Ground Studies for Pilots
Sound & Expanded Media Performance
Pandelis Diamantides
2025—present
Ground Studies for Pilots is a sound and expanded media performance by Pandelis Diamantides exploring human vulnerability, perception and the relationship between biological and technological systems. Inspired by a pilot-training manual, the work draws on the language of navigation—precision, measurement, guidance and control—as a metaphor for the human search for stability and meaning in an unpredictable world. Bringing together electronic sound, moving image and light, the performance creates a changing environment where technology and human experience intersect.
At the heart of the performance is the relationship between the body and its digital interpretation. Biometric signals, including heartbeat and breathing, influence generative processes that shape sound, image and light. The performer moves between physical presence and digital abstraction, while fragmentation, interruption and digital error become part of the artistic language. Drawing on the idea of preparation before flight as a moment of anticipation between the familiar and the unknown, Ground Studies for Pilots explores how biological and technological systems continuously influence one another. Rather than presenting them as opposites, the work invites the audience to reflect on how sensation, measurement and interpretation shape our experience of reality.
Selected Presentations
29 October 2026
lab.30 — International Media Art Festival
Kulturhaus abraxas, Augsburg, Germany
4 October 2026
Uncloud — 10 Years of Breaking the Binary
Utrecht, Netherlands
23 December 2025
Nicosia International Festival
Nicosia Municipal Theatre, Cyprus
5 July 2025
Eufònic / BotCamp
Amposta, Catalonia, Spain
Selected Press
Η σιωπή είναι ενεργός χώρος / Silence Is an Active Space
Interview with Giorgos Savvinidis
Philenews · 18 December 2025
Published ahead of the presentation of Ground Studies for Pilots and Bluets at the Nicosia International Festival, the interview explores sound, silence, human vulnerability, and artistic practice. It also reflects on identity, place, and the interplay between biological experience and technological systems.
Credits
Concept, artistic direction and live performance: Pandelis Diamantides
Bookings & Enquiries
For performance bookings, festival presentations, collaborations, and further information:
Ground Studies for Pilots
Sound & Expanded Media Performance
Pandelis Diamantides
2025—present
Ground Studies for Pilots is a sound and expanded media performance by Pandelis Diamantides exploring human vulnerability, perception and the relationship between biological and technological systems. Inspired by a pilot-training manual, the work draws on the language of navigation—precision, measurement, guidance and control—as a metaphor for the human search for stability and meaning in an unpredictable world. Bringing together electronic sound, moving image and light, the performance creates a changing environment where technology and human experience intersect.
At the heart of the performance is the relationship between the body and its digital interpretation. Biometric signals, including heartbeat and breathing, influence generative processes that shape sound, image and light. The performer moves between physical presence and digital abstraction, while fragmentation, interruption and digital error become part of the artistic language. Drawing on the idea of preparation before flight as a moment of anticipation between the familiar and the unknown, Ground Studies for Pilots explores how biological and technological systems continuously influence one another. Rather than presenting them as opposites, the work invites the audience to reflect on how sensation, measurement and interpretation shape our experience of reality.
Selected Presentations
29 October 2026
lab.30 — International Media Art Festival
Kulturhaus abraxas, Augsburg, Germany
4 October 2026
Uncloud — 10 Years of Breaking the Binary
Utrecht, Netherlands
23 December 2025
Nicosia International Festival
Nicosia Municipal Theatre, Cyprus
5 July 2025
Eufònic / BotCamp
Amposta, Catalonia, Spain
Selected Press
Η σιωπή είναι ενεργός χώρος / Silence Is an Active Space
Interview with Giorgos Savvinidis
Philenews · 18 December 2025
Published ahead of the presentation of Ground Studies for Pilots and Bluets at the Nicosia International Festival, the interview explores sound, silence, human vulnerability, and artistic practice. It also reflects on identity, place, and the interplay between biological experience and technological systems.
Credits
Concept, artistic direction and live performance: Pandelis Diamantides
Bookings & Enquiries
For performance bookings, festival presentations, collaborations, and further information: