Sofia Pantouvaki
Professori (Associate professor)
Professori (Associate professor)
A801 Dept. Film, Television and Scenography
Sofia Pantouvaki founded Costume in Focus (2013), the first research group on performance costume and led the research project Costume Methodologies(2014-2018) funded by the Academy of Finland. Her research currently focuses on the theory and practice of performance costume with a special interest in design for opera and dance, costume and technology, and costume and biomaterials; curation and exhibition design; scenography as theatre education; and clothing in the concentration camps of World War Two.
Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
Areas of expertise
Scenography, Costume in Focus, Costume design, Costume in action, Concentration Camp Clothing
Honors and awards
World Stage Design 2017 - Finalist of WSD2017 Exhibition
Finalist of World Stage Design 2017 (WSD2017) Exhibition in the Professional section with the project "Tempest", artistic research.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Film
Dec 2016
Gold Medal PQ2015 for Best Exposition in the Student Section, Prague Quadrennial 2015
Gold Medal PQ 2015 for Best Exposition in the Student Section of Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space for the exhibit "The Other Side", National representation of Finland at the Student Section of PQ15. The exhibit also won the PQ Children's Award. Exhibition Curators: Sampo Pyhälä, Sofia Pantouvaki (Aalto) and Kimmo Karjunen (UniARTS).
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Film
Jun 2015
Student prize: Young Golden Award of Costume Design
Costume design, course ‘Dance as a Total Form of Art’ in collaboration with the Theatre Academy Helsinki, UniARTS.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Film
Jan 2018
Student Prize: KOTIMATKA (Homebound)
Ivitation: Official selection - National Competition
Invitation or ranking in competition
Department of Film
Mar 2020
Student Prize: KOTIMATKA (Homebound)
Winner: Student Award - NAtional Competition
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Film
Mar 2020
Student Prize: KOTIMATKA (Homebound)
Invitation: Official selection - In competition
Invitation or ranking in competition
Department of Film
Apr 2020
Student Prize: KOTIMATKA (Homebound)
Invitation: Official selection - In Competition
Invitation or ranking in competition
Department of Film
Sep 2020
Student Prize: REVIIRI (Verge)
Invitation: In competition - New Nordic Films - Next Nordic Generation
Invitation or ranking in competition
Department of Film
Aug 2020
Student Prize: VIIMEINEN PÄIVÄ (The Last Day)
Invitation: In competition - New Nordic Films - Next Nordic Generation
Invitation or ranking in competition
Department of Film
Aug 2020
Student Prize: KOTIMATKA (Homebound)
Invitation: Competition Program for Ages 12+
Invitation or ranking in competition
Department of Film
Nov 2020
Publications
The Maker's Hands (curator)
Sofia Pantouvaki, Dimitra Kaisari
2023
Costume and Sustainability: From Past Practice to Future Strategies for an Ecological Costume Praxis
Sofia Pantouvaki, Ingvill Fossheim, Susanna Suurla
2022
Peripeti
Digital Costume as 'Sustainable' Costume? Blending Physical and Virtual Bodies
Sofia Pantouvaki
2022
“It takes imagination and a creative mind find ways to make a costume”: insights in the costume makers’ work in Greece
Sofia Pantouvaki
2022
Peripheral Voices: The Costume Makers’ Labour from Within the Profession
Sofia Pantouvaki
2022
The costume makers’ labour from within the profession in Greece
Sofia Pantouvaki
2022
The Great Farewell (Ο μεγάλος αποχαιρετισμός) (scenography & costume design)
Sofia Pantouvaki
2022
Vestuario para la escena 2022 (exhibitor)
Sofia Pantouvaki
2022
World Stage design 2022 exhibition (digital exhibitor)
Sofia Pantouvaki
2022