The algorithmic sound work by PhD candidate Thanasis Epitideios, titled “iNature” (2024), has been selected by a jury to be presented as part of an international sound installation taking place on April 11–12, 2026, in the Public Garden of Évora (Coreto do Jardim Público). The event constitutes a central pillar of the European program “Lá nas Árvores: Ciclo II – Levantar Voo”, which is included in the official events of Évora_27 – European Capital of Culture.
The work was selected following an international call for works organized by the historic institution Projecto DME and the University of Évora. The final program forms a representative panorama of contemporary electroacoustic creation, bringing together 76 selected works that explore the boundaries between nature and technology. It features internationally recognized academics and pioneers in algorithmic composition, electroacoustic music, and acoustic ecology, such as James Harley (University of Guelph), Tae Hong Park (NYU), Lidia Zielińska (Poznań Academy), Adam Stanović (University of Sheffield), and Darren Copeland (NAISA). The installation also includes distinguished members of the Hellenic Association of Electroacoustic Music Composers (HELMCA), such as Assistant Professors Orestis Karamanlis and Thanos Polymeneas Liontiris (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens).
iNature is directly connected to Mr. Epitideios’ doctoral research at the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University, under the supervision of Professor Apostolos Loufopoulos. The work departs from traditional field recording techniques, as it constitutes a procedural composition based on algorithmic mimicry. Through programming code, the system adopts stochastic behaviors that simulate the organic evolution of natural soundscapes, highlighting the potential of the algorithm as a tool for both artistic and research-based creation.
Biography
Thanasis Epitideios is a PhD candidate at the Department of Audio & Visual Arts, researching nature, sonic mimicry, and algorithmic composition. He contributes to teaching in the postgraduate program “Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age”and in undergraduate laboratory courses as a teaching assistant, while also participating in departmental research projects (HAL, Indiana) and artistic installations for the Audiovisual Arts Festival.
He works as a composer and sound designer for film scoring and interactive audiovisual content. He is a graduate of the Department of Sound and Musical Instruments Technology (Technological Educational Institute of the Ionian Islands) and holds an Interdepartmental Master’s Degree in “Arts and Technologies of Sound” from the Ionian University. Since 2009, he has been an active member of HELMCA.
