ART FAIRS:Platforms Project 2021-Parallel Program

Now in its ninth consecutive year, Platforms Project is the international show that indicatively charts the art currently produced through collective initiatives by young artists on the international scene as they join forces to seek answers to contemporary artistic questions. The project is managed by Artemis Potamianou and Michalis Argyrou. The Artistic Director of Platforms Project 2021 is Artemis Potamianou.

A key parallel program in the context of the Platforms Project NET is OPEN STUDIOS, where teaching studios of the Athens School of Fine Arts present the students’ actions and works. For Platforms Project ΝΕΤ 2021, the participants are the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th Painting Studios, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Sculpture Studios, the Elective Studios 3d modelling and printing studio, the Videoart Studio and the Master in Fine Arts (MFA) of the ASFA.

This year’s KIDS LAB educational program is designed for 4-16-year-olds. Developed by the Dutch platform EX-MÊKH and the artist and art educator Ellen Rodenberg, the program invites children to set up their own mini space ( a small stand/cube) with paper, pencils and colors during the Platforms Project NET, for which they can draw inspiration from the exhibition.

In addition, the program designed by the Greek platform Lab for Arts aims to introduce children to the visual arts and help them find inspiration in the works of major artists.

PROGRAM OF TALKS AND PERFORMANCES PLATFORMS PROJECT NET 2021

 

27th MAY 2021

18:30, Rhythm Section, “THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE”, Oleksiy Koval, Serena Semeraro, Mirco Tarsi, Veronika Wenger, Michael Wright, (performance)
Live Painting Video, compositions: “Schar” 2021, as a part of RHYTHM SECTION AMBIGUOUS UNAMBIGUOUS, Curated by Sophie-Charlotte Bombeck

28th MAY 2021

17:00, Chicago Artists Platforms, “Refuge”, Rose Camastro Pritchett, Claudia Bucher, Anni Holm, (performance)
Performance art video, created online in three countries, video editor: Stephen Guenther, USA
19:00, BIG – Biennale Inannulable des espaces d’art de Genève, “What does it mean to organise an art biennial during a period of pandemic?”
Coordinator:
Jill Gasparina, Αrt critic, art theorist, curator and teacher
Speakers:
Remi Dufay, Coordinator of the BIG, artist
Charlotte Magnin, Coordinator of the BIG, art historian and art researcher
The speech will be in French with english subtitles

29th MAY 2021

17:00, Topp & Dubio, “Unstable Matter Situations Live”
Speakers::
Topp & Dubio
The speech will be in English

19:00, dreamideamachine, “Dialogues with Art & Artists Part II’”
Speaker:
Efi Michalarou, Journalist, Art Critic, Independent Curator
Efi Michalarou presents her book ‘’in first singular & second plural, part ii’’ with 25 interviews by art people.
The speech will be in Greek

30th MAY 2021

12:00, “The First and Last and Always Psiloritis Biennale”
Speaker:
Stamatis Schizakis, Curator and Art historian
Curator Stamatis Schizakis presents The First and Last and Always Psiloritis Biennale, a curatorial project for which he realizes temporary artistic interventions and installations in open spaces in the area of Psiloritis in Crete, according to the directions given by collaborating artists.
Presentation will be in English subtitles with Greek voiceover

17:00, Five Years & Darling Pearls & Co, “Unicorn vs Medusa / Art vs Porn: the same old story”
Coordinator: Alessandra Falbo, Art gallery director, curator, artist
Speakers:
Holly Crawford, Artist and art historian
Misha Mayfair, Artist, porn actress and activist
Itziar Bilbao Urrutia, Artist, pornographer and activist
Stewart Home, Artist, art historian and activist
The speeches will be English

31th MAY 2021

17:00, POW WOW, “Kafka is a Punk Rocker”, Grigoria Vryttia, (performance)
“Kafka is a punk rocker”, the latest performance of Grigoria Vryttia along a soundscape by the artistic duo “Quasar” (Frida Kavlo & DJ Marble), explores an idea of historicity through a web of references.

18:00, EULENGASSE, »No artist – no run« – Artist-run spaces with or without Corona –the recognition of a crisis?
Coordinator: Andrea Blumör, member of the board of EULENGASSE e.V.
Speaker:
Andrea Blumör, Visual artist
The speech will be in English

1st JUNE 2021

17:00, MEETING: “The city’s memory during the pandemic”
Introduction:
Eleni Tzirtzilaki, architect, community artist
Speakers:
Bia Papadopoulou, Art Historian, Curator
Eleni Tzirtzilaki, architect, community artist
Giorgos Tserionis, artist
Faye Tzanetoulakou, Art Historian, Curator
The pandemic has mostly affected women and the non-wealthy, creating new poverty and feelings of precariousness. It has brought about prohibitions, restrictions and has transformed the urban territory. How is history written today? Have new artistic practices emerged in the city in relation to the past?
The speeches will be Greek

19:00, ΜΕΤΑΦΡΑΣΤΕΣ | META-FRASTES, “Τhis will hurt”
Speaker:
Alexander Voutsas, photographer-visual artist
The speech will be in Greek and in English

2nd JUNE 2021

17:00, Rhythm Section, “A public video screen is not only a digital surface for advertising or moving images, but also a surface for digital painting ”
Speakers:
Sophie-Charlotte Bombeck
Dr. Ezgi Bakçay
Oleksiy Koval
In the context of: RHYTHM SECTION AMBIGUOUS UNAMBIGUOUS.
Curated by Sophie-Charlotte Bombeck
The talk will be in English

19:00, DAS ESSZIMMER – space for art+, “And Now? ”
Speakers:
SEA Foundation Tlburg/NL | represented by Riet van Gerven
ID:I Galleri Stockholm/SE | represented by Alexander Mood, Artist, and Annelie Wallin, Artist
Bureau d’Art et de Recherche (BAR), Roubaix/F | represented by Guillaume Krick, Artist,
Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm | represented by Andreas Ribbung, artist and co-founder of candyland’
After more than one year of the pandemic, after mourning of what we have lost in our lives due to contact restrictions, after very reduced exchange and exposure possibilities particular in art, maybe we should now start to think about if there is anything we can learn from the past months beyond setting up zoom meetings and live streams.
The talk will be in English

3srd JUNE 2021

17:00, ΚΟΙΝΩΝΩ | Tinos Art Gathering, “Experiments in inductive landscaping or Kinono as an act”
Speaker:
Christos Artemis, Founder and art director of Kinono
The speech will be in Greek with English subtitles

18:00, EULENGASSE, “Refugee stories” – Afghan artists and non-artists in diaspora
Coordinator: Andrea Blumör, member of the board of EULENGASSE e.V.
Speaker:
Andrea Blumör, Visual artist
The speech will be in English

4th JUNE 2021

17:00, CultureNow, “Theory/Curating/Pandemic ”
Coordinator: Faye Tzanetoulakou, Art Historian and Curator
Speakers:
Faye Tzanetoulakou, Art Historian and Curator
Introduction. Immersing to art, physically, digitally, phygitally: How can art survive the sudden vanishing of synaesthesia
Vassiliki Vayenou, Art Historian
Confronting pauses and gaps: Greek artists in the times of the pandemic
Stratis Pantazis, Art Historian and Curator
Site-specific τέχνη την εποχή του κωρονοϊού
A series of talks on the issue of survival and the presence of visual arts during the pandemic, by the art critics of the cultural website / online art magazine culturenow.gr
The speeches will be in English

19:00, DAS ESSZIMMER – space for art+, “Only Art is Work | Nur Kunst ist Arbeit ”
Speakers:
stöckerselig
DAS ESSZIMMER invited the artist couple stöckerselig from Basel/CH to talk about their concept and approach that only art is work. They will invite a further guest to this conversation.
In their artist initiative Weltraum, they foster the exchange between people of all generations interested in and active in the promotion of culture.
The speech will be in German

5th JUNE 2021

13:00, The Art Newspaper Greece, Αrchive in the Digital Age: A Different Approach
Speakers:
Charis Kanellopoulou, Art Historian, member of the editorial board of The Art Newspaper Greece
Antonia Pilarinos, Curator,Communications and Cultural Liaison at the Danish Institute at Athens
Stamatis Schizakis, Curator, New Media and Photography, National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens
The speech will be in Greek

6th JUNE 2021

12:00, dreamideamachine, MEETING: “The Position of Women in Contemporary Art”
Coordinator:
Efi Michalarou, Journalist, Art Critic, Independent Curator, Director of the online magazine www.dreamideamachine.com
Speakers:
Dimitriadis Christina, Visual Artist
Sdoukou Ifigeneia, Visual Artist, Member in the Board of Directors of Municipal Art Gallery of Larissa G.I. Katsigras
Dimitropoulou Martha, Visual Artsist
Tsiatsiou Theodora, Visual Artist, Secretary of Association of Visual Arts of Larissa- 8, member of the Artistic Committee of Municipal Art Gallery of Larissa G.I. Katsigras
Basdekis Evangelia, Visual Artist-Performer
The speech will be in Greek

17:00, SHELTER Artists Run Space, “Pandemic Diary”
Speaker:
Serife Aslan
The speech will be in English

7th JUNE 2021

18:00, EULENGASSE, »Beuys 100.« – Hats off – heads on! – The Centenary of Joseph Beuys
Coordinator: Harald Etzemüller, member of the board of EULENGASSE e.V.
Speakers:
Harald Etzemüller, Arcfitect
Petra Kammann, journalist
Vládmir Combre de Sena, Curator
The speech will be in English

19:30, Fragments of truth + LaLa Art Group, “PATMOS 12”
Speakers:
Louisa Karapidaki, Αrt historian
Ilias Papailiakis, Artist
Discussion between art historian Louisa Karapidaki and the artist Ilias Papailiakis.
The speech will be in Greek

8th OF JUNE 2021

18:00, D.E.U.S., “How to D.E.U.S. ?”
Speakers:
Apostolia Papadamaki, Director, Chorographer
Georgia Kotretsos, Visual Artist, Professional Spectator
Poka Yio, Founding Director of the Athens Biennale
Alexis Kaniaris, Project Manager
Christina Negrepontis, D.E.U.S. artist member
Stinne Van Espen, D.E.U.S. artist member
Panolabrou, D.E.U.S. founder, Visual Artist
The speeches will be in English

19:00, ABC Gallery, “Synaesthetics. Poetry and/as audiovisual medium”
Coordinator:
Maxim Ilyukhin, Ivan Kurbakov
Speakers:
Maxim Ilyukhin
Ivan Kurbakov
Pavel Zarutskiy
Ivan Masteropoulοs
The speech will be in English

9th JUNE 2021

17:00, Penelope’s web, The photographic self-portrait – From the intimate to the universal
Speaker:
Maria Xypolopoulou, PhD Candidate in History (University of Paris 1, Sorbonne-Panthéon), Independent Curator and art critic
The presentation aims to highlight the creative and theoretical context of the penelope’s web group’s works and to suggest through brief references to the evolution of woman self-portrait, as recorded in the history of the photographic medium, the key points for their understanding and approach.
The speech will be in Greek

18:00, EULENGASSE, “(Greek) Art Film” (Provisional title)
Coordinator: Sabine Imhof, film scientist
Speakers:
Sabine Imhof, film scientist
In collaboration with Filmforum Höchst Arthouse Cinema, Frankfurt am Main (the chosen film will be available on https://www.filmforum-höchst.com)
The speech will be in English

10th JUNE 2021

17:00, What Theorems are and what they want
Speaker:
Emmanuel Mavrommatis, Emeritus Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, President AICA Hellas
Τhe speech will be in greek

The lectures and events of the Platforms Project Net will be posted on the www.platformsproject.com and its facebook page, www.facebook.com/PlatformsProject

Duration: 27th of May – 10th of June 2021

Website: www.platformsproject.com

Information: Artemis Potamianou: platformsproject@gmail.com