WORKSHOPS | DIGITAL MEDIA
Leader: Dr. G. Touliatou [Supervisor / Lecturer]
Workshops & Curatorial Projects
Sometimes the blocks of texts do mean what they typically do: indicate meanings, declare identities. Photographs, in this case, confound the objectivity of science, the integrity of the structures. Vulnerable to every day’s precipitation, they trespass boundaries of our habitual perception and like they have a world of their own, may even embody our thoughts.
Video on the other hand, confounds the subjectivity of both spatial and temporal manipulation. Τhere is always a photographic referent, but this referent shifts, it does not make a claim in favour of its reality, it does not protests its former existence; it does not cling to any existence.
Nonetheless, they both then become really interesting mediums, for they both presents us with a new form of realising the world surround us: true on the level of perception, false on the level of time, and not the other way round. The span or the duration of their narrative is of the little consequence; for the narrative is not, here, the attitude of the target or even a technique of the operator, but the term of an ‘intention’ of reading. However, on the introduction of the mechanism of the obsessive, I think, that could be a good foreword for the moment.
Concept
Under the auspices of LunaPark, Georgia Touliatou organises workshops and curatorial projects in which students in the field of Visual Arts and young artists have gained valuable artistic experience. The main thought that supports an effort in such a labour, deals with the need to uphold an understanding, a contemplation and appreciation of the Contemporary Art, from 1970 to present. To this end, each workshop Georgia Touliatou leads is structured in a platform that includes a variety of programs, in which I provide professional training to students who are interested in pursuing a videotic and/or a photographic art-work. The young artists participate in the ongoing workshop, complete a project or a portion of a larger project, and attend a weekly seminar that introduces international artists working in the field, their ideas, works and projects. Additionally, they attend a weekly subject specific lecture. During their time in the workshops both students and young artists gain a substantial working knowledge of the role and functions of the Contemporary Art. After an invitation form National and International Festivals, each member of the workshop is also assigned to work on the upcoming curatorial project.
2009 NICE PEOPLE’S PROJECTS / 5m WATER PER HEAD
(Digital prints / Installation)
Duration: 30h/2 months.
Auspices: Luna-Park Athens.
Exhibition: Foundation of the Hellenic World, Fringe Festival, Athens.
Dates: 11.07.2009-15.07.2009
Participants: Aggelos Kaltsis, Alexandros Kanourias, Kosmas Kosmopoulos, Irene Folerou, Matina Koutala, Dimitra Papamerkouri, Manolis Manouilides.
2010 NICE PEOPLE’S PROJECTS / A BLEACHED HEAD IN THE CROWD
(Digital prints / Installation)
Duration: 24h/1 month.
Auspices: Luna-Park Athens.
Exhibition: Foundation of the Hellenic World, Fringe Festival, Athens.
Dates: 21.06.2010 - 30.06.2010
Participants: Kosmas Kosmopoulos, Mark Bgiala, Babis Petsikos, Irene Folerou.
2011 NICE PEOPLE’S PROJECTS / TRY NOT TO SLEEP
(Digital prints / Installation)
Duration: 24h/1 month.
Auspices: Luna-Park Athens.
Exhibition: Pikili Stoa, Patras.
Dates: 21.05.2012-09.06.2012.
Participants: Spiros Kousouris, Lydia Polikandrioti, Angelique Stelaki, Irene Folerou, Gm Touliatou.
2012 NICE PEOPLE’S PROJECTS / A VERY IMPORTANT THOUGHT
(Digital prints / Installation)
Duration: 30h/2 months.
Auspices: Luna-Park Athens.
Exhibition: Re-Culture, International Festival, Patras.
Dates: 18.10.2012 - 24.10.2012
Participants: Kosmas Kosmopoulos, Spiros Kousouris, Anthony P, Lydia-Andriani Polykandrioti, Angelique Stelaki.
2013 NICE PEOPLE’S PROJECTS / BEGINNINGLESS
(Digital prints / Installation)
Duration: 30h/2 months.
Auspices: LunaPark Athens.
Exhibition: Kallidromiou 68.
Dates: 20.10.2013 - 30.10.2013
Participants: Gabriel Vasileiou, Nikos Lymberopoulos, Marianthi Kourou, Despoina Christopoulou.
2014 NICE PEOPLE’S PROJECTS / STUM & DRANG
(Digital prints / Installation)
Duration: 30h/2 months.
Auspices: LunaPark Athens.
Exhibition: Kallidromiou 68.
Dates: 01.11.2014 - 04.11.2014
Participants: Yota Stephanou, Maria Seteri, Marianthi Kourou, Despoina Christopoulou.
2015 NICE PEOPLE’S PROJECTS / EXERCISE STUDY
(Digital prints / Installation)
Duration: 30h/2 months.
Auspices: LunaPark Athens.
Exhibition: Art10Gallery.
Dates: 27.02.2015-30.02.2015.
Participants: Marilena Taxiarhi, Evanthia Stamataki, Dimitra Petropoulou, Fanis Chronas.
2016 NICE PEOPLE’S PROJECTS / THE CITY AS A TEXT
(Digital prints / Installation)
Duration: 30h/2 months.
Auspices: LunaPark Athens.
Exhibition: Art10Gallery.
Dates: 27.11.2016-30.11.2016.
Participants: Anthi Papadimitriou, Dimitris Xenos, Marialena Taxiarhi, Fanis Chronas, Aggelos Chronas.
2017 NICE PEOPLE’S PROJECTS / CITY AND THE DISCONTEND
(Digital prints / Installation)
Duration: 30h/2 months.
Auspices: LunaPark Athens.
Exhibition: Art10Gallery.
Dates: 27.11.2016-30.11.2016.
Participants: Yota Stephanou, Dimitra Petridi, Vasilis Iakovou, George Sirianos, Yannis Apostolou.
2018 NICE PEOPLE’S PROJECTS / AntiEntropy
(Digital prints / Installation)
Duration: 30h/2 months.
Auspices: LunaPark Athens.
Exhibition: Art10Gallery.
Dates: 08.10.2018-01.11.2018.
Participants: Anthi Papadimitriou, Dimitra Petridi, George Sirianos, Dimitris Politis, Nikos Grivas.
2019 NICE PEOPLE’S PROJECTS / NARCISSISM & LETHARGY
(Digital prints / Installation)
Duration: 30h/2 months.
Auspices: LunaPark Athens.
Exhibition: Art10Gallery.
Dates: 10.10.2019-15.10.2019.
Participants: Dimitra Petridi, Manolis Vrettos, Sofia Pagoni, Johanna Kritikou, Kostas Politis, Michel Papastergiou.
2020 NICE PEOPLE’S PROJECTS / CONTEXTUAL VISUALITY
Digital prints / Installation)
Duration: 24h/1 month.
Auspices: Luna-Park Athens.
Exhibition: Art10Gallery.
Dates: 30.09.2020-05.10.2020.
Participants: Manolis Vrettos, Johanna Kritikou, Kostas Politis, Fotis Pavlidis, Katerina Antoniou.
