Posts by Ελένη Ζυμαράκη

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“The Marathon”, epitelesis – Performance Art Foundation

“The Marathon” – Series of live performances by epitelesis – Performance Art Foundation

Υπό το τίτλο “The Marathon”, ο οργανισμός epitelesis – Performance Art Foundation παρουσιάζει τη σειρά ζωντανών επιτελέσεων (performances) το Σάββατο 19 Σεπτεμβρίου – 18:00 με 22:00 στους χώρους του Booze Cooperativa, με ελεύθερη είσοδο. Ως αποτέλεσμα του ομώνυμου εκπαιδευτικού εργαστηρίου και με τη καθοδήγηση της εικαστικού Dagmar I. Glausnitzer Smith και του καλλιτεχνικού διδύμου Zeirle & Carter, με βάση τη Γερμανία και το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, καθώς και των προσκεκλημένων δασκάλων Αντρέα Πασιά και Francesco Kiàis, οι συμμετέχοντες έχουν ως σημείο έναρξης του ‘μαραθώνιού’ τους το κέντρο της Αθήνας, καθώς επιλέχθηκαν μέσω ανοιχτού καλέσματος από Ελλάδα, Κύπρο και χώρες του εξωτερικού.

18 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015 by Ελένη Ζυμαράκη

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Curated by_Vienna 2015 / Tomorrow-Today

Curated by_Vienna 2015/Tomorrow, Today

International curators present exhibitions in Vienna’s leading contemporary art galleries.

Art and capital

Curated by_vienna was initiated by the Vienna Business Agency’s creative unit, departure, in 2009 to support systematic cooperation between Viennese contemporary art galleries and international curators. Vienna boasts a vibrant contemporary art scene as a European metropolis at the crossroads between North and South, East and West, tradition and innovation. In addition to its world-class museums and non-profit organizations, there are numerous excellent galleries that have earned an international reputation through cutting-edge programmes.

16 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015 by Ελένη Ζυμαράκη

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Becky Campbell, Curious Artefacts

Becky Campbell, Curious Artefacts, The Artwall / Athens Project Space

The photograph above shows finds from a Shipwreck near Antickythera Island, Greece, taken after the excavation and it was presented in the periodical exhibition “Antickythera Shipwreck” held at The National Archaeological Museum in Athens in 2012. This photograph was the starting point of Becky Campell’s poetic concept for Curious Artefacts, an exhibition-excavation of contemporary art objects.

14 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015 by Ελένη Ζυμαράκη

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The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film

The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film
September 25, 2015 – February 7, 2016

The Jewish Museum

Alexander Rodchenko, Sports Parade on Red Square, 1936. Gelatin silver print, 11 5/8 × 8 7/8 in. (29.6 × 22.6 cm). Sepherot Foundation, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

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From early vanguard constructivist works by Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky, to the modernist images of Arkady Shaikhet and Max Penson, Soviet photographers played a pivotal role in the history of photography. Covering the period from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution through the 1930s, this exhibition explores how early modernist photography influenced a new Soviet style while energizing and expanding the nature of the medium — and how photography, film, and poster art were later harnessed to disseminate Communist ideology. The Power of Pictures revisits this moment in history when artists acted as engines of social change and radical political engagement, so that art and politics went hand in hand.

10 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015 by Ελένη Ζυμαράκη

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14th Istanbul Biennial / SALTWATER: A THEORY OF THOUGHT FORMS

SALTWATER: A Theory of Thought Forms hovers around a material – salt water – and the contrasting image-forms of knots and waves.

It looks for where to draw the line, to withdraw, to draw upon, and to draw out. It does so offshore, on the flat surfaces with our fingertips, but also in the depths, underwater, before the enfolded encoding unfolds.

7 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015 by Ελένη Ζυμαράκη

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Kendell Geers, Following the Blind Man / Marcel Duchamp and the Voodoun Connection

Kendell Geers, Following the Blind Man

The following discussion with the internationally acclaimed South African artist Kendell Geers is the result of a series of emails exchanged between him and myself during May and June of 2015.

The starting point of this correspondence were two lectures that Kendell Geers had given a year earlier, the one in April 2014 at INSERT, New Delhi, titled “Marcel Duchamp, Silent Animist” and the other in June 2014 at Luminato Festival, Canada, titled “Following the Blind Man / Marcel Duchamp and the Voodoun Connection”.

5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015 by Ελένη Ζυμαράκη

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Jani Leinonen, The Art of Disobedience / Interview

Jani Leinonen, Art as Disobedience

He fights capitalism from within using its symbols, means and icons in a subversive humorous way that provokes audience’s critical viewing and draws attention to the real issues and problems of our consumerist societies.

For his Hanger King project a handmade wooden grill kiosk was set up in Kamppi shopping center, Helsinki city center. The menu gave the visitor two options: a top quality local and organic Take Away menu, or a Give Away menu, which saw food redistributed to those in need.

1 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015 by Ελένη Ζυμαράκη

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Jeff Koons, A Retrospective / A Curator’s interview

Ex_pose: Jeff Koons: A Retrospective / Guggenheim Bilbao

The Guggenheim Museum hosts the biggest retrospective to date of the celebrated contemporary artist Jeff Koons. This exhibition, comprising one hundred pieces, ends up in the Biscay capital following an international tour that has taken it to the Whitney Museum in New York and the Pompidou Centre in Paris.

29 Αυγούστου 2015 by Ελένη Ζυμαράκη

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Ex_pose: Luminous Flux, Syros island, 07 – 08/2015

Συνέντευξη με τους Campus Novel για το project “Luminous Flux / Reflected overlays on locative norms”, Syros Island

Ο φάρος που εδρεύει στη νησίδα Δίδυμη ή Γαϊδουρονήσι κοντά στο λιμάνι της Ερμούπολης στη Σύρο είναι ο πρώτος φάρος του νεοσύστατου ελληνικού κράτους. Είναι ο πιο παλιός και ταυτόχρονα ο ψηλότερος φάρος του ελληνικού φαρικού δικτύου. Κατασκευάστηκε από τη γαλλική εταιρεία φάρων και λειτούργησε για πρώτη φορά το 1834…

27 Αυγούστου 2015 by Ελένη Ζυμαράκη

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Fukushima, ‘Don’t Follow the Wind’

Don’t Follow The Wind – An exhibition in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone

2015 – ?

What can art do in an ongoing catastrophe, when destruction and contamination have made living impossible? Don’t Follow the Wind is an ongoing exhibition taking place inside the restricted Fukushima Exclusion Zone, the radioactive evacuated area surrounding the Daiichi Nuclear Power – owned by TEPCO – established in the wake of the 2011 disaster that contaminated the area separating residents from their homes, land, and community.

15 Αυγούστου 2015 by Ελένη Ζυμαράκη