Back to Athens 2017
5th Back to Athens International Arts Festival at the Exarchia district
4 themed exhibitions, 2 main exhibition venues, performances, artists at stores within the Exarchia district
From June 8 – June 18, local and international artists unite their creative vitality at the 5th Back to Athens Arts Festival, within the historical Athenian Exarchia district.
Back to Athens was initiated 2012, its concept roots on the idea that cultural activity can bring on an entirely new outlook on the Athens City Center. Artists and Athenian residents, local businesses take up a detailed schedule of festivals, visual arts, curatorial exhibitions, performances, music performances, screenings within their venues and private spaces. Greek and international artists, art groups and curators are invited to perceive the city as an open field of action, but also as a setting in constant and rapid transformation. Back to Athens is an idea platform, a public showcase of contemporary art and expression, a meeting point for the art community in the heart of the city where creative potential is unleashed and ideas are realised.
Back to Athens 5 | 2017
Opening: Thursday, June 8, 2017
Duration: June 8 - 18, 2017
Curated, realized by
Georg Georgakopoulos
Dimitris Georgakopoulos
Fotini Kapiris
Performance series curated by
Thanos Vovolis
Organised by
CHEAPART
With the participation of
Artwall Project Space
Offspring Young Artists Program
Supported by
Faculty Scholarship Grant from the Office for the Advancement of Research, John Jay College
Communication sponsors
Ta Nea tis Technis (The Greek Art Newspaper)
AAF All About Festivals
inexarchia.gr
Back to Athens 5 | 2017 Exhibitions and Events
Gateway to freedom
Group exhibition
How do global artists see both the refugee problem and global politics?
Participating artists: Yiannis Christakos, Aggelos Antonopoulos, Joan Giordano, Despo Magoni, Yiannis Lasithiotakis, Babis Venetopoulos, Maria Karametou, Michalis Kallimopoulos, Artemis Alcalay, Dina Koumpouli, Rachel Harpaz, Andrew Ellis Johnson.
Curated by: Thalia Vrachopoulos
CHEAPART 25 A.Metaxa Str. Exarchia, 10681 Athens, Greece
VIΛ XVII
Group exhibition
A reflection on the critical issue of violence.
Participating artists: Nikos Artemis, Eleanna Balesi, Dimitris Georgakopoulos, Nikos Giavropoulos, Giannis Kardasis, Kostas Lales, Yiorgos Lintzeris, Despoina Meimaroglou, Maro Michalakakos, Eleni Mylonas, MGMA, Pantelis Pantelopoulos, Giorgos Raptis, Vangelis Savvas, Angelos Skourtis, Michail Tsakountis, Anna Vasof, Theodoros Zafeiropoulos.
Curated by: Nikos Giavropoulos
A discussion by George-Icaros Babassakis on violence, with references to literature and the cinema, as a part of the exhibition "VIΛ XVII"
40 Eressou Str., Exarchia, 106 81 Athens, Greece 2nd floor
Back to Back
Group exhibition
Horror Vacui art group invites artists from various backgrounds to engage in a creative dialogue
Participating artists: Annita Argyroilopoulou-Katerina Evangelakou, Andreas Vousouras-Dimitris Gizinos, Charalampos Dermatis-Ioanna Frilingou, Antigoni Kavvatha-Thanasis Papayannakos, Andreas Lyperatos-Chrysanthos Sotiropoulos, Evsevia Michaelides-Eleni Lyra, Varvara Spyroulis-Demosthenes Anastasiades and Doulis Tsora, Martha Tsiaras-Sally Clayton.
Curated by: Horror Vacui
Text: Andreas Lymberatos
40 Eressou Str., Exarchia, 106 81 Athens, Greece 1st floor
Babis Karalis
Installation
40 Eressou Str., Exarchia, 106 81 Athens, Greece Ground floor
The Serpent and the Milk
Group exhibition/ Be my Art Guest
The narratives of 5 artists on innocence and purity, temptation and darkness at a former dairy store.
Participating artists: Dimitris Kalagatsis, Panagiotis Kefalas, Andromachi Mavrou, Evita Pagona, Evi Roumani
Curated by: Fotini Kapiris
Former Dairy Store 5 Tsamandou Str. Exarchia, 10683 Athens, Greece
Be my Art Guest
Art installations
Unexpected art visits in stores and shops.
Kallirroi Spyridonos, Mary Cox
Bibliotheque 76 Themistokleous and Valtetsiou Str. Exarchia, 10681 Athens, Greece
Nikos Karathanasis
Ginger Ale Cafe Bar 74 Themistokleous Str. Exarchia, 10681 Athens, Greece
Eleana Balesi
Pharmacy Solomou & Spyridonos Trikoupi Str. Exarchia, 10683 Athens, Greece
AGATHI Costume & Fashion 49 Arachovis Str. Exarchia, 10681 Athens, Greece
Christos Vagiatas
Buy or Die 68 Themistokleous & A.Metaxa Str. Exarchia, 10681 Athens, Greece
Evdokia Kyrkou
Loftinejad Human Iranian food 68 Themistokleous & A.Metaxa Str. Exarchia, 10681 Athens, Greece
Performance series
Curation, Assemblage: Thanos Vovolis
Ana Sánchez-Colberg & Theatre enCorps, J(us)tAn[ot]her 5: One-Off Dance #8
Ana Sánchez-Colberg & Theatre enCorps, Still Just 5: One-Off Dance #9
Eleni Pantazatou, Vangelis Alexopoulos, Meet me there…
Gelina Palla – Annetta Spanoudaki, No words… no silence?
Angeliki Avgentidou, Run your life!
Stavros Yagulis, Physical need
Francesco Kiais, IN NOMINE MATRIS #2
40 Eressou Str. Exarchia, 10681 Athens, Greece
P O L Y P A L A: One Inch of love
Live music performance
Andreas Polyzogopoulos, George Palamiotis
CHEAPART 25 A.Metaxa Str. Exarchia, 10681 Athens, Greece
