Giorgis Kalomoiris is an archaeologist and cultural manager, with his work focusing on cultural production and digital culture. He began in excavations and fieldwork but gradually translated the experience of material memory into the digital environment, building his own bridges between the land, the community, and the digital cloud.
He is the co-founder and curator of the corporate entity Androidus – Argastíri, now operating under the name Argastíri of Culture, Innovation & Research, a laboratory of cultural technology and creative entrepreneurship, based in Anogeia, Psiloritis.
He studied Archaeology at the University of Crete, followed by master’s degrees in Cultural Organization Management (MSc) and Cultural Informatics (MSc). Currently, as a PhD candidate, he is developing a modern (phygital) model of cultural and community design for the mountain communities of Psiloritis.
His work focuses on creating participatory models of local cultural governance, where culture functions as a connective tissue between people, places, technology, and memory. He has presented his research and proposals at international research and scientific fora, universities, and organizations, participating in conferences, programs, and collective scientific volumes, in collaboration with institutions such as UNESCO, the London School of Economics (LSE), Heidelberg University, University of Crete, University of the Aegean, Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (FORTH), as well as other Greek and international academic and research networks.
Through Argastíri, he works with his team to create digital cultural experiences, VR/AR applications, ethnographic documentaries, educational programs, and cultural productions, collectively shaping new ways to access a living, multi-layered archive of written and oral history and cultural heritage as inspiration for contemporary culture.
He studies the communities of Psiloritis as active cultural ecosystems, a living confederation of the mountain, where memories, practices, and values are not preserved merely as tradition but are transformed into tools for the future.
