TTT2023 Malta Proceedings Published: Showcasing Critical Intersections of Art & Science

The Ionian University’s Department of Audio & Visual Arts has announced the publication of the proceedings from the Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science (TTT2023) conference. The volume, published in 2025, compiles a selection of research and artistic explorations presented at TTT2023 Malta, where 164 international participants gathered at the historic Malta Society of Arts to examine the boundaries of artistic and scientific discourse.

Edited by Dalila Honorato, Margerita Pulè, Andreas Giannakoulopoulos, Clive Zammit, Adnan Hadziselimovic, and Gabriel Zammit, the proceedings reflect the conference’s thematic organization, which spanned topics from speculative futures to critical perspectives on contemporary ethical and aesthetic challenges. The publication is available under ISBN: 978-960-7260-77-2 and can be freely downloaded and distributed here.

The texts included in the publication explore issues at the intersection of bodies, power, and health; taste, limits, and intimacy; nature, growth, and collapse; consent, data, and release; values, establishments, and interdictions; decomposition, termination, and sustentation. The accompanying art show, Raw Cooked Rotten, investigated the intricate relationships between consumption, ethics, and existence, drawing inspiration from Claude Lévi-Strauss' anthropological framework. TTT2023 Malta proceedings were co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

The upcoming TTT2025 Ljubljana conference, taking place from September 9-13, 2025, at Kino Šiška, promises to push these discussions further. For more information on the TTT2023 proceedings and details about TTT2025 Ljubljana, visit https://ttt-conference.org or address your questions to the email av-ttt@ionio.gr.