Vicky Michalopoulou, apart from acting, has also studied digital arts in Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) and University Paris 8 - Vincennes-Saint-Denis (alumni 2020). However, what has inevitably structured her mindset is her studies in civil engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA, alumni 2009). As a result, during the elaboration of her master's thesis for the Greek-French Master "Art, Virtual Reality and Multi-user Systems of Artistic Expression", which was a very deep and personal journey, she invented the term "Performing Engineer". That is to say, she managed to put down in words her identity.
Her Thesis for the joint Greek-French Master Degree on Digital Arts (which is a collaboration of Athens School of Fine Arts and University Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis) was entitled:
"The Performing Engineer Towards a Poor Interactive Multimedia Theater -
A study on Samuel Beckett's Happy Days"
https://www.ati-paris8.fr/src/memoires/2020/MichalopoulouVasiliki_MemoireM2.pdf
and led to the creation of the multimedia performance Happy 365.
The performance was officially selected for Ars Electronica Festival 2020 in Linz, Austria.
https://www.univ-paris8.fr/Trois-projets-etudiants-selectionnes-pour-participer-a-l-exposition-Ars
