New Perspectives on Digital Art, Media and Performing Arts on UBT’s International Stage
26/10/2026UBT officially opened the 15th edition of its International Scientific Conference today, a major academic event taking place at the UBT Science, Innovation and Technology Park.
As part of this event, the International Conference on Art, Digital Media and Dramatic Arts held its dedicated session, focusing on contemporary developments in art and new media, the impact of technology and artificial intelligence on performance, and the challenges facing the creative industries.
The session brought together researchers, academics, and creative professionals to explore emerging artistic practices, digital identity, visual expression, cultural heritage, and the evolving relationship between technology and the arts.
The programme featured the following research presentations:
- Fjolla Zllatku (Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. Gjoko Miratovski) – Self-Presentation and Identity Construction in the Era of Digital Media
- Arben Arifi – Shën Jeronimi në veprat e artit
- Gazmend Ejupi – Commercial Galleries and the Creative Industries in the Western Balkans: Potential and International Visibility in Kosovo and Albania
- Alban Muja – Time and Transformation: The Changing Life of a Monument
- Burim Berisha – Perceptive Sculpture: Constructing Sculptural Form through Sound, Memory, Absence, and Imagination
- Laura Ymeri – Invisible Traces Through the Transformation of Emotions into Visual Language in Contemporary Art
- Dardan Luta – The Accidental Archivist: Trauma, Absence, and Non-Intentional Curatorial Practice in Wartime Photography
- Ilir Prapashtica – Ethics and Authorship in Contemporary Performing Arts
- Fatlume Bunjaku – Inteligjenca artificiale në procesin e audicioneve dhe përzgjedhjen e aktorëve në Kosovë: mundësitë dhe sfidat
- Fiona Gllavica – Performance and the Actor in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
