PLATFORMS PROJECT 2022! | PARALLEL PROGRAM
The Platforms Project, the most dynamic and avant-garde art event, celebrates its tenth anniversary presenting the biggest art event in its history and a multifaceted parallel program of speeches, conferences, videos, programs for children, performances, workshops and parties.
The Platforms Project 2022 – Independent Art Fair celebrates its 10th anniversary and will run from October 13th – 16th, 2022 at the “Nikos Kessanlis” exhibition space at the Athens School of Fine Arts (256 Piraeus 256, PC 18235 Agios Ioannis Rentis).
A breeding ground for young artists par excellence, where experimentation, research and the shaping of artistic identity are continuously requested, the exhibition space at the School of Fine Arts is the ideal choice for the Platforms Project.
The project is directed by Artemis Potamianou and Michalis Argyrou. Artemis Potamianou is the artistic curator of Platforms Project 2022.
Platforms Project is an international exhibition that always aims to present the independent art scene as it is expressed through group initiatives of Greek and international artists working in Greece and abroad. The Platforms Project has as its goal the shared search for solutions to contemporary questions of art and the indicative mapping of artistic activity as it is produced today in the framework of group initiatives of young artists in the international art environment.
For ten years the Platforms Project enabled hundreds of platforms and thousands of artists from 39 countries to present their work without censorship and boundaries beyond the imagination and creativity of the artists.
The Platforms Project has often been the motivation and the occasion for artists to collaborate and create new groups, platforms, to join and merge, to exchange artists and projects. Hundreds of exhibition exchanges were held, channels of dialogue on art were created and thousands of visitors had the opportunity to come closer to contemporary art.
The Platforms Project 2022 presents platforms from 26 countries (USA, Cyprus, Greece, Canada, Netherlands, France, Mexico, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ethiopia, Brazil, Chile, Russia, Turkey, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Austria, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, Poland, Ukraine, Australia), having received hundreds of applications following its open online call.
Platforms Project 2022 features 62 platforms with more than 900 artists, expanding the global network that has been created and developed in the last ten years by the Platforms Project:
AC Institute + AC Books (USA), ACEY Europe (Cyprus, Greece), άμετρον [art space] | ametron [art space] (Greece), AMV (Canada), Antennes Art Collective (Greece), ArtCode (Greece), artplatform |elsewhere (Netherlands), ASSOCIATION THÉÂTRE DIONYSOS & APOLLON (Greece, France, Canada, USA, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ethiopia, Russia, Turkey, Netherlands, Germany, Italy) ATHENS STREET ART FESTIVAL (Greece), Αυτοβιογραφικά Συστήματα | Autobiographical Systems (Greece), berlinerpool (Germany), Binary art group (Cyprus), Bureau d’Art et de Recherche Roubaix (France), Cable Depot (UK), CUBE ART EDITIONS (Greece), Darling Pearls & Co (UK), DAS ESSZIMMER – space for art+ (Germany), ΔΙΠΟΛΑ | DIPOLA (Greece), Dogma Athens (Greece), Eco Flaneur (Greece), Ed video (Canada), EN FLO (Greece), EULENGASSE (Germany), EX-MÊKH (Netherlands), flat1_offspace (Austria), fragment S (Sweden), Fragments of truth (Greece), GREYLIGHT PROJECTS (Netherlands, Belgium), GROPIUS LOUNGE (Greece), H-M-S (UK), ID:I GALLERI (Sweden), IFAC arts (USA, Greece), IN VIVO (Greece), Ins All (Austria), Ινστιτούτο Μεσογειακής Κουλτούρας | Institute of the Mediterranean Culture (Greece), intermission museum of art (USA, Netherlands), JAW (UK), ΚαλλιέργειαΚαλλιέργεια | CultivationCultivation (Greece, Denmark), La Scala Trun (Switzerland), LELE ART SPACE (Poland), METAPOLIS (Greece), ΜΕΤΑΦΡΑΣΤΕΣ | META-FRASTES (Greece), Mnky Bizz Group (USA), Museum of Forgetting (SE) TILT platform (GR) MAMA contemporary (CY) (Sweden, Greece, Cyprus), ΟΡΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ ΓΕΓΟΝΟΤΩΝ | ORIZONTAS GEGONOTON (Greece), personal identity (Greece), POW WOW (Greece), Project 2 (Greece), Rhythm Section (Germany, UK, Ukraine), Sans Titre, Tourcoing (France), SCOTTY (Germany), Sthlm2 (Sweden), Straße der kollektiven Kunst (Netherlands), Supercluster (Belgium, Australia), SYNERGIA 22 (Greece), Τεχνοπαίγνιον art group | Tehnopaignion art group (Greece), The Red Boat Projects (Greece), The School of Environmental Sciences – Artist Residency Program (Canada), >top Transdisciplinary Project Space (Germany), Topp & Dubio (Netherlands), WEDO (Greece), Window of FAME (Switzerland)
In this year’s edition, the parallel program features two parallel exhibitions.
The group exhibition “Boundless Borders” curated by Weronika Bela at Metaphor Athens (10 Doryleou Str., Athens, 115 21) opens on Friday 14/10/22 presenting works by artists of an artist run, experimental gallery space ID:I Galleri in Stockholm, Sweden, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary and is part of the Platforms Project’s main program. At the opening of the exhibition there will be a DJ set.
On Saturday 15/10/22 the group exhibition “The October Show” will open at IFAC Athens (11 Galaxia Str., Athens, 117 45) featuring Greek and international artists, and on the same evening “The October Surprise Party” will take place at the venue with art, Dj set, music and performances.
Platforms Project 2022 will feature 16 speeches with the participation of art historians, art theorists and critics, academics, museum directors, artists, curators, as well as two conferences, one organized by AICA Hellas on “Art criticism in Greece today and its adaptation to new conditions” and a conference organized by www.dreamideamachine.com & The Red Boat Projects on “Women in Art and Society: connection and interactions”.
An integral part of the Platforms Project is the parallel program Open Studios. For the fifth consecutive year, 14 studios of the Athens School of Fine Arts open their doors and present student-run works and specific projects.
In addition, the educational program Platforms Project for All 2022, which is designed for children aged 4 to 16 years old by the Dutch platform EX-MÊKH and the artist and art teacher Ellen Rodenberg, aims to introduce children to contemporary art. During the Platforms Project the children are invited to create their own mini space (mini pavilion-cube) with paper, pencils, paints, staples or glue.
In the frame of the Performance program, 42 performances will be presented everyday by Greek and international artists in the exhibition space.
The Platforms Project is the only art fair which has a guided tour program giving the public the opportunity to have contact with the works and the artists. The meeting point of the guided tours is the entrance of the exhibition space “Nikos Kessanlis” of the Athens School of Fine Arts. (Dates for guided tours: Friday 14, Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 October 2022: 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:00).
Thursday 13th of October
16:00 – 22:00, Théâtre Dionysos et Apollon (22), “I. Prolog”, non-stop performances
18:00 – 18:20, SYNERGIA 22 (51),“ShadowsForRest”, Vilelmini Andrioti,Thanos Despotopoulos, performance: 20’
18:00 – 18:45, ACEY Europe (38), “Stone Soup”, Lia Lapithi, performance: 45′
18:30 – 18:45, Sans Titre, Tourcoing (11), “Paradoxical Disappearance”, Adèle van Dist, performance:15′
18:30 – 19:00, Ins All (34), “CLEANING”, Evelyn Papadopoulou, performance: 30′
19:00 – 19:30, Rhythm Section (54), Live Painting Performance, The Beautiful Formula Collective, performance: 30′
19:00 – 22:30 Gropius Lounge (9), “Weaving Ties”, Apostolis Philippou, performance: long-durational
19:30 – 19:50, Ινστιτούτο Μεσογειακής Κουλτούρας | Institute of the Mediterranean Culture (10), “The House of Memory”, Niki Zahari, performance: 20′
19:30 – 20:00, Rhythm Section (54), “Έδαφος”, Dmytro Goncharenko, performance: 30′
20:00 – 21:00, POW WOW (8), “The Human Object”, Grigoria Vryttia, performance: 60′
Friday 14th of October
15:00 – 21:00, Théâtre Dionysos et Apollon (22), “II. Rise”, non-stop performances
17:00 – 17:25, Window of FAME (TALKS space), “THE DAILY BREEZE OF FREEDOM”, Marianne Mettler & Andrea Grieder, (Poetry Performance by Andrea Grieder & Soundscapes by 1) Britta Liv Müller, freedom-truly 2) Riccarda Naef, op.REACTION II), performance: 25′
17:00 – 18:10, Fragments of truth (21), “7 courses on love”, Kleoni Manoussakis, performance: 70’
18:00 – 18:30, Rhythm Section (54), “Έδαφος”, Dmytro Goncharenko, performance: 30′
18:00 – 19:00, ID:I GALLERI (4), “Interdisciplinary Collaboration” A talk with artists Gitte Eidslott and Moa Gustafsson Söndergaard moderated by artist and curator Weronika Bela, talk: 60′
19:00 – 19:30, Rhythm Section (54), Live Painting Performance, The Beautiful Formula Collective, performance: 30′
19:30 – 19:50, Ινστιτούτο Μεσογειακής Κουλτούρας | Institute of the Mediterranean Culture (10), “The House of Memory”, Niki Zahari, performance: 20′
Saturday 15th of October
12:30 – 12:50, Window of FAME (TALKS space), “THE DAILY BREEZE OF FREEDOM”, Marianne Mettler & Andrea Grieder, (Poetry Performance by Andrea Grieder, & Soundscapes by 1) Alicia Velázquez – Freedom of Skin, 2) Joëlle Bitton – Ailleurs), performance: 20′
14:00 – 14:30, Rhythm Section (54), “Έδαφος”, Dmytro Goncharenko, performance: 30′
15:00 – 21:00, Théâtre Dionysos et Apollon (22), “III. Climax”, non-stop performances
16:00 – 16:15, Eco Flaneur (58), Public dialogue and presentation of our action, Sophia Kyriakou, presentation: 15΄
16:00 – 16:15, Sans Titre, Tourcoing (11), “Paradoxical Disappearance”, Adèle van Dist, performance:15′
18:00 – 18.07, ArtCode (41), “Sacrifice”, Sofia Andronikos, Performance: 7′
18:00 – 18:20, SYNERGIA 22 (51), “ShadowsForRest”, Vilelmini Andrioti,Thanos Despotopoulos, performance: 20’
18:00 – 19:10, Fragments of truth (21), “7 courses on love”, Kleoni Manoussakis, performance: 70’
18:30 – 18:40, ΚαλλιέργειαΚαλλιέργεια | CultivationCultivation (49), “Persephone”, Stella Tsoumatidou, performance: 10΄
19.00 – 19:20, The Red Boat Projects (36), “Souls in space”, Magdalena Papanikolopoulou, performance: 20’
19:00 – 19:30, Rhythm Section (54), Live Painting Performance, The Beautiful Formula Collective, performance: 30′
19:30 – 19:50, Ινστιτούτο Μεσογειακής Κουλτούρας | Institute of the Mediterranean Culture (10), “The House of Memory”, Niki Zahari, performance 20′
20:00 – 20:30, Rhythm Section (54), Live Painting and Sound Performance, Rhythm Section, performance: 30′
20:00-21:00, POW WOW (8), “The Human Object”, Grigoria Vryttia, performance: 60′
Sunday 16th of October
12:00 – 12:30, Rhythm Section (54), Live Painting and Sound Performance, Rhythm Section, performance: 30′
13:00 – 13:30, Rhythm Section (54), Live Painting Performance, The Beautiful Formula Collective, performance: 30′
14:00 – 14:30, H-M-S (12), “Telling Tales”, Jackie Berridge, Kerri Pratt, Cynthia Harrison Or, talk: 30′
15:00 – 21:00, Théâtre Dionysos et Apollon (22), “IV. Achievement”, non-stop performances
16:00 – 16:15, Sans Titre, Tourcoing (11), “Paradoxical Disappearance”, Adèle van Dist, performance:15′
17:00 – 17:30, Ins All (34), “CLEANING”, Evelyn Papadopoulou, performance: 30’
17:30 – 17.37, ArtCode (41), “Sacrifice”, Sofia Andronikos, Performance: 7′
17:30 – 18:00, Window of FAME (TALKS space), “THE DAILY BREEZE OF FREEDOM”, Marianne Mettler & Andrea Grieder, (Poetry Performance by Andrea Grieder & Soundscapes by 1) Studio 7 – freedom laughs freely , 2) Andrea Grieder – The Department Store, 3) Marianne Mettler – Freedom at Emergency), performance: 30′
18:00 – 18:20, SYNERGIA 22 (51), “ShadowsForRest”, Vilelmini Andrioti,Thanos Despotopoulos, performance: 20’
18:30 – 18:40, ΚαλλιέργειαΚαλλιέργεια | CultivationCultivation (49), “Persephone”, Stella Tsoumatidou, performance: 10΄
19:30 – 19:50, Ινστιτούτο Μεσογειακής Κουλτούρας | Institute of the Mediterranean Culture (10), “The House of Memory”, Niki Zahari, performance 20′
TALKS:
Friday 14th of October 2022:
15:00 – 16:00 Inspired by Gounaro: Revisiting the universe of modernist painter G. Gounaropoulos
A discussion panel organised by G. Gounaropoulos Museum (Panel in Greek)
Rapporteurs:
Nicolas Stefadouros (Stef), comic artist, illustrator
Irini Karaianni, mezzo-soprano
Natalia Gerakis, flautist
Katerina Damvoglou, actress, director, Fly Theatre
Babis Alexiadis, animator, illustrator
Chrysanthi Badeka, choreographer, cinematographer, editor
Christina Sotiropoulou, fashion and costume designer
Coordination: Dionissia Giakoumi, Art historian, PhD / Curator, G. Gounaropoulos Museum
16:15 – 16:45 “Pandora’s Box : Τhe Myth Then and Today” (Speech in Greek with English subtitles)
Rapporteur:
Alexander Voutsas, Faculty member, School of Fine Arts of Athens-Photography Laboratory, Photographer, Founder of the artistic group META-FRASTES
17:00 – 17:25 “THE DAILY BREEZE OF FREEDOM”
(Performance organised by Window of FAME)
Marianne Mettler & Andrea Grieder, ( Poetry Performance by Andrea Grieder & Soundscapes by 1) Britta Liv Müller, freedom-truly 2) Riccarda Naef, op.REACTION II)
17:30 – 18:30 “BOOK LAUNCH : Fotis Kangelaris is launching his book “NOTES ABOUT ART AS CONCEPTION OF THE INEFFABLE”, Papazissis editions”
(Speeches in Greek)
Speeches and rapporteurs:
“Art beyond the beautiful and the ugly. Questions about art from Fotis Kangelaris”
Rapporteur: Apostolos Apostolou, professor of political and social philosophy at the National School of Public Administration and visiting professor at the universities of Padova and Lugano.
“Schemes of verbal expression, Schemes of visual presentation. Comments on visual apperception and composition.”
Rapporteur: Konstantinos Moraitis, Architect – Engineer, PhD in Architecture and Landscape Design Professor Emeritus, School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens
“The power of the image and its mission.”
Rapporteur: Panos Charalambous Professor A.S.F.A.
18:30 – 20:30 Conference Programme: “Women in art and society: connection and interaction”
Conference Programme of www.dreamideamachine.com & The Red Boat Projects (Panel in Greek and English)
Rapporteurs:
Alison Whitmore, artist, participant in the Platforms Project
Anna Pantelakou, art historian & theoretician, social anthropologist (MA)
Niki Roubani, artist, President of the European Network of Women-Greece
Vivi Perysinaki, Chrysa Skordaki, artists, coordinators of The Red Boat Projects platform
Efi Michalarou, Journalist-Art Critic & Independent Curator, Member of AICA Hellas
Coordinator: Efi Michalarou, Journalist-Art Critic & Independent Curator, Member of AICA Hellas
Saturday 15th of October 2022:
12:30 – 12:50 “THE DAILY BREEZE OF FREEDOM”
(Performance organised by Window of FAME)
Marianne Mettler & Andrea Grieder, ( Poetry Performance by Andrea Grieder & Soundscapes by 1) Alicia Velázquez – Freedom of Skin, 2) Joëlle Bitton – Ailleurs
14:00 – 19:30 Conference Programme of AICA Hellas, “Art Criticism in Greece Today – and the readjustment in new conditions.” (Panels in Greek)
14:00 – 15:30 First section: Art criticism as a written word and as an art curation (Part 1)
Rapporteurs:
Maria Maragkou, Art Critic, Curator
Αthena Schina, Historian of Art & Theory of Civilization (Univ. of Athens)
Lina Tsikouta-Demezi, Dr. Art Historian, Curator of National Gallery – Postwar & Contemporary Art Collection Supervisor
Denys Zacharopoulos, Art Historian and Art Critic
Katerina Koskina, Art Historian, Museologist, Curator
Coordination: Emmanuel Mavrommatis, Emeritus Professor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Treasurer of AICA Hellas
16:00 – 17:30 Second section: Art criticism as a written word and as an art curation (Part 2)
Despoina Zefkili, Art critic, Editor in chief Athinorama, Member Temporary Academy of Arts
Parie Spinou, Cultural Editor
Dimitris Trikas, Journalist, Museologist
Artemis Kardoulaki, Journalist, Member of AICA Hellas, Founder of the monthly newspaper «Art Press”
Elpida Karaba, Art theorist, Curator
Coordination: Artemis Potamianou, Artist, Curator, Director of Platforms Project, President of AICA Hellas
18:00 -19.30 Third section: Apocalypse and Apathy. When Art Criticism comes into view at the metaverse, it finds itself on either end of passing judgement. The sensationalism of the Internet coming to age, and the two-way critical approach today
Rapporteurs:
Alexandra Koroxenidis, Art historian, Editor in Chief The Art Newspaper Greece, art critic theartnewspaper.gr
Efi Michalarou, Journalist-Art Critic & Independent Curator, Member of AICA Hellas
Kostis Stafylakis, Αssistant professor ASFA, Art theorist
Ioannis Tzimourtas, Publisher ART22
Dimitris Sarafianos, Lawyer, Art Critic and Director of Lofos Art Center
Vasilis Doupas, Curator, Art Critic ΟΖΟΝ
Coordination: Dr.Faye Tzanetoulakou, General secretary of AICA Hellas, Arts Editor Culturenow
Sunday 16th of October 2022:
14:30 – 15:30 “Food and art, first human needs”
A discussion panel organised by Fragments of truth (Panel in Greek)
Rapporteurs:
Louisa Karapidaki, art historian, curator of the Platform Fragments of truth
Nikos Mastropavlos, journalist, researcher of Culture, editor of https://eudemonia.gr/
16:00 – 17:00 “Art & Labour”
A discussion panel organised by CABLE DEPOT (Discussion in English)
Rapporteurs:
Victoria Rance
Cole Pemberton
Coordinator: Eleni Zervou
17:30 – 18:00 “THE DAILY BREEZE OF FREEDOM”
(Performance organised by Window of FAME)
Marianne Mettler & Andrea Grieder, ( Poetry Performance by Andrea Grieder & Soundscapes by 1) Studio 7 – freedom laughs freely , 2) Andrea Grieder – The Department Store, 3) Marianne Mettler – Freedom at Emergency)
18:00 – 19:00 “Portrait of the brain” (Presentation in Greek)
Rapporteur:
Stavros Panagiotakis
19:00 – 20:00 “Visual March to Prespa (2007 to now): a nomadic process of an artistic realization” (Panel in English)
Rapporteurs:
Yannis Ziogas, Panter, Professor, EETF, University of Western Macedonia
Geert Vermeire, curator, artist and writer, co-founder walk listen create and Supercluster
Filippos Kalamaras, Panter, Assistant Professor, EETF, University of Western Macedonia
TALKS AT BOOTHS:
Friday 14th of October 2022:
18:00 – 19:00, ID:I GALLERI, “Interdisciplinary Collaboration”
Rapporteurs:
Gitte Eidslott, artist
Moa Gustafsson Söndergaard, artist
Coordinator: Weronika Bela, artist and curator
Sunday 16th of October 2022:
14:00 – 14:30, H-M-S, “Telling Tales”
Rapporteurs:
Jackie Berridge, artist
Kerri Pratt, artist
Cynthia Harrison Or, artist
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM : PLATFORMS PROJECT FOR ALL!
The educational program Platforms Project for All 2022 is designed for children from the Dutch platform EX-MÊKH and the artist and art teacher Ellen Rodenberg.
The program which is drawing inspiration from the spatial design of the Platforms Project exhibition, the Tower of Babel and the recycling of new ideas, aims to introduce children to contemporary art.
Days and hours: Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 of October 2022: 13:00, 15:00, 16:00, 18:00
Guided Tours
During the Platforms Project 2022 exhibition, guided tours will take place. The meeting point of the tours is the entrance of “Nikos Kessanlis” Exhibition Hall of the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA)
Days and hours of guided tours: Friday 14, Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 of October 2022: 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:00
OPEN STUDIOS
Venue: Athens School of Fine Arts, Piraeus 256
Duration: 13 – 16.10.2022
During the Platforms Project, the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) will present student-run works and specific creative projects. Open Studios will be presented for the fifth consecutive year as a parallel project of the Platforms Project.
The following studios participate in Open Studios:
1st Studio of Painting of ASFA (Studio Director: Angelos Antonopoulos, Professor)
3rd Studio of Painting of ASFA (Studio Director: Marios Spiliopoulos, Professor)
4th Studio of Painting of ASFA (Studio Director: Yannis Kondaratos, Associate Professor)
6th Studio of Painting of ASFA (Studio Director: George Kazazis, Professor)
7th Studio of Painting of ASFA (Studio Director: Aristotelis Tzakos, Professor)
10th Studio of Painting of ASFA (Studio Director: Pantelis Chandris, Associate Professor)
11th Studio of Painting of ASFA (Studio Director: Vassilis Vlastaras, Associate Professor)
12th laboratory of Athens School of Fine Arts, painting and expanded media of visual arts of ASFA (Studio Director: Poka-Yio (Polydoros Karyofyllis), Associate Professor)
13th Studio of Painting of ASFA (Studio Director: Erato Chatzisavva, Associate Professor)
1st Studio of Sculpture of ASFA (Studio Director: Nikos Tranos, Professor)
2nd Studio of Sculpure of ASFA (Studio Director: Nikos Charalambides, Associate Professor)
3rd Studio of Sculpture of ASFA (Studio Director: Ioannis Melanitis, Assistant Professor)
Elective studio Videoart of ASFA (Studio supervisor: Vicky Betsou, Assistant Professor)
Master Program of studies “MA in Digital Arts”, ASFA (Head Program of studies “MA in Digital Arts”: George Harvalias, ASFA professor)
FREE ENTRANCE
Platforms Project Schedule 2020-21:
Exhibition Opening: Thursday October 13, 2021, from 17.30 – 22.30
Exhibition duration: From Thursday October 14, 2021 to Sunday October 16, 2022 Opening hours: Thursday October 13, 17.30 – 22.30, Friday October 14 – Sunday October 16, 12.00 – 21.00
Website: www.platformsproject.com
Information: Artemis Potamianou: tel. 0030 6937768769 / email: [email protected]
Contact: Irini Lagourou | tel. 6977 247725 | email: [email protected]
