BLIND | OpenArtLink 2025 Piraeus
The project explores the multiple dimensions of blindness—physical, psychological, political, and social—and the restoration of vision as a process of reflection and critical questioning. Blindness is not merely the absence of sight; it is a shift in perception, a limitation or inversion of both visual and mental perspectives.
From Plato’s Allegory of the Cave to Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology and Aby Warburg’s studies on images and memory, blindness has served as both a symbol of limited knowledge and a tool for critical thought. In contemporary art, from James Turrell to Yves Klein, vision and its absence become fields of aesthetic and psychological exploration, revealing the experiential dimension of perception. As Walter Benjamin observed, social and ideological blindness collectively shape the ways we see and understand the world.
The project combines multiple media: a video installation that creates a shifting field of visibility and blindness, paintings by Kiki Filosoglou that act as fixed points of focus and reflection, and performances with Giannis Mitrou, where blindness is explored through the body and interpersonal experience. The installation constructs a multisensory field where perception is tested, psychology investigated, and social consciousness challenged. Here, blindness is not simply loss but potential—the potential to see beyond the familiar, to rethink our vision, and to open ourselves to new forms of consciousness and aesthetic experience.
Curated by: Filippos Tsitsopoulos
Artists: Kiki Filosoglou, Giannis Mitrou, Filippos Tsitsopoulos.
The exhibition is presented at OpenArtLink 2025 | Piraeus Project, an initiative organised by CHEAPART and keramikos_23, aimed to unite international artists from diverse disciplines to explore innovation and creative exchange.
OpenArtLink 2025
Piraeus-Project
Athinon 8-12, 185 40, Piraeus 185 40
22 - 26 October, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Organised by: CHEAPART, keramikos_23
Georg Georgakopoulos, Paolo Incarnato, Fotini Kapiris, Thalia Kerouli
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