Opening: October 15th 2022
Exhibition duration: October 15 – November 19 2022
Location: IFAC Athina, Galaxia 11, Neos Kosmos, Athens 117 45
Curator: Alia Tsagkari
Under the auspices: Platforms Project and Artsy.net
Participating artists: Dafni Atha, Christos Botsis, Alexandros Georgiou, Peggy Kliafa, Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos, Melina Kremezi, Miltos Manetas*, Leandros Pigades, Arianna Darvis Tabar, Katerina Skassi, Lydia Venieri, WOOZY
*The site-specific installation by Miltos Manetas, involves works by the artists: Loukia Alavanou, Lizzie Calligas, Sokratis Fatouros, Yorgia Karidi, Kalliopi Nikolou, Leda Papacostantinou, Maria Papadimitriou, Angelos Papadimitriou, Aemilia Papaphilippou, Ilias Papailiakis, Panos Papadopoulos, Theokritos Papadopoulos, Eva Papamargariti, Madalina Psoma, Poka Yio, Angelo Plessas, Danae Stratou, Panos Tsagaris, Jannis Varelas, Costas Varotsos, Kostis Velonis, Vana Xenou, Yioula Xatzigeorgiou, and the writer Apostolos Artinos
Peggy Kliafa participates with the artwork:
CUBE TOWER I – SOFT ANTISTRESS PILLS
2021, 3 plexiglas cubes filled with soft “anti-stress” pills – sculptures made of fabric and filler
56 7/10 × 21 7/10 × 21 7/10 in | 144 × 55 × 55 cm
In October 2015, IFAC Athina was established as a satellite studio/project space at 11 Galaxia Street, in the Neos Kosmos neighbourhood of Athens. Having run a seven-year trajectory of tracing and engaging with the multi-layered cartographies of contemporary art, IFAC Athina returns to capturing the uninterrupted immediacy of now through The October Show.
Defining our present-day Octobers, the show brings together theoretical inquiry and art practice to re-address the curatorial process and articulate the historical – social, political, and aesthetic – realities which encompass it.
Under this prism, The October Show is set out as a meta-situationist environment which embraces the uninterrupted flow of energy as the unifying element and appropriates free association as the methodological link between the works and the viewers. In this curatorial endeavour, Athens is the catalyst that communicates the essence of unity of a diverse cross section of artists.
Throughout the exhibition, we will be hosting discussions, screenings, performances.