Back to Athens 8 International Art Meeting 2021 | Profiles of the Future - An inquiry into the limits of the possible:
the art community responds to a post pandemic conditions that have developed during the 12-month period of ambiguity.
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"The most notable achievements of the last decade may pass unnoticed,
mainly because we focus on those possibilities most unlikely to succeed,
and less on what can be realised in the near future.
That which has changed, was the least expected – and it is without doubt, our perspectives on the future…"
(excerpt from the prologue of Sir Arthur Clarke’s book, 1961)
Back to Athens 8 | 2021 International Art Festival entitled "Profiles of the Future: An inquiry into the limits of the possible" borrows from the homonymous title of Sir Arthur Clarke's book, 1962), so as to manifest the ideas and proposals of the art community in response to a critical 12-month period of ambiguity and conflict, as experienced both individually and collectively. As post-pandemic societies will face the ‘new normal’, it not expected that we will recover to pre-crisis conditions. Though we stand before rapid transformations, little is certain. What will change and to what extent? Certainly, our perspectives on the future.
Back to Athens declares the artist as an “wondrous, autonomous machine", privileged to imagine and develop through personal practice and experimentation, the most unordinary and unique artwork that may interpret the present issues and conditions, and share these findings with the public. Back to Athens emerged at the beginning of the crisis in 2012, providing vital insight on the issues and concerns of the art community, while leaving conclusions to rest on interpretation.
From 2012-2014, Back to Athens has been active in the wider area of Kotzia Square in Athens, from 2016-2017, at the historic square of the Exarchia district, in 2018 at the Athens Commercial Triangle, and 2021 and 2022 at the emblematic “Isaiah” Mansion in Patission.
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos, Fotini Kapiris, Christian Rupp
Organised by: APART Art Research and Applications
Participating Organisations: Coordinated by CHEAPART, Auspices of the City of Athens, kind Support of the Austrian Embassy in Athens and the Ministry of Culture of Austria, ZOIA, and participation of the Athens Intersection Cultural Program and Offspring Young Artists Program.
Isaiah Mansion
65 Patission & Ioulianou, Athens, 104 33
July 1 - 4 2021
Exhibitions
"CC | Cinematic Cabinets"
Curated by: Konstantinos Argianas.
Artists: Alexis Fidetzis, Panagiotis Lezes, Thanos Makris, Campus Novel, Vangelis Patsialos, Maria Tsagkari, Giorgos Tserionis Vassilis Vlastaras.
"Utopia - Dystopia - Atopia"
Curated by: Efi Michalarou.
Artists: Christos Athanasiadis, Ada Anastasea, Theodoulos (Gegoriou), Yiannis Theodoropoulos, Dimitris Lempesis, Alexandros Maganiotis, Stella Mourkogianni, Manolis Babousis, Margarita Petrova, Artemis Potamianou, Panagiotis Rappas, Katerina Rimpatsiou, Ifigenia Sdoukou, Fani Sofologi, Theodora Tsiatsiou, Voula Ferentinou, Panos Charalampous, Mantalina Psoma.
"Elephant in the Room"
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos.
Artists: Spyros Aggelopoulos, Dimitris Antonitsis, Kostas Bassanos, Babis Karalis, Ioanna Lin, Maro Michalakakos, Maria Papadimitriou, Nikos Papadimitriou/ Kostas Tsolis, Kostis Velonis, Theodoros Zafeiropoulos.
"per austria ad aspera"
Curated by: Christian Rupp.
Artists: Olga Georgieva, Robert Gschwantner, Claudia Mongini, Julian Palacz, karin maria pfeifer, Christian Rupp, Sula Zimmerberger.
"born with a ‘leg up’"
Curated by: Themis Ragias.
Artists: Charalambos Kourkoulis (Photoharrie), Konstantinos Kotsis, Dimitrios Barouchos, Konstantinos Palaiologos, Nikolas Simantirakis, Kostis Fokas.
“Keep breathing slowly“
Curated by: Flat 1.
Artists: Hannes Glaser, Ewa Kaja, karin maria pfeifer, Lola Pfeifer, Christiane Spatt, Johanna Tatzgern, Sula Zimmerberger.
"Sleeping Beauties"
Curated by: Galini Lazani
Artists: Dimitris Foutris, Panagiotis Koulouras, Alkistis Mavrokefalou, Alexia Psaradeli, George Stamatakis, Dimitra Vamiali.
"Offspring Review [1+1], Sense - in2uition"
Artists: Eleanna Balesi-Antonis Kapnisis, Dimosthenis Bogiatzis-Danae Tzotzos, Katerina Botsari-Jannis Skatsas, Sotiris Fokeas-Michael Tzetzias, Vasilis Galanis-Μarkellos Κolofotias, Orestis Karalis-Andreas Vembos, Dimitris Kontodimos-Thanos Fountas, Sofia-Rose Kosmidou-Fotis Stathis, Marilena Kranioti- Ioannis Avgoustis, Kostas Lales-Charis Lales, Natalia Manta-Marina Margelou, Kleopatra Tsali-Odysseas Glykas.
"Day Wavers"
Curated by: Dora Vasilakou, Theodora Malamou.
Artists: Babak Ahteshamipour, Angelos kyriou, Antonis Larios, Theodora Malamou, Angelos Merges, Melina Mosland, Hannes Schumacher, Myrto Xanthopoulou.
“C’EST TOUT?”
Curated by: Jordanis Theodoridis, Werner Widmer, widmertheodoridis.
Artists: Othmar Eder, Sandra Kühne, Victorine Müller, Elisabeth Nembrini, Ursula Palla, steffenschöni, Nicolas Vionnet, Werner Widmer.
"Natural equivalence"
Panos Profitis, Marina Papadaki
"In Slit"
Curated by: Hara Piperidou.
Artists: Jacques Duboux, Konstantinos Kotsis, Chrysanthi Koumianaki, Anna Lascari, Andreas Lolis, Yorgos Maraziotis, Irini Miga, Valia Papastamou, Fotini Paplana, Georgia Sagri.
"City Dwellers" Kaktos Project
Curated by: Caroline May.
Artists: Dimitra Ioannou, Sotiris Panousakis, Lila Polenaki, Kostis Velonis.
Installations, Curated Presentations
"Bureaucracy", Tasos Liakopoulos
Installation
Curated by: Eva Nathena
"Memory Vessel", Dimitri Yin
Sculpture
Phoenix Athens Gallery and Residency
"SUDDEN WAR 2020", Venia Dimitrakopoulou
Sound Installation
Concept, text, voice: Venia Dimitrakopoulou.
Music: Panayotis Kalantzopoulos
“Invisible people", Vicky Betsou
Video projection
"The distance room", Nikos Giavropoulos
Video installation
"Epic -003-", Paolo Incarnato
Installation
Curated by: Stratis Pantazis
Performances
"Caliban in the Uk", Filippos Tsitsopoulos
Performance and video reaction
mainly because we focus on those possibilities most unlikely to succeed,
and less on what can be realised in the near future.
That which has changed, was the least expected – and it is without doubt, our perspectives on the future…"
(excerpt from the prologue of Sir Arthur Clarke’s book, 1961)
Back to Athens 8 | 2021 International Art Festival entitled "Profiles of the Future: An inquiry into the limits of the possible" borrows from the homonymous title of Sir Arthur Clarke's book, 1962), so as to manifest the ideas and proposals of the art community in response to a critical 12-month period of ambiguity and conflict, as experienced both individually and collectively. As post-pandemic societies will face the ‘new normal’, it not expected that we will recover to pre-crisis conditions. Though we stand before rapid transformations, little is certain. What will change and to what extent? Certainly, our perspectives on the future.
Back to Athens declares the artist as an “wondrous, autonomous machine", privileged to imagine and develop through personal practice and experimentation, the most unordinary and unique artwork that may interpret the present issues and conditions, and share these findings with the public. Back to Athens emerged at the beginning of the crisis in 2012, providing vital insight on the issues and concerns of the art community, while leaving conclusions to rest on interpretation.
From 2012-2014, Back to Athens has been active in the wider area of Kotzia Square in Athens, from 2016-2017, at the historic square of the Exarchia district, in 2018 at the Athens Commercial Triangle, and 2021 and 2022 at the emblematic “Isaiah” Mansion in Patission.
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos, Fotini Kapiris, Christian Rupp
Organised by: APART Art Research and Applications
Participating Organisations: Coordinated by CHEAPART, Auspices of the City of Athens, kind Support of the Austrian Embassy in Athens and the Ministry of Culture of Austria, ZOIA, and participation of the Athens Intersection Cultural Program and Offspring Young Artists Program.
Isaiah Mansion
65 Patission & Ioulianou, Athens, 104 33
July 1 - 4 2021
Exhibitions
"CC | Cinematic Cabinets"
Curated by: Konstantinos Argianas.
Artists: Alexis Fidetzis, Panagiotis Lezes, Thanos Makris, Campus Novel, Vangelis Patsialos, Maria Tsagkari, Giorgos Tserionis Vassilis Vlastaras.
"Utopia - Dystopia - Atopia"
Curated by: Efi Michalarou.
Artists: Christos Athanasiadis, Ada Anastasea, Theodoulos (Gegoriou), Yiannis Theodoropoulos, Dimitris Lempesis, Alexandros Maganiotis, Stella Mourkogianni, Manolis Babousis, Margarita Petrova, Artemis Potamianou, Panagiotis Rappas, Katerina Rimpatsiou, Ifigenia Sdoukou, Fani Sofologi, Theodora Tsiatsiou, Voula Ferentinou, Panos Charalampous, Mantalina Psoma.
"Elephant in the Room"
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos.
Artists: Spyros Aggelopoulos, Dimitris Antonitsis, Kostas Bassanos, Babis Karalis, Ioanna Lin, Maro Michalakakos, Maria Papadimitriou, Nikos Papadimitriou/ Kostas Tsolis, Kostis Velonis, Theodoros Zafeiropoulos.
"per austria ad aspera"
Curated by: Christian Rupp.
Artists: Olga Georgieva, Robert Gschwantner, Claudia Mongini, Julian Palacz, karin maria pfeifer, Christian Rupp, Sula Zimmerberger.
"born with a ‘leg up’"
Curated by: Themis Ragias.
Artists: Charalambos Kourkoulis (Photoharrie), Konstantinos Kotsis, Dimitrios Barouchos, Konstantinos Palaiologos, Nikolas Simantirakis, Kostis Fokas.
“Keep breathing slowly“
Curated by: Flat 1.
Artists: Hannes Glaser, Ewa Kaja, karin maria pfeifer, Lola Pfeifer, Christiane Spatt, Johanna Tatzgern, Sula Zimmerberger.
"Sleeping Beauties"
Curated by: Galini Lazani
Artists: Dimitris Foutris, Panagiotis Koulouras, Alkistis Mavrokefalou, Alexia Psaradeli, George Stamatakis, Dimitra Vamiali.
"Offspring Review [1+1], Sense - in2uition"
Artists: Eleanna Balesi-Antonis Kapnisis, Dimosthenis Bogiatzis-Danae Tzotzos, Katerina Botsari-Jannis Skatsas, Sotiris Fokeas-Michael Tzetzias, Vasilis Galanis-Μarkellos Κolofotias, Orestis Karalis-Andreas Vembos, Dimitris Kontodimos-Thanos Fountas, Sofia-Rose Kosmidou-Fotis Stathis, Marilena Kranioti- Ioannis Avgoustis, Kostas Lales-Charis Lales, Natalia Manta-Marina Margelou, Kleopatra Tsali-Odysseas Glykas.
"Day Wavers"
Curated by: Dora Vasilakou, Theodora Malamou.
Artists: Babak Ahteshamipour, Angelos kyriou, Antonis Larios, Theodora Malamou, Angelos Merges, Melina Mosland, Hannes Schumacher, Myrto Xanthopoulou.
“C’EST TOUT?”
Curated by: Jordanis Theodoridis, Werner Widmer, widmertheodoridis.
Artists: Othmar Eder, Sandra Kühne, Victorine Müller, Elisabeth Nembrini, Ursula Palla, steffenschöni, Nicolas Vionnet, Werner Widmer.
"Natural equivalence"
Panos Profitis, Marina Papadaki
"In Slit"
Curated by: Hara Piperidou.
Artists: Jacques Duboux, Konstantinos Kotsis, Chrysanthi Koumianaki, Anna Lascari, Andreas Lolis, Yorgos Maraziotis, Irini Miga, Valia Papastamou, Fotini Paplana, Georgia Sagri.
"City Dwellers" Kaktos Project
Curated by: Caroline May.
Artists: Dimitra Ioannou, Sotiris Panousakis, Lila Polenaki, Kostis Velonis.
Installations, Curated Presentations
"Bureaucracy", Tasos Liakopoulos
Installation
Curated by: Eva Nathena
"Memory Vessel", Dimitri Yin
Sculpture
Phoenix Athens Gallery and Residency
"SUDDEN WAR 2020", Venia Dimitrakopoulou
Sound Installation
Concept, text, voice: Venia Dimitrakopoulou.
Music: Panayotis Kalantzopoulos
“Invisible people", Vicky Betsou
Video projection
"The distance room", Nikos Giavropoulos
Video installation
"Epic -003-", Paolo Incarnato
Installation
Curated by: Stratis Pantazis
Performances
"Caliban in the Uk", Filippos Tsitsopoulos
Performance and video reaction
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