Ioannis (John) Bardakos is an artist an academic and a researcher. He was born in Athens, Greece, studied Mathematics and Arts in Greece, Spain and Paris. John Bardakos has been working for more than 20 years with new media related activities as artist director and producer. He is currently   the academic program director and a senior Lecturer in the BA of Technoetic Arts provided by DeTao and the Roy Ascott Technoetic Arts Studio for the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts. He research and art practice lies in the space between Art, Mathematics and Philosophy. John is a PhD candidate between the Athens School of Fine Arts (Hyper Media Lab) and the Paris 8 University, (ED'STA) in the INREV Laboratory.