Ancient Agora of Athens hosts AI walk from 15 to 18 October

Ancient Agora of Athens in Athens hosts Giorgos Drivas’s AI walk from 15 to 18 October, following a route through the archaeological site.

Ancient Agora of Athens hosts Conversation with software - an AI walk from 15 to 18 October 2026, bringing a dialogue between Giorgos Drivas and an artificial intelligence model to the archaeological site in Athens. The walking performance returns as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival’s autumn programme.

Ancient Agora of Athens hosts an AI walk in October

The event is structured as a guided route with stops at selected monuments. Drivas and the AI model explore possible readings of the site through a conversation about the past, present and future, while the audience follows the route inside the Ancient Agora.

The model is presented as having no prior information about where it is. Its responses are used to create an imaginative dialogue around the monuments and the history they represent. The performance was written, directed and presented by Drivas in cooperation with AI models, with sound design and editing by Giorgos Ramanthani. The programme details for the AI walk place it at the site from 15 to 18 October 2026.

Ancient Agora of Athens connects the walk with democracy

The event takes place among the remains of the civic centre of ancient Athens, giving its dialogue a setting shaped by public debate and political life. The route therefore links a contemporary conversation about artificial intelligence with a place whose surviving monuments document institutions associated with Athenian democracy.

The Museum of the Ancient Agora has been housed since 1957 in the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos. The building was donated by Attalos II, king of Pergamon, to Athens in the second century BC. Its exhibition presents finds from excavations by the American School of Classical Studies, covering periods from the Neolithic era to post-Byzantine times. The official museum information identifies the Stoa as the museum’s home and describes its collections.

Ancient Agora of Athens remains a working archaeological setting

The performance does not use a theatre detached from the monument. It follows a route through the archaeological site, with the audience moving between selected points and listening to the exchange through a wireless audio system.

That format makes the relationship between the programme and the site unusually direct. The AI model is not presented in a gallery as an object of technology; it is used as a speaking partner while the audience encounters the monuments along the route.

Visiting Ancient Agora of Athens: what travellers from Western Europe should know

• The AI walk takes place from 15 to 18 October 2026 at Ancient Agora of Athens.
• Entry and exit for the event are at Jacqueline de Romilly Square, where the audience gathers before following the route through the archaeological site.
• The event requires admission to the archaeological site. The meeting point is not the ticket office, so visitors buying admission on the day must arrange it before going to the square.
• The route passes through an archaeological landscape and includes stops at selected monuments. Visitors should avoid high-heeled shoes, as requested in the event information.
• The site is in Athens, Greece, and the official language is Greek. Greece uses the euro.

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Frequently asked questions about Ancient Agora of Athens

When does the AI walk take place at Ancient Agora of Athens?

Conversation with software - an AI walk takes place from 15 to 18 October 2026.

Where is Ancient Agora of Athens and how do you get there?

The archaeological site is in Athens, Greece. The event entrance and exit are at Jacqueline de Romilly Square.

What is Ancient Agora of Athens?

It is an archaeological site in Athens with a museum housed in the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos since 1957.