Dimitris Fotiou

Visual artist

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stamps: a present for our future

Installation/collective action // key stage 1 Materials: ink, stryrofoam seets, 3D printed plastic, variable dimensions

Our project (Me in Time) has been awarded with the National Award in the Special Category: eTwinning project for Democratic Participation (Greece), All pupils have been awarded with the Pupil Quality Label and all project teachers have been awarded with Quality Labels, as well as with European Quality Labels.

Teaching art in primary school classrooms more often than not tends to produce work that is safely tucked away in school displays and exhibitions. While undoubtedly learning through doing, children as a result take away a notion of art making that is confined within the class or school walls, not directly related to other aspects of life.

In our current project we created stamps against racism, hatred, bullying and violence in 5 different languages so far, as part of the Me in Time eTwinning project, starting with creating a graffiti on the walls of our school.

Our school having acquired a 3D printer after winning the European, as well as the National eTwinning award in 2017, is what made this project technically possible. More signinficantly however, children of diverse learning needs are having the chance not only to acquire skills in 3d printing, but are also encouraged to get actively involved in making art that gets their own messages across walls and out to the world, as empowered and active contributors. Our project is therefore intended as an act of students's active involvement, where they create and articulate the messages they need to impact on the world, the world of their own future.

Finally, we release our files and make them available to any school/organization/individual with an access to a 3D printer, who wants to spread our message.

If you use our files, you are more than welcome to send us your images from your own installation.

Enjoy stamping! :)

Concept/realization: Dimitris Fotiou, Sculptor - Art teacher eTwinning project collaborator: Natalia Tzitzi, Teacher of English Schools involved (so far): 10th Helioupolis Primary School, Helioupolis, Attica, Greece // Szkoła Podstawowa nr 9 im. Władysława Łokietka w Sieradzu, Poland // CEIP MATA LINARES, Spain // Atatürk İlkokulu, Istanbul, Maltepe, Turkey Text: Maria Tranou, Playwright - Teacher of English

View more images on Flickr View more videos on YouTube

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Stamps we have made so far:

Greek:

ΟΧΙ ΣΤΗ ΒΙΑ

ΜΗ ΦΟΒΑΣΑΙ, ΜΙΛΑ!

ΟΛΟΙ ΔΙΑΦΟΡΕΤΙΚΟΙ, ΟΛΟΙ ΙΣΟΙ!

Η ΑΓΑΠΗ ΔΕΝ ΑΓΟΡΑΖΕΤΑΙ. ΥΙΟΘΕΤΗΣΕ ΕΝΑ ΑΔΕΣΠΟΤΟ ΖΩΑΚΙ

ΝΑ ΕΙΣΤΕ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΙ

ΟΛΟΙ ΠΟΥΛΙΑ!

English:

SAY NO TO VIOLENCE

DON'T BE AFRAID. SPEAK!

ALL DIFFERENT, ALL EQUAL

LOVE CANNOT BE BOUGHT. ADOPT A STRAY ANIMAL.

BE HUMANE

Polish:

PRZEMOCY MÓWIMY NIE

NIE BÓJ SIĘ, MÓW!

KAŻDY JEST INNY, ALE WSZYSCY JESTEŚMY RÓWNI

MIŁOŚCI NIE MOŻNA KUPIĆ. ADOPTUJ BEZPAŃSKIE ZWIERZĘ

BĄDŹ CZŁOWIEKIEM

Spanish:

DI NO A LA VIOLENCIA

NO TENGAS MIEDO, ¡HABLA!

TODOS DIFERENTES TODOS IGUALES

EL AMOR NO SE PUEDE COMPRAR. ADOPTA UN ANIMAL ABANDONADO

SE HUMANO

Turkish:

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My Barbie is an online performance by Switzerland based performance artist Jazmin Taco (http://www.jazmintaco.ch), for the OPAF4 (Online Performance Art Festival). The performance will be online on May 13, 2017 at 12pm UTC and it will last 30min.

I created Jazmin's sculpture (3D printed scan / aka My Barbie) for the performance.

Check out the ONLINE PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL's page for more information: http://www.onlineperformanceart.com/opaf4_jazmin-taco/

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Manufacturing of the message series Project collaboration between Performance artist Jazmin Taco and Sculptor & 3D artist Dimitris Fotiou, © 2017

Material: Full Color Sandstone (Laser sintered gypsum-based powder and colored ink) Dimensions: Variable (current 26 x 10 x 12 cm) Photographed by Giorgos Vitsaropoulos

3D printed still from Jazmin Taco’s performance at the Cabaret Voltaire Zürich as part of the Manifesta 11, on July 30, 2016. (Die Europäische Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst, 11.6.-18.9.2016, Zürich)

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Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος (Liberty or Death)

Manufacturing of the Message // Project collaboration between Performance artist Jazmin Taco and Sculptor & 3D artist Dimitris Fotiou, © 2015

Material: Full Color Sandstone (Laser sintered gypsum-based powder and colored ink) Dimensions: Variable (current 29.8 x 8.8 x 8.3 cm) Photographed by Giorgos Vitsaropoulos

Aiming at discovering a different alphabet, the people and the language within the existing economical crisis, Jazmin Taco performs at the Athens School of Fine Arts by using the Greek flag and connecting powerful words onto her body, at her “Poetry in a time of Crisis” performance. Coming from Ecuador, a country that lost its national currency in 1999 because of an odious national debt and changed to the US Dollar, and from a family that still cannot recover from that crisis, Jazmin selects people from the audience to write directly onto her chest the Greek words “Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος” (Eleftheria i Thanatos - Liberty or Death). The two words are a war cry that arose by the Greeks when they were fighting against the Turkish occupation and is still a motto symbolizing the resolve of the Greeks against tyranny and oppression. As such, the nine syllables of the above words are represented in the number of stripes of the Greek flag. For Jazmin, these words sound like poetry.

The potential to transform and shape society by creating structures that include language, thought, action and object has been first introduced by Joseph Beuys in his Social Sculpture theory. Since the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing has been synonymous with factories, machine tools, production lines and economies of scale. On the current project, a 3D printed still of the performance operates as the manufacturing of a powerful message such as “Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος” (Liberty or Death) that can be distributed and delivered to the masses exactly like any other mass production product, manifesting every citizen’s duty of awareness. Industrializing of elements other than consumer goods, benefits from the currently available aspects of the democratization of the industrial production processes and therefore inadvertently contributes to the civilian’s perspective and the development of a conscious society.

This work was created in June 2015, about one month before the banks were used by foreign powers to take over the Greek government and bring down democracy. More information regarding the politics of the days can be found by using the #ThisIsACoup hashtag.

Related links: Flickr, Shapeways

Jazmin Taco is a Performance artist from Ecuador based in Bern, Switzerland. Her work explores language(s) and associated, different, or even conflicting mentalities. For more information visit her website www.jazmintaco.ch.Dimitris Fotiou is a Sculptor & 3D artist based in London, UK. His work explores concepts such as communication, information, and language.

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ThingFuture (2009-2016)

ThingFuture was founded in an effort to add sculptural values onto wearable art, jewelry and accessories. A green pioneer alternative to mass production using 3D printing.

Each piece is made on-demand in a variety of materials, colors and sizes. Materials include laser sintered nylon plastic, acrylic, steel, bronze, sterling silver, brass and ceramics. Products designed by Thingfuture may be viewed on the thingfuture.com website but are available exclusively via Shapeways. Wholesale options available.

Visit project's website

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Shapeways Meetup at the Athens School of Fine Arts

On Oct 2 2015, Shapeways hosted it's 4th community meetup in Athens, Greece. Our Meetup took place at the Circuits and Currents Project Space of the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) in collaboration with the ASFA Career Office.

Local designers, makers, students, 3D printing companies owners, academics, people from the Museum of Paleontology and community members in the Athens area joined the meetup. They were able to meet with members of the Shapeways community team, talk about 3D printing and Shapeways, about materials and possibilities, about 3D printing in art, also about 3D software that is used for 3D printing. Participants had the opportunity to see a demonstration of the Shapeways website, see 3D printed samples by Shapeways and get inspired, see 3D prints designed by community members and also share their own 3D printed models.

Unexpectedly, more than 200 people attended this Meetup, which is a proof that there is a great interest in Greece regarding 3D printing and Shapeways. Luckily, not all 480 RSVPs on our Facebook Meetup event page attended, otherwise we would have run out of space.

Our Meetup consisted mostly of a discussion with the audience, where Shapeways community members answered questions, demonstrated 3D printed designs and samples and we had a very interesting conversation with our guests regarding 3D printing and Shapeways.

Below is the list of the community members / speakers who talked about 3D printing and Shapeways during this Meetup:

- Dimitris Fotiou, Sculptor / Designer - Shapeways Crew (Planned this Meetup) - Katerina Kamprani, Architect - Shapeways member - Chrysokona Mavrou, Architect - Shapeways member - Antonis Kiourktsis, Architect - Shapeways member - Antonella Nikolopoulou, Architect - Shapeways member - Panayotis Melissaropoulos, Engineer - Shapeways member - Stefanos Papadatos, Architect

Many thanks to Assistant Professor Jannis Skaltsas and the ASFA Career Office who offered us their space and helped us host this meetup.

Also many thanks to Lars Andersen for providing us with awesome 3D printed pet sculptures from Arty Lobster, an inspiring example of a company who doesn't have it's own 3D printers, instead it is exclusively using Shapeways for 3D printing.

More: Shapeways blog post for the Meetup at the Athens School of Fine Arts Flickr images from the Shapeways Meetup in Athens

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3D Scan Processing // Museum of Paleontology

Converting and processing of point-cloud data for the Museum of Paleontology of Athens, Greece

View slideshow on SlideShare

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Laser engraving of scanned data

Video documentation from the laser engraving process of scanned data. The engraving process lasts about 1.5 min until it is finished. 

Below is the 3D laser engraved crystal result (8x5x5 cm)

The image below is a color 3D print of the same file from Shapeways (34x99x30 mm)

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IV DESIGN FOR LIFE

Participated in the group exhibition IV DESIGN FOR LIFE through the RICHE Gallery's contribution to the exhibition. The exhibition took place in Athens, at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 47 Patission st.

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3D Print Design Show 2015 - New York

The 3D Print Design Show, taking place April 16-17 as part of 3D Print Week NY, will showcase the design capabilities of 3D printing with hands-on exhibits and interactive displays.

ThingFuture is participating at the 3D Print Design Show as part of the Shapeways Community.

Location: Javits Convention Center, 655 W 34th St, New York, NY 10001 Duration: April 16-17 2015 Hours: April 16, 8:15am - 6:00pm // April 17, 8:15am - 3:45pm

More information on how to attend can be found on the 3D Print Design Show website.

See more photos from the exhibition on Flickr

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Shapeways Crew Rockstars

A nice info-graphic regarding Shapeways Crew highlights and accomplishments during 2014 - 2015. Also read my interview for the Designer Spotlight on the Shapeways Blog.

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Enlightened

Participating at the group exhibition "Enlightened" at RICHE.

Artists:Ambatzis | Antonakos | Antonopoulos | Bakatsi | Bootz | Christidis | Efstathiou | Fotiou | Gardeli | Grigoris Lagos | Nikos Lagos | Lakah | Lambert | Metaxa | Mitaras | Nicolaou | Pavlos | Sakellaropoulou | Vassiliki | Zogolopoulos

Opening Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 20:30 Duration: December 3, 2014 – March 3, 2015 Hours: Wednesday, Saturday: 11.00-16.00 & Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 11.00-21.00 Address: Kifissias Avenue 204, 14562 Kifissia, Attiki, Greece | ([phone]

Download Press Release document (GR) RSVP at the Facebook event page

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Geek Picnic 2014

Participated at the biggest Russian technological show, Geek Picnic 2014, St. Petersburg. ThingFuture has been a participant at the Geek Picnic 2014 through our Russian partners, allShapes and JForms. A yellow version of the Voronoi bracelet #1 and the Minimal 3D printed iPhone case – for the 4 / 4s are ThingFuture's contribution to the exhibition.

See more images on Flickr

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Athens Shapeways Meetup

This year's Shapeways Meetup took place at the Hackerspace in Athens. We talked about 3D printing and Shapeways, about materials and possibilities, also about 3D software that is used for 3D printing.

Visitors had the opportunity to see and touch the 3D printed samples that Shapeways has provided, as well as various 3D printed models shared by other participants. Hackerspace residents made a 3D printing demonstration by printing an iPhone case using their 3D printer.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped realize this event. A big THANK YOU to all Hackerspace.gr residents who offered us their space and made a 3D printing demonstration for the event's participants!

See more photos on Flickr

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RICHE showroom D’ Art

Light creation in various styles and techniques co-existing in applied art forms such as sculpture, fine art and prototype creations will be presented at RICHE showroom D’ Art. This collection presents the past, contemporary and innovative designs.

Artists: Antonopoulos | Antzoulidis | Christophorou | Efstathiou | Eleftherios | Fotiou | Gardeli | Lagos | Maidatsis Christidis | Metaxa | Misouras | Mpekatsa | Myrto | Pavlos | Tsakountis | Vassiliki

Opening Monday 9th December 2013, 20:00 Duration: 9th December 2013 - 9th January 2014 Hours: Mo - Wed - Sat: 9am-4pm // Tue - Thu - Fri: 10am-9pm Address: Kifissias Avenue 204, 14562 Kifissia, Attiki, Greece | 210 80 11 517

More info on the Facebook event page

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Small Empires: 3D printing with Shapeways

"It's less what the machines can do, because what the machines can do today, is not widely different from what they could do 5 years ago, but it's what people can come up with." Peter Weijmarshausen, Shapeways CEO

Watch the video at 15:03

Small Empires is a new weekly show that visits rising New York City startups and provides never-before-seen access to the men and women building our future.

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Erotica Ascii print

A larger print of this nude has been exhibited at the Erotica 4 Ever exhibition in Bacaro (2009).