DESMOS: A Dinner Study
Work in Progress Studios & EIGHT/TO OXTΩ, Critical Institute for Arts and Politics. Athens 2024
Curated by Christina Petkopoulou
Participating: Nadja Aryropoulou, Eloise Fornieles, Ioanna Gerakidi, Panos Giannikopoulos, Marina Velisioti, Nikolas Ventourakis, Olga Vlassi, Sylvia Sachini, Christina Kotsilelou, Dimitra Kondylatou, Konstantinos Kotsis, Kosmas Nikolaou, Rena Papaspyrou, Phantom Investigations (Ino Varvariti, Giannis Delagrammatikas), Theo Prodromidis, Nana Seferli, Stefania Strouza, Mare Spanoudaki, Marianna Stefanitsi, Stamatis Schizakis, Christoforos Marinos, Myrto Xanthopoulou, Zoe Hatziyannaki, Yiannis Hadjiaslanis, Konstantinos Hatzinikolaou, Vera Chotzoglou, VASKOS (Vassilis Noulas, Kostas Tzimoulis)
DESMOS: A Dinner Study is a project by the A-DASH platform, curated by Christina Petkopoulou. It explores themes of closeness, sharing, and empowerment within the artistic community through the study and the reenactment of historical gatherings organized by the Desmos gallery, known in Greek art history as the “Desmos’ Mondays.”
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The group show hosted at EIGHT/TO OXTΩ, Critical Institute for Arts and Politics (8 Polytechniou St., Athens), featured artistic and curatorial work shared at a series of thematic dinners, along with archival material. Since spring 2024, A-DASH has been organizing a series of dinners at the independent exhibition space Work In Progress Studios in central Athens. These were five simple pasta dinners, each with a different curated group of guest artists and curators, held in five unique temporal and spatial settings. The gatherings prioritized relationships and practice, resulting in five distinct actions, whose traces form the material for this group exhibition. Among the displayed works, material from the curator's research has been exhibited along with archival documents, and personal records from the Desmos Gallery archives (part of the National Museum of Contemporary Art and the National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum Archive - ISET). With the financial support and under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. Special thanks to Kava Oinotypo for providing wine for the dinners and opening event, and to KOPRIA for their floral decorations.
STAY TUNED: DESMOS: A Dinner Study is soon in print by DOLCE Pub, supported by The J.F. Costopoulos Foundation
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Photos: Zoe Hatziyannaki
Work in Progress Studios & EIGHT/TO OXTΩ, Critical Institute for Arts and Politics. Athens 2024
Curated by Christina Petkopoulou
Participating: Nadja Aryropoulou, Eloise Fornieles, Ioanna Gerakidi, Panos Giannikopoulos, Marina Velisioti, Nikolas Ventourakis, Olga Vlassi, Sylvia Sachini, Christina Kotsilelou, Dimitra Kondylatou, Konstantinos Kotsis, Kosmas Nikolaou, Rena Papaspyrou, Phantom Investigations (Ino Varvariti, Giannis Delagrammatikas), Theo Prodromidis, Nana Seferli, Stefania Strouza, Mare Spanoudaki, Marianna Stefanitsi, Stamatis Schizakis, Christoforos Marinos, Myrto Xanthopoulou, Zoe Hatziyannaki, Yiannis Hadjiaslanis, Konstantinos Hatzinikolaou, Vera Chotzoglou, VASKOS (Vassilis Noulas, Kostas Tzimoulis)
DESMOS: A Dinner Study is a project by the A-DASH platform, curated by Christina Petkopoulou. It explores themes of closeness, sharing, and empowerment within the artistic community through the study and the reenactment of historical gatherings organized by the Desmos gallery, known in Greek art history as the “Desmos’ Mondays.”
The group show hosted at EIGHT/TO OXTΩ, Critical Institute for Arts and Politics (8 Polytechniou St., Athens), featured artistic and curatorial work shared at a series of thematic dinners, along with archival material. Since spring 2024, A-DASH has been organizing a series of dinners at the independent exhibition space Work In Progress Studios in central Athens. These were five simple pasta dinners, each with a different curated group of guest artists and curators, held in five unique temporal and spatial settings. The gatherings prioritized relationships and practice, resulting in five distinct actions, whose traces form the material for this group exhibition. Among the displayed works, material from the curator's research has been exhibited along with archival documents, and personal records from the Desmos Gallery archives (part of the National Museum of Contemporary Art and the National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum Archive - ISET). With the financial support and under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. Special thanks to Kava Oinotypo for providing wine for the dinners and opening event, and to KOPRIA for their floral decorations.
STAY TUNED: DESMOS: A Dinner Study is soon in print by DOLCE Pub, supported by The J.F. Costopoulos Foundation
Photos: Zoe Hatziyannaki