μetaΑθήνα / pόστΑθενς: Back to Athens 7 | 2020
48-50 Aiolou str., 105 60 Athens
Athens Commercial Triangle
July 1 - 4 2020
Overcoming crises, Athens on the verge of its new identity. A post-lockdown meeting, Greek and International artists reconnect in physical presence, in the face and the circumstances of a new reality. Back to Athens 2020 under the title "μetaΑθήνα / pόστΑθενς" presents 12 curatorial exhibitions and individual artistic proposals with the participation of 100 artists and curators from Greece and abroad.
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.
μetaΑθήνα / pόστΑθενς: Back to Athens 7 | 2020 is part of the Cultural Program «Αθήνα-Σημεία Τομής 2020/Athens-Intersection 2020» Supported by and under the Auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports.
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos, Fotini Kapiris, Christian Rupp
Organised by: APART Art Research and Applications
Participating Organisations: Financial Support / Auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports, Coordinated by CHEAPART, Auspices of the City of Athens, kind Support of the Austrian Embassy in Athens and the Ministry of Culture of Austria, participation of FOTA/ Friends of Trigono Athens, Communication partner, Ta Nea tis Technis (The Greek Art Newspaper).
☱ Exhibitions ☱
«Sausaging on / Weiterwurschteln» Curated by: Christian Rupp co-curated by Georg Georgakopoulos
Artists: Pablo Chiereghin, Julius Deutschbauer, Aldo Giannotti, Christian Rupp, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Anna Khodorkovskaya, Babis Karalis.
«New ritual society» Curated by: Katerina Nikolaou
Artists: Maria Varela, Eirini Vlavianou, Myrto Vratsanou, Yiannis Vogdanis, George Petsikopoulos, Lily Hassioti, Alexia Psaradeli
«RAUMSTATION» Curated by: Pablo Chiereghin
Artists: Andrea Heyer, Peter Kraus, Miriam Laussegger, Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva.
«Always Forever | Phoenix Athens» Curated by Dimitri Yin, Christina Makri
Artists: Ileana Arnaoutou, Anna Fafaliou, Dimitri Yin, Lee Wells
«IF IT SOUNDS LIKE BACON YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT | A-DASH» Curated by: Noemi Niederhauser (A-Dash member)
Artists: Campus Novel, Theo Prodromidis, Sigurður Atli Sigurðsson and Leifur Ýmir Eyjólfsson, Chrysanthi Koumianaki & Fanis Kafantaris, Talc Design Studio, Benjamin Cohen, Kristin Rúnarsdóttir, Ben Callaghan & Mica Warren, Jennifer Niederhauser-Schlup.
«Habitat» Curated by: Ioli Katsarou
Artists: Ioli Katsarou, Vasiliki Koukou, Alexandros Douras, Elpida Frageskidou, Christiana Vardakou.
«Beast on a diet» Curated by: Nina Kotamanidou, Eleftheria Alexandri Artists: Vangelis Agnantopoulos, Eleftheria Alexandri, Stavros Valkanis, Andromachi Giannopoulou, Patricia-Eugenia Deliyannis, Tati Douvana, Eleni Glinou, Nina Kotamanidou, Chryssa Lambracopoulou, Dorina Malliou, Fryni Mouzakitou, Michail Parlamas, Christos Ponis, Gm Touliatou, Vassilis Fiorentzakis.
«Sandbox House» Curated by: Galini Lazani Assistant curator Aias Christofis
Artists: Manolis Baboussis, Pythagoras Chatziandreou, Petros Efstathiadis, Anna Fafaliou, Ismene King, Nikolaos Komiotis, Alexios Papazacharias, Dimitris Polychroniadis, Zoe Sklepa, Giorgos Tserionis, Katerina Zacharopoulou.
«Man: Between Power and Fragility» Curated by: Stratis Pantazis
Artists: Paolo Incarnato, Thalia Kerouli, Dimitris Skourogiannis, Evangelia Topa
«Living in Tutorian times | Back Space»
Artwork by: Eleanna Balesi Curated by: Katerina Botsari
«Breaths Independent artists» Curated by Fotini Kapiris
Artists: Dimosthenis Bogiatzis, Pirro Caridha, Thomas Diotis, Nicole Economides, Marion Fischer, Sotiris Fokeas, Vasilis Galanis, Dimitris Kontodimos, Marilena Kranioti, Kostas Lales, Natalia Manta, Kleopatra Tsali, Panagiotis Voulgaris
«Volume» Sound installation by: Robert Mathy
Curated by: Johannes Rips
☱ Performances ☱
«Champagne in the bedroom» Julius Deutschbauer (part of Sausaging on / Weiterwurschteln)
«Asoziale naehe/ Asocial closeness» Julius Deutschbauer (part of Sausaging on / Weiterwurschteln)
«Demeter returning» Elisabeth von Samsonow
«BACK TO BASICS: The Alphabet» Fragment of an ongoing performance project
Concept, research, dramaturgy & choreography: Antonis Liveropoulos
Assistant: Adonis Vais Costumes: Magda Kaloriti Curated by: Ingo Starz
Athens Commercial Triangle
July 1 - 4 2020
Overcoming crises, Athens on the verge of its new identity. A post-lockdown meeting, Greek and International artists reconnect in physical presence, in the face and the circumstances of a new reality. Back to Athens 2020 under the title "μetaΑθήνα / pόστΑθενς" presents 12 curatorial exhibitions and individual artistic proposals with the participation of 100 artists and curators from Greece and abroad.
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.
μetaΑθήνα / pόστΑθενς: Back to Athens 7 | 2020 is part of the Cultural Program «Αθήνα-Σημεία Τομής 2020/Athens-Intersection 2020» Supported by and under the Auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports.
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos, Fotini Kapiris, Christian Rupp
Organised by: APART Art Research and Applications
Participating Organisations: Financial Support / Auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports, Coordinated by CHEAPART, Auspices of the City of Athens, kind Support of the Austrian Embassy in Athens and the Ministry of Culture of Austria, participation of FOTA/ Friends of Trigono Athens, Communication partner, Ta Nea tis Technis (The Greek Art Newspaper).
☱ Exhibitions ☱
«Sausaging on / Weiterwurschteln» Curated by: Christian Rupp co-curated by Georg Georgakopoulos
Artists: Pablo Chiereghin, Julius Deutschbauer, Aldo Giannotti, Christian Rupp, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Anna Khodorkovskaya, Babis Karalis.
«New ritual society» Curated by: Katerina Nikolaou
Artists: Maria Varela, Eirini Vlavianou, Myrto Vratsanou, Yiannis Vogdanis, George Petsikopoulos, Lily Hassioti, Alexia Psaradeli
«RAUMSTATION» Curated by: Pablo Chiereghin
Artists: Andrea Heyer, Peter Kraus, Miriam Laussegger, Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva.
«Always Forever | Phoenix Athens» Curated by Dimitri Yin, Christina Makri
Artists: Ileana Arnaoutou, Anna Fafaliou, Dimitri Yin, Lee Wells
«IF IT SOUNDS LIKE BACON YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT | A-DASH» Curated by: Noemi Niederhauser (A-Dash member)
Artists: Campus Novel, Theo Prodromidis, Sigurður Atli Sigurðsson and Leifur Ýmir Eyjólfsson, Chrysanthi Koumianaki & Fanis Kafantaris, Talc Design Studio, Benjamin Cohen, Kristin Rúnarsdóttir, Ben Callaghan & Mica Warren, Jennifer Niederhauser-Schlup.
«Habitat» Curated by: Ioli Katsarou
Artists: Ioli Katsarou, Vasiliki Koukou, Alexandros Douras, Elpida Frageskidou, Christiana Vardakou.
«Beast on a diet» Curated by: Nina Kotamanidou, Eleftheria Alexandri Artists: Vangelis Agnantopoulos, Eleftheria Alexandri, Stavros Valkanis, Andromachi Giannopoulou, Patricia-Eugenia Deliyannis, Tati Douvana, Eleni Glinou, Nina Kotamanidou, Chryssa Lambracopoulou, Dorina Malliou, Fryni Mouzakitou, Michail Parlamas, Christos Ponis, Gm Touliatou, Vassilis Fiorentzakis.
«Sandbox House» Curated by: Galini Lazani Assistant curator Aias Christofis
Artists: Manolis Baboussis, Pythagoras Chatziandreou, Petros Efstathiadis, Anna Fafaliou, Ismene King, Nikolaos Komiotis, Alexios Papazacharias, Dimitris Polychroniadis, Zoe Sklepa, Giorgos Tserionis, Katerina Zacharopoulou.
«Man: Between Power and Fragility» Curated by: Stratis Pantazis
Artists: Paolo Incarnato, Thalia Kerouli, Dimitris Skourogiannis, Evangelia Topa
«Living in Tutorian times | Back Space»
Artwork by: Eleanna Balesi Curated by: Katerina Botsari
«Breaths Independent artists» Curated by Fotini Kapiris
Artists: Dimosthenis Bogiatzis, Pirro Caridha, Thomas Diotis, Nicole Economides, Marion Fischer, Sotiris Fokeas, Vasilis Galanis, Dimitris Kontodimos, Marilena Kranioti, Kostas Lales, Natalia Manta, Kleopatra Tsali, Panagiotis Voulgaris
«Volume» Sound installation by: Robert Mathy
Curated by: Johannes Rips
☱ Performances ☱
«Champagne in the bedroom» Julius Deutschbauer (part of Sausaging on / Weiterwurschteln)
«Asoziale naehe/ Asocial closeness» Julius Deutschbauer (part of Sausaging on / Weiterwurschteln)
«Demeter returning» Elisabeth von Samsonow
«BACK TO BASICS: The Alphabet» Fragment of an ongoing performance project
Concept, research, dramaturgy & choreography: Antonis Liveropoulos
Assistant: Adonis Vais Costumes: Magda Kaloriti Curated by: Ingo Starz