CHEAP ART, ATHENS (GR)
Since November 2006, the participants have been working on the production of a joint DVD/art product. Copies of the DVD will be exchanged with any products and/or goods people are willing to offer, during the public act/performance, which takes place in the Street Market of Attiki Square (Athens, Greece). The public performance, the conversations and dialogues between the artists and the people in the market, are video recorded and broadcast both in the exhibition space (CHEAP ART Gallery) and on the Internet.
Visibility is an art project, which explores the dynamics of communication between artists and audiences in the public space.
In this project, the participating artists and academics worked both collectively and individually so as to create not only a physical but also a quasi-virtual environment in which the presence/visibility of the artists, of the art product as well as that of the audiences is under negotiation.
Visibility is carried into effect on two parallel levels.
On the first level, the project addresses the issue of our artists’ visibility along with that of our artwork. We move away from the “familiar, safe, art environment” of a typical exhibition space so as to meet broader and possibly less known audiences. Our objective is to negotiate our visibility and redefine our role within the frame of an urban environment where daily activities occur.
On the second level a particular neighborhood of the city of Athens comes on the scene. The overcrowded area of Attiki Square, in which populations, cultures, customs and commercial products are mixed, plays its own part in the game of visibility versus invisibility.
The project Visibility aims to explore the terrain of public art through artistic experimentation, differentiated art practices, collaboration and performative acts.
Public Act/Performance Visibility
Street Market of Attiki Square
(Alkamenous & Pipinou) | Saturday 29, September 2007 | Duration of public act: 07:00 a.m. – 14:00 p.m. | Nearest Metro Station: Attiki
Exhibition /Visibility Installation
Gallery:
CHEAP ART, Themistokleous & A. Metaxa 25, Exarchia, 106 81 Athens | Tel #: 210 38 17 517 | Nearest Metro Station: Omonoia
Exhibition Duration:
Saturday 29, September 2007 – Monday 1, October 2007 | Gallery
Hours: 18:30 p.m. – 22:30 p.m.
Opening Reception:
Saturday 29, September 2007, 20:30 p.m.
Visibility is an art project, which explores the dynamics of communication between artists and audience(s) in a public space.
In this project, the participating artists work both collectively and individually so as to create not only a physical but also a quasi-virtual environment in which the presence/visibility of the artists, of the art product as well as that of the audience(s) is under negotiation.
Since November 2006, the participants have been working on the production of a joint DVD/art product. Copies of the DVD will be exchanged with any products and/or goods people are willing to offer, during a public act/performance which is going to take place in the market of Attiki Square, in autumn 2007. The public performance, the conversations and dialogues between the artists and the people in the market, will be video recorded and broadcast live both in an exhibition space and on the Internet (live streaming).
Visibility is carried into effect on two parallel levels.
On the first level, the project addresses the issue of our artists’ visibility along with that of our art work. We move away from the “familiar, safe, art environment” of a typical exhibition space so as to meet broader and possibly less known audience(s). Our objective is to negotiate our visibility and redefine our role within the frame of an urban environment where daily activities occur.
On the second level a particular neighborhood of the city of Athens comes on the scene. The overcrowded area of Attiki Square, in which populations, cultures, customs and commercial products are mixed, plays its own part in the game of visibility versus invisibility. The local residents are invited to contribute to the Visibility project, either anonymously or not, should they be willing to do so, by participating in a special session of the DVD/art product as well as in the public act/performance, which is to take place at the market of Attiki Square.
The project Visibility aims to explore the terrain of public art through artistic experimentation, differentiated art practices, collaboration and performative acts.
Maria Paschalidou
