Art Workshops

ArchitectureVideo InstallationChicken man//Philippos VassiliouIn collaboration with the FestivalAnamesa, Very YoungContemporary Art - VYCApresented the exhibition “Me- You - Anamesa” at MichaelCacoyannis Foundation.Curated by VYCA.Exhibition design:Leonidas Papalampropoulos(architect, Phd Candidate ofNTUA) .An exhibition of works bygraduates of Greek Schoolsof Architecture (NTUA, Universityof Thessaly, DemokritionUniversity of Thrace)Through architectural interventionand visual experimentation,twelve groups ofyoung designers highlight theidea of cultural regenerationas a tangible design tool forreshaping the urban context.Τhe show featured architecturalprojects that respond tothe needs of housing, socialinteraction and play in publicspaces (open & enclosed), aset of innovative proposalsthat envision new architecturalpossibilities and practicalsolutions for deprivedcommunities living in urbanareas.Architecture seen from a‘sensitive’ and socially-awareperspective.Participating architects:• Alexandros Kitriniaris,Emmanouil Lekkas: ‘’Newurban landscapes. NationalEarly Intervention Center forHearing-Impaired Children”• Aliki Gkika, Dafni Lada,Natalia Michailidou:“Nomadic n stallations”• Amalia Vogiatzi,Eri Dimitriadi: “Subsumingtrashes center ‘’• Vogiatzi-Tamba Anna,Zali Pagona, TheodorouAlexandra:“Urban Guideof Hospitality”• Kontopoulos Giorgos,Tsekouras Vassilis:“Detoxification Centerin Vravrona”• Elena Andreou,Konstantina Georgoula,Evdoxia Papageorgiou:“Monads for (n) omads”• Eleni & Stella Azariadi:“Vertebrae:Play installations”• Irini Koubarouli:“The children’s ombudsmanhouse’’Video installation by performance artist Philippos Vassiliou“Chicken man” (2012) (video 10’ )“Chicken man” portrays the insecure and greedy nature ofmodern man through the eyes of a likeable human-like creaturewho traverses the familiar urban landscape trapped in ahypertrophic, cumbersome body receptable.Pilippos Vasileiou is becoming a part of his structures, a partof his art. He is the engine himself. based on the theory ofHeraclitus. “The contrary converges, and from the differencesis born the most beautiful harmony”, he makes cumbersomeobscuremachines which tend to train the human body andmind.What is not favorable brings us closer. It is for our own interest.But even when we are near, it is not certain that we willbe bonded in harmony. The condition for a harmonic blendand a harmonious cooperation is to contribute to everyone’sindividuality.PhotographyΑrt photography by teenagers from Secondary Art School of Gerakas Teenagers from Secondary Art School of Gerakas display15 self-portraits. Their photographs negotiate the phenomenon of physical (people with mobility disabilities) and socialexclusion (people in a situation of poverty, homeless, immigrants) and send a powerful message of support to vulnerable socialgroups facing negative or aggressivebehaviour from others.Collaborating Art Teachers:• Kratimenou Irene,Markantonatou Aliki,Tzolou Alexandra:‘’Assistance and creativeoccupation centre forchildren’’• Evangelos Zouglos:‘’Residence for semipermanentpopulations’’• Katerina Galaktiou,Efilena Mpaseta:“Urban Hardboard”• Tereza Galatoula:‘’Transportable andtransformable house’’Varvara SpyrouliTzimis EfthimiouTeenagers:Artemis KaklamaniYiannis TovasEleonora KaklamaniIoli KarykaKyriaki MavroudiLena PlataniaMandalena TigkiliΝassia MandrekaOdysseas AvgeasChristina-Ιrini Preka