Digitally “Alive”, Performatively “Live” The Historical Past on the Hellenic Parliament Façade
Abstract
Towards the end of 2020 and throughout 2021 -the year in which the Greek state celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution and in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, digital historical narratives were projected onto the façade of the Hellenic Parliament. The initiative was spearheaded by the Hellenic Armed Forces, the “Greece 2021” Committee and the Hellenic Parliament, using projection mapping technology. What happens when digital technology converges with “history coming alive” on the façade of the most emblematic building of the Greek state? By examining the transformation of the Parliament building into a digital screen, this essay presents a significant case study that underscores the coordination of official public history with digital economy networks and highlights “liveness” as the most distinctive and urgently claimed understanding of “historicity” in contemporary society.
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Fava, M. (2024). Digitally “Alive”, Performatively “Live”: The Historical Past on the Hellenic Parliament Façade. Αutomaton: Journal of Digital Media and Culture, 3(1), 65–85. https://doi.org/10.12681/automaton.38846
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