The
participating artists are opening in new interdisciplinary fields in
order to give a fresh approach to materials, concepts and artistic
practices in times of crisis and economic recession. They critically
comment on the current politico-economic reality, they confront
recent history; they bring back issues dealing with the portrayal of
symbols and monuments of our cultural heritage. They establish open
and ambiguous narratives that often start from personal experiences.
They utilize digital technology as a raw material and explore the
culture of the Internet giving a critical insight at its role.
Representatives
of a generation shaped by (and from) the intangible digital
technology, they are brought up with the new consciousness of
co-creation, collaboration, diffusion of knowledge and information.
They create collective and participatory communities; explore
contemporary issues related to the new economy and production
processes, labor, sustainability, autonomy and alternative ways of
living.
The
Afresh
exhibition brings us closer to the enchanting and living side of
artistic creation, the very moment that its vocabulary is being
constructed, deconstructed and re-tried, where experimentation and
doubt are a pivotal point in the quest for artistic identity.
Participating
artists are:
Christos Vagiatas, Hrysa Valsamaki, Ino Varvariti, Maria Varela,
Afroditi Psarra, Marinos Koutsomichalis, Paky Vlassopoulou,
Panagiotis Vorrias, Theodoros Giannakis, Natalie Yiaxi, Manolis
Daskalakis-Lemos, Athanasios Zagorisios, Efthimis Theou and Thanasis
Deligiannis, Valentina Karga, Chrysanthi Koumianaki, Marinos
Koutsomichalis, Alexandros Laios, Kernel (Petros Moris, Pegy Zali,
Theodoros Giannakis), Bill Balaskas, Rania Bellou, Petros Moris,
Kosmas Nikolaou, Sofia Dona, Myrto Xanthopoulou, Ioanna Ximeri, Maria
Papanikolaou, Tula Plumi, Erica Scourti, Evangelia Spiliopoulou,
Anastasis Stratakis, Stefania Strouza, Maria Tsagkari, Maro Fasouli,
Myrto Ferentinou, Marianna Christofides, City Index Lab + Energize.
Curated
By: Daphne Dragona, Tina Pandi, Daphne Vitali
The
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST)
From
October 24th until 31st 2013.
