READINGS is a selection of essays, interviews, and texts that explore contemporary artistic and curatorial practices. This section serves as a space for reflection and in-depth engagement with the work of artists, curators, and theorists active in the Greek and international art scene.

Through commissioned and republished texts, READINGS highlights key debates on artistic methodologies, institutional frameworks, and cultural production. It fosters dialogue across disciplines, acknowledging the complexities of artistic research and the ever-evolving conditions of creative work.

As part of the ARTWORKS Curatorial Residency, all the invited curators conclude their stay in Athens with a written reflection. These texts are shaped after conversing and engaging with the artists they meet through studio visits and exhibitions viewings. They serve as an extension of the residency, carrying forward the impressions collected and ideas developed while undertaking research in Athens, which eventually take a curatorial form in writing.

By bringing together a wide range of voices, READINGS seeks to contribute to critical discourse. Continuously updated, it forms a growing archive of thoughts and ideas that expands beyond our beneficiaries.

 

MATTER AS A VESSEL. A CONVERSATION ON THE ARCHAEOLOGIES OF THE FUTURE WITH VISUAL ARTIST ATHINA KOUMPAROULI

WRITTEN BY

MARIA KASIMATI TSOUTSIA

AN ATHENIAN FOURSOME: SEA, SUN, DISAPPEARANCE, SEX

WRITTEN BY

ALPER TURAN

ΤHE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC AS A TEMPORAL FIELD FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION.

WRITTEN BY

KATERINA FOTI

THE END OF DESIRE

WRITTEN BY

EVITA TSOKANTA

ΤHE PANDEMIC AND THE DIGITAL MEDIA SOLUTION: PERSPECTIVES AND QUERIES RELATING TO THE ART OF DANCE

WRITTEN BY

ANASTASIO KOUKOUTAS

LINGERING IMAGES

WRITTEN BY

JACOB MOE

WHEN VAMPY EMERGES

WRITTEN BY

NADJA ARGYROPOULOU

THE CURATOR AS ARTIST (AS CURATOR) A DRAFT TOWARD NEW MODES OF STUDIO-BASED, VISUAL (CURATORIAL) PRACTICE

WRITTEN BY
AKIS KOKKINOS

FLOATING IMAGES

WRITTEN BY
IOANNA ZOULI

IT’S NOT EASY WITHOUT A COMPASS…

WRITTEN BY
MARE SPANOUDAKI

BACK AND AGAIN. ON THE PRACTICE OF LATENT COMMUNITY

WRITTEN BY
DANAI GIANNOGLOU

WHAT’S THE HAIRY FUSS? PRODUCTIVE CONFUSION AND BODILY EXUBERANCE IN “BANG BANG BODIES”

WRITTEN BY
ANASTASIO KOUKOUTAS

THE CITY AS ORCHESTRA, LANGUAGE, RITUAL. ON THE PERFORMATIVE CHARACTER OF CHRYSANTHI KOUMIANAKI’S WORK.

WRITTEN BY
DANAI GIANNOGLOU

NICOLAS VAMVOUKLIS IN CONVERSATION WITH KONSTANTINA KOTZAMANI

WRITTEN BY
NICOLAS VAMVOUKLIS

NICOLAS VAMVOUKLIS IN CONVERSATION WITH ANGELOS PAPADOPOULOS

WRITTEN BY
NICOLAS VAMVOUKLIS

ON EDUCATION. TO ALL OF YOU, WHO HAVE FOUND YOUR OWN WAY

WRITTEN BY
IOANNA GERAKIDI

HAVE WE MET BEFORE? YOU LOOK STRANGELY FAMILIAR.

WRITTEN BY
ANASTASIO KOUKOUTAS

REDEFINING THE NARRATIVE OF THE MOVING IMAGE: KOSTIS CHARAMOUNTANIS TALKS ABOUT HIS PLAYFULLY EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA

WRITTEN BY
TASSOS CHATZIEFFRAIMIDES

NICOLAS VAMVOUKLIS IN CONVERSATION WITH ELENI ELLADA DAMIANOU

WRITTEN BY
NICOLAS VAMVOUKLIS

THE UNINHIBITED AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY POP CINEMA OF THE DIRECTORIAL DUO LIDA VARTZIOTIS AND DIMITRIS TSAKALEAS

WRITTEN BY
TASSOS CHATZIEFFRAIMIDIS