Secrets
Artists become contemporary archaeologists of our everyday life
We are part of a living museum. Our recent history exists only as a treasured legacy of the past, before taking on new meaning. Original artefacts that have descended through many generations with such care, are now accounted unique and valuable items; as their mass reproduction and overuse have immersed them into the remote past. Only by mere luck are they preserved until today.
"Secrets" exhibition challenges us to surface past narratives and retrieve them into the culture of the present.
It is not by chance that the exhibition will be hosted in a historical building located on Vassilikis Street in the center of Athens. The original 1920’s private estate designed and built by Ernst Ziller in 1893, has adapted to re-use, serving over the years, multiple purposes, both commercial and private. It has been marked in the collective memory of the Athenians as the renowned "Park Hotel" in the 1920’s, later as a Brazilian textile company, and today houses the offices of the Hellas Group.
Our identity, memory and intergenerational links to the past, motivate 8 visual artists to take on the role of contemporary archaeologists and redefine everyday elements of our modern history. Their quest will reveal that true value lies in the process of discovery and revelation. Within a hidden, secretive setting, surface unimaginable yet genuine secrets.
Participating Artists: Ianthi Aggelioglou, Maria Louiza Biri, Eva Marathaki, Theodora Michelopoulou, Foteini Palpana, Ilias Polyhroniades, Philippos Theodorides, Ino Varvariti
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos
Performances
Urban Swarm, Choreogenic & co.
Site specific performance
Thursday, October 26, 17:30 - 17:50
Skouze & Vasilikis Street, Athens
Movement study by parametric design: Nikos Kourniatis, Chryssoula Karadima
Choreographic composition: Georgia Antzampou
Co-creators - Performers: Pigi Lobotesi, Nadia Palaiologou, Mary Taliabe, Marilena Vlachosotirou, Maria Vlachostergiou
Original music: Sons of Zevedeus
Original music Remix: Themis Vasileiou
Coordination: Chryssoula Karadima
Communication: Konstantina Vourna
Final[5]: Mythical Cities, Theatre enCorps
Thursday, October 26, 18:00 - 18:55
Agias Irini Square
Concept, design & Performance: Ana Sánchez-Colberg
Sound score: Ana Sánchez-Colberg
Performance Curator: Thanos Vovolis
The exhibition "Secrets" is presented by the Athens Intersection Cultural Program as a part of the artistic agenda through which the Athens Commercial Triangle Revitalization Program of the Municipality of Athens, implemented with the exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (ISN), invites us to explore the cultural and historical heritage of Athens. The exhibition is hosted by My Odyssey, member of the Hellas Group in the context of the Athens Intersection Cultural Program curated by George Georgakopoulos and coordinated by Fotini Kapiris, Performance series curated by Thanos Vovolis.
Opening: Thursday, October 26, 2017
Duration: 26.10 - 10.11.2017
Hours: Wednesday - Friday 17:00 - 21:00, Saturday 13:00 - 16:00
MY ODYSSEY
1 Vasilikis Street, 1st floor
Agias Irini Square, Athens
