☆ No Humans Allowed
In November and December of 2021, the members of APART held physical meetings with young curators and artists in three European cities, Athens, Hamburg and Vienna. These meetings resulted in the formation of four group exhibitions presenting different yet coinciding views on common problems, conclusions and solutions of a generation that emerged in the arena of arts in the vortex of the crises during the last decade.
Organised by: APART Art Research and Applications
Participating Organisations: Financial Support / Auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports and kind Support of the Austrian Embassy in Athens and ZOIA.
Isaiah Mansion, 65 Patission & Ioulianou, Athens, 104 33
June 29 - July 3 2022
⚡ Back to Athens 9 | 2022. No Apocalypse Now, a review
☱ Back to Athens 10 Years ☱
10 curatorial exhibitions and 100 artists and curators provide a comprehensive documentation of the artistic ideas and views, an outlook on the recent trends and projects collected from the past year.
Organised by: APART Art Research and Applications
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos, Fotini Kapiris, Christian Rupp
Participating Organisations: Coordinated by CHEAPART, kind Support of the Austrian Embassy in Athens, ZOIA and participation of Offspring Young Artists.
Isaiah Mansion, 65 Patission & Ioulianou, Athens, 104 33
June 29 - July 3 2022
Back to Athens 8 | 2021. Profiles of the Future: An inquiry into the limits of the possible
14 Curators and 122 artists from Greece and abroad present 22 group exhibitions, installations, screenings, performances.
The art community in response to a critical 12-month period of ambiguity and conflict, as post-pandemic societies face the ‘new normal’. What will change and to what extent?
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
Athens Intersection Cultural Program 2020
Contemporary societies during times of anxiety and disruption.
In October of 2020, APART assumed the role of organiser to the Athens Intersection Program, coinciding with the worldwide epidemic that unexpectedly disrupted the “normality” of everyday life. As societies entered into rapid changes, so did the art world respond to the new living and working conditions. Consequently, APART's 2020 program was deeply influenced by the evolving situation. New concepts and artistic practices emerged, voicing the issues and concerns of the artists and the public.
«Athens-Intersection 2020/ Αθήνα-Σημεία Τομής 2020» was realized with the Financial Support and Auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports.
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 and other collaborating bodies.
Athens Intersection 2020 was realized in three entities:
Back To Athens 7 2020. μetaΑθήνα / pόστΑθενς
Athens Commercial Triangle, July 1 - 4 2020
Overcoming crises, Athens on the verge of its new identity. A post-lockdown meeting, 100 artists and curators from Greece and abroad reconnect in physical presence, in the face and circumstances of a new reality. 12 curatorial exhibitions and artistic projects.
Resides and works in Athens
Exarchia, February 28 - March 13 2020
A group of artists explore and transmute their environments as sites of psychic-mental processes and states of affectedness (disorders, traumas, oscillations, modes of recovering and rebalancing). The artists involved in the project reside and work in Athens.
Work group: Georg Georgakopoulos, Vicky Betsou, George Harvalias, Dimitris Ginosatis
In The Name... A Modular exhibition on faith, disbelief and other miracles
Athens Commercial Triangle
Plaka – Mitrópoli, October 9 - 18 2020
Faith or trust, Devotion or Obsession. 22 stories, 22 artists develop their artwork and installations in the rooms and spaces of a 3-storey residential building, which housed local workshops and businesses with church supplies and utilities.
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos, Coordinated by: Fotini Kapiris
Ta Nea tis Technis Archive
APART supports Ta Nea tis Technis/ The Greek Art Newspaper digitising it's 30-Year Archive in appreciation of the newspaper's continuous and active presence as a lead source for art news and critique.
APART Art Research and Applications, Ta Nea tis Texhnis, Implementation: Curious Ahead.
Participating Organisations: Financial Support / Auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports.
2020-2021
20 Artists-20 Stories | 10 Kuenstler-20 Geschichten
APART expands its reach to the creative community, initiating the theculturechannel. In collaboration with CHEAPART Athens, Artmark Galerie (Vienna) and ARTmART, a series of Video Interviews of Greek and Austrian contemporary artists are released.
vimeo.com/theculturechannel
Participating Organisations: Supported by the Austrian Embassy in Athens.
2020
Eleni Lyra: Market (Agora)
Varvakios Central Meat Market, Athens
APART collaborates with Art historian and Curator Dr. Stratis Pantazis and artist Eleni Lyra for the presentation of Lyra's photographic installation.
Implementing body: APART Art Research and Applications
Participating Organisations: Kind Support of the J.F. Costopoulos Foundation, Auspices of The City of Athens, Mr. Tsironis, President of the Union of the Varvakios Market Butchers, Media sponsor Culturenow.gr
October 22 – November 10 2020
Offspaces International Research Program
Mapping and developing the independent art system
In 2006 APART launches the Offspaces International Research Program aimed to map independent art practice, art spaces and other artist-run and artist-managed groups. For several years its members research experimental projects in art. The program creates favourable conditions for the production and accommodation of innovative projects, and further the development of networks and partnerships among participating members.
SYSTEMS / Independent Artists and Groups in Dialogue was the first panel to trace and document the independent contemporary Greek art scene, discussing methodology, artistic practice, and sustainable development goals. Systems was realized in June 2012, at the emblematic Athenian cultural venue CAMP! Contemporary Art Meeting Point.
The challenging and often restrictive conditions for the emerging creative industry as an outcome of the rapidly changing economy and society, inspires the Offspring Young Artists Program in 2016. Open to entry level artists, new art groups and young art professionals, the program encourages mobility and provides opportunities for networking through participation and involvement with national and international art spaces, galleries and cultural organisations. Offspring collaborates with the ArtWall Project Space in Athens, CHEAPART Athens, Flat 1 Offspace Vienna and Back to Athens International Art Meeting.
In November and December of 2021, the members of APART held physical meetings with young curators and artists in three European cities, Athens, Hamburg and Vienna. These meetings resulted in the formation of four group exhibitions presenting different yet coinciding views on common problems, conclusions and solutions of a generation that emerged in the arena of arts in the vortex of the crises during the last decade.
Organised by: APART Art Research and Applications
Participating Organisations: Financial Support / Auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports and kind Support of the Austrian Embassy in Athens and ZOIA.
Isaiah Mansion, 65 Patission & Ioulianou, Athens, 104 33
June 29 - July 3 2022
⚡ Back to Athens 9 | 2022. No Apocalypse Now, a review
☱ Back to Athens 10 Years ☱
10 curatorial exhibitions and 100 artists and curators provide a comprehensive documentation of the artistic ideas and views, an outlook on the recent trends and projects collected from the past year.
Organised by: APART Art Research and Applications
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos, Fotini Kapiris, Christian Rupp
Participating Organisations: Coordinated by CHEAPART, kind Support of the Austrian Embassy in Athens, ZOIA and participation of Offspring Young Artists.
Isaiah Mansion, 65 Patission & Ioulianou, Athens, 104 33
June 29 - July 3 2022
Back to Athens 8 | 2021. Profiles of the Future: An inquiry into the limits of the possible
14 Curators and 122 artists from Greece and abroad present 22 group exhibitions, installations, screenings, performances.
The art community in response to a critical 12-month period of ambiguity and conflict, as post-pandemic societies face the ‘new normal’. What will change and to what extent?
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
Athens Intersection Cultural Program 2020
Contemporary societies during times of anxiety and disruption.
In October of 2020, APART assumed the role of organiser to the Athens Intersection Program, coinciding with the worldwide epidemic that unexpectedly disrupted the “normality” of everyday life. As societies entered into rapid changes, so did the art world respond to the new living and working conditions. Consequently, APART's 2020 program was deeply influenced by the evolving situation. New concepts and artistic practices emerged, voicing the issues and concerns of the artists and the public.
«Athens-Intersection 2020/ Αθήνα-Σημεία Τομής 2020» was realized with the Financial Support and Auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports.
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 and other collaborating bodies.
Athens Intersection 2020 was realized in three entities:
Back To Athens 7 2020. μetaΑθήνα / pόστΑθενς
Athens Commercial Triangle, July 1 - 4 2020
Overcoming crises, Athens on the verge of its new identity. A post-lockdown meeting, 100 artists and curators from Greece and abroad reconnect in physical presence, in the face and circumstances of a new reality. 12 curatorial exhibitions and artistic projects.
Resides and works in Athens
Exarchia, February 28 - March 13 2020
A group of artists explore and transmute their environments as sites of psychic-mental processes and states of affectedness (disorders, traumas, oscillations, modes of recovering and rebalancing). The artists involved in the project reside and work in Athens.
Work group: Georg Georgakopoulos, Vicky Betsou, George Harvalias, Dimitris Ginosatis
In The Name... A Modular exhibition on faith, disbelief and other miracles
Athens Commercial Triangle
Plaka – Mitrópoli, October 9 - 18 2020
Faith or trust, Devotion or Obsession. 22 stories, 22 artists develop their artwork and installations in the rooms and spaces of a 3-storey residential building, which housed local workshops and businesses with church supplies and utilities.
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos, Coordinated by: Fotini Kapiris
Ta Nea tis Technis Archive
APART supports Ta Nea tis Technis/ The Greek Art Newspaper digitising it's 30-Year Archive in appreciation of the newspaper's continuous and active presence as a lead source for art news and critique.
APART Art Research and Applications, Ta Nea tis Texhnis, Implementation: Curious Ahead.
Participating Organisations: Financial Support / Auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports.
2020-2021
20 Artists-20 Stories | 10 Kuenstler-20 Geschichten
APART expands its reach to the creative community, initiating the theculturechannel. In collaboration with CHEAPART Athens, Artmark Galerie (Vienna) and ARTmART, a series of Video Interviews of Greek and Austrian contemporary artists are released.
vimeo.com/theculturechannel
Participating Organisations: Supported by the Austrian Embassy in Athens.
2020
Eleni Lyra: Market (Agora)
Varvakios Central Meat Market, Athens
APART collaborates with Art historian and Curator Dr. Stratis Pantazis and artist Eleni Lyra for the presentation of Lyra's photographic installation.
Implementing body: APART Art Research and Applications
Participating Organisations: Kind Support of the J.F. Costopoulos Foundation, Auspices of The City of Athens, Mr. Tsironis, President of the Union of the Varvakios Market Butchers, Media sponsor Culturenow.gr
October 22 – November 10 2020
Offspaces International Research Program
Mapping and developing the independent art system
In 2006 APART launches the Offspaces International Research Program aimed to map independent art practice, art spaces and other artist-run and artist-managed groups. For several years its members research experimental projects in art. The program creates favourable conditions for the production and accommodation of innovative projects, and further the development of networks and partnerships among participating members.
SYSTEMS / Independent Artists and Groups in Dialogue was the first panel to trace and document the independent contemporary Greek art scene, discussing methodology, artistic practice, and sustainable development goals. Systems was realized in June 2012, at the emblematic Athenian cultural venue CAMP! Contemporary Art Meeting Point.
The challenging and often restrictive conditions for the emerging creative industry as an outcome of the rapidly changing economy and society, inspires the Offspring Young Artists Program in 2016. Open to entry level artists, new art groups and young art professionals, the program encourages mobility and provides opportunities for networking through participation and involvement with national and international art spaces, galleries and cultural organisations. Offspring collaborates with the ArtWall Project Space in Athens, CHEAPART Athens, Flat 1 Offspace Vienna and Back to Athens International Art Meeting.