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Date: December 3rd, 2018
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NEWSLETTER | DEC 03, 2018 6th Athens Biennale 2018 Curators: Stefanie Hessler / Poka-Yio / Kostis Stafylakis |
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The 6th Athens Biennale is already on its final week, ending on Sunday, 9th of December. Titled ANTI, AB6 maps the contemporary political, social and cultural momentum while gazing to the future. Held at four exhibition venues in the center of Athens, the 6th Athens Biennale presents over 100 works by 100 international and Greek artists and collectives, highlighting the different aspects of ANTI. Walking through the artistic devices composing the exhibition, you will experience the enjoyment and discomfort embodied by opposition, and you will wonder about what might motivate reactionary fantasies and dwell on progressive pleasures. ANTI, during these last five weeks, has perceived by its visitors, both international and locals, as a direct, intense and controversial experience, a not-to-be-missed art exhibition. Counting down to the closure of AB6, we invite you to join us this week at this "messy" show and enjoy your visit to the fullest. Walk through the exhibition here. CINEMA NIGHTS Sit back at the large red armchairs of KINO, the pop up movie theater at Esperia Palace, relax and enjoy an alternative cinema experience. ANTI KINO is powered by LG. Katzelmacher, 1969 by Reiner Werner Fassbinder film, 85' Produced by Peer Raben Written by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Lilith Ungerer, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Elga Sorbas, Rainer Werner Fassbinder Music by Peer Raben Cinematography by Dietrich Lohmann In collaboration with Goethe-Institut Athen Wed 5.12, 8pm > Esperia Palace, KINO, 1st floor 
Reiner Werner Fassbinder, Katzelmacher, 1969, Film still Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a West German filmmaker, actor, cinematographer and editor. He is widely regarded as a prominent figure and catalyst of the New German Cinema movement. But above all, he was a rebel whose life and art was marked by gross contradiction. At Fassbinder's second feature Katzelmacher, when Jorgos (Rainer Werner Fassbinder), a Greek immigrant laborer, moves to Munich, Germany, the lives of a financially and sexually frustrated group of friends are disrupted. Katzelmacher both depicts the personal alienation of the director himself and comments on the xenophobia in German society. *In German with English subtitles Dominion, 2018 by Chris Delforce documentary, 120' Fri 7.12, 5pm > Esperia Palace, KINO, 1st floor 
Chris Delforce, Dominion, 2018, Film still How art can be used as a tool for social awakening? Artistic activism is a way of thinking that generates actions which go beyond what is conventional to human society. It has played a major role in combating slavery, challenging polemic social tactics and politics, protecting human and non-human beings from exploitation, defending the environment, promoting gender equality, opposing speciesism, racism, sexism and so many other significant issues. The documentary explores the ethics and validity of our sovereignty over the planet and premieres in the 6th Athens Biennale. Activists with drones, hidden and handheld cameras have managed to unravel the barbarity of the animal exploitation industries. *In English with Greek subtitles A discussion will follow the screening. Participants: Yorgos Tsamis (artist educator, eco-activist) and Tina Petritsopoulou (fashion designer, translator, activist) from the non-profit initiative Ethos & Empathy. Liberation Day: A documentary musical, 2016 by Ugis Olte & Morten Traavik film, 100' Produced by Traavik.Info (Norway), VFS Films (Latvia) In coproduction with Mute Records (UK), Norsk Fjernsyn (Norway), Staragara (Slovenia) Supported by National Film Centre of Latvia, Culture Capital Foundation, Arts Council Norway, Slovenian Film Center Courtesy of the artists Fri 7.12, 8pm > Esperia Palace, KINO, 1st floor 
Ugis Olte & Morten Traavik, Liberation Day: A documentary musical, 2016, Film still Under delicate diplomacy by artist and filmmaker Morten Traavik, the government's negative reception of Laibach is appeased, and the Slovenian group has a green light to perform in North Korea. But this is not the end of Traavik's and Laibach's trouble. The plan for the concert undergoes various levels of censorship. What remains is a small number of songs accompanied by edited visual material approved by the Censorship Bureau. Laibach present amplified cover versions of songs from the 1965 musical film The Sound of Music. Western culture industry's rebuke of National Socialism, reprocessed after Laibach's playful appropriation of totalitarian aesthetics, reaches a quasi-unruffled audience during North Korea's Liberation Day celebrations. Who absorbed whom? Laibach's sincerity crosses North Korean politics and puzzles our perception of liberty and oppression. *In English and Korean with Greek subtitles MUSIC PERFORMANCE Dreams remained dreams, 2018 by Chara (Joy) Kolaitis as Anna Goula Inception, texts, song-covers, direction: Joy Kolaitis Piano: Kotsos Davidoff Performer: Anna Goula, Smaragda Sat 8.12, 10pm > Esperia Palace 
Joy Kolaitis performing as Anna Goula at the 6th Athens Biennale ANTI, 2018 photo Nysos Vasilopoulos In this work (performance) the visual artist Joy Kolaitis attempts, through her alter-ego Anna Goula, to bridge the past and the present of the turbo-folk and the bourgeois, the fringe and the elit. A music performance with the essence of tzatziki. PARTY Anti-Androgona dj set by Tranny and the Bear Sat 8.12, 11pm 
The closing party of ANTI is an ultimate pleasure: underground, dark tech, minimal synth, pop, house, reggaeton and more to be enjoyed. SHADOW THEATER Amusementorium, 2018 by Spyros Aggelopoulos Original score by Themos Skandamis Music editing by Themos Skandamis, Tonia Ralli Assistants: Antonis Gounaris, Paschalis Soumpasis, Christos Zenelis Original scripts by Thalia Portokaloglou, Spyros Aggelopoulos Graphic design by Sugahtank Roumpanis Sat 8.12, 7-8pm & Sun 9.12, 6-7pm > TTT building, 4th floor, room 403 
Spyros Aggelopoulos, Amusementorium, 2018 Shadow theater has a long tradition in Greece and the East. Karagioz, the folk hero, personifies the Ordinary Guy Archetype, a bit naive, a bit of a rascal, poor and beaten-up, trying to survive against the odds by utilizing folk wisdom and tons of luck. In Aggelopoulos's shadow theater, a mash-up of politicians, media figures, superheroes, cinema characters and villains-from Donald Trump and Slavoj Zizek to Rocky and Marina Abramovic-competes in an imaginary arena. Place your bets on the winner. ONGOING PROJECTS Make your own tattoo at Salong Flyttkartong Tue 4.12, Thu 6.12 & Sat 8.12, 2-6pm > TTT building, 4th floor 
Salong Flyttkartong at the 6th Athens Biennale ANTI photo Nysos Vasilopoulos Is it fashion? Is it art? An extravagance? Or a statement? Whatever it is, and however each one sees them, tattoos are a personal view of how people see themselves and their body. They are in a way a personal performance. For a few days, you can confide your body with Salong Flyttkartong and make the experience of ANTI a physical one too. The unorthodox parlor set up by Linnea Sjoberg does not create "beautiful" tattoos but fast motifs inspired by personal moments. Some moments mark the memory memory, others may leave marks on the body. This week, Salong Flyttkartong and tattoo artists filomila and isto mike are waiting for you to capture for free a memory and create an experience you will remember for years. Where has my pension gone? Get your answer at the Civil Financial Regulation Office Weekdays, 2-8pm > TTT building, 2nd floor 
Civil Financial Regulation Office at the 6th Athens Biennale ANTI photo Nysos Vasilopoulos Every weekday, the agents of the Civil Financial Regulation Office (CFRO) at AB6 ANTI call the responsible regulators in Europe and ask them your questions. How is it possible that so little has changed since the last crisis? Finance is hiding behind its complexity. People in the financial sector only talk to each other. But we have questions. It's time we talk. What should we ask? Visit us at the 6th Athens Biennale, and leave your questions. You will soon get your answers. More info about the project by The Peng! Collective here. Get your limited edition of Crypto Certificate by Ed Fornieles Studios Find them at the TTT building, ground floor 
Get your limited edition of Ed Fornieles Studios Crypto Certificates produced specifically for the 6th Athens Biennale. The certificates are attempt to reimagine how the culture of funding in art might work differently. A hybrid between a financial product and an artist print, the certificate formalizes and distills art's most commercial and speculative qualities into one line of objects, in the hope that another space might open up elsewhere. The Certificate Program aims to allow artists some semblance of control of their financial destiny, with a product that can exist outside or beside the common economy of the art market. In an article comparing the use of crypto currency and art, the artist Hito Steyerl asks the question "If art is an alternative currency, could these structures be repossessed to work differently?" The Crypto Certificate aims to do exactly that. More info here. GUIDED TOURS by AB6 curators Enjoy the guided tours to the exhibition by the curators of AB6 and learn more about ANTI, the curatorial concept, and the art projects. 
Scheduled guided tours Sat 8.12, 4pm & 6:30pm Sun 9.12, 4pm & 6:30pm Meeting point: TTT Building, Stadiou 15 (Main Venue) More about the program of events here. DON'T FORGET THE CATALOGUE 
The catalogue of the 6th Athens Biennale ANTI is conceived as both a companion to the exhibition and a reader that reflects on the Biennale's various themes. Alongside the presentation of participating artists and exhibited works, it includes a series of texts that explore particular thematic strands, leading to multiple questions and sometimes divergent conclusions. The texts are not selected and organized with the purpose of erecting an impenetrable political position, but with the aspiration of proposing an investigative framework for today's oppositional politics and their normalization within various ideological, social, cultural, and technological fields. Texts by Alexander R. Galloway, N. Katherine Hayles, Stefanie Hessler, Daniel Keller, Leah Kelly, Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Quenton Miller, Sotiris Mitralexis, PanayisPanagiotopoulos, Felicity D. Scot, Athena Skoulariki, Nick Srnicek& Alex Williams, Kostis Stafylakis, Yannis Stavrakakis, Spencer Sunshine, Temporary Academy of Arts (ElpidaKaraba, GlykeriaStathopoulou, Despina Zefkili), Poka-Yio, Augustine Zenakos Edited by Stefanie Hessler, Poka-Yio, Kostis Stafylakis, Augustine Zenakos Venues TTT building, Stadiou 15 Esperia Palace, Stadiou 22 Benakeios Library, Anthimou Gazi 2 TSMEDE, Kolokotroni 4 Opening hours Mon-Fri: 2pm-10pm Sat-Sun: 12pm-10pm Buy your tickets online here. Become a friend of the Athens Biennale. |
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