ART FAIRS:Platforms Project 2020

AKA artist-run • Catherine Blackburn, Narhî Wasagabiich, Courtesy Platforms ProjectThe Platforms Project – Independent Art Fair stands today as the largest annual visual arts event in Greece, it is an international artist-run art fair which has been created since 2013, and it is an annual international meeting of artist groups-platforms. It is an international exhibition, which aims to map how art collectives work, and create channels of communication and cooperation with other countries.

By Efi Michalarou
Photo: Platforms Project Archive

The last two months the world experiences rapid developments due the COVID-19 pandemic. The Platforms Project, taking very seriously the events that are happening worldwide, the difficulty of many of the exhibitors to travel to Athens due the travel restrictions and the protection of the health of artists as well as its visitors, decided to postpone this year’s event. This year Platforms Project creates a new perspective on art viewing, the online art fair, Platforms Project Net  that will give the opportunity the visitor to get in touch with the works of 800 artist with 63 platforms from 20 countries through a digital exhibition. Through a digital floor plan of “Nikos Kessanlis” exhibition space of the Athens School of Fine Arts, the platforms will be placed in their digital booths, the visitor will be able to click on the number and the name of the platform to see works exhibited each artist of the group, At the same time, the visitors will have the opportunity to watch online a rich and versatile program of speeches on topics related to contemporary art in Greek and English language, online performance and videos from the participating groups and come in direct contact and dialogue online with the artists on May 14-31, 2020. The program of speeches and online actions will be announced at www.platformsproject.com  as well as in the official  Facebook page: www.facebook.com/PlatformsProject

Participating Platforms: A Very Very Happy Gallery, ABC Gallery, ACEY Europe, AKA artist-run, AMV, ArtCode, ARTIA GALLERY, artplatform |elsewhere, ASSOCIATION THÈÂTRE DIONYSOS ET APOLLON, ATHENS STREET ART FESTIVAL, Autobiographical Systems, Bcademie, BEASTON Projects, BIG – Biennale Interstellaire des espaces d’art de Genève, Binary art group, Bureau d’art et de recherche-Roubaix, Cable Depot, Chicago Artists Platforms, Come alone, Cube Art Editions, CYBORG/ASMA, D.E.U.S, DAS ESSZIMMER – space for art+, Ed Video, Embryo LLC, EN FLO, EULENGASSE, EX-MÊKH, Five Years & Darling Pearls & Co, Fragments of truth + LaLa Art Group, Future Scenarios, GREYLIGHT PROJECTS, ID:I GALLERI,IN VIVO, ITSONLYARTS, JAW, JuJe, Κ4+1 project, Kaktos Project, ΚΟΙΝΩΝΩ Τhe Tinos Gathering, Kunsthalle Graz – association for contemporary art, Kunsthallekleinbasel, METAPOLIS, Μεταφραστές – Meta-phrastes, Mnky Bizz Group, mp43 – project space for the peripheral, Museum of Forgetting/TILT platform, MUU, Galleria, ORIZONTAS GEGONOTON, penelope’s webs, personal identity, Pow Wow, Project 2, Rhythm Section, rosalux, Sans Titre, Tourcoing, Sepersepuluh, SHELTER Artists Run Space, THE M{}ESUM,TIDAL FLOW ART, Topp & Dubio, Tranformart Gallery and Y@oldnursery.

Info: Directors: Artemis Potamianou and Michalis Argyrou, Curator: Artemis Potamianou, Duration 14-31/5/20, Hours: Daily 00:00-24:00, Admission: Free, https://platformsproject.com

ORIZONTAS GEGONOTON • Anna Maria_Hadjistephanou, Constructed_Truth, Courtesy Platforms Project
ORIZONTAS GEGONOTON • Anna Maria Hadjistephanou, Constructed Truth, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

artplatform elsewhere • Vassia_Vanezi, linguistic installation #34, Courtesy Platforms Project
artplatform elsewhere • Vassia_Vanezi, linguistic installation #34, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

Left: artplatform elsewhere • VassiaVanezi, linguistic installation #34, Courtesy Platforms Project Right: POW WOW • Grigoria Vryttia, all fun and games 01, Courtesy Platforms Project
Left: artplatform elsewhere • VassiaVanezi, linguistic installation #34, Courtesy Platforms Project
Right: POW WOW • Grigoria Vryttia, all fun and games 01, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

Binary art group • Antonis_Kentonis, Zodiac, Courtesy Platforms Project
Binary art group • Antonis_Kentonis, Zodiac, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

IN VIVO • Nikos Podias, Morkos, Courtesy Platforms Project
IN VIVO • Nikos Podias, Morkos, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

EX-MÊKH • Maarten Schepers , My Town 2020, Courtesy Platforms Project
EX-MÊKH • Maarten Schepers , My Town 2020, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

IN VIVO • Ιoanna Myrka, A place, Courtesy Platforms Project
IN VIVO • Ιoanna Myrka, A place, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

Topp & Dubio • Topp&Dubio, 000 table, Courtesy Platforms Project
Topp & Dubio • Topp&Dubio, 000 table, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

Μεταφραστές - Meta-phrastes • Alexander_Voutsas, Between calmness and serenity (, Courtesy Platforms Project
Μεταφραστές – Meta-phrastes • Alexander_Voutsas, Between calmness and serenity (, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

Topp & Dubio • Topp&Dubio, All of a Sudden, Courtesy Platforms Project
Topp & Dubio • Topp&Dubio, All of a Sudden, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

Μεταφραστές - Meta-phrastes • Flora_Zafeiraki, Orange is the new grey, Courtesy Platforms Project
Μεταφραστές – Meta-phrastes • Flora_Zafeiraki, Orange is the new grey, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

JAW • Alison Whitmore, West_Bay, Courtesy Platforms Project
JAW • Alison Whitmore, West_Bay, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

Μεταφραστές - Meta-phrastes • Stefania_Tsoupaki, Stand away of my sunlight!, Courtesy Platforms Project
Μεταφραστές – Meta-phrastes • Stefania_Tsoupaki, Stand away of my sunlight!, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

Left: ORIZONTAS GEGONOTON • Elisabet Kehagia, The truth, Courtesy Platforms Project Right: Autobiographical Systems• Giorgos Tsakiris, Untitled, Courtesy Platforms Project
Left: ORIZONTAS GEGONOTON • Elisabet Kehagia, The truth, Courtesy Platforms Project
Right: Autobiographical Systems• Giorgos Tsakiris, Untitled, Courtesy Platforms Project

 

 

Chicago Artists Platforms • Peterson Bonnie, Arctic Sea Ice, Courtesy Platforms Project
Chicago Artists Platforms • Peterson Bonnie, Arctic Sea Ice, Courtesy Platforms Project