Abstract This research investigates Greek folk song as a living, performative, and cultural phenomenon through the combined lenses of performative autoethnography and practice-based artistic research. Grounded in the ritual and embodied dimensions of folk traditions, the project explores how the researcher’s own body and voice can function as methodological tools that bridge theoretical inquiry with artistic creation. By engaging with archival materials, embodied practices, and collaborative processes with students of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts at the Ionian University, the study examines how folk song can be reinterpreted within contemporary artistic and academic contexts. The project develops a new intermedial model of expression -digital audiovisual folk performance- which situates traditional material within cinematic and multimedia environments. Through staged performances, embodied experimentation, and the subsequent transformation of the work into a cinematic framework, the research highlights the transformative potential of folk material when approached through contemporary technological and artistic practices. Overall, the study contributes to the revitalization of Greek folk song as a contemporary performative art form, demonstrates the methodological value of performative autoethnography, and establishes a coherent artistic-research framework that enriches interdisciplinary dialogue at the Ionian University.

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