Athens has always been a city where ideas are born, tested, and transformed. This winter, that legacy continues with The Athens Algorithm, the fourth solo exhibition in Athens by pioneering media artist Charles Sandison, presented by Bernier Eliades Gallery.
Running from 27 November 2025 to 22 January 2026, the exhibition invites visitors into a living, breathing digital environment—one where language, light, and code flow together like thought itself.
Photos by Boris Kirpotin
A Digital Dialogue Rooted in Athens
Set in the very city where philosophy and mathematics first converged, The Athens Algorithm reflects on how ideas migrate across centuries. Sandison’s work doesn’t simply reference history; it activates it, allowing ancient logic to re-emerge through generative digital systems that feel strikingly alive.
Words drift, mutate, and reassemble across immersive projections, behaving like organisms rather than static text. These evolving patterns echo early philosophical reasoning while subtly pointing toward the intuitive processes of artificial intelligence.
Ada Lovelace and the Poetry of Code
At the conceptual heart of the exhibition stands Ada Lovelace, whose radical vision of a “poetic science” imagined algorithms as more than tools for calculation. Sandison draws directly from this idea, treating code as a medium of expression capable of emotion, intuition, and myth.
The result is a compelling conversation between: Myth and machine, emotion and analysis, Ancient Athens and speculative futures. It’s an experience that feels both deeply human and unmistakably forward-looking.
Photos by Boris Kirpotin
Why You Should Visit
Whether you’re interested in contemporary digital art, media installations, AI-inspired creativity, or simply looking for meaningful cultural experiences in Athens, The Athens Algorithm offers a rare chance to see how past and future can coexist in motion.
The exhibition opens in the presence of the artist, adding an extra layer of significance to this already thoughtful and immersive show.
If you’re curious about how ideas survive, evolve, and reprogram themselves across time, this exhibition is not to be missed.
Photos by Boris Kirpotin
More Information
Exhibition Duration Dates: 27 November 2025 – 22 January 2026 – Admission: Free
Opening Hours: Tuesday–Friday: 11:00am – 18:30pm | Saturday: 12:00pm – 16:00pm
Where: Bernier-Eliades Gallery, 11 Eptachalkou, Thissio
Contact: +30 210 341 3935
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