Koumaria: Improvising Across Boundaries in New Media Art and Community
Production: Medea Electronique
Producer: Eric Lewis
Directed by: Kleopatra Korai
Cinematographer: Michael Tebinka
Format: Blackmagic Cinema Camera, Zeiss ZF.2, Canon 5D MKII, Canon L-series, Panasonic Lumix GH4
Koumaria: Improvising Across Boundaries in New Media Art and Community, traces the history and development of the Koumaria Arts Residency via interviews, performance footage, animation and in situ footage. Run by the Athens-based new media art collective Medea Electronique, the annual Koumaria residency draws an international group of new media artists to an isolated olive oil farm in Southern Greece for the creation of collective cross-arts projects grounded in an improvisatory philosophy. This film documents the artistic, social and personal aspects of the residency, exploring how community forms around the creation of new media art.