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Dr. Bardakos is a hunter gatherer of Forms and Non Localities. He integrates problem-solving, mentoring, consulting, direction, technology, art, drawing from his extensive background in both the academic, commercial, and entrepreneurial sectors. His professional journey spans over three decades with roles as an artist, researcher, producer, coordinator, director, and consultant. The projects in which Dr. Bardakos is involved encompass a broad spectrum of the contemporary media arts field, including complex projects such as digital animation, generative art, virtual and augmented reality, interactive installations, and projects underpinned by generative AI methodologies. Dr. Bardakos's expertise extends across various media implementations, from narrative digital storytelling to abstract form aesthetics and immersive digital installations, to digital film and motion graphics. He speaks English, French, Greek, and Spanish and through his career has founded and directed media art and educational studios in diverse cultural hubs, including Athens, Paris, and Shanghai, such as JAM, THESE, RHO, 2^6 and Cognitive Nexus. With foundational training in mathematics, computer science, and philosophy, complemented by studies in animation, film, and the arts, Dr. Bardakos has further enriched his academic repertoire with digital media, humanities, cybernetics, and technoetics. His research and teaching endeavors are primarily based in Shanghai, where he delves into the interplay between technology and art aesthetics through a technoetic lens. Dr. Bardakos holds dual Ph.D. degrees from Paris 8 University in Aesthetics, Sciences, and Technologies of the Arts, and from the Athens School of Fine Arts in Theory and History of Art. Equally he holds a double MFA from Paris 8 University and from he School of Fine Arts related with Art, Virtual Reality and multiuser systems of artistic expression. He co-edits the Technoetic Arts Journal and serves as a member-at-large of the American Society for Cybernetics. Beyond digital interaction, his work spans writing, analogue art creation, art exhibition curation, and the development of educational, experimental, and creative digital media projects across Europe and Asia, with a special focus on technoetic practices.
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