Adnan Hadzi
Adnan Hadzi is a resident academic at the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences, University of Malta. Hadzi’s latest research project involves the use of immersive technologies for the Immersion Lab University of Malta (ILUM) project, for which he has recently been awarded a Research Excellence Award. The ILUM consortium consists of the Immersion Lab of the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences [MAKS], University of Malta, the Visual Narratives Laboratory [VNLAB] of Lodz Filmschool, Poland, the Immersive Lab [IL] at the Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, the Department of Architecture, Design and Planning [DADU] at University of Sassari, Italy, and the Spatial Media Research Group [SMRG] at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Hadzi’s research interest demonstrates his commitment to equal opportunities not only in principle but also in practice. Thus artistic practice as research becomes important in order to discuss 'Access to Technology', a key point for digital/social media. It is through Free and Open Source Software and technologies his research has a social impact. Currently Hadzi is a participant researcher in the strategic partnerships project Experience and immersive technologies - from creative practice to educational theory, following the successfully finished H2020 MAZIzone research project. Hadzi is co-editing and producing the after.video computer book series, exploring video as theory, reflecting upon networked video, as it profoundly re-shapes medial patterns.
Hadzi’s documentary film work tracks artist pranksters The Yes Men and net provocateurs Bitnik Collective. In 2013 he released Bitter Lemons documentary mapping lemon grovers on both sides of the no man’s land of Cyprus. Hadzi’s current documentary project focuses on his involvement in the media arts collective !Mediengruppe Bitnik. A collective of contemporary artists working on and with the Internet. Bitnik’s practice expands from the digital to affect physical spaces, often intentionally applying loss of control to challenge established structures and mechanisms. Bitnik's works formulate fundamental questions concerning contemporary issues. (2024)
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