Disorientation
At the core of the exhibition, we explore the intricate relationship between socio-political issues that concern contemporary society and the widely prevalent experience of disorientation. Disorientation is a psychological and spiritual state in which individuals feel lost, bewildered, or unstable in their perception of the world around them. It represents a deviation from the known, where the customs, expectations, and guides we use to comprehend the world can be overturned or contradicted. French psychoanalyst and philosopher Jacques Lacan asserts that human existence is inevitably molded by the limitations and absence of certain truths. Through a comprehensive observation of society, we identify patterns, trends, and interactions that pertain to the role of mass media in relation to political propaganda, which distorts our understanding of reality. By critically examining the mechanisms through which information is disseminated, we observe the phenomenon of constructing narratives that influence collective memory. Can we retrieve information about a recent significant event from our memory? And to what extent does our memory still align with reality?
If the world is constantly in need of a point of departure and support, an Archimedean point, this today cannot be other than the concept of decay and the image of the crack...
Artists: Ioannis Avgoustis, Haotique, Peggy Kliafa, Dimitris Kontodimos, Marilena Kranioti, Thanasis Mylonas, Yiannis Pappas, Dimitra Stavropoulou, The Bad Poetry Social Club, The Krank.
Performances: Athanasia Tsopanargia, Athina Kanellopoulou, Angelina Papachatzaki, MASH (Nerisisty & Christos Kapenis) .
«Disorientation» curated by The Krank is realized in the context of Back to Athens 10: Geometry of racional.
Back to Athens 10 International Art Meeting | 2023: Geometry of racional is curated by:
Georg Georgakopoulos, Fotini Kapiris, Christian Rupp.
Organised by APART Art Research and Applications.
Support/ participation: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports [Financial support & Auspices for «Glorious Elements/Plastic Kisses»], City of Athens [Auspices], Austrian Embassy in Athens, Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport, ZOIA, Land Tirol, Czech Center of Athens, CHEAPART, ARTmART, Modular expansion, Participation: Athens Intersection Cultural Program.
Back to Athens 10 International Art Meeting | 2023: Geometry of racional
Isaiah Mansion
65 Patission & Ioulianou, Athens, 104 33
Opening: Tuesday, June 28, 2023, 16:00 - 22:00
Duration: June 28 – July 2, 2023
Hours: Wednesday– Friday 16:00 - 22:00, Saturday – Sunday 12:00 – 22:00
