Biography
Pandelis Diamantides is an electronic music composer, digital artist and researcher that lives alternately in Cyprus, Greece and The Netherlands.
In his music compositions and audiovisual performances, he uses custom digital technology to create complex binary landscapes, where detailed sound design and electronic rhythms are enhanced by multifaceted visuals providing a true immersive experience.
He is the author of the audiovisual series of works Green, False Awakenings, Go Back to Hiding in the Shadows, Quickly Photographed and Released Unharmed and the recent Παλμός. Through a series of collaborations he has created sound, visuals and software for audiovisual performances, interactive audiovisual installations, contemporary dance and theater, co-creating artworks such as Drowning, plplpl.pl, Mutual Wave Machine, Polaris, Anima, In Circles and Tune In.
In recent years, his work has been presented at international festivals, concert halls, clubs, theaters, galleries and museums in Europe, Middle East, Asia, South America and the USA among others, The Vortex, London, United Kingdom, TodaysArt Festival, the Hague, the Netherlands, FIBER Festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam Dance Event, the Netherlands, International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium, Mirage Festival, Lyon, France, Madrid Planetarium, Spain, SPEKTRUM, Berlin, Germany, Retune Festival, Berlin, Germany, Patchlab Festival, Krakow, Poland, Venice Biennale, Italy, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Italy, Athens Digital Arts Festival, Greece, Athens - Epidaurus Festival, Greece, Athens Concert Hall, Greece, Kalamata International Dance Festival, Greece, RADAR Festival Beyond Music, Varna, Bulgaria, International Short Film Festival Cyprus, Limassol, AV Node, Istanbul, Turkey, China Academy of Art, Shanghai, Voltaje Festival, Bogota, Colombia, South by Southwest, Austin, USA.
He has lectured internationally on art, science and technology among others at Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, China Academy of Arts, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. Between 2017-19 he was a visiting teacher of Programming Multimedia at Cyprus University of Technology and in 2020 he had the opportunity to work as Research Associate at the Immersive Technologies for Intelligent and Creative Applications multidisciplinary research group at the Research Center on Interactive Media, Cyprus. He currently holds a position of Research Associate at ATHENA Research Center, Greece while working on projects with his team at Studio Pandelis Diamantides in the Netherlands.
upcoming
Παλμός, Audiovisual Performance, Premiere, Spring 2023
Monochromes - A Study in Blue, Audiovisual Performance, Fall 2023
selected performances
Opening Ceremony Int'l Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Limassol, 2022, Ground Studies for Pilots Audiovisual Performance
Planetario de Madrid, Spain, 2021, Drowning, Fulldome Audiovisual Performance
The Grey Space, the Hague, the Netherlands, 2021
ADAF ONLINE, Athens, Greece 2020
Supervoid, Oakland, California, USA, 2020
Eugenides Foundation Planetarium, Athens, Greece, 2019
POCHEN, Chemnitz, Germany, 2019
Voltaje Festival, Bogota, Colombia, 2019
RADAR Festival Beyond Music, Varna, Bulgaria, 2019
BOC Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2019
Trippen Concept Store, Berlin, Germany, 2019
Fotonica Festival, Rome, Italy, 2018
Patchlab Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2018
Oddstream Festival, Arnhem, the Netherlands, 2018
Retune Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2018
LOOS, the Hague, NL, the Netherlands, 2018
Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, Greece, 2018
AV Node, Istanbul, Turkey, 2018
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2018
FIBER Festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2017
Thkio Ppalies Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2017
Patchlab Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2017
Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, Greece, 2017
The Shelter, Shanghai, China, 2016
China Academy of Art, Shanghai, China, 2016
SPEKTRUM, Berlin, Germany, 2016
International Short Film Festival Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus, 2016
Incubate Festival, Tilburg, the Netherlands, 2016
Mirage Festival, Lyon, France, 2016
Tec Art Festival, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2016
TodaysArt Festival, the Hague, the Netherlands, 2015
Gogbot Festival, Enschede, the Netherlands, 2015
FIBER Festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2015
OT301, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2015
Loop Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2014
Mediamatic Fabriek, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2013
The Vortex, London, UK, 2013
Athens Festival, Athens, Greece, 2012
BOZAR/Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 2012
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2012
TodaysArt Festival, the Hague, the Netherlands, 2012
B32 Artspace, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 2011
B.A.D. Foundation, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2011
Portgebouw, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2011
Pantheon Cultural Association, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2010
selected exhibitions
Art Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2021
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, 2020
Ars Electronica Garden Nicosia, Cyprus, 2020
Voltaje - Salón de Arte y Tecnología, Bogota, Colombia, 2019
MOTN Festival, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2019
iLight Singapore Festival, 2019
Beamlab Presents, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2018
Gogbot, Enschede, the Netherlands, 2018
Pioneer Works, New York, USA, 2017
Gogbot Festival, Enschede, the Netherlands, 2017
Oddstream Festival, Arnhem, the Netherlands, 2017
FOAM X ARLES, Arles, France, 2017
FOAM Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2017
ERES Stiftung, Munich, Germany, 2017
Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, Greece, 2017
Leeds Digital Festival, Leeds, UK, 2017
SXSW Festival, Austin, USA, 2017
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2016
Van Gogh Museum x The Creators Project, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2016
TodaysArt Festival, the Hague, the Netherlands, 2016
TETEM, Enschede, the Netherlands, 2016
3LD, New York, USA, 2016
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece, 2016
NRW-FORUM, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2016
V2 Institute for Unstable Media, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2016
FORMS Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2016
EUREKA, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 2015
MoMA PS1, New York, USA, 2015
Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands, 2015
ZAAL 3, the Hague, the Netherlands, 2014
REGISTROS DE AUDICION, Mexico City, Mexico, 2014
artist talks
Programming and Art, Department of Performing and Digital Arts, School of Arts of the University of Peloponnese, 2021
Go Back to Hiding in the Shadows: Techniques and Ideas, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 2019
Designing for Non-linear Narratives, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus, 2017
Concepts, Narration & Emotions, China Academy of Arts, Shanghai Institute of Design, China, 2016
Performing w/ Complex Audiovisual Systems, Create Digital Music Panel, FIBER Festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2015
False Awakenings Live Audiovisual Performance, Appril Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2015
residencies
La cloche qui résonne, w/ Vincent Martial, GMEA, Albi, France, 2020
Extending Reality | CoExistence: Art, Science & Technology, w/ MAOTIK, Eugenides Foundation Planetarium, Athens, Greece, 2019
Curriculum Vitae on LinkedIn
Biography
Pandelis Diamantides is an electronic music composer, digital artist and researcher that lives alternately in Cyprus, Greece and The Netherlands.
In his music compositions and audiovisual performances, he uses custom digital technology to create complex binary landscapes, where detailed sound design and electronic rhythms are enhanced by multifaceted visuals providing a true immersive experience.
He is the author of the audiovisual series of works Green, False Awakenings, Go Back to Hiding in the Shadows, Quickly Photographed and Released Unharmed and the recent Παλμός. Through a series of collaborations he has created sound, visuals and software for audiovisual performances, interactive audiovisual installations, contemporary dance and theater, co-creating artworks such as Drowning, plplpl.pl, Mutual Wave Machine, Polaris, Anima, In Circles and Tune In.
In recent years, his work has been presented at international festivals, concert halls, clubs, theaters, galleries and museums in Europe, Middle East, Asia, South America and the USA among others, The Vortex, London, United Kingdom, TodaysArt Festival, the Hague, the Netherlands, FIBER Festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam Dance Event, the Netherlands, International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium, Mirage Festival, Lyon, France, Madrid Planetarium, Spain, SPEKTRUM, Berlin, Germany, Retune Festival, Berlin, Germany, Patchlab Festival, Krakow, Poland, Venice Biennale, Italy, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Italy, Athens Digital Arts Festival, Greece, Athens - Epidaurus Festival, Greece, Athens Concert Hall, Greece, Kalamata International Dance Festival, Greece, RADAR Festival Beyond Music, Varna, Bulgaria, International Short Film Festival Cyprus, Limassol, AV Node, Istanbul, Turkey, China Academy of Art, Shanghai, Voltaje Festival, Bogota, Colombia, South by Southwest, Austin, USA.
He has lectured internationally on art, science and technology among others at Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, China Academy of Arts, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. Between 2017-19 he was a visiting teacher of Programming Multimedia at Cyprus University of Technology and in 2020 he had the opportunity to work as Research Associate at the Immersive Technologies for Intelligent and Creative Applications multidisciplinary research group at the Research Center on Interactive Media, Cyprus. He currently holds a position of Research Associate at ATHENA Research Center, Greece while working on projects with his team at Studio Pandelis Diamantides in the Netherlands.
upcoming
Παλμός, Audiovisual Performance, Premiere, Spring 2023
Monochromes - A Study in Blue, Audiovisual Performance, Fall 2023
selected performances
Opening Ceremony Int'l Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Limassol, 2022, Ground Studies for Pilots Audiovisual Performance
Planetario de Madrid, Spain, 2021, Drowning, Fulldome Audiovisual Performance
The Grey Space, the Hague, the Netherlands, 2021
ADAF ONLINE, Athens, Greece 2020
Supervoid, Oakland, California, USA, 2020
Eugenides Foundation Planetarium, Athens, Greece, 2019
POCHEN, Chemnitz, Germany, 2019
Voltaje Festival, Bogota, Colombia, 2019
RADAR Festival Beyond Music, Varna, Bulgaria, 2019
BOC Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2019
Trippen Concept Store, Berlin, Germany, 2019
Fotonica Festival, Rome, Italy, 2018
Patchlab Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2018
Oddstream Festival, Arnhem, the Netherlands, 2018
Retune Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2018
LOOS, the Hague, NL, the Netherlands, 2018
Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, Greece, 2018
AV Node, Istanbul, Turkey, 2018
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2018
FIBER Festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2017
Thkio Ppalies Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2017
Patchlab Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2017
Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, Greece, 2017
The Shelter, Shanghai, China, 2016
China Academy of Art, Shanghai, China, 2016
SPEKTRUM, Berlin, Germany, 2016
International Short Film Festival Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus, 2016
Incubate Festival, Tilburg, the Netherlands, 2016
Mirage Festival, Lyon, France, 2016
Tec Art Festival, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2016
TodaysArt Festival, the Hague, the Netherlands, 2015
Gogbot Festival, Enschede, the Netherlands, 2015
FIBER Festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2015
OT301, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2015
Loop Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2014
Mediamatic Fabriek, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2013
The Vortex, London, UK, 2013
Athens Festival, Athens, Greece, 2012
BOZAR/Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 2012
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2012
TodaysArt Festival, the Hague, the Netherlands, 2012
B32 Artspace, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 2011
B.A.D. Foundation, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2011
Portgebouw, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2011
Pantheon Cultural Association, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2010
selected exhibitions
Art Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2021
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, 2020
Ars Electronica Garden Nicosia, Cyprus, 2020
Voltaje - Salón de Arte y Tecnología, Bogota, Colombia, 2019
MOTN Festival, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2019
iLight Singapore Festival, 2019
Beamlab Presents, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2018
Gogbot, Enschede, the Netherlands, 2018
Pioneer Works, New York, USA, 2017
Gogbot Festival, Enschede, the Netherlands, 2017
Oddstream Festival, Arnhem, the Netherlands, 2017
FOAM X ARLES, Arles, France, 2017
FOAM Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2017
ERES Stiftung, Munich, Germany, 2017
Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, Greece, 2017
Leeds Digital Festival, Leeds, UK, 2017
SXSW Festival, Austin, USA, 2017
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2016
Van Gogh Museum x The Creators Project, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2016
TodaysArt Festival, the Hague, the Netherlands, 2016
TETEM, Enschede, the Netherlands, 2016
3LD, New York, USA, 2016
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece, 2016
NRW-FORUM, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2016
V2 Institute for Unstable Media, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2016
FORMS Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2016
EUREKA, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 2015
MoMA PS1, New York, USA, 2015
Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands, 2015
ZAAL 3, the Hague, the Netherlands, 2014
REGISTROS DE AUDICION, Mexico City, Mexico, 2014
artist talks
Programming and Art, Department of Performing and Digital Arts, School of Arts of the University of Peloponnese, 2021
Go Back to Hiding in the Shadows: Techniques and Ideas, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 2019
Designing for Non-linear Narratives, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus, 2017
Concepts, Narration & Emotions, China Academy of Arts, Shanghai Institute of Design, China, 2016
Performing w/ Complex Audiovisual Systems, Create Digital Music Panel, FIBER Festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2015
False Awakenings Live Audiovisual Performance, Appril Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2015
residencies
La cloche qui résonne, w/ Vincent Martial, GMEA, Albi, France, 2020
Extending Reality | CoExistence: Art, Science & Technology, w/ MAOTIK, Eugenides Foundation Planetarium, Athens, Greece, 2019
Curriculum Vitae on LinkedIn