In a two-day screening event, Video Art Miden presents 2 video art sections at ToPikap in Thessaloniki: “True lies” curated by Nikos Podias on Friday, June 2 and “Shhhhh… #1” curated by Martha Zoupa on Saturday, June 3.
The videos have been selected from the recent international open call of Video Art Miden and include works by artists from 15 countries.
Shuochun Xiang
Friday, June 2, 2023
True lies| Curated by Nikos Podias | Duration: 42 min
“I don’t want realism, I want magic” is the famous phrase of Blanche Dubois, from the play of Tennessee Williams “A Streetcar Named Desire” and we can very well identify with her…
Perhaps in the depths of our being we prefer the delusion and the dream to the truth.
- Robert LadislasDerr, Truth Comes Out, USA 2022, 3.00
- Miguel Maldonado, If you wish it badly, UK 2022, 3.00
- Lisa Birke, Signs of our Times, Canada 2022, 9.48
- IriniFolerou, Reframing Family, Greece 2022, 3.51
- Alexei Dmitriev, Stock, Germany-Russia 2022, 5.00
- Bruno Pavić, The Message, Croatia 2022, 1.03
- ŁukaszHorbów, They lie, We lie, Poland 2021, 1.03
- Jun-Yuan Hong, Gap/Seam, Taiwan 2021, 14.30
Jun-Yuan Hong
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Shhhhh…… #1 | Curated by Martha Zoupa | Duration: 52min
How do we conceive silence? As an introspection, a withdrawal, as a creative process, as a sign of respect, as a protest or as a punishment?
- FeniaKotsopoulou, 50.000 Touches [excerpt 4#], UK 2022, 5.00
- Gabriele Rossi, I was where I was, France 2021, 2.01
- Matias Borgström, quarto (room), Brazil 2020, 3.00
- Natasha Cantwell, Leave Your Body, Australia 2021, 4.06
- Johannes Christopher Gerard – Jana Schmück, stairs & corridors, Germany 2021/22, 8.27
- Shuochun Xiang (p:d), edge, China 2021, 4.20
- JilGuyon, Lament, USA 2017, 1.28
- Nirmal Raja, Thread in open waters, USA 2017, 5.00
- YoelPeled, Grandma Carmela, Israel 2021, 2.41
- MarinaFomenko, Saida (At the Edge of Oblivion), Russia 2021, 6.49
- JulijaTioli, NO REVERB, Italy 2023, 2.16
- Pedro Milagres, Deep Breath, Brasil 2022, 4.04
- Bárbara Serafim, Dripping, Brasil 2021, 2.10
Fenia Kotsopoulou
Exhibition space and screening hours: To Pikap Kato (57, Olympoustr, Thessaloniki), 18:00-23:00.
The program of each day will be screened in a loop.
Free entrance.
More info:www.festivalmiden.gr
Robert-Ladislas-Derr
Video Art Miden is an independent organization for the exploration and promotion of video art. Founded by an independent group of Greek artists in Kalamata in 2005 (initiated by GiorgosDimitrakopoulos, Gioula Papadopoulou and Margarita Stavraki), it has been one of the earliest specialized video-art festivals in Greece and builded an international festival identity, presenting an annual video art festival for a decade. Since 2015, Miden continues its work ona biennial basis, changing its form to a more flexible and broadened event programming in Greece and abroad, setting as basic aims to stimulate the creation of original video art, to help spread it and develop relevant networks and research.
Through collaborations and exchanges with major international festivals and organizations, it has been recognized as one of the most successful and interesting video art platforms internationally and as an important cultural exchange point for Greek and international video art. It also provides an alternative meeting point for emerging and established artists in Greece and a communication hub between artists, organizations, festivals and art spaces around the world.
Miden screening programs have traveled in many cities of Greece and all over the world, and they are hosted by significant festivals, museums and institutions globally.
(*Miden means “zero” in Greek)
Art direction: GioulaPapadopoulou& Olga Papadopoulou
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