandering gaze and the journey, and the perception of a world (or worlds) in transition. There will also be screenings of selections from invited festivals and groups, specifically from the International Multidisciplinary Dare Dance Festival, which will present a selection of videodance works, Visualcontainer, which will present the Italian video art collection Panoramica*25, and the international collective of women video artists FemLink-Art Collective, which will present a thematic project titled “Magic.” Also participating are students from the 2nd Painting Workshop of the Department of Visual and Applied Arts at the School of Fine Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in a selection titled “Emerging Frequencies.”

The screening program brings together many different interpretations and approaches to the contemporary world and the human condition. Many established video artists are participating, while at the same time fresh and youthful perspectives are emerging, focused on an exploration of the future—often dystopian and suffocating—where, however, sensitivity, empathy, critical humor, and existential concerns—which have always united people across time—set the tone and offer a note of optimism in an era that grows ever darker and harsher, testing human limits and shattering the vision of a utopia. It is clear that the works reflect an era in which parallel worlds converge and in which art and artists initiate a substantive dialogue on critical issues, both on conceptual and aesthetic levels, as well as on existential and social levels.

More specifically, the two-day program includes the following screening sessions:

Thursday 11 June (18:00-22:00):

1. EXTRACT PRODUCE PERFORM 2. Curator: Sofia Grigoriadou. Artists: Esteban Rosales, Holly Veselka, Zsuzsanna Spilák, Andrew Frangella, Jaleh Nesari, Lingxiang Wu, Suhan Lalettayin. Duration: 44 minutes.
2. Narrative poetry. Curator: Margarita Stavraki. Artists: Bishoy Adel, Anna Schlechter, Evgenia Grammenou, Loreto Leonvendagar Hurtado, Torpeng Chua-oon, Magdalena Łakoma, Maita Chatzioannidou & Danae Tezapsidou & Io Le Moller, Nara Beibit, Marina Shaltout. Duration: 48 minutes.
3. International Multidisciplinary Dare Dance Festival. Curator: Artemis Manakou, Antonis Bertos, Vangelis Papaevaggeliou. Artists: Antonis Bertos & Vangelis Papaevangeliou, Pablo Soto, EXIS Inclusive Dance Group, Vangelis Papaevangeliou & Sabina Andrea Allen, Vasilis Mavrianos & Sophia Pouchtou, Vangelis Papaevangeliou & Artemis Manakou. Duration: 37 minutes.
4. Decoding the codes. Curators: Olga Papadopoulou and Gioula Papadopoulou. Artists: Jimena Aguilar, Yichu Li, Chi Kiu So, Ong Kian Peng, peqpez, Michael Spahr, Guilherme Peters & Matias Mariani & Roberto Winter, Maria Bernardi. Duration: 51 minutes.
5. Emerging Frequencies. Video works by students of the 2nd Painting Workshop of the Department of Visual and Applied Arts, School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Instructors: Vally Nomidou (Director of the 2nd Painting Workshop), Sotiris Panousakis, Gioula Papadopoulou, Tatiana Altini. Participating students: Vicky Panakia, Katerina Petrakou, Kyveli, Maria Skylogianni, Prodromos Haritidis, Christina Chasekidou, Tete, Magda Ousli. Duration: 21 minutes.
6. FemLink-Art Collective: Magic. Artists: Alessandra Arnò, Cagdas Kahriman, Fatima Mazmouz, Christie Widiarto, Véronique Sapin, Yue Liang, C. M. Judge, Félicité Codjo, Heejeong Jeong, Anna van Breest Smallenburg, Alena Kupcikova, Helena Martin Franco, Kerry Baldry, Surekha, Rachida Azdaou, Tanya Akhmetgalieva, Nicoletta Stalder, Angie Bonino, Lucy Azubuike, Maria de Alba, Tanja Koistila, Katya Nikonorova, Irina Gabiani, Angelika Rinnhofer. Duration: 47 min.

Friday 12 June (18:00-22:00):

1. Visualcontainer: Panoramica*25. Curated by: Alessandra Arnò. Artists: Citron/Lunardi, Lorenzo Papanti, Nicola Bertoglio, Marco Gentilini & Veronica Orrù, Plurale (Leonardo Avesani/ Chiara Ventura), Atefeh Khas, Massimiliano Marianni, Gianni Barelli, Francesca Longo, Cosimo Iannunzio. Duration: 65 min.
2. Unstable Horizons: bodies, images and worlds in transition. Curated by: Tatiana Altini. Artists: Luca Lee, MohammadAli Famori, Maria Korporal, Daniele Grosso, Jacopo Mattia Alegiani & Edoardo Cicchetti, Anastasia Prodromaki, Krista Steinke & Sherman Finch, Maeva Badaire, John Mosher, Teresa Leung, Gerald Trimmel. Duration: 50 min.
3. Hide and seek 1. Curated by: Martha Zoupa. Artists: Sofia Damala, Yana Gukun, Yiannis Pappas, Thomas Bennett, Alice Indi Ryne, Nadja Elpida Murze & Anastasia Shirmanova, Anna Kafarova, Angela Christlieb & Christian Dautresme. Duration: 41 min.
4. Memories/Histories аnd а Recipe. Curated by: Sofia Grigoriadou. Artists: Yanzhen Huang, Adam Taufiq Suharto, Justin Enrico Legaspi, Robert Minassian, Joana Claude, Daniela Lucato, Özlem Köse, Harmeet Singh Rahal, Jose Luis Benavides, David de Rozas. Duration: 48 min.
5. A-broad. Curated by: Olga Papadopoulou. Artists: Amir Komeli & Vida Kashani, Vlad Tretiak, Tiffany Carbonneau, Susanne Wiegner, Katina Bitsicas & Scott McMahon, Marcin Wojciechowski, Ethann Néon, Nenad Nedeljkov, Saman Haghighivand, Kent Tate. Duration: 45 min.

Art direction: Gioula Papadopoulou & Olga Papadopoulou

More info and complete screening program at www.festivalmiden.gr