From October 23rd until October 26th 2021, we hosted the workshop “How to Develop a Film Collaborating With Actors” designed and led by Syllas Tzoumerkas. Moving Image and Visual Arts Fellows immersed themselves in liberating, norm-defying, head-on and market-protected paths to develop and enrich their projects through direct collaboration with actors.
The narration of a myth is inextricably linked to the subject of memory. The work ‘Daedala’ explores the mythological element, as the revelation of a memory that is shaped in the present and is relative to the sacred, the hidden, the secret. Two visual arts, photography by Stefania Orfanidou and sculpture by Natalia Manta, meet in a labyrinthine installation and come into dialogue, integration, juxtaposition, crack and deconstruction. Its objects, fragments from excavation and revocation in the depths of a living memory, are recomposed and form a narrative, which, however, is not a recollection. Hidden elements alternate with visible ones, apparently in an uncanny condition. In the exhibition ‘Daedala’, the artists create a mapping of a new landscape to be explored, where the discovery, the reading and the correlation of the findings refer to the mattock and to the research that follows an archeological excavation. The works, like findings, function as presumptions of an imaginary connection with another era, real or mythological. The space turns into a labyrinth, with scattered pieces of a puzzle, which visitors are invited to discover and reconstruct, relating them to their own personal experiences.
‘Daedala’, in ancient Greece, were composite crafts made of metal, wood or fabrics based on the materials’ shredding, complementarity and joining. They were works of art, which reflected reality and were related to light, perception and illusion. Works to be seen, concealing the refined work of a craftsman, the carving details or the coating of one material with another.
PHOTOGRAPHIC & SCULPTURAL INSTALLATION
STEFANIA ORFANIDOU / NATALIA MANTA / GEORG ES SALAMEH
YIALI TZAMI / OLD HARBOUR CHANIA / 4-18 NOVEMBER 2021
With the support:
ΑΝΟΙΧΤΑ ΠΑΝΙΑ 2021 / ΚΕΠΠΕΔΗΧ ΚΑΜ / CHANIA MUNICIPALITY
*Stefania Orfanidou is SNF ARTWORKS Fellow 2020
The exhibition “The Rules of the Game”, inspired by Jean Renoir’s masterpiece, The Rules of the Game, takes place at the former Nursery School (Pier A, Port of Thessaloniki) from November 6th to December 6th, 2021.
Partipant artists: Marina Velisioti, Nikolas Ventourakis, Xenia Vitou, Kyriaki Goni, Stathis-Alexandros Zoulias, Alexandros Manganiotis, Sofia Stevi, Diamantis Sotiropoulos, Dimitris Tataris and Doreida Tzogou.
Exhibition duration in Thessaloniki: 6/11/2021-6/12/2021. Opening hours 6/11/2021-14/11/2021: 10am-10pm. Opening hours 15/11/2021-6/12/2021:10am-6pm (except Mondays). Exhibition duration in Athens: 16/12/2021-16/1/2022.
A few words about the timeless masterpiece The Rules of the Game (1939) by Jean Renoir
Unconditionally timeless, especially in the liminal times we are living in, as we brace ourselves to greet an emerging meta-world, Jean Renoir’s chef-d’oeuvre grooms us for a much needed and inevitable transition to a new era. A film that reminds us how abruptly the rules of the game can change in a split second and how important it is to redefine them from scratch.
The Rules of the Game, a milestone of world cinema that has been screened strikingly fewer times than the rest of the groundbreaking films that changed the course of cinema history, hit the theaters right before the breakout of World War II, triggering a public outcry as it seemed to foretell the devastation looming over Europe and the entire planet. Renoir, at the heyday of his career at the time, did not hesitate to illustrate the decadence and moral bankruptcy of all social classes in the most vivid way, foreshadowing the painful dawn of a new era.
*Kyriaki Goni and Nicholas Ventourakis are SNF ARTWORKS Fellows.
The solo show “212 Medea (Narratives from a place in limbo)” by Stefania Strouza, curated respectively by Christos Chrysopoulos and Daphne Dragona is presented at the Project Space at Megaron the Athens Concert Hall, from November 4, 2021 until January 23rd, 2022.
With a number of works presented for the first time in Greece –two of which were created especially for the exhibition–, the artist refers to the suspended condition in which the planet finds itself today. She focuses on moments of conflict, on imprints of disaster and on the possibility of reparation and regeneration. The exhibition takes its title from the asteroid named 212 Medea, which occupied Stefania Strouza in the context of her artistic and research work on the myth of Medea. Upon entering the Earth’s atmosphere, asteroids are transformed into shooting stars which are also earth-threatening bodies in the event of a collision. Medea is identified with the unpredictable and the destructive but also with the opposition to the self-evident and the imposed. In studying her story, Strouza focuses on an unexplored aspect of her character that demonstrates the anti-heroine’s relation to natural phenomena, animal instincts and the Earth itself, while at the same time always remaining alienated herself. For the artist, the existence of asteroid 212 Medea is a trigger for producing a visual narrative in which the myth’s modern connotations in relation to the natural environment are revealed.
The exhibition presents three sculptures and one video. The sculptures are suggestive of bodies geological and cosmic, human and non-human, material and active, bodies that bear traces of collision but at the same time can bring about changes. Centrally placed is the sculpture 212 Medea (Perpetual Silence Prevails in the Empty Space of Capital), which resembles both an asteroid on a collision course and a female body, referring to the relation between gender identity and the climate crisis. The sculpture 212 Medea (If only I had stayed the animal I was) refers to the acknowledgment of other living worlds beyond the human, while the smaller sculptures SPK-ID 2000212 (A880 CA), in the form of fragments, are a reference to the flows of matter, to moments of explosion and constant transformation. Finally, the video Monologue (Medean Remix) is based on excerpts from the works of Euripides, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Heiner Müller. In this, Medea recalls and embodies the fundamental relations between ‘nature’ and culture, as well as between humans and other living beings
More info here.
“Head 2 Head” is an exhibitional projects that is presented between Greece and Iceland. It takes place in Athens, between November 5th and November 14th 2021 and in Reykjavík at 2023. The art spaces that join the projects are: 52, PS, 3 137, EIGHT / ΤΟ ΟΚΤΩ, HYLE / ΗΛΗ, backspace, Stoa 42, zoetrope, A-Dash and KEIV.
The artist-run spaces Kling & Bang and A – DASH join with much excitement to the initial phase of the bilateral visual art festival HEAD2HEAD in Athens on the 5 – 14th of November 2021. Below you may find the schedule to these spaces:
More info here.
*Konstantinos Kotsis, Vasilis Zarifopoulos, Konstantinos Giotis and Eleni Papazoglou are SNF ARTWORKS Fellows
to see a block of flats as a cave
I started counting distance through fatigue.
Νot experience but fatigue.
I start counting with that that is caused by distance to the neck and feet.
We live in the city.
We live in the block of flats.
We see the block of flats as a cave.
He says:
Look at these plants below. How does it sound like?
From this man? Outside.
What is it heard from inside of the door?
I asked them :
When is it that you are not yourselves? He replied :
I am not myself when I change room.
I started counting distance through fatigue.
Not exactly perspective but fatigue
© Andreas Ragnar Kassapis, 2021
Kalfayan Galleries present the solo exhibition of Andreas Ragnar Kassapis titled “Τo see a block of flats as a cave”. In his solo exhibition at Kalfayan Galleries, Andreas Ragnar Kassapis presents a diverse installation consisting of paintings, text and archival photography. At the same time, the exhibition is accompanied by a music work that is presented and available digitally. As the artist observes regarding the new series of works: “My subjects are landscapes or at least ‘areas’ that keep within them the objects inseparable. I continue with my investigation into the concept of Nuance and consequently into the concept of Mood (Stimmung); the concept of Duration (la durée) and consequently subjective experience and lived time; the notion of distance and therefore the concept of perspective and its distortions “. Having psychoanalysis, phenomenology and contemporary cultural criticism as basic methodological tools, the work of Andreas Ragnar Kassapis focuses on themes concerning the mechanisms of perception, memory and representation. Having as a starting point cognitive theories of object perception, his paintings raise questions about the imprint of technical images on perception and memory in modern times.
The exhibition opens on Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 18.00 – 21.00
Duration: 10 November – 11 December 2021
*Andreas Ragnar Kassapis is SNF ARTWORKS Fellow 2020
We are delighted to inaugurate a new collaboration with Delta Restaurant and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre (SNFCC), offering a thematic initiative of artistic visits in two parts, exclusively for SNFCC Members!
Delta, the fine-dinning restaurant by Dipnosofistirion at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), driven by the cultural character of its operation, αs well as being a lively promotion platform of contemporary visual arts, collaborates with ARTWORKS and presents works of Greek artists in the restaurant’s venue. The restaurant embraces art and organically integrates yearly rotating artworks in its interior and surrounding spaces. Following the concept of sustainability, we are invited to think of art as part of diverse ecosystems and interdependent interactions.
In this context, the Membership Program has planned exclusively for the Members of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) a group of thematic visits from November 2021 to March 2022. The visits are structured between two parallel axes: initially in the Delta area, where through monthly tours, the works of the 5 participating artists that have been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship Program by ARTWORKS will be presented, and then off the premises of the SNFCC, at the studios or in exhibition spaces of the up-and-coming artists.
During SNFCC members’ visits to Delta Restaurant, the initiative and the philosophy behind the partnership of Delta with ARTWORKS will be presented, and members will be guided in the selected works of the 5 artists, which are harmoniously integrated in the restaurant space. Then, the artists will welcome the members to their space, presenting their work and creating the space for an open discussion.
The events are dedicated to all our members who love art and culture and want to immerse themselves in the concept of artistic creation and its practice, in every form. They are also addressed to all those who are interested in getting to know the modern ambassadors of the domestic art scene.
Participating artists: Petros Moris, Malvina Panagiotidi, Katerina Komianou, Manolis Daskalakis Lemos and Dimitris Efeoglou
The 5 artists presenting their work this year have been awarded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship Program, ARTWORKS, thanks to the founding donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Visits Schedule:
November:
Monday 8/11, 18.00 | 1st Visit to Delta Restaurant
Saturday 20/11, 12.30 | Off Premises: Petros Moris- Solo exhibition at Radio Athènes
December:
Monday 6/12, 18.00 | 2nd Visit to Delta Restaurant
Thursday 9/12, 18.00 | Off Premises: Studio Visit | Meet the Artist: Malvina Panagiotidi
January:
Monday 10/01, 18.00 | 3rd Visit to Delta Restaurant
Saturday 15/01, 12.30 | Off Premises:Studio Visit | Meet the Artist: Katerina Komianou
February:
Saturday 12/2, 12.30 | Off Premises: Studio Visit | Meet the Artist: Manolis Daskalakis Lemos
March:
Saturday 12/3, 12.30 | Off Premises: Studio Visit | Meet the Artist: Dimitris Efeoglou
Delta was created through an initiative and a grant by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center A.E. It aims to become a landmark culinary destination in line with the high standards of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) and to share Greek cuisine around the world.
Free entrance via online pre-registration*
* Pre-registration for our monthly visits starts at the beginning of each month. The information is provided through the Newsletter of the Members of the SNFCC.
This initiative is a collaboration of the SNFCC Members Program with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship Program, ARTWORKS and the Delta Restaurant.
More info here.
The 62nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival is returning to its home turf, the movie theaters, prioritizing safety and abiding by all health and safety protocols, from Thursday 4 to Sunday 14, November 2021. This year’s celebration of independent cinema will take place in physical spaces, but online as well.
Within the framework of the 62nd TIFF, 197 films will be screened in the time-honored home ground of the Festival, while the audience will have the chance to watch 144 films online, through the digital platform of the Festival, online.filmfestival.gr.
Check below our Fellows’ movies which will be screen at the 62nd TIFF:
Brutalia, Days of Labour, Manolis Mavris
More info here
Motorway 65, Evi Kalogiropoulou
More info here
ORFEAS2021, FYTA*
More info here
Soul Food, Nikos Tsemberopoulos
More info here
Souls All Unaccompanied, Yorgos Teltzidis
More info here
The Timekeepers of Eternity, Aristotelis Maragkos
More info here
Holy Emy, Araceli Lemos
More info here
Magnetic Fields, Yorgos Goussis
More info here
Moon, 66 Questions, Jacqueline Lentzou
More info here
*Foivos Dousos part of the artistic duo FYTA is Fellow
ARTWORKS founders, Marily Konstantinopoulou & Dimitra Nikolou, were among the art professionals that were interviewed by 3 137 within the scope of RESHAPE in relation to the art sector in Greece.
RESHAPE is an experimental, bottom-up research process that proposes instruments for transition towards a fairer arts ecosystem across Europe and the Southern Mediterranean. Forty art workers engaged in collaborative work relating to five major challenges of today’s arts sector: Art and Citizenship, Fair Governance Models, Value of Art in Social Fabric, Solidarity Economies and Transnational/Postnational Artistic Practices. Together they have created a series of Prototypes that reflect and incite the transformation of the art sector towards practices that are more in line with the civil role of the arts.
Paky Vlassopoulou, one of the founding members of 3 137, was a participant of the RESHAPE trajectory Art and Citizenship that created The Department of Civil Imagination (DCI), a fictional department that utilises the ‘civil imagination’ as a radical act to reshape realities in poetic, practical, and political ways following the provocation by adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha that ‘all organizing is science fiction.’
In parallel, over the past few years, 3 137 has been developing a similar methodological tool, through the invention of the immaterial art institution GABRIELA. GABRIELA is a self-reflexive process that functions as a tool, a service, and a manual for questioning the role of―and the labor involved in―artists’ initiatives. The organizational structure of GABRIELA appropriates corporate strategies such as directorship, administration, branding, and communication campaigns to occupy public space and the web, seeking to redistribute itself among its peers.
On the occasion of this meeting between these two fictional entities (DCI & GABRIELA) a conversation, in the format of short recorded one-to-one interviews, is presented with the aim to rethink and reimagine on a local level a different arts ecosystem.
Participants: Christos Carras, Marily Konstantinopoulou & Dimitra Nikolou, Dimitris Passas, Artemis Stamatiadi, Katerina Tselou, Evita Tsokanta, and Venia Vergou.
The participants were invited to share ideas about the relationship between the private and public sector in cultural production, about the values that can be used to build a code of conduct for workers in the cultural sector and about the value of art in the social fabric.
The collection of recorded interviews is a study that enables us to understand the particular conditions within which the sector operates in Greece, to hear different perspectives in order to map the common ground that might exist for the improvement of the working conditions and the cultural production overall as well as for the development of critical discourse in Greece. The opinions that are presented here are strictly personal. The questions that were posed were the outcome of the conversations between 3 137 and Onassis AiR. The recorded interviews were conducted by Kosmas Nikolaou.
Listen to audio recorded one-to-one interviews with Marily Konstantinopoulou & Dimitra Nikolou:
Listen to all the audio recorded one-to-one interviews here
On Tuesday, October 26 and Wednesday, October 27, 2021, the research material and the presentation of a series of tools that was produced within the scope of RESHAPE in relation to the art sector in Greece, will be presented at 3 137 artist-run space.
On Saturday, October 23, 2021, in the context of the autumn events of the Averoff Gallery, Dimitra Nikolou – ARTWORKS Co-Founder and Director of the SNF Artist Fellowship Program – participated in the round table discussion “Supporting the Arts Today”. The objective of the panel discussion was to explore the current conditions of the support system of the arts and discuss the possibilities and the difficulties that exist from the perspective of the state, of art institutions, but also from the viewpoint of the new generation of artists.
Participants:
Paky Vlassopoulou, Artist, Co-founder of the artist-run space 3 137
Dimitra Nikolou, Co-founder, Program Director ARTWORKS
Marios Spiliopoulos, Artist, Tutor at the Athens School of Fine Arts,
Stamatis Schizakis, Curator, Department of Photography and New Media, Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST)
Syrago Tsiara, Deputy Director of MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art Collection
Manolis Haros, Artist
The discussion was moderated by Irini Orati, Art historian.
Our next stop with the Fellows 2021 was at the former Public Tobacco Factory – Hellenic Parliament Library & Printing House, a city landmark that was restored by NEON; On Thursday October 21st, 2o21 we had the chance to visit an extraordinary exhibition titled “Portals”, featuring 59 artists from 27 countries, from which 5 SNF ARTWORKS Fellows (Anastasia Douka , Eirene Efstathiou, Chrysanthi Koumianaki , Alexandros Tzannis and Myrto Xanthopoulou! Congratulations!
Along with our Fellows 2021, we were warmly welcomed by members of the NEON team, Nafsika Papadopoulou , Fanis Kafantaris and Galini Notti. We learned more about NEON organization, the philosophy behind the renovation of this historic building as well as the concept and the main axes of the exhibition.
More info here
On Tuesday October 19th 2021, we held our first group visit with the Fellows 2021 at the exhibition “Anti-structure” at DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art.
Andreas Melas, the exhibition curator, guided us through the works and talked about the concept behind the exhibition which he developed in collaboration with the collector Dakis Joannou in order to create a relationship between the installation works of Urs Fisher and artworks by Greek and Cypriot artists, while exploring the lines between order and chaos, stasis and flux, structure and fragility.
“ANTI-STRUCTURE”, DESTE FOUNDATION
Taking as its starting point an immersive installation with works by Urs Fischer and placing it in dialogue with the work of twenty-one Greek and Cypriot artists of various generations and modalities, Anti-Structure explores the far-fetched realm of fine lines between order and chaos, stasis and flux, structure and fragility.
Coined in 1969 by cultural anthropologist Victor Turner (1920–1983), “anti-structure” is a study of the state of mental and spiritual limbo that is characteristic of the second stage—the liminal stage—of any rite of passage, when the novitiate is neither here nor there but, betwixt and between, remains enveloped in abiding upheaval and disarray and a preternatural void. Anti-structure thus describes a stage of perpetual transformation characterized by moments of dissolution where “structural hierarchies are flattened or inverted.” Whereas the dominant ideology du jour was that any such breakdown would result in anomie and angst, Turner recognized that in times of great happenstance, culture in fact reboots itself and new symbols, models, and paradigms arise.
It is not unusual to find such pockets of clandestine novelty simmering deep in the underground, the pregnant margins of normative order. It is in these lands of strangers and exiles, that one finds fertile ground for radical thought and very strange ideas. It is these ideas cultivated in the fringes of institutionalized etiquette that bring forth novel ways of dress, posture, and expression, attitudes that when fully formed feed back into the system to either break or make the mainstream.
The exhibition includes the works of: Yannoulis Chalepas, Diohandi, Dora Economou, Andreas Embirikos, Urs Fischer, Sotirios Kotoulas, George Lappas, Tony Moussoulides, Aliki Panagiotou, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Nausika Pastra, Georgia Sagri, Lucas Samaras, Christiana Soulou, Takis, Thanassis Totsikas, Iris Touliatou*, George Tourkovasilis, Pantelis Xagoraris, Marina Xenofontos, Takis Zenetos
*Iris Touliatou is SNF ARTWORKS Fellow
Curator: Andreas Melas
More info here
“Synthesis”, a new performative installation by choreographer Tzeni Argyriou and visual artist Vassilis Gerodimos, tackles the complex event of the Greek War of Independence. Over 30 artists from the whole spectrum of performance and visual arts take part in the creation of the work, summoning the visitor to a unique experience.
“Synthesis” takes the form of a performative assemblage that correlates the process that produced the historical and socio-political network of the Greek War of Independence with that of the collective work, with its own particular, diverse conflicts, contradictions, aporias, transitions and reversals. During the three days of the event, each of whom conceptually corresponds to one of the three stages of the Greek Revolution (the intoxication of the initial outbreak, the middle-period introversion and the late-phase fatigue, but also the resilience which was a constant characteristic of the whole revolutionary decade), the artists cooperate in real time to create an interactive installation in which the spaces of the Alternative Stage lend themselves to a dynamic process of incessant visual and aural mobility. The creators set out to throw light on the invisible aspects of the official history by emphasising under-recognised factors such as financial management, military administration, ideological developments and everyday life of the revolutionary period.
Through the conversion of the Alternative Stage to a workshop space where the limits between “stage” and “backstage” become permeable and the public experience the preparation and final presentation of a series of concurrent and overlapping actions in active dialogue with each other, the creators of Synthesis trace the intertwined historical “lines” that synthesise the premeditated and the random, highlighting the analogies between a performative and a historical event.
More info:
https://www.nationalopera.gr/en/alternative-stage/es-events/item/3658-synthesis
Maro Fasouli, Virginia Mastrogiannaki and Konstantinos Paleologos, all SNF ARTWORKS Fellows, participate in the performative installation.
Eva Vaslamatzi (curator and SNF ARTWORKS Fellow) was selected to spend 6 weeks at SAHA Association and indulge in the city’s contemporary art scene. As part of the curatorial residency at SAHA, Eva had the opportunity to visit art galleries , museum and artists’ studios. Her research resulted in the organization and curation of the exhibition ““I heard it from the valleys” at Haus N in Athens with Greek and Turkish artists.
Eva’s residency was possible thanks to the generous support of ARTWORKS’ founding donor, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
We are super happy to announce that we are finally able to resume our partnership with the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) and continue serving our mission: to offer our Fellows long lasting learning and networking opportunities inside and outside Greece.
Iris Touliatou (SNF ARTWORKS Fellow 2020) who was nominated by our visual arts committee and selected by the ISCP curatorial team, will have a private and furnished studio space in Brooklyn and 24-hour access to all communal facilities at ISCP (September-October 2021). During her stay in New York, Iris will also participate in the 2021 Triennial “Soft Water Hard Stone” at the New Museum . We are looking forward to seeing Iris enjoy the fruits of her labor and we wish her the best of luck.
Our residency partnerships would not be possible without the generous support of our founding donor, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
More info about Iri’s residency here.
We kicked off the 4th SNF Artist Fellowship Program with a celebratory gathering at the Romantso terrace. It was great to meet you all and we can’t wait to spend more creative (and fun) time with you in the months to come! Welcome everyone and cheers to the 80 SNF ARTWORKS Fellows 2021!
As part of this years’ SYNASKí programme, COCHLEA res & Georgia Paizi curate a series of open online conversational scores between 4 or 5 each time teacher/artists, followed by a Q&A.
On Sunday 17th October, the third (and last) meeting takes place on zoom, 1-3pm GMT+3
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6909853355
Meeting ID: 690 985 3355
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These conversational scores attempt a non-linear mapping of the field of somatic practices, highlight the key concepts and tools brought by these practices and investigate language, poetic imagery, translation, experiential anatomy, and touch, as well as how these practices link and relate to each other, their place within contemporary movement education, their therapeutic side, and whether they contribute to a democratisation of making and training and a sense of community versus individuality in a post-capitalistic era.
SUNDAY 3 OCT
Giorgos Sioras Deligiannia
Georgia Paizi
Marilena Petridou
Marina Tsartsara
Dimitra Charalampidou
SUNDAY 10 OCT
Timos Zechas
Anna Tzakou
Vasiliki Tsagkari
Despina Chatzipavlidou
SUNDAY 17 OCT
Zoi Dimitriou
Mariela Nestora
Ioanna Palamidous
Eleni Panitska
Ireni Stamou
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SYNASKí investigates the field of somatic practices in education, artistic research and making. SYNASKí includes 105 studio hours, 92 hours of class, 14 different techniques (incl. Alexander Technique, Pilates, Yoga, Axis Sylabus, Rolfing, Antigymnastics, Feldenkrais, SRT, BMC, Franklin, Klein, Authentic Movement, Contemplative Dance Practice, Topf) brought to us 14 different artist/qualified teachers, 4 improvisation jams, 3 open discussions, 1 history & theory session, 1 mentoring session per participant, 1 closing cycle.
Funded by the Greek Ministry of Culture. Supported by Duncan Dance Research Centre Athens.
Collages by Lina Vergopoulou.
Currated by Georgia Paizi & www.cochleares.com
Georgia Paizi is SNF ARTWORKS Fellow 2021
To celebrate the completion of the 3rd SNF Artist Fellowship Program, we gathered last week at Latraac Cafe! Getting together after a year of mostly digital encounters was a long awaited moment and we would like to thank everyone for joining. Until next time!
Photos: Ioanna Chatziandreou
With Takis’ series of works with magnets and iron filings as our launch pad, and through comprehensible examples and personal experiences, we will awaken the world of our imagination with a magnet. We will follow a sequence of visual art experiments to create our own works of art, while deepening our understanding of the concept of energy flow in nature and in art. A dance of filings and lines will bring to life natural phenomena, magical creatures, stories and, of course, all of our energy to create!
Up to 15 participants
For children aged 6 to 10 years old
Saturday 16 & 30/ 10 | 17.30-19.00
Saturday 13 & 27/ 11 | 17.30-19.00
Maker Space
Free attendance by online pre-registration
For the activity held on 16/10, pre-registration starts on Saturday 09/10 at 12.00
For the activity held on 30/10, pre-registration starts on Friday 22/10 at 12.00
Session #1
We will make “impetuous designs” with ink, filings and our magnet, and awaken the force of a volcano, a twister or, maybe, the waves of the sea? What will become of this momentum? What will it transform into within our artwork?
Session #2
Playing with the concepts of order and disorder, we will unravel a tangle of filings that flows to the rhythm of our magnet. Dots and lines will help us solve this mystery… How do I unravel the tangle with my pencil? How do I impose creative “order” to creative “disorder”?
Session #3
With the help of a magic box that contains filings and plenty of imagination, we will breathe life into the magnetic creatures that will appear before our eyes: are their aliens or, perhaps, mysterious insects? Where do they live, what do they eat, what language do they speak?
Session #4
We will make sculptures out of white clay, filings and small magnets. Tree or insect? Or, perhaps, a volcano? No, it’s a flower… Or a stormy cloud watering an exotic plant!
Design/Implementation: Antigoni Michalakopoulou, Visual Artist/Architect/Educator
*Antigoni Michalakopoulou is SNF ARTWORKS Fellow 2020 in visual arts
More info: https://www.snfcc.org/en/events/art-workshop-awaken-world-magnet/10407
Sam Albatros’ debut novel “faulty boy” is out 15.10.2021 by Hestia publications.
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WE ARE THE HAPPIEST FAMILY IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!
Dad sometimes beats me up with his belt. Once I saw someone beat his son like this in a Greek movie. Since then, every time dad beats me up with his belt, I feel like a movie star.
Mom won’t stop telling me to study, since her parents were so poor she couldn’t afford to go to school. If she wants to go to school that bad, she can go to mine and I’ll stay at home and be the housewise: I told her that once and she slapped me.
I’ll talk about my siblings another time, I’m bored now. They don’t live with us anyway, like normal siblings do.
I have the best friends in the whole wide world! Thanasis is my best friend and he sits next to me at school. We like to play many games but we don’t talk about some of them, we keep them secret. He doesn’t let me talk about them because last time I did, we got beaten up. Then it’s Athena and Sophia, who are also sitting next to each other in the class. Athena is strong and they call her a tomboy and Sophia wears glasses and she’s wise like an owl.
We love each other so much! I love Thanasis, Thanasis loves Athena, Athena loves Sophia (but won’t admit it) and Sophia loves me.
We’re the best students in the class! That’s cause I crib from Thanasis, and Athena cribs from Sophia. Sometimes though Athena forgets to mix it up a little. Once she had copied word by word Sophia’s writing exercise. When the teacher asked what happened, I butted in and said: “Great minds think alike!”.