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

Dimitri Yin (Phoenix Athens), Waiting for the flood, Courtesy the artistBack 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 (Part I).

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: Dimitri Yin (Phoenix Athens), Waiting for the flood, 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

Left: Antonakis, Double , Double. Toil and Trouble, Courtesy the artist Right: Aristeidis Lappas, Venus and Fruit Bowl, Courtesy the artist
Left: Antonakis, Double , Double. Toil and Trouble, Courtesy the artist
Right: Aristeidis Lappas, Venus and Fruit Bowl, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Left: Danai Kotsaki, Courtesy the artist Right: Dimitra Zervou, Breathe in , breathe out, Courtesy the artist
Left: Danai Kotsaki, Courtesy the artist
Right: Dimitra Zervou, Breathe in , breathe out, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Left: Dimitri Yin (Phoenix Athens), MCMC Our Lady of the Mushroom Cloud, Courtesy the artist Right: Ioanna Lin, wonder is the beginning of wisdom, 2022, ink, paper, lamp, 3.5 x 3 m, Courtesy the artist
Left: Dimitri Yin (Phoenix Athens), MCMC Our Lady of the Mushroom Cloud, Courtesy the artist
Right: Ioanna Lin, wonder is the beginning of wisdom, 2022, ink, paper, lamp, 3.5 x 3 m, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Courtesy the artist
Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Courtesy the artist
Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Marilia Kolibiri, Watermelon belongs to the fly, Courtesy the artist
Marilia Kolibiri, Watermelon belongs to the fly, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Panos Papadopoulos, painting yourself into corners, Courtesy the artist
Panos Papadopoulos, painting yourself into corners, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Paolo Incarnato, Home a Rifugio Artistico 2, 2018, Courtesy the artist
Paolo Incarnato, Home a Rifugio Artistico 2, 2018, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Iasonas Kampanis, Velazquez, Courtesy the artist
Iasonas Kampanis, Velazquez, Courtesy the artist