“NO SCRAP NO DREAM” BY COLLECTIF MASI
Every day we see a plethora of scraps in construction bins after demolitions or renovations in Athens. Every night we dream, combining fragments from the day’s lived experiences. Here, the scraps-fragments are displayed in an oniric “periptero.” This “periptero” is a tribute to the Athenian kiosks that are gradually disappearing, and it encourages the visitor to take part in an urgent exchange and reuse of materials.
“… A red thread coming from the spring wall of the Periptero has «the key to the outside» on its end, hung at the entrance. The thread allows the entering visitor to decide which way to go …”
Artist bio:
Born in 1987, Madlen Anipsitaki is a Greek architect and urban scenographer. She graduated in 2015 from Paris-Malaquais inside the Fine Arts of Paris. Since her thesis ‘The Parisian passage in the 21st century : Passage as network through a block ‘, she focuses on experimenting with the links between public and private spaces.
Born in 1991, Simon Riedler is a French sociologist graduated from Paris-Dauphine (2014) and Paris-Diderot (2017) universities, specializing in the field of international migrations and interethnic relations. Since, his social and artistic work has been questioning the city’s ability to integrate people from different backgrounds. She has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS (2020).
Collectif MASI was founded in 2018. Exploring the interdependence between people and their environment, they treat a given space, and the possibilities it offers, as their primary material, focusing especially on the relationships that can be formed within it. This practice of social sculpture in public space gives rise to an evolving archive, exhibited internationally.
About Living Room
Living Room is an independent project space located in Metaxourgeio, Athens. It was founded in 2022 by Auðunn Kvaran and is currently managed by Auðunn and Nikoletta Georgakopoulou. Living Room started in a residential living room in Victoria in Athens. The project soon relocated to a bigger venue at Spetson 29 in Kypseli. Over two and a half years, this location hosted 20 exhibitions, featuring the work of 29 artists representing 14 countries. In March 2025, Living Room transitioned to a new location at Marathonos 71 in Metaxourgeio, which now accommodates both an exhibition space and studio spaces available for rent.
Living Room is dedicated to fostering the creative development and public presentation of contemporary art, both Greek and international. We offer a supportive environment for artists to realize their artistic potential, from initial ideation through to the final exhibition and potential publication. We look at each artist’s engagement with Living Room as a focused, short-term residency that culminates in a public exhibition of their work.
A key objective of Living Room is to serve as a platform for international artists seeking to exhibit their work within Greece ~ facilitating the expansion of their professional networks beyond their local art scenes. Living Room places a particular emphasis on hosting artists’ inaugural solo exhibitions in Greece or their first solo presentations outside of their countries of origin. By doing this, Living Room aims to cultivate meaningful dialogue and exchange between artistic communities, offering a unique opportunity for artists to gain international exposure and critical recognition.
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About Auðunn Kvaran
Auðunn is an Icelandic artist and curator. He graduated with a BA degree in Fine Arts from the Icelandic University of the Arts in 2020. Following graduation, Auðunn exhibited extensively for the first year, then took a hiatus and relocated to Athens, Greece. In Athens, Auðunn subsequently founded Living Room, a venture best described as a project space, artist-run space, or off-space. Currently, Auðunn’s engagement with the art world is predominantly curatorial and primarily through Living Room. Auðunn continues to create art and generally exhibits by invitation.
Auðunn’s artistic practice involves replicating elements from the environment, manifesting these as sculptures, sometimes incorporating found materials, or translating them into 3D models which are then integrated into recorded videos. Sentences from personal journals may also be incorporated into these video works. The resulting pieces can function as a form of visual journal; however, Auðunn prefers these not to be overly specific to himself, to allow for broader viewer reflection and connection. The artworks are not intended to solve problems or propose strong statements. Rather, the aim is to create pieces that reflect observations from Auðunn’s own life, presented in a manner that allows others to find relatable aspects within their own experiences.
Auðunn’s art practice generally avoids overtly political themes, although it is acknowledged that political factors will inevitably influence the artworks; an inescapable aspect of creative expression.
About Nikoletta Georgakopoulou
Nikoletta Georgakopoulou (b. 1996) is a Greek curator, artist, and writer. She studied Theory and History of Art at the Athens School of Fine Arts and has attended numerous seminars in performance, physical theatre, and photography. Her multidisciplinary work meditates on the ecological and feminine, often posing open-ended questions and reflections on the human condition. Through performance, installation, photography, digital manipulation, and text, she delves into the notions of time and the tenderness of the senses, drawing inspiration from the realm of nature and its intimate connections to femininity. Concepts needed to be communicated are proceeding the demands of each medium, so she often enjoys stretching their and her limits.
As a curator, Georgakopoulou’s work focuses on fostering meaningful exchanges between artists and audiences, while also emphasizing on the artist-curator collaboration and the social resonances of contemporary art. She has curated and supported exhibitions that foreground dialogue, care, and collective vision, while highlighting the unique voices of each artist. She is the other half of Living Room Gallery, a platform representing vividly the open heartedness and curiosity she is hoping for in the art world.
She also curates and writes for independent projects and collaborates closely with artists for portfolio/proposal editing and conceptual guidance.
Exhibition title: No scrap no dream
Exhibition by Collectif MASI
in Living Room
curated by Auðunn Kvaran and Nikoletta Georgakopoulou
19/02 – 14/03/26
Opening: Thursday, February 19th at 7pm
Participatory performances:
Saturday 28/2 — 16-19:00
Saturday 7/3 — 16-19:00
Saturday 14/3 — 16-19:00
Visiting hours:
Fridays 18-21:00
Saturdays + Sundays 16-19:00
+ by appointment
Until March 14th
Artist’s contact information:
Collectif MASI
collectifmasi.com
@co.masi
Curator’s contact information
Auðunn Kvaran
www.audunn.cargo.site
@audunnaudunnaudunnaudunnaudunn
Nikoletta Georgakopoulou
@nikolettageorgakopoulou
General inquiries
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