The Body Ego in the Digital Era

When: Friday, April 3, 2026, 18:30-20:30
Where: ACG Plaka Building, Ipitou 17B, Athens

Organized by:
The Visual Arts Program, The American College of Greece

Supported by:
The Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Moderated by:
Effie Halivopoulou, Professor of Visual Arts, Deree – ACG

About the lecture

This interdisciplinary lecture aims to bring together psychoanalysis and art to explore how we experience our bodies and desire in the age of virtual reality.

About the speakers

Katerina Mangana is psychoanalytic psychotherapist and author. She is regular member, instructor and trainer analyst at ΕΛ.ΕΚ.ΙΝ (Greek Training Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy). Author of the books: “Small Triumphs” (2026), “A falling leaf: a story about pain and the will to live” (2021), “When the soul disturbs the body” (2018). She contributes with her texts to the publications: “The Body” (2024) & “Theater, Trauma, Therapy” (2023). Prize winning author for best theatrical play “Efi. Apo to Eftihia” (2013).

Elli Paxinou is an art theorist and educator. She has been teaching Aesthetics, Art History and Visual Arts in cultural spaces and Museums in Athens, such as the B.& M. Theocharakis Foundation, the Open Education Foundation (ΑΙΕ), as well as in private colleges and schools, such as the Metropolitan College, AKTO, International School of Athens and Moraitis School. Elli is currently working as a museum educator at the B.& M. Theocharakis Foundation.

The event is free and open to the public.

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