Single Channel HD Video and/or part of “Social Software” 3-channel Video Installation
15 min
Berlin, Germany/2005-06
AWARDED
“VII Media Art Forum”, Best Short Film, 2nd Prize, XXVII Moscow International Film Festival, Moscow, Russia (2006)
4 min. excerpt
Beta is the second letter of the Greek alphabet, the letter B.
Beta Test is the story of a city.
Beta is the first version of software that has to be tested before going out in the market.
Beta Test is about our future.
It is about surveillance, urbanity,communication and the feeling of non-existence.
Beta test is a love story.
It can happen to anyone.
2023
“Photography as Film”, C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr, Germany
2021
“After Us”, MAXXI Museum Of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
“After Us”, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
2018
“Domestic and Urban Landscape”, Loop – Contemporary Artist’s Film Fair and Festival, Barcelona, Fundació Suñol
2017
“Uncinematic”, George Drivas’s Solo Show, Galeria Nazionale d’arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
2014
“The Laboratory Diaries”, A Tribute to George Drivas’s work. Athens International Film Festival – Greek Cinematheque
2009
“un-documented”, George Drivas’s Solo Show, National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens Greece
2007
“Paraflows: un_space”, Convention for Digital Arts and Cultures, Vienna, Austria
“Demain, dès l´aube – Les Jeunes Cinéastes D’aujourd’hui”, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
“CIFF”, Cyprus International Film Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus
2006
“VII Media Art Forum”, XXVII Moscow International Film Festival, Moscow, Russia
“MIFF”, Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
“Unimovie”, International Competition on Art and Experimental Video – International Video and Short Film Festival, Pescara, Italy
“Space, Place, Interface”, Group Show, LiveBox Gallery, Chicago, USA
“ExIs”, Experimental Film and Video Festival, Seoul, Korea
“Alternative Video/Film”, Festival of New Film and Video, Belgrade, Serbia
“Xperimental 5.0”, International Experimental Film Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus
“LA Freewaves”, Festival of New Media Arts, Los Angeles, USA
“Festival du Nouveau Cinema”, Montreal, Canada
“Art Tech Media”, CCCB (Centro de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona) Barcelona, Spain
“Dark Light Film Festival”, Dublin, Ireland
“Signes de Nuit”, International Short Film Festival, Paris, France
“Director’s Lounge”, Contemporary Media and Art, Berlin, Germany
“Trampoline”, Platform for New Media Art, Berlin, Germany
“Machfeld”, International Arts and Culture Society, Vienna, Austria