Ermou Street

In 2003 and 2004 (in June) two exhibitions were organised at the Municipal Theatre of Mytilene. The exhibitions focused on the representation of Ermou Street which is a symbolic, historical and economic centre of the city of Mytilene via the use of multimedia applications. The exhibitions highlighted new exhibition design and cultural data presentation, on the basis of modern methodological approaches and cutting-edge technologies (both analog and digital), which were considered pioneering applications on a nationwide level. The selection of the thematic area regarding Ermou Street is an initial approach of the economic, social and symbolic centre of diachronic public life in the city of Mytilene and a key study of the dynamic content and the potentials for highlighting the wider Lesvian cultural capital with the use of new technologies.

The final products presented and the exhibition design, were completed by third-year students of the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication (Direction: "Cultural Representation and New Technologies") (2002 - 2003 and 2003 -2004), under the supervision of Papageorgiou D., (overall editing, collection, classification and selection of research material), Pehlivanides G., (applications' design), Boubaris N., (editing of "soundscape" applications), Mavrofides Th., (editing of digital multimedia applications), Spathis A. and Kargas P (editing of digital installments).

The two exhibitions received extensive and positive media coverage by all the local mass media and the media with a nationwide range (e.g. the newspapers "Eleftherotypia", "Nea", "Vima" and the radio stations "Skai" and ET3).