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G E N E | M E M E | T E C H N E
Idea
The Medea Symposium is by assumption an interdisciplinary meeting on the edge of
science, art and technology, where an exchange of ideas from different areas of
knowledge take place and it is intended to lead to non-standard connections of
disciplines, which function separately in the traditional approach. The symposium
program includes a conference multi-panel conference and accompanying exhibitions.
On the first edition of Medea in 2011 Invited Lecturer was prof. Marcos Novak from the
University of California Santa Barbara, the most important pioneer of virtual architecture,
who was by this occasion in Poland for the first time. In 2016 Invited Lecturer was prof. Lex
Drewinski, from the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam, the most recognized
contemporary poster designer in the world. The interdisciplinary formula of the Medea
Symposium is extended every year. Last year the Medea Academic Conference included 4
panels related to art (main panel), science (PTA), social sciences (ISLICS) and Economical
Sciences (ITS) and two accompanying exhibitions took place: Roller Poster / Crete and
Arch Inside /Crete. Within the boundaries of last year’s Symposium 38 lectures took place
from scientists and artists from renowned science facilities from 10 countries and an
accompanying exhibition of over 100 works from known Polish and German designers.
The next edition of Medea Symposium will be held south of Thessaloniki in Paralia
Katerinis at the foot of the Olympus Mountain in cooperation with the Fine Arts
Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Thessaloniki Science Center &
Technology Museum NOESIS. The formula of this year’s conference will be extended by
Medea Meetings organized in cooperation with the International Biennale of Art –
Mediations Biennale and a third accompanying event – Exhibition of Polish Printmaking
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Gene | Meme | Techne
Medea Meetings
The word information comes from Latin word informare, which means shaping, applying
form. In physics there is a notion of entropy, which is in simplification a measure of
disorder. According to the second law of thermodynamics all the processes in a closed
system are proceeding to the state of equilibrium, which is a state of maximum entropy.
There is a singularity in such system, which is called life. Life in its surroundings decreases
entropy and produces information.
The first layer and first advanced carrier of information amongst living organisms is the
Gene. The second layer and carrier of information, which emerged among more advanced
living organisms is the Meme and it is the layer of our conscious existance. There is also a
third layer announced by futurologists, which was named Artificial Intelligence or
Technological Singularity. Let us call this layer Techne. The Meme is in the same relation to
the Gene as Techne will be to the Meme. We are considering the introduction of
mechanisms that will control the evolution of Techne. Is the relation of Genes and Memes
also associated with such kind of mechanism? The juxtaposition of these three words is
the tagline of this years Medea Symposium, which will take place at the foot of the
Mountain Olympus – a mythical seat of the Olympic Gods and near the capital cities of
Ancient Macedonia - Aigai and Pella, from which Alexander the Great departed to his
conquest of the Persian Empire initiating the Hellenistic Era in Western Civilization.
Starting from this year, in collaboration with the Mediations Biennale in Poznan, a series of
Medea Satellite Meetings will be initiated with the aim of bringing closer to the wider
audience issues occurring on the edge of science, art and technology associated with the
evolution of computers, the global teleinformation network and information processing
systems. The adopted formula of the Medea Meetings will be a series of lectures and
workshops with creators, who explored new technological layers of human presence as
pioneers, defining new notions, creating new fields of exploitation or acting artistically
based on the computer space of information.
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MEDEA 2018
ISLICS 2018
PTA 2018
ITM 2018
ROLLER POSTER / THESSALONIKI
ARCH Inside / THESSALONIKI
transPRINT / THESSALONIKI
Sixth International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Art, Science and Technology
Third International Symposium on Legal Implications of Cyber Society
Third International Symposium on Physics, Technology and Art
Second International Symposium on Information Tools in Management
Showcase of Polish Self-Edition Posters and Invited International Artists
Exhibition of the Chair of Interior Architecture of the Visual Arts Department of the
Academy of Art in Szczecin and Invited Guests
Exhibition of Polish Printmaking
Faculty of Physics, University of Athens, Greece
Faculty of Economics and Management,
University of Szczecin
Faculty of Architecture,
Silesian Univesity of Technology
Fine Arts Department,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki Science Center & Technology
Museum NOESIS
Mediations Biennale in Pozna
Pomeranian - Greater Poland Nanotechnology
Forum
RollerPoster, National Exhibition of Self-edition
Posters
Alnoor Mitha
(Manchester School of Art, Manchester
Metropolitan University)
George Papadopoulos
(Physics Department, University of Athens
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Institute of Molecular Physics,
Polish Academy of Sciences in Poznań
Cooperation:
Honorary Chairmen:
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Venues:
Timeline:
Organizers:
Co-organizers:
Center of Science and Technology NOESIS,
Thessaloniki
Hotel Rea, Paralia Katerinis
September 1-8 2018
Visual Arts Department, Academy of Art in
Szczecin
Association for Support of Science, Art and
Technology Development MEDEA
Faculty of Interior Design and Stage Design,
University of Arts in Pozna
Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering and Mechanotronic,
West Pomeranian University of Technology
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Gda sk University of Technology
Faculty of Law and Administration,
University of Zielona Góra
Faculty of Humanities,
Koszalin University of Technology
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Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics
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PTA 2018 Chairman:
ISLICS 2018 Chairwoman:
ITS 2018 Chairman:
ROLLER POSTER / SALONIKI Curator:
ARCH Inside / SALONIKI Curators:
transPRINT / SALONIKI Curators
Niko Guskos
e-mail: [email protected]
tel.: +48 692 167 103
Izabela Gaw owicz
e-mail: [email protected]
tel.: +48 501 009 910
Zygmunt Dr ek
e-mail: [email protected]
tel.: +48 505 110 171
Justyna Machnicka
e-mail: [email protected]
tel.: +48 505 383 639
tel.: +48 790 301 503
Pawe Machomet
e-mail: [email protected]
Miros aw Paw owski
cooperation:
Marta Dziomdziora
Magdalena Uchma
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Katarzyna Utecht
e-mail: [email protected]
Dominika Zawojska
e-mail: [email protected]
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Scientific Committee:
Organizing Committee:
Project Coordinator / MEDEA 2018 Chairman:
Zygmunt Dr ek (Szczecin, Poland)
Justyna Machnicka (Szczecin, Poland)
Andreas Guskos
e-mail: [email protected]
tel.: +48 503 929 694
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Niko Guskos (Szczecin, Poland)
Józef Jurek (Poznań, Poland)
Mirosław Pawłowski (Poznań, Poland)
Jarosław Rybicki (Gdańsk, Poland)
Xenis Sachinis (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Janusz Stankowski (Poznań, Poland)
Tomasz Wendland (Szczecin, Poland)
Natalia Bąba-Ciosek (Gliwice, Poland)
Krzysztof Wojciechowski (Poznań, Poland)
Wojciech Kempiński (Poznań, Poland)
Izabela Gawłowicz (Zielona Góra, Poland)
Andreas Guskos (Szczecin, Poland)
Niko Guskos (Szczecin, Poland)
Andreas Guskos (Szczecin, Poland)
Izabela Gawłowicz (Zielona Góra, Poland)
Marta Dziomdziora (Szczecin, Poland)
Ireneusz Kuriata (Szczecin, Poland)
Justyna Machnicka (Szczecin, Poland)
Jakub Palka (Szczecin, Poland)
Dominika Zawojska (Szczecin, Poland)
Katarzyna Utecht (Szczecin, Poland)
Mikołaj Stankowski (Poznań, Poland)
Iwona Wierzchowiecka-Rudnik (Koszalin,
Poland)
Program Committee:
Macedonia
Macedonia is the biggest in area and second in population size geographical region of
Greece (34 178 km2 / 2 487 447 inhabitants). The capital of Macedonia is Thessaloniki, the
second largest city in Greece (315 196 inhabitants). Here are located: the Mount Olympus,
the highest mountain range in Greece (highest peak, Mitikas, 2918 m.a.s.l.) and the Holy
Mountain Athos ( ), an autonomous region inhabited by orthodox monks.
Macedonia was an ancient Greek kingdom established and ruled for most of the time by
the Argead dynasty, from which also Alexander the Great came. Argeads derived their
origin from Temenides of Argos in Peloponnese, so also from Hercules (Heraklides), of
whom according to mythology Temenos was the great-great-grandson. Theopompous
mentions the mythical Karanos, one of the sons of Temenos, as a progenitor of the Argead
dynasty, who after the death of his father and lost struggle for succession decided to
search for another location for his kingdom and with this aim went to the Oracle of Delphi,
where he received a prophecy from Pythia that he should go to the lands of Bottiaeans
abounding in flocks and found a city where he will see goats white as a snow with star
shining horns, which are sleeping in a deep sleep (gr. , aiga – goat). Karanos in a place
that he has found according to the prophecy founded a city, which he named Aigai ( )
– today’s Vergina, where an archeological site and a complex of Macedonian royal tombs
are located.
Also the Aegean Sea took its name from goats that were associated with the white
foamed peaks of waves on a disturbed sea (gr. � + ). Greek geographer and
traveler Strabon derives also the name of Egypt from the same source - + –
below (south from) the Aegean Sea. A holy goat was feeding Zeus in his infancy when he
was hiding from the pedofagus Kronos. The shield of Zeus – aegis – was made from goat’s
skin and this is the source of the phrase “under the aegis” and in Greek also the root of the
word storm ( ), which according to mythology was caused by Zeus who was
shaking his shield in anger.
The blossoming of Macedonia occurs in the times of Philip II and his son
Alexander the Great, disciple of Aristotle, whose conquers initiated Hellenistic Era in
history.
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The biggest scientific facility and two biggest libraries of ancient times emerged within
the boundaries of Hellenistic states: the Museum and Library of Alexandria and the
Library of Pergamon. Alexandria was erected by Alexander the Great with the help of
architect Deinochares in 332 B.C. in the place of an older town Rhakotis (dated 2686 BC).
The Museum of Alexandria, which included the famous Alexandrian Library, was erected
by Ptolemy I Soter, Alexander’s general and founder of the Ptolemy dynasty. He was
inspired in his actions by Demetrius of Phalerum, disciple of Aristotle. The first
superintendent of of the library was Zenodotus from Ephesus, who first started the
cassification of the collection, by separating text associated with epics and lyrics. The
collection was significantly enriched by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who deployed his
representatives all around the Mediterranean with a mission of searching for scrolls and
acquiring them. Furthermore, anyone who stayed in Alexandria and was in possession of
scrolls was obliged to deposit them in the library, where they were copied and the owner
received back the copy. Also the ships in the harbor were inspected in search for books.
The Museum of Alexandria was a scientific and research complex, which included
amongst others the Library, an astronomical observatory, places for meetings, studies,
residencies for scientists, lecture rooms, a zoological garden. According to different
sources the collection of the library included from 400 000 to 700 000 volumines, which
ranked it as the greatest library of the world (Pergamon Library was the second one). The
complex included a scientific library the Brucheum, part of the Museum, where most of
the books were strored and a public library the Serapeum with a collection of 42 000
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Some of the scholars resided in the Alexandrian Museum, example research and
inventions:
Euclid
Herophilos of Chalcedon
Aristarchus of Samos
Callimachus of Cyrene
Erasistratus of Keos
Archimedes
Ctesibius of Alexandria
Philo of Byzantium
Eratosthenes of Cyrene
Apollonius of Perga
Hipparchus of Nicaea
Hero of Alexandria
Menelaus of Alexandria
Claudius Ptolemy
Galen of Pergamon
, c. 365 BC 300 BC. Basics of geometry, mathematics and mathematical logic.
, 335 BC 280 BC. Medicine (named “the father of anatomy”)
, 310 BC 230 BC. Astronomy. First proofs of a heliocentric nature of the
Solar System
, c. 310 BC 240 BC. Probably the second superintendent of the
library. Poetry, first history of literature. Classification of the collection according to sections:
philosophy, history, medicine, mathematical sciences, natural sciences, law, epos and poetry,
drama, rhetoric, others. Authors placement in each section in alphabetical order.
, 304 BC 257 BC. Medicine (named “the father of physiology”). Co-
founder of the medical school in the Museum.
, 287 BC 212 BC. Mathematics, physics, mechanics. Archimedes’ principle,
Archimedes’ screw, lever, number, integral methods for calculating volume and area.
, 285 BC - 228 BC. Mechanics. Valves, piston pump, springs, water
clock, pneumatic canon, water organs (hydraulis).
, born 280 BC. Mathematics, mechanics. Thermometer, catapult.
, 276 BC 194 BC. Third superintendent of the library. Philosophy,
mathematics, astronomy, geography. Proof of the sphericity of Earth, measurment of the
diameter of Earth.
, c. 268 BC 190 BC. Geometry and astronomy. Solution of the Delian
problem, first solar clock.
, c. 190 BC 120 BC. Mathematics, astronomy, geography. Determining
the distance of the Moon from Earth, Determining the time of the Earth circulation around
the Sun, defining the latitude and longitude.
, c. 10 AD 70 AD. Principal of the Higher Technical School (first univesity
of technology) in Alexandria. Mathematics, physics, mechanics. Formula on a triangle field,
steam turbine, siege machines.
, c. 70 AD 140 AD. Astronomy, mathematics. Spherical geometry.
, c. 100 AD 168 AD. Astronomy, mathematics, geography. „Almagest” -
geocentric theory.
, 130 AD 200 AD. Medicine.
There is an ancient hydraulis exposed in the Archeological Museum of Dion a musical
instrument invented by Ctesibius of Alexandria .
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