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

Cornelia Mittendorfer, Airy Sculptures, 2018Back 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, Part III).

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: Cornelia Mittendorfer, Airy Sculptures, 2018, 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

Ioannis Lassithiotakis, Everything is broken, from the series “The Gates of Paradise”, Wood, Lacquer, 210 x 140 cm, Courtesy the artist
Ioannis Lassithiotakis, Everything is broken, from the series “The Gates of Paradise”, Wood, Lacquer, 210 x 140 cm, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Left: Katerina Zafeiropoulou, Ιnhabitants No1, furniture, resin, epoxy paint, 2016, Courtesy the artist Right: Dimitris Anyfantakis, torso bound, 2022, Courtesy the artist
Left: Katerina Zafeiropoulou, Ιnhabitants No1, furniture, resin, epoxy paint, 2016, Courtesy the artist
Right: Dimitris Anyfantakis, torso bound, 2022, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Andromachi Giannopoulou, random reflection walking daydreamer at night, 2022, Courtesy the artist
Andromachi Giannopoulou, random reflection walking daydreamer at night, 2022, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Capten, Courtesy the artist
Capten, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Left: Michail Parlamas, MetaVenus, 2021, Courtesy the artist Right: Miriam Laussegger, donau bildstoerung stoff 147 breite fi _klein, Courtesy the artist
Left: Michail Parlamas, MetaVenus, 2021, Courtesy the artist
Right: Miriam Laussegger, donau bildstoerung stoff 147 breite fi _klein, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva
Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva

 

 

Left: Andreas Lymberatos, Expectation, 2022, Courtesy the artist Right: Antonis Antoniou, Landscape #3, 2022, Courtesy the artist
Left: Andreas Lymberatos, Expectation, 2022, Courtesy the artist
Right: Antonis Antoniou, Landscape #3, 2022, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Efi Fouriki, SAVE, 2013, Courtesy the artist
Efi Fouriki, SAVE, 2013, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Left: Efsevia Mihailidou, Gratitude, 1996, Courtesy the artist Right: Katerina Katsifaraki, untitled, 2021, Courtesy the artist
Left: Efsevia Mihailidou, Gratitude, 1996, Courtesy the artist
Right: Katerina Katsifaraki, untitled, 2021, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Kyrillos Sarris, notebook, 1995, Courtesy the artist
Kyrillos Sarris, notebook, 1995, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Vassilis Fiorentzakis, Blow map and the minions, Courtesy the artist
Vassilis Fiorentzakis, Blow map and the minions, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Yiannis Kalliantas, Athenian Immersion, 2022, Courtesy the artist
Yiannis Kalliantas, Athenian Immersion, 2022, Courtesy the artist