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

Vicky Vassiliou, The Trinity, 2021, Cotton Wrap and Wool Weft, Dimensions Variable, 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, Part II).

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: Vicky Vassiliou, The Trinity, 2021, Cotton Wrap and Wool Weft, Dimensions Variable, Courtesy the artist

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: Aikaterini Kanakaki, “life-land, dreamland”, 2022, digital drawings, painting and embroidery, 80 x 70 cm, Courtesy the artist Right: Alexandra Roussopoulos, Untitled, 2012, lithograph numbered and signed 30 copies, 50 x 70 cm, Courtesy the artist
Left: Aikaterini Kanakaki, “life-land, dreamland”, 2022, digital drawings, painting and embroidery, 80 x 70 cm, Courtesy the artist
Right: Alexandra Roussopoulos, Untitled, 2012, lithograph numbered and signed 30 copies, 50 x 70 cm, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Costas Picadas, Mitosis 2- Print, 2019, Color Photo, 20 x 30 cm, Courtesy the artist
Costas Picadas, Mitosis 2- Print, 2019, Color Photo, 20 x 30 cm, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Left: Alexandros Maganiotis, Monument of the last man, 2020, Acrylic and ink on japanese paper (100% kozo), 170 x 110 cm, Courtesy the artist Right: Fani Sofologi, Post-it-Bouquet _ denaturation option, 2005-2022, Sculpture from Paper work in progress, 38 x 22 cm, Courtesy the artist
Left: Alexandros Maganiotis, Monument of the last man, 2020, Acrylic and ink on japanese paper (100% kozo), 170 x 110 cm, Courtesy the artist
Right: Fani Sofologi, Post-it-Bouquet _ denaturation option, 2005-2022, Sculpture from Paper work in progress, 38 x 22 cm, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Costas Vittis, Outlanders, Giclée print in aluminum, 70 x 100 cm, Courtesy the artist
Costas Vittis, Outlanders, Giclée print in aluminum, 70 x 100 cm, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Evangelia Basdekis, Color Photo from the Performance ‘’A Trip of the Moon’’, 2021, Courtesy the artist
Evangelia Basdekis, Color Photo from the Performance ‘’A Trip of the Moon’’, 2021, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Dimitris Lempesis, From the series “Landscape Around Greece”, 2020-ongoing, Color photo on aluminium, 30 x 40 cm, Courtesy the artist
Dimitris Lempesis, From the series “Landscape Around Greece”, 2020-ongoing, Color photo on aluminium, 30 x 40 cm, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Flora Zafeiraki, from the Photo Project “Marble Stories”, 2021, 50 x70 cm, Courtesy the artist
Flora Zafeiraki, from the Photo Project “Marble Stories”, 2021, 50 x70 cm, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Left: Irini Vazoukou, The white dress, 2020, Oil on canvas 100 x 150 cm, Courtesy the artist Right: Rania Rangou, The right amount, 2022, charcoal spray, charcoal and collage of oil on canvas, 120 x 170 cm, Courtesy the artist
Left: Irini Vazoukou, The white dress, 2020, Oil on canvas 100 x 150 cm, Courtesy the artist
Right: Rania Rangou, The right amount, 2022, charcoal spray, charcoal and collage of oil on canvas, 120 x 170 cm, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Sophia Kyriakou, Storyteller Island, mixed media with natural and artificial fragments, Variable dimensions, Courtesy the artist
Sophia Kyriakou, Storyteller Island, mixed media with natural and artificial fragments, Variable dimensions, Courtesy the artist

 

Fotini Poulia, Vesuvius' crater, 2020, oil on wood, 28 x 28 cm, Courtesy the artist
Fotini Poulia, Vesuvius’ crater, 2020, oil on wood, 28 x 28 cm, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Left: Lamprini Boviatsou,Vanity, 2020, pencil and colored pencils on wood and oil on ready made object, 70 x 100 cm, Courtesy the artist Center: Margarita Petrova, wallen lands, 2021-2, Mixed Media, 250 x 150 cm, Courtesy the artist Right: Maria Stamati, Fall, 2022, Installation, mixed media, 65 x 50 x 200 cm, Courtesy the artist
Left: Lamprini Boviatsou,Vanity, 2020, pencil and colored pencils on wood and oil on ready made object, 70 x 100 cm, Courtesy the artist
Center: Margarita Petrova, wallen lands, 2021-2, Mixed Media, 250 x 150 cm, Courtesy the artist
Right: Maria Stamati, Fall, 2022, Installation, mixed media, 65 x 50 x 200 cm, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Ioanna Assni, Dichotomies, 2021, Drawings no 1a-6a, series Alteration, 25 x 25 cm. (each), Indian ink, marker on paper, Courtesy the artist
Ioanna Assni, Dichotomies, 2021, Drawings no 1a-6a, series Alteration, 25 x 25 cm. (each), Indian ink, marker on paper, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Katerina Anastasiou, Galaktos (still), 2021, Performance, Duration 7΄ 32’’, Courtesy the artist
Katerina Anastasiou, Galaktos (still), 2021, Performance, Duration 7΄ 32’’, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Maria Zygomala, ‘In the cycle of Life’, 2022, Acrylic on Canvas, 50 x 70 cm, Courtesy the artist
Maria Zygomala, ‘In the cycle of Life’, 2022, Acrylic on Canvas, 50 x 70 cm, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Nadia Skiada, Organic, 2022, Digital print, 30 x 50 cm, Courtesy the artist
Nadia Skiada, Organic, 2022, Digital print, 30 x 50 cm, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Nikos Kryonidis, Untitled, 2022, Acrylics on canvas 100 x 200 cm, Courtesy the artist
Nikos Kryonidis, Untitled, 2022, Acrylics on canvas 100 x 200 cm, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Pericles Boutos, Color Photo from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, 30 x 30cm, Courtesy the artist
Pericles Boutos, Color Photo from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, 30 x 30cm, Courtesy the artist