Local infection of the cosmopolitan | Open Street Fair @ Athens Commercial Triangle
Open street fair / Athens Commercial Triangle
Athens intersection
"Local infection of the cosmopolitan" is a modular narrative and the first weekly Open Street Fair of the Athens Commercial Triangle. From May to November 2023, 5 group exhibitions were presented in 6 buildings and locations in the Commercial Triangle with the participation of 71 artists, performance artists and curators from Greece and abroad.
The exhibitions and events comment on and analyze the history, the social reality, the present and codify the conclusions for the future of the Commercial Triangle of Athens. The exhibitions and events aim to analyze history, existing social realities and current issues, producing a series of perspectives and conclusions on the future of the Commercial Triangle of Athens. Artists from Greece and abroad present artwork in unexpected locations, together with selected musical events, performances and slam poetry, forming a modular tour of the Athenian Triangle. Screenings of the students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
“Local infection of the cosmopolitan” was realized in collaboration with Friends Of Trigono Athens/ FOTA, the financial support and auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports YPPOA, the auspices of the City of Athens, CHEAPART and APART, designing the exhibitions and coordinating artists, Athens Intersection Cultural Program, and the support of the Austrian Embassy in Athens and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
Artistic director “Local infection of the cosmopolitan”: Georg Georgakopoulos
«The place is bewitched»
May 2 - 7, 2023
7 Nikiou str., Athens 105 60
The historical transformation of Athens - the wars, the Athenian belle époque, political and social conflicts are the fabric components entailed in the artistic approach.
Artists: Dimosthenis Bogiatzis, Vasilis Galanis, Orestis Karalis, Markellos Kolofotias, Dimitris Kontodimos, Marilena Kranioti, Elio Samaras, Stratos Sterianos, the Krank, Andreas Vembos.
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos
*With the financial support and auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports YPPOA
«Koto-ba»
May 2 - 7, 2023
VASI Hotel, 5 Vlahava, Athens
Photography expresses man's heroic effort to give meaning and reason to the unexplained aspects of life and time.
Photographers: Eva Berler, Evgenia Efstathiou, Helen Mesadou, Mary Zografou, Vasia Zorbali.
Curated by: Helen Mesadou
«soil and earth / magirion vol.I»
May 3 - 12, 2023
25 Apollonos Str., Plaka - Mitrópoli
Chthon (soil) and gāῖa (earth), two opposite aspects of the earth: the underworld and the earth from the surface and above. Artists explore and experiment on the border of this fine line, within a building that carries the weight of a series of former ecclesiastical utensil workshops.
«Chthon and gāῖa» included the exhibition «Topology » with installations and performances, as well as the screenings of Austrian students from the Studio Video and Video Installation of the Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna, coordinated by Lars* Kollros.
Curated by: Hector Theoulakis / Georg Georgakopoulos
Coordinated by: Lars* Kollros /
Installations, performances, screenings «soil and earth / magirion vol.I»
«Topology»
Curated by: ´Hector Theoulakis
Spiros Betsis (performance), onecontinuouslab (Alexandros Kontogeograkopoulos / Odysseas Klissouras), installation, Sebastian Seixas, Aristomenis Theodoropoulos, the Krank, Dimitris Kontodimos, Marilena Kranioti.
Performance Thursday 4.5: Starts Sterianos / Thekla Gaiti
Academy of fine Arts Vienna, Studio Video and Video Installation
Wed. & Thurs. 10.5 & 11.5, 19:00
Coordinated by: Lars* Kollros
Artists: Natalia Del Mar Kasik, Marzieh Emadi, Cosma Grosser, Elham Hadian, Sepideh Hassani, Ramina Jenabi, Dila Kaplan, Lars* Kollros, Allegra Kortlang, Arash Lorestani, Markus Maicher, Abigail Marcillo, Alma Moos Nuñez, Jennifer Posny, Sina Saadat, Luiza Spotorno, Julia Stakhorska, Amelie Sztatecsny.
«All is taken by the wind»
Filippos Tsitsopoulos / Thanos Stathopoulos
Performance Friday 12.5, 21:00
Excerpts from texts and the works of Tennessee Williams using the voice as a sound sculpture. A dialogue of texts, whiskey, and tobacco, in South Tennessee in three languages, Greek, English, and Spanish.
«Wordprints on poetic minds»
May 6, 20:00 - 22:00
Mosaikon Hotel, 61 Kolokotroni, Athens 105 60
The team of “Poetry Slam Gr” presented a poetry performance combining spoken word, contemporary poetry, with music and audiovisuals.
Artists: Tonia Kosmadaki, kapa poet, Makis Moulos, Maria Baka, Ze Mitsos, Dimitris Stamiris, Michelle Houwers, Manolis Nanouris.
Curated by: Makis Moulos, Maria Baka (Poetry Slam Gr)
«Mo(nu)mentum» Vasia Zorbali
Thursday, May 4, 20:00
Athens 4, Polykleitou 4, 105 51 Athens
«My Universe» Angeliki Manta
Saturday, May 6, 19:00-20:00
VASI Hotel 5 Vlahava, 10551 Athens
Direction, Montage: Angeliki Manta
Performers: Irini Moraitelli, Marina Kladi
Song: Sigur Ros, «Oh Fridur»
The performance is based on the concept of Desire and our relationship with the Other, given through the past and present relationship of two girls.
«I don't care who you are»
November 24 - December 3, 2023
25 Apollonos Str., Plaka - Mitrópoli
The evolution of Athens, from an almost exclusively Greek city to a multicultural metropolis.
Artists: Spyros Aggelopoulos, Chloe Akrithaki, Paolo Incarnato, Panagiotis Koulouras, Andreas Lyberatos, Nikos Papadimitriou, Kostas Tsolis, Andreas Voussouras, Werner Widmer.
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos
*With the financial support and auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports YPPOA
«The beauty and its rival»
November 25 - 28, 2023
Former hotel «Byron» 38 Aiolou str. Athens
Artists conceptualise on the 'ideal' city model, an exhibition of installations and screenings at the shell of the old Athenian Hotel "Byron".
Artists: Noam Assayag, Katerina Botsari, Capten, Stella Dimitrakopoulou, Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos/ Odysseas Klissouras, Lah Porella, Helen Polychronidou, Natassa Poulantza, Hector Theoulakis, Theodoros Zafeiropoulos.
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos
*With the financial support and auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports YPPOA
Program
TUESDAY, MAY 2
Opening 19:00-22:00
"The place is bewitched"
Tuesday – Sunday 18:00 – 22:00
7 Nikiou, Athens 105 60
"Koto-ba"
Opening 19:00-22:00
Tuesday – Sunday 18:00 – 22:00
VASI Hotel 5 Vlachava, Athens 105 51
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3
Exhibitions open at 7 Nikiou, VASI Hotel, 25 Apollonos
Opening "soil and earth / magirion vol.I"
20:00, 25 Apollonos, Plaka - Mitrópoli
Wednesday – Sunday 20:00 – 22:00
THURSDAY, MAY 4
Exhibitions open at 7 Nikiou, VASI Hotel, 25 Apollonos
Performance "Mo(nu)mentum", Vasia Zorbali
20:00, Athens 4, Polykleitou 4, 105 51 Athens
Performance Stratos Sterianos/ Thekla Gaiti
21:00, 25 Apollonos, Plaka - Mitrópoli
FRIDAY, MAY 5
Exhibitions open at 7 Nikiou, VASI Hotel, 25 Apollonos
"Topology" Opening with performance
20:00, 25 Apollonos, Plaka - Mitrópoli
SATURDAY, MAY 6
Exhibitions open at 7 Nikiou, VASI Hotel, 25 Apollonos
Performance «My Universe» Angeliki Manta
19:00-20:00, VASI Hotel 5 Vlachava, Athens 105 51
"Wordprints on poetic minds" Poetry Slam Gr
20:00 - 22:00, Mosaikon Hotel, 61 Kolokotroni, Athens 105 60
SUNDAY, MAY 7 – TUESDAY, MAY 9
Exhibitions open at 7 Nikiou, VASI Hotel, 25 Apollonos
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10
Exhibitions open at 7 Nikiou, VASI Hotel, 25 Apollonos
Screenings in the context of "soil and earth / magirion vol.I"
19:00, 25 Apollonos, Plaka - Mitrópoli
Academy of fine Arts Vienna, Studio Video and Video Installation
THURSDAY, MAY 11
Exhibitions open at 7 Nikiou, VASI Hotel, 25 Apollonos
Screenings in the context of "soil and earth / magirion vol.I"
19:00, 25 Apollonos, Plaka - Mitrópoli
Academy of fine Arts Vienna, Studio Video and Video Installation
FRIDAY, MAY 12
Exhibitions open at 7 Nikiou, VASI Hotel, 25 Apollonos
Performance in the context of "soil and earth / magirion vol.I"
Filippos Tsitsopoulos / Thanos Stathopoulos
21:00, 25 Apollonos, Plaka – Mitrópoli
Local infection of the cosmopolitan
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos
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