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Tina Pandi, art historian, curator at the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) and member of our visual arts selection committee, welcomed us at EMST and talked to us about her role as an institutional curator, the curatorial considerations from such point of view, the evaluation criteria when producing an exhibition versus its intrinsic value and much more.

Following her talk, Tina gave us an exhibition tour of Eleni’s Bagaki solo show “Something like a poem, a nude, and flowers in a vase”. Gladly, our dear Fellow, Eleni–SNF ARTWORKS Visual Arts Fellow 2020–joined the tour and we had the chance to hear from both of them about their collaboration and behind the scenes stories.

Learn more about the exhibition here.

Kicking off our series of talks “With Earth in Mind” curated and moderated by Daphne Dragona with the visual artist Mikhail Karikis.

“With Earth in Mind”

What changes when the focus of artistic and curatorial practices is the planet itself? How are projects, exhibitions and events created with and for the Earth and its ecosystems? What role can art play in addressing the climate crisis and asserting climate justice?

“With Earth in Mind” hosts art professionals whose work has been created with and for the Earth and its ecosystems and has been dedicated to environmental issues with the aim of provoking not only discussions but also substantial changes. The program of talks is curated and moderated by Daphne Dragona, independent curator and member of the 5th SNF Artist Fellowship Program selection committee for curating.

Artist Talk: MIkhail Karikis

During his presentation, Mikhail elaborated on the methodologies he implements when developing his projects in collaboration with different communities. He touched upon various ideas around socially engaged art and talked about the act of listening as an alternative mode of imaginary activism. Mikhail’s talk was followed by a Q&A session with Daphne Dragona and our Fellows The first in-depth presentation of Mikhail Karikis’ work in Greece is currently on view at EMST.

Mikhail Karikis is a Greek/British artist based in London and Lisbon. His work in moving image, sound, performance and other media is exhibited in leading contemporary art biennials, museums and film festivals internationally. Through collaborations with individuals and/or communities located beyond the circles of contemporary art and (in recent years) with children, teenagers, young adults and people with disabilities, Karikis develops socially embedded projects that prompt an activist imaginary and rouse the potential to imagine possible or desired futures of self-determination and potency. Centering on listening as an artistic strategy and focusing on themes of social and environmental justice, his projects highlight alternative modes of human action and solidarity, while nurturing critical attention, dignity and tenderness.

On April 11 & 12, our wonder Dance Fellows who presented their work in progress at M54!

Participants: Karagianni, Yiannis Tsigkris, Venetsiana Kalampaliki, Ellada Damianou, Danae Vorvila, Eleonora Siarava, Konstantina Barkouli thank you for sharing your practice with us and for the fruitful discussions that followed between the Fellows and our community.

Thankful to our Fellows, all the people who worked for these presentations and M54!

Title of the talk: “A letter from America (Thoughts on ecological practice)”

Lucia Pietroiusti spoke about the role art and culture can play in today’s environmental emergency reflecting on her latest research around worlding and worldbuilding practices in relation to different political and ecological realities.

The talk of Lucia Pietroiustina is part of the Program “With Earth in Μind”, curated for ARTWORKS by Daphne Dragona

What changes when the focus of artistic and curatorial practices is the planet itself? How are projects, exhibitions and events created with and for the Earth and its ecosystems? What role can art play in addressing the climate crisis and asserting climate justice?

“With Earth in Mind” hosts art professionals whose work has been created with and for the Earth and its ecosystems and has been dedicated to environmental issues with the aim of provoking not only discussions but also substantial changes. The program of talks is curated and moderated by Daphne Dragona, independent curator and member of the 5th SNF Artist Fellowship Program selection committee for curating.

Lucia Pietroiusti is a curator working at the intersection of art, ecology and systems, usually outside of the gallery format.
Pietroiusti is the founder of the General Ecology project at Serpentine, London – a strategic, cross-organisational effort dedicated to the implementation of ecological principles throughout the Galleries’ public-facing programmes, internal infrastructure, and networks; and is currently developing the Institute for General Ecology, Pietroiusti is the curator of Sun & Sea (Marina) by Rugile Barzdziukaite, Vaiva Grainyte and Lina Lapelyte, the Lithuanian Pavilion at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (and 2020-2022 international tour). She is the curator of The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish (Serpentine homepage / web portal and broadcast platform) an interdisciplinary festival, radio and publication series on consciousness and intelligence across species (with Filipa Ramos, since 2018); as well as the curator of the second edition of POWER NIGHT at E-Werk Luckenwalde, titled Being Mothers, in 2021/2022, and the 8th Biennale Gherdeïna, Personen Persons, in 2022 (with Filipa Ramos).

Three Geostories

El Hadi Jazairy talked about the use of speculative architectural and design practices as a way of communicating with the wider public the missing elements of Earth’s representations that could reveal key constituents regarding the climate crisis.

El Hadi Jazairy is an associate professor of architecture and the director of the master of urban design at the University of Michigan. He is founding partner of the practice DESIGN EARTH with Rania Ghosn. His research investigates aesthetic forms of environmental engagement to visualize how urban systems transform the Earth. DESIGN EARTH has exhibited widely in venues such as the US Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Sharjah Biennial, the Times Museum in Guangzhou, the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon. The work of DESIGN EARTH has been collected by the Museum of Modern Art. It has been awarded prizes internationally, including the Architectural League of New York’s Prize for Young Architects + Designers, Jacques Rougerie Foundation’s First Prize, and Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Faculty Design Awards. El Hadi is co-author of Geostories: Another Architecture for the Environment (New York: Actar, 2018) and Geographies of Trash (New York: Actar, 2015). He is founding editor of New Geographies and editor-in-chief of NG 4: Scales of the Earth (Harvard GSD, 2010). His recent writings have been published in the Journal of Architectural Education, the Avery Review, Thresholds, Topos, Domus, Abitare, Pidgin, ARQ Magazine, Volume, Harvard Design Magazine, MONU, and San Rocco.

El Hadi Jazairy holds a Doctorate of Design from Harvard University, a Master of Architecture from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Architecture from La Cambre in Brussels.

With Earth in Mind – a series of talks curated by Daphne Dragona

With Earth in Mind” featured art professionals whose work has been created with and for the Earth and its ecosystems, and with the aim of provoking discussions and raising awareness around environmental issues. The series of talks was curated and moderated by Daphne Dragona, independent curator and member of the 5th SNF Artist Fellowship Program Selection Committee.

A 2-day film screening program was held at Iris Film Theater with the participation of 14 SNF ARTWORKS Moving Image Fellows who showed their films and engaged in profound conversations with film director and the event’s moderator, Menelaos Karamaghiolis. 🖤 Thumbs up to all our Fellows for their inspiring work and passion!

Participant Fellows: Yorgos Kolozis, Eleftheria Katsianou, Antonis Vallindras, Alexandros Chantzis, Danai Anagnostou, Spyros Skandalos, Leonidas Konstantarakos, Konstantinos Karaghiolis, Loukas Palaiokrasas, Alexandros Skouras, Nikos Ziogas, Georgia Bardi, Elia Kalogianni, Gabriel Tzafkas.

Excited and absolutely grateful to all our Fellows 2022 who shared this past year with us, as well as their valuable time and unlimited talent. Some days ago, we celebrated the closure of the 5th SNF Artist Fellowship Program at Praxitelous bar! Thank you all for such an inspiring, heartwarming and engaging year! We are proud to see our community grow and our Fellows forming long-lasting relationships.

On to our next adventures 🌞

All photos by Pinelopi Gerasimou

Part of the SNF Artist Fellowship Program is visiting our Fellows’ studio. During the visits, our Fellows welcome us to their working spaces and share insights about their work and future ideas. Studio visits are key components for our Fellowship Program as they allow skill-sharing and help our community bond.
Katerina Sarra, Vassilis Galanis, Marina Velisioti, Athina Koubarouli, Nicole Economides, Irene Ragusini, Ismene King, Marios Stamatis, Eva Anerrapsi, Natalia Manta, Anna Housiada, Danai Kriki, Eirini Tiniakou thank you all for the hospitality!

WHAT MAKES CREATING POSSIBLE?
WHAT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE?
WHAT MAKES POSSIBLE AGAIN?

THE POSSIBLE
IS THE IMPOSSIBLE
IS THE POSSIBLE

This film is a tribute to our 390 SNF ARTWORKS Fellows for all the love, creativity, care, passion, respect and trust they have demonstrated while being part of the SNF Artist Fellowship Program 💜

Directed by Daphné Hérétakis and Konstantinos Samaras

Participants (in order of appearance):

Vasiliki Lazaridou
Neritan Zinxhiria
Aristeidis Lappas
Petros Moris
Janis Rafa
Maria Tsagkari
Kleoniki Stanich, with the actress Flomaria Papadaki
Maria Varela
Paky Vlassopoulou
Eva Vaslamatzi
Kosmas Nikolaou
Iris Touliatou
Dimitris Mytilinaios & Nefeli Asteriou
Martha Pasakopoulou
Angelos Papadopoulos

Production management: Christina Lekaki

Camera: Daphne Hérétakis

Image processing:
ANMAR FILM LAB Tasos Theodoropoulos

Shot on: Kodak film

Equipment hiring: Giorgos Frentzos

Executive producer
Allonsanfàn Films

Sound
Konstantinos Samaras

Sound design
AUX
Giotis Paraskevaidis

Costumes: To Vestiario

Subtitles
Natassa Sideri

Music
Petros Fatis
Aristeidis Lappas

End credit song
What you lack (feat. Magic Island)
Johnny Labelle
Album “Cold Fruit”
© Johnny Labelle 2019

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We are thankful and grateful to everyone involved and especially to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).

Students and alumni of the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) are invited to attend “Career Paths”, a weekly program consisting of professional development events organized and curated by ARTWORKS.

CAREER PATHS, 2nd week
Professional Development Week
Monday 2 October – Friday 6 October, 2023
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Amphitheater of ASFA Library (Pireos 256, Ag. I. Rentis)

Curated and organized by ARTWORKS

On Wednesday November 22, we met along with our Fellows, George Stamboulis, the Founder of ArtVolt, who presented the mission and activities of the company which, through a digital platform, helps users in navigating the contemporary art world, encompassing artists, art fairs, museums, art institutions, galleries, and more. The reception was held at the Alekos Fassianos Museum where the museum’s director Victoria Fassianou introduced us to the newly founded museum at the center of Athens.

Thank you ArtVolt and Alekos Fassianos Museum for the very warm welcome :)

More info
ArtVolt

Alekos Fassianos Museum

We are thrilled to continue our collaboration with The New Centre for Research & Practice and offer to all the SNF ARTWORKS Fellows from the previous five cycles of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Artist Fellowship Program the complimentary participation in all the seminars provided at the New Centre platform and the free access to the New Centre’s archive!

The New Centre for Research & Practice central mandate has been to provide new possibilities for learning, especially those who practice their work outside or in-between existing institutional frameworks in the Arts, Humanities, & Sciences. As the New Centre states, Technological developments of the last few decades not only are fundamentally changing the way knowledge is disseminated in the global society but transforming the very idea of knowledge if not also how we remunerate and award knowledgeability to individuals.

Providing research and educational opportunities to SNF ARTWORKS Fellows and engaging them with art professionals from all over the world is a key aspiration of ARTWORKS.

For currently running seminars check here.

For past seminars visit New Centre archive.

We had the pleasure to welcome the current SNF interns to our office where we gave them a brief presentation of ARTWORKS and the work we do through the SNF Artist Fellowship Program. Following our discussion, we accompanied the participants to the studios of our dear SNF ARTWORKS Visual Arts Fellows: Petros Moris, Theodoros Giannakis and Rania Bellou. Each artist presented selected artworks and talked about the inspiration and rationale behind their work and research. Once again, a big thank you to our Fellows for always being such great company and for sharing interesting concepts and ideas.

Find out more about The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Internship Program here.

 Looking back, Looking forward

Having fulfilled our initial commitments, ARTWORKS is currently looking towards the future. In order to better understand the impact of the 5 cycles of the SNF ARTWORKS Artist Fellowship Program, we have spent the past few months undertaking various evaluation exercises which culminated in an intensive reflection workshop.

The workshop brought together SNF ARTWORKS Fellows from different cycles and disciplines of the Program in order to delve into our impact assessment study and identify key areas of learning. The dual perspective –evaluation (looking back/reflecting) and prioritization (looking forward/planning)– as well as our highly participatory approach has deeply inspired us to continue serving our mission and create a strategic plan that will hopefully speak to the heart of our past and future beneficiaries.

Forever grateful to our founding donor, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and big thanks to the Vamvakou Revival team for the hospitality and to everyone who was part of this nurturing process.