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Hosted in Athens // 22-29 May 2012Hosted in Athens has invited groups of artists and collectives of different background and nationalities to present their activity in various buildings in the center of Athens through a series of events and exhibitions. The project intends to articulate and organize its potentials in the area of the historical center of Athens and to involve public and private venues that can host its program in the means of hospitality. The project seeks to advocate the local art scene and to introduce the work of international artists to the broader Athenian public. To provide the conditions for dialogue and collaboration between groups, communities and individuals and to establish connections between the cities involved emphasizing on the essence of networking and collectivity. The participatory groups will be able to display their joint collaborations, shows and events in the context of a broader perspective that includes artists, curators, institutions and host venues. The aim of the project is to underpin the importance of collaboration, the individual participation and the exchange between different art scenes and to indicate new ways of working that embrace the values of exchange and hospitality. Hosted In Athens is organized by Daily Lazy Projects(Dionisis Christofilogiannis, Stelios Karamanolis, Eva Mitala, Tula Plumi, Yorgos Stamkopoulos) based in Athens, Berlin and Cluj Napoca.
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In the current financial situation, according to which culture tends to be institutionally treated as a needless luxury, OpenShowstudio held an Open Call inviting art students to respond through their work to this very question: Why art now; a question, which actually troubles the majority of creators in Greece and in Europe. The welcome to this call was warm and strong proposals came both from students in Greece and abroad.The selected participants are: Úlfur Karlsson (Iceland), Jean-Philippe Paumier (France), Martinka Bobrikova (Slovakia) and Oscar de Carmen (Spain), Kristian Zara (Albania / Greece), Vassiliki Spyrou, Dimitris Lambrou, Vassia Katsarela , Athena Pappa, Giorgos Tsakalis, Philippos Vassiliou, Joanna Gouzeli, Elias Polichroniadis, Anna Vassof, Vassiliki Sifostratoudaki. *
At the opening, Saturday 31th March, the presentations of their proposals will be accompanied by actions (performances) of emerging Greek artists. Kangaroo Court group, a collective, whose core consists of Ameladiotis Dimitirios, Simos Veis, Philippos Gkountzos, Elena Koukoli, Jordan Papadopoulos, Nana Sachini and Ioanna Stratoglou, will present an action of various expressive art forms which will interact and function as communicating vessels. In a joint project entitled “Deliver Your Virgins Or We Burn The City”, which refers to the spirit of the times, Stelios Karamanolis, Georgia Karidis and Tula Plumi are trying to approach the concepts of conflict and negotiation. By realizing combat tactics as a means of creating a shell to harden oneself, they create an ode to toughness.Vassilis Botoulas will negotiate the theme of the exhibition in an unorthodox way, in the documentary Why Art Now. People widely regarded as irrelevant to the matter, are being interviewed and offer their view on the subject. Maria Lianou will “vandalize” the outer wall of the studio drawing one of her signs- messages which are part of her work.
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A phantom limb: the sensation that an amputated or missing limb is still attached to the body and is moving appropriately with other body parts.
The Phantom Limb consists of a selection of works by Greek and Chilean artists. The exhibition is brought together at a time when in Greece the whole nation is protesting against the capitalistic reorganization of the country and in an almost exclusively privatized Chile people are out on the streets demanding free education and a real welfare state. We put forward the interaction of ten artists and one documentarian using these circumstances as a starting point of convergence.
In the epicenter of a polyphony of themes and mediums, are the artists and the solutions they turn to, caught between the dichotomy of their function as social beings and their own authorial practice.
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After an open call, 30 collectors of everyday indescribable snapshots join their caustically, sensitively, to the point, sharply, poetically shot documents, to create an archive of the unexpected, surrealistic, absurd side of the present.
The Collection: A fragmental archive, a chaotic mosaic of the invisible exciting everyday life. *it consists of more than 70 pictures and videos and will keep being updated after this first presentation.
participating :Panagiotis Voulgaris, Fani Sofologi , Panos Sklavenitis, Thanos Tsakonas, Konstantinos Georgiadis, Yiannis Sinioroglou, Eri Skyrgianni , Anargyros Drolapas, Venia Spala,Antonis Kioupliotis, Maria Lianou , Giorgos Alexandridis, Anna Dionysia Moustaki , Iwanna Triantafillou, Katerina Papazissi , Ultra Violet, Pavlos Tsakonas, Sofia Touboura, Ζ7, Caesar Vrettos, Anastasios Xiros, Victor Jaque, Alfredo Da Venezia, Carlos Silva, Jorge Catoni, Maria Christoforatou, Panagiotis Samsarelos , Nicolaich + The Race Behind the Hill- www.endoparasite.tumblr.com
Friday 4, Saturday 5, Sunday 6 of November, from 2pm to 11pm.
(www.openshowstudiocontemporarylife.tumblr.com)
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OpenShowstudio presents a new series of visual presentations, named 'snapshots'.This project aims to contribute in the public record and presentation of aspects and moments of contemporary artists' work, aking under consideration the diversity, dynamics and speed that characterize the way it is developing, according to the flow of current restless times.
Since the typical, more "complete" solo presentations are sparse in time, they often fail to capture this dynamics. We aim to succeed in presenting phases of artists' work in a more "real" time.
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bound: 1. A boundary, a limit. / 2.tied / 3. to leap forward or upward; spring
(*http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bound)
Under the multiple readings of the title, “Bound” presents artists from the Balkan region. Given that the issue of ever-reforming identities is constantly present in the region -where historical, racial, political, gender, artistic, ontological terms are at stake-, the exhibition explores the interrelationship of participants within this reality of continuous flux, their interaction with and their attitude towards it. Artists from different starting points and backgrounds and looking towards different directions, each one with his/her own artistic language, negotiate issues of how to define and abolish limits, divisions and restrictions, in a direct and caustic manner.
Participants: Pravdoliub Ivanov/Bulgaria, Νemanja Nikolic/Serbia, Marko Tadic/Croatia, Ender Gelcec/Turkey, Stela Vula/Albania, Dušica Dražić & Sam Hopkins/ Serbia & Kenya, Jana Stojakovic/Serbia, Filippos Gountzos/Greece-Albania, Vasilis Chantzopoulos/Greece, Fani Sofologi/Greece, Em Kei & Nicolaich/Greece
Inter Alios:
Inter Alios is a collaborative art book. Ten artists have created its pages under the theme of 'common roots, cultural components' but also, 'the common collective consciousness' shared by Mediterranean countries. At a time when the spectacle and reality of globalization has led to the subjugation of cultural voices in preference to the fortification and preservation of national identity, the people of the Mediterranean are an interesting example where the close physical proximity has strengthened the interchange of cultural characteristics of different national identities ensuring a shared endurance and resilience and giving a distinctive voice.
Participants: Vasilis Asimakopoulos, Alexis Avlamis, Antonis Volanakis, Yiannis Grigoriadis, Georgia Kotretsos, Eva Marathaki, Athena Nicholaou, George Papadatos, Nikos Papadimitriou, Artemis Potamianou
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Opening: 31 March, 8pm
Duration: 31 March to 7 April
Opening Hours: Working days 5-9 pm, Sunday 1 April & Saturday 7 April 12-5 pm
In the current financial situation, according to which culture tends to be institutionally treated as a needless luxury, OpenShowstudio held an Open Call inviting art students to respond through their work to this very question: Why art now; a question, which actually troubles the majority of creators in Greece and in Europe.
The welcome to this call was warm and strong proposals came both from students in Greece and abroad.
The selected participants are: Úlfur Karlsson (Iceland), Jean-Philippe Paumier (France), Martinka Bobrikova (Slovakia) and Oscar de Carmen (Spain), Kristian Zara (Albania / Greece), Vassiliki Spyrou, Dimitris Lambrou, Vassia Katsarela , Athena Pappa, Giorgos Tsakalis, Philippos Vassiliou, Joanna Gouzeli, Elias Polichroniadis, Anna Vassof, Vassiliki Sifostratoudaki. *
At the opening, Saturday 31th March, the presentations of their proposals will be accompanied by actions (performances) of emerging Greek artists.
Kangaroo Court group, a collective, whose core consists of Ameladiotis Dimitirios, Simos Veis, Philippos Gkountzos, Elena Koukoli, Jordan Papadopoulos, Nana Sachini and Ioanna Stratoglou, will present an action of various expressive art forms which will interact and function as communicating vessels.
In a joint project entitled “Deliver Your Virgins Or We Burn The City”, which refers to the spirit of the times, Stelios Karamanolis, Georgia Karidis and Tula Plumi are trying to approach the concepts of conflict and negotiation. By realizing combat tactics as a means of creating a shell to harden oneself, they create an ode to toughness.
Vassilis Botoulas will negotiate the theme of the exhibition in an unorthodox way, in the documentary Why Art Now. People widely regarded as irrelevant to the matter, are being interviewed and offer their view on the subject.
Maria Lianou will “vandalize” the outer wall of the studio drawing one her signs- messages which are part of her work.
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Artists from Greece and Chile at a time of social unrest for both countries, present tactics of isolation and of active involvement for suffocating environments.
Kαλλιτέχνες από την Ελλάδα και τη Χιλή σε περίοδο κοινωνικών αναταραχών στις δύο χώρες, παρουσιάζουν τακτικές απομόνωσης και ενεργής εμπλοκής για ασφυκτικά περιβάλλοντα.
En tiempos de convulsión social para ambos países, artistas de Grecia y Chile presentan tácticas de aislamiento y colaboración activa para ambientes asfixiantes.
Νίκος Αρβανίτης/ Nikos Arvanitis, Παυλίνα Βερούκη/ Pavlina Verouki, Jorge Cabieses-Valdés, Claudio Correa, Javier Gonzalez Pesce, Φωτεινή Καλλέ/ Foteini Kalle, Μαρία Καραντζή/ Maria Karantzi, Μαργαρίτα Μποφιλίου/ Margarita Bofiliou, Μαργαρίτα Μυρογιάννη/ Margarita Myrogianni, Francisco Schultz, Patricio Vogel
Opening February 17
17 / 2 / 2012 – 27 / 2 / 2012, 1-9pm
*The Phantom Limb: A phantom limb is the sensation that an amputated or missing limb is still attached to the body and is moving appropriately with other body parts.
* Το Μέλος Φάντασμα: Το μέλος φάντασμα είναι η αίσθηση ότι ένα ακρωτηριασμένο μέλος εξακολουθεί να είναι μέρος του σώματος και οτι συνεχίζει τις συνηθισμένες του λειτουργίες.
*El Miembro Fantasma: El miembro fantasma es la sensación de que un miembro amputado está todavía en el cuerpo y se está moviendo adecuadamente con las otras partes del cuerpo
An exhibition organized by Maria Karantzi and Jorge Cabieses-Valdés
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