TRIBUTE: Back to Athens 2022-No Apocalypse Now, A Review, Part I

Christina Zampoulaki, Traditional Fortune CookiesBack to Athens International Art Festival emerged at the beginning of the crisis in 2012, providing vital insight on the issues and concerns of the art community, while leaving conclusions to rest on interpretation. Back to Athens 2022 International Art Festival entitled “no apocalypse now, a review” proposes a return to an allegorical interpretation of Athens.

By Dimitris Lempesis
Photo: Back to Athens International Art Festival Archive

The proposals and thoughts of “no apocalypse now, a review”, spread across 19 curatorial exhibitions and installations by 120 artists and curators with the aim of providing a comprehensive documentation of the artistic ideas and views. Back to Athens is an annual review, an outlook on the recent trends and projects collected from the past year. “No Humans Allowed” is an exhibition ensemble aimed at supporting and promoting young curators and artists from Greece, Germany and Austria. Different yet identical views are reflected on critical issues, as are the conclusions and solutions of a new generation that has found itself in the arena of arts, in the vortex of the last decade. With older and new works, 23 artists participate in the exhibition “‘No Man’s Land/Dreamland’’, aiming to create a dialogue: between them and Isaiah Mansion, redefining and repositioning the meaning of: space, borders, displacement and the extensions that they have and how they affect us, on the occasion of the War in Ukraine and the danger that arises of the  balance changing. That is why a diptych is created that is a point of reference in the relationship between artists and works, from a Topos-Atopos of “No Man’s Land”, to a Ideal Place such as “Dreamland”.

Participating Curators: Souzana Fais, Ariadne Tzika, Two Thirds PS, Christian Rupp, Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Efi Michalarou, Amphicar Studio, Marilia Kolibiri, Niki Papaspirou, Stratis Pantazis, Nina Kotamanidou, Georg Georgakopoulos, Eva Kekou, Karin Maria Pfeifer, Flat 1 Vienna, widmertheodoridis, WT, Giorgos Ikaros Babasakis, Myrtia Nikolakopoulou, Stratis Pantazis, Odette Kouzou, Kyvèli Zoi, KYAN, Johannes Rips.

Photo: Christina Zampoulaki, Traditional Fortune Cookies, Courtesy the artist

Organized by: APART Art Research and Applications
«No humans allowed», organized by: APART Art Research and Applications
Supported by: Austrian Embassy Athens
Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport
ZOIA
ÖH der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
Coordinated by: CHEAPART
Participation: Athens Intersection Cultural Program
ARTmART
theculturechannel.com
Communication sponsor: www.dreamideamachine.com

Info: Isaiah Mansion 65 Patission & Ioulianou, Athens, Greece, Duration: 29/6-3/7/2022, Days & Hours: Wed-Fri 16:00-22:00, Sat-Sun 12:00-22:00, http://apart-network.gr, www.cheapart.gr, http://athensintersection.blogspot.com

 

Anietie Ekanem, Yemaya o Yemoja (FILM-STILL)
Anietie Ekanem, Yemaya o Yemoja (FILM-STILL), Courtesy the artist

 

 

Left: Alex Rokadakis Right: Artemis Potamianou, THE UNKNOWN 7
Left: Alex Rokadakis, Courtesy the artist
Right: Artemis Potamianou, THE UNKNOWN 7, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Petros Tatsiopoulos
Petros Tatsiopoulos, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Left: Chloe Akrithaki, O-Ring, 2021 Right: Dimitris Kontodimos, Casual series, Gray, M. 1
Left: Chloe Akrithaki, O-Ring, 2021, Courtesy the artist
Right: Dimitris Kontodimos, Casual series, Gray, M. 1, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Orestis Mavroudis, Public interventions
Orestis Mavroudis, Public interventions, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Left: Nikos Giavropoulos, caryatid pin up Right: Giorgos Palamaris, It's about sharing
Left: Nikos Giavropoulos, caryatid pin up, Courtesy the artist
Right: Giorgos Palamaris, It’s about sharing, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Christophoros Doulgeris, CANS ROOM 03
Christophoros Doulgeris, CANS ROOM 03, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Margot Kalach, Future Archeology 2
Margot Kalach, Future Archeology 2, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Left: Marios Stamatis, This is how it feels print B Right: Marios Stamatis, This is how it feels print C
Left: Marios Stamatis, This is how it feels print B, Courtesy the artist
Right: Marios Stamatis, This is how it feels print C, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Mari Masouridou, The Net
Mari Masouridou, The Net, Courtesy the artist