State of the Arts
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Part of the Freiraum Festival & Summit 2020
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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
The conference was structured in four sessions.
WELCOME WORDS
Johannes Ebert (Secretary General of the Goethe-Institut)
Rudolf Bartsch (Director of Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki)
Anastasios Tzikas (President of Thessaloniki International Fair - HELEXPO)
ABOUT COMMON LAB
Christos Savvidis, Sotirios Bahtsetzis, Lydia Chatziiakovou (ArtBOX Thessaloniki, Common Lab Curatorial Team)
Elli Chrysidou (artist), "How To Build A Community in 10 Days"
Lina Mantikou (architect), "How to Break and Rebuild Your Mug in 10 Days"
REMEDIATION & DIGITISATION
The conflict between our digital and analogue identities by Effie Halivopoulou
short video commentary by Effie Halivopoulou, artist,
Head of the Department of Visual Arts and Art History of Deree - the American College of Greece
Synesthesia by Katie Lock with the contribution of Jane Dudman
multimedia video, 2020
On progress by Reihnard Manz
original video, 1990, remixed by Martin Schaffner & Max Spielmann, Hyperwerk Institute for Postindustrial Design
Contributions by:
Iliana Dimadi (Head of Dramaturgy, Onassis Stegi Athens)
Helgard Haug (Author and director. Co-founder of Rimini Protokoll)
Daria Mille (Curator at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe)
Ben Vickers (Chief Technology Officer, Serpentine Galleries)
It’s Ophelia Bitch! by Elias Adam
desktop performance, 2020
PUBLIC SPHERE & COMMONING
Danae Theodoridou & Dimitri Papageorgiou on the Languages of the Unheard
artists' statement
Eric Ellingsen (Landscape Urbanist and Artist)
Mark Beasley (curator and curatorial director, Pace Gallery, New York) & Mark Titchner (artist)
Manolis Tsipos (cross-disciplinary performance artist)
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 1
Mark Beasley, Eric Ellingsen, Helgard Haug, Daria Mille, Mark Titchner, Manolis Tsipos, Ben Vickers
Moderated by Sotirios Bahtsetzis and Lydia Chatziiakovou (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab)
Unlovable Prospects. Saba’s look on the Future (Chapter I, “xxx2050xxx”) by Silvia Amancei & Bogdan Armanu
digital video, 2020
how to turn your work place into a sheet of paper by Bastian Hoffmann
video, 2018
AUTHOR / CREATOR, PRECARIOUS LABOUR, INSTITUTIONS
Contributions by:
Julieta Aranda (artist, co-director of e-flux)
Ash Bulayev (Director of Onassis AiR & independent curator)
Thomas Oberender (Artistic Director of Berliner Festspiele / Gropius Bau) in conversation with Sotirios Bahtsetzis
Gregory Sholette (artist, writer, activist and teacher)
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 2
Julieta Aranda, Ash Bulayev, Thomas Oberender, Gregory Sholette
Moderated by Sotirios Bahtsetzis and Lydia Chatziiakovou (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab)
CLOSING
MOVING SILENCE NICOSIA
Live stream from ARTos House Nicosia
Live performance, soundtracks for silent video and film works
WELCOME WORDS
Johannes Ebert (Secretary General of the Goethe-Institut)
Rudolf Bartsch (Director of Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki)
Anastasios Tzikas (President of Thessaloniki International Fair - HELEXPO)
ABOUT COMMON LAB
Christos Savvidis, Sotirios Bahtsetzis, Lydia Chatziiakovou (ArtBOX Thessaloniki, Common Lab Curatorial Team)
Elli Chrysidou (artist), "How To Build A Community in 10 Days"
Lina Mantikou (architect), "How to Break and Rebuild Your Mug in 10 Days"
REMEDIATION & DIGITISATION
The conflict between our digital and analogue identities by Effie Halivopoulou
short video commentary by Effie Halivopoulou, artist,
Head of the Department of Visual Arts and Art History of Deree - the American College of Greece
Synesthesia by Katie Lock with the contribution of Jane Dudman
multimedia video, 2020
On progress by Reihnard Manz
original video, 1990, remixed by Martin Schaffner & Max Spielmann, Hyperwerk Institute for Postindustrial Design
Contributions by:
Iliana Dimadi (Head of Dramaturgy, Onassis Stegi Athens)
Helgard Haug (Author and director. Co-founder of Rimini Protokoll)
Daria Mille (Curator at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe)
Ben Vickers (Chief Technology Officer, Serpentine Galleries)
It’s Ophelia Bitch! by Elias Adam
desktop performance, 2020
PUBLIC SPHERE & COMMONING
Danae Theodoridou & Dimitri Papageorgiou on the Languages of the Unheard
artists' statement
Eric Ellingsen (Landscape Urbanist and Artist)
Mark Beasley (curator and curatorial director, Pace Gallery, New York) & Mark Titchner (artist)
Manolis Tsipos (cross-disciplinary performance artist)
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 1
Mark Beasley, Eric Ellingsen, Helgard Haug, Daria Mille, Mark Titchner, Manolis Tsipos, Ben Vickers
Moderated by Sotirios Bahtsetzis and Lydia Chatziiakovou (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab)
Unlovable Prospects. Saba’s look on the Future (Chapter I, “xxx2050xxx”) by Silvia Amancei & Bogdan Armanu
digital video, 2020
how to turn your work place into a sheet of paper by Bastian Hoffmann
video, 2018
AUTHOR / CREATOR, PRECARIOUS LABOUR, INSTITUTIONS
Contributions by:
Julieta Aranda (artist, co-director of e-flux)
Ash Bulayev (Director of Onassis AiR & independent curator)
Thomas Oberender (Artistic Director of Berliner Festspiele / Gropius Bau) in conversation with Sotirios Bahtsetzis
Gregory Sholette (artist, writer, activist and teacher)
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 2
Julieta Aranda, Ash Bulayev, Thomas Oberender, Gregory Sholette
Moderated by Sotirios Bahtsetzis and Lydia Chatziiakovou (ArtBOX, Freiraum Festival, Common Lab)
CLOSING
MOVING SILENCE NICOSIA
Live stream from ARTos House Nicosia
Live performance, soundtracks for silent video and film works
Online Exhibition
Alongside the experts’ statements and discussions, artists were commissioned or selected via an open call to present works that showcased novel formats and conceptualised the digital environment, as both a creative tool and a presentation platform. This curated online exhibition is an in-depth review of themes and artistic methods developed by artists who address the above discussions, and functions as a case study that responds to the project’s topics. As an open platform, "State of the Arts" has built an international community of artists and invites them to reflect on the new reality today.
Photos: Stefanos Tsakiris
