UPCOMING
EXHIBITION

FENOK - MARIA TSESMELI - DAPHNE VLASSIDOU - KONSTANTINOS XATZIPAPAS

16-01-2025

Young Artists Daphne Vlassidou_Maria Tsesmeli_Fenok_Konstantinos Xatzipapas 16.01 - 07.02.2025 Opening Thursday 16 January 2025, 18.00 - 21.30 Daphne Vlassidou's works deconstruct and reconstruct moments frozen in time, trying to give life to forgotten fragments of memories. The old photographs she uses usually come from antique shops, while the contemporary collage photographs always depict strangers. Through the composition of photographs and memories that have already been discarded, she seeks to evoke a sense of curiosity and introspection, inviting viewers to reflect on and question the perceived value of moments consigned to oblivion, as well as their relationship to their own memories. The aim is not only to redefine the value of forgotten moments, but also to create a new and ever-changing collective memory; a testament to the constant evolution of human experience. The present textual work of Maria Tsesmelis is based on automatic writing. Personal thoughts are recorded in single texts , with words becoming the medium to the visual effect. The central core of the unit is the repeated repetition, which functions as a practice of emotional decompression. An attempt to disengage from the charge of an event or situation . In terms of the theme, current events are the starting point. Disasters and losses, natural or otherwise, are a reference point for reflecting on one's social position. Crucial quests and chronic questions, about individual and collective identity, develop into universal concerns of human nature. These are the timeless questions of life and death, loss and loss, loss and memory, as they occur in the grotesque language of Edgar Allan Poe and the intensely social and existential works of Franz Kafka. In Fennock's works, routes with objects-symbols and abandoned cars, the Greek countryside and its empty streets scattered with iconostasis (elements of tradition) and at the same time, what could be described as an anthropology of the landscape becomes its phenomenology (1). These architectural structures that we find throughout the country, beyond their religious character, are customary constructions that signify the meeting of wonder and drama, life and death - without ever knowing which of the two forces prevailed in each case. (1)* Starting from the conscious experience of phenomena, the fundamental characteristics of the perceptual process and the entity of experiences are deduced (Edmund Husserl). The artistic activity of Konstantinos Hadjipapa ,focuses on the fields of painting, drawing and installations with the main focus on the theme of loss. Through studies of the process of grape decomposition and research approaches to the concept of emptiness and black colour, the artist delves into the theme of loss and aspects related to it, such as ageing, death and transition, in order to make them accessible to the viewer and to alleviate the existential anxiety surrounding their nature.