Hidden Curriculum | OpenArtLink 2025 Piraeus
There is always something left unacknowledged. At school, beyond the official curriculum there exists an unwritten code. It consists of the informal, often unconscious, learning experiences that students undergo outside the formal syllabus. Messages that are never explicitly stated, values that are implied, behaviors transmitted through school culture, rules, and everyday interactions. The exhibition borrows this pedagogical term - a concept that is far from neutral.
The hidden curriculum shapes values, beliefs, hierarchies and social expectations in ways that influence our perception of the world. At the same time, however, it can function as a site of resistance, a space of questioning and re-signification. The exhibition seeks to initiate a dialogue on how knowledge is structured, what "lessons" we absorb unconsciously, and how these are inscribed in our relationships and daily life. Ultimately, it asks how we might reconsider the invisible curriculum that continues to educate us.
Curated by: Despoina Vaxevanidi, Alexandra-Maria Paroni
Artists: Alexander Kapetanou, Dimitris Kapetanou, Sofia Kyriakidou, Andriana Panagiotaki, Dimitris Rafael Simadis, Olga Souvermezoglou, Maria Tsesmeli, Despoina Vaxevanidi.
The exhibition is presented at OpenArtLink 2025, an initiative that brings together 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, keramikos23
Georg Georgakopoulos, Paolo Incarnato, Fotini Kapiris, Thalia Kerouli
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