Sinthome
"Sinthome” A mosaic" highlights the diversity and contrast found in the world of art through a dialogue between different expressions and aesthetics. The title illuminates the concept of synthesis as a cohesion of opposites and mergers, offering an intriguing and multi-dimensional world that invites the viewer to explore the boundaries of contrast. Through the lens of photography and the materiality of sculpture, the bright and the dark, the positive and the negative are revealed, creating a world that reflects the complexity and beauty of the human experience.
Sinthome is a Lacanian neologism associated with the symptom, the synthetic-artificial man, the saint, Saint Thomas. sinthome can also be read as synth-home in the sense of an artificial construction of oneself. Sinthome is a combination of language and pleasure, a symbol imbued with pleasure much like a compulsive tic.
"The symptom must be defined as something that is signaled as a knowledge already there, in a subject who knows that it concerns him, but does not know what it is"
Jacques Lacan, séminaire XII, Problèmes cruciaux pour la psychoanalyse, séance du 5 Mai 1965, inédit
17 artists invite you to discover this multi-dimensional exhibition and immerse yourself in the world of contrasts and synthesis through the eyes of the artists who created these works.
Curated by: Helen Mesadou
Artists: Chrysalena Antonopoulou, Agapi Chrysochou, Nefeli Chyntiraki, Eugenia Efstathiou, Myrto Grigoriou, Niki Iliopoulou, Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos / George Kontos / Odysseas Klissouras, Vasiliki Kousteni, Marilena Kranioti, Daphne Mamouri, Nikos Nikopoulos, Natassa Pantazopoulou, Niove Sfiri, George Skouloudis, Nikos Venetopoulos.
Performances:
20.4 / 19:00 Angeliki Manta «Magic shoes»
21.4 / 19:30 Apostolis Filippou, «Soundlandscapes»
27.4 / 20:00 Athanasia Tsopanargia «Bruise»
28.4 / 20:00 Maria Zourou «Trans.Human.in decomposition II»
The Athenian way
Drawing from the red and black-figure vases as a typical commercial product of classical Athens and earlier, the visual elements of positive and negative transcend time and enter into the present day. Two facets of Athens' identity—the positive and the negative, viewed from different perspectives. The city' inhabitants tend to magnify the faults with an almost dramatic quality that is oblivious to its benefits. Positive developments do not impress us, the negative catch us off guard. Two exhibitions explore this phenomenon, as the artists define in form, the impact it has on our daily lives: our surrounding environment is shaped by our interpretations of it.
Opening: Friday, April 19, 2024, 19:00
Duration: April 19 – 28, 2024
Hours: 19:00 – 22:00
25 Apollonos, Plaka Mitrópoli, 105 56 Athens
Coordinated by: Georg Georgakopoulos
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