ART FAIRS:Platforms Project 2021

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.

Photo: Platforms Project Archive

The Platforms Project 2020-21 will be presented at the “Nikos Kessanlis” exhibition space at the School of Fine Arts (256 Piraeus Street, 182 35, Agios Ioannis Rentis), with a rich and multifaceted program of speeches, videos and performances by the participating groups. 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, which aims to present the independent art scene via artists’ group initiatives. For the ninth consecutive year, the international exhibition 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. Following the successful launch of the Platforms Project – Independent Art Fair 2019 which featured 60 platforms from 18 countries and enabled 19,000 spectators to have contact with the independent scene and the art groups, Platforms Project 2021 will once again exhibit live and in-person, uniting the voices of the independent art scene. The Platforms Project 2020-21 will feature 54 platforms from 24 countries with more than 800 artists, creating a global network. The aim of the Platforms Project is to be at the core of creating and recording the pioneering trends in art and the development of relationships between the platforms. Thus, during its six years of operation, the Platforms Project has created a global network of independent artistic groups and spaces in direct communication with each other. During the exhibition of the Platforms Project 2020-21, a parallel program of speeches, performances and workshops will take place. The Platforms Project is not an impersonal event but an artistic community full of energy and freshness, giving time and space to an alternative art that could not be expressed anywhere else. 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, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th Studios of Painting, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Studios of Sculpture, the Videoart Studio, the Master in Fine Arts (MFA) and MA in Digital Arts of ASFA. The projects “Μ.Ι.R.O (Mirroring Identities -Raw Oddities) mind mapping by miro app”, a collaboral game of words and images – and “The Drawing Box A5” (Curated and organized by kleopatra Moursela, Exhibition dates: 18 – 28 October 2021) – an exhibition of A5 size drawings with 80 artists from all over the world and students of the two laboratories, will be presented in the space of 5th and 11th Studios of Painting of ASFA.

PROGRAM OF PERFORMANCEΣ

21/10.2121
19:00-19:05, Future Scenarios (11),“Banania Biennale”, Maaike Stutterheim, Giorgos Tserionis, Katerina Zafeiropoulou, Artemis Potamianou,Christos Kotsoulas (Capten), Katerina Velliou, Niels Vis, performance
20:00-20:30, ASSOCIATION THÉÂTRE DIONYSOS ET APOLLON (14), “El Temblor, el Ardor”, Members of this association of artists, performance

22/10/2121
14:00-15:00, JAW (42), “Live Drawing”, Alison Whitmore & Jackie Berridge, performance
14:00-15:30, ABC Group (5), Presentation of online zine “almanac-ogon”, Pavel Zarutskiy, Ivan Kurbakov, Maxim Ilyukhin, performance
14:00-18:00, Bureau d’Art et de Recherche, Roubaix (18), “The Fox”, work-in-progress performance, Guillaume Krick and guests, performance
18:00-20:00: D.E.U.S. (9), “ONE TO ONE”, Panolabrou, performance
18:00-20:00: ORIZONTAS GEGONOTON(29), “I DIN’T DO IT”, Stella Drygiannaki, performance
19:00-19:05: Future Scenarios (11),“Banania Biennale”, Maaike Stutterheim, Giorgos Tserionis, Katerina Zafeiropoulou, Artemis Potamianou,Christos Kotsoulas (Capten), Katerina Velliou, Niels Vis, performance
20:00-20:30: ASSOCIATION THÉÂTRE DIONYSOS ET APOLLON (14), “Bramato Ogetto”, Members of this association of artists, performance

23/10/2121
14:00-15:00: JAW (42), “Live Drawing”, Alison Whitmore & Jackie Berridge, performance
14:00-15:30: ABC Group (5), “Video-art showcase”, Ivan Kurbakov, Maxim Ilyukhin, performance
14:00-18:00: Bureau d’Art et de Recherche, Roubaix (18), “The Fox”, work-in-progress performance, Guillaume Krick and guests, performance
15:00-15:30: ASSOCIATION THÉÂTRE DIONYSOS ET APOLLON (14), “Como camina una mujer Cuando acaba de hacer el amor?”, Members of this association of artists, performance
18:00-20:00: D.E.U.S. (9), “ONE TO ONE”, Panolabrou, performance
19:00-19:05: Future Scenarios (11),“Banania Biennale”, Maaike Stutterheim, Giorgos Tserionis, Katerina Zafeiropoulou, Artemis Potamianou,Christos Kotsoulas (Capten), Katerina Velliou, Niels Vis, performance

24/102121
13:00-14:00: JAW (42), “Live Drawing”, Alison Whitmore & Jackie Berridge, performance
14:00-15:30: ABC Group (5), “Musical evening: songs & electro-acoustic improvisation”, Maxim Ilyukhin, Ivan Kurbakov and guests, performance
14:00-18:00: Bureau d’Art et de Recherche, Roubaix (18), “The Fox”, work-in-progress performance, Guillaume Krick and guests, performance
17:00-17:10: ArtCode (48), “Aponisos – Babel”, Sofia Andronikos, performance
18:00-20:00: D.E.U.S. (9), “ONE TO ONE”, Panolabrou, performance
19:00=19:05: Future Scenarios (11),“Banania Biennale”, Maaike Stutterheim, Giorgos Tserionis, Katerina Zafeiropoulou, Artemis Potamianou,Christos Kotsoulas (Capten), Katerina Velliou, Niels Vis, performance

Unexpected performances: Kunsthalle Graz – association for contemporary art (50), “Spielen”, Alexandra Gschiel, Markus Wilfling, performance

TALKS

23/10/2021
12:00-13:00: ‘’Dialogues with Art & Artists Part II’’, Presentation Efi’s Michalarou ‘’in first singular & second plural, part ΙΙ’’
17:00:18:00: The Lakes of Prespa as an Open Laboratory of Walking Art, and beyond…
18:30-19:30: Presentation of the book by Thanasis Moutsopoulos, Not Exactly Art: The Explosion of the Cultural Phenomenon (Plethron Books, 2021)

24/10/2021
14:00-15:00: “Responsibility of the artist nowadays” “Designing for a different world”
7:00-18:00: “Discussions on potentiality in art & orientation on results or not really: Potential Project as a place we meet”.
18:00-19:00: Meeting: ‘’The Position of Women in Contemporary Art’’

Participating Platforms: ABC Gallery, ACEY Europe, AMV, ArtCode, ARTIA GALLERY, artplatform | elsewhere, ASSOCIATION THÈÂTRE DIONYSOS ET APOLLON, ATHENS STREET ART FESTIVAL, Autobiographical Systems, Bcademie, BEASTON Projects, Binary art group, Bureau d’art et recherche Roubaix, Cable Depot, Come alone, Cube Art Editions, CYBORG / ASMA, DAS ESSZIMMER – space for art +, DEUS, DIPOLA-DIPOLA, Ed Video, EN FLO, EULENGASSE, Five Years & Darling Pearls & Co, Fragments of truth + LaLa Art Group, Future Scenarios, GREYLIGHT PROJECTS, ID: I GALLERI, IFAC Arts, IN VIV O, JAW, Κ4 + 1 project, Kaktos Project, ΚΟΙΝΩΝΩ Τhe Tinos Gathering, ΚαλλιέργειαΚαλλιέργεια – CultivationCultivation, Kunsthalle Graz – association for contemporary art, Kunsthallekleinbasel, Lab for Arts, METAPOLIS, TRANSLATORS | META-FRASTES, Mnky Bizz Group, Museum of Forgetting / TILT platform, MUU Galleria, ORIZONTAS GEGONOTON, Penelope’s webs, personal identity, Pow Wow, Project 2, Rhythm Section, rosalux, Sans Titre, Tourcoing, SHELTER Artists Run Space, TIDAL FLOW ART, Y@oldnursery.

Info: Curator: Artemis Potamianou, Platforms Projet 2021, Nikos Kessanlis exhibition space, School of Fine Arts, 256 Piraeus Street, Agios Ioannis Rentis, Athnes, Greece, Duration: 21-24/10.2021, Days & Hours: Tue (21/10) 16:00-20:00, Fri-Sun (22-24/10) 12:00-21:00, www.platformsproject.com

Photo: IN VIVO, Sitorengo  Andreas, KOLOURIS

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