Together We Curate @ Momus Experimental Center for the Arts

After summer and just a few days before Thessaloniki went back into a new lockdown, I had the chance to take part at a collective curatorial project with artworks created during the suffocating lockdown atmosphere of March-May 2020. The curatorial project was called “Together we curate” and the 23 curators with different backgrounds each (artists, museologists, lawyer,  engineer etc.) had a very creative collaboration for 35 days organizing the exhibition “Together, so far so close” at Momus Experimental Center for the Arts. We had to choose among 460 pieces of art, set them in dialogue, find the central idea of the …

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“Homes Sweet Homes” at Luminous Eye Zine #03

“Homes Sweet Homes” was published at the Luminous Eye Zine #03. Luminous Eye publishes online bimonthly Luminous Eye Zine which presents the trends of contemporary photography and hosts interesting photographic projects. You can have a look at it here and in the same issue you will find the very interesting portfolios of Eleni Rimantonaki, Maurizio Leonardi, Mary Michou.  

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“Postcards that you would never send” at Luminous Eye “Invited Photographers”

“Postcards that you would never send” was featured at Luminous Eye website at the section of Invited Photographers. You can find the online presentation here . Luminous eye is a photography-focused art space, a collective project by Gerontakos Vassilis, Haris Kakarouhas, Evi Karagiannidi, Ekaterini Karanika and Pavlos Pavlidis which offers a wide range of activities including exhibitions, presentations, workshops, talks, publications, and collaborations with international photography galleries and photographers in a modern multipurpose environment  with a small café and an up-to-date selection of books and magazines for visitors to browse.

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The soundscape of a LOCKDOWN in 2:30 minutes

During the lockdown in Thessaloniki, I made some field recordings mostly from the balcony of my apartment, but also from other places at my neighborhood like the park, the streets and the seafront of Thessaloniki. Among the sounds that I recorded, were also the celebrations during the evening of Resurrection at Easter and the  day of the Orthodox Easter which all took place at he balconies of the flats. As I live by a very noisy and busy avenue, I recorded this huge change of the soundscape, as the sounds of cars and horns gradually were replaced by the songs …

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Being creative during lockdown

It’s been almost a month since Greece has been in the state of lockdown due to the pandemic of COVID-19. This new situation was a big shock to me and I am really worried about everyone losing his job or having to work at this so hard situation and of course about the victims which grow all over the world. As I stay at home with my son, I try to see the bright side of the lockdown simply by being creative. I suddenly found time to observe things more clearly and to work on my photographic plans which I could …

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Taking part in “Foinikas: A stroll in the city”

During the spring of 2019, three photographers (Yiannis Ioakeimidis, Aleka Tsironi, Michele Troiani) and I, were invited by Hercules Papaioannou to photograph the neighborhood of Foinikas in Thessaloniki. At the end, these photographs were edited by Mr. Papaioannou and the book “Foinikas: A stroll in the city” was published. Every year 4 photographers are called to have a “stroll in the city”at a particular place and make its photographic “portrait”, so that gradually the city of Thessaloniki gets documented by contemporary photographers. I really enjoyed taking part at this 8th issue, where I had the chance to explore this neighborhood and  …

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Group exhibition at Casa Bianca

It was really nice to participate at this group exhibition at the Municipal Art Gallery of Thessaloniki with other artists of various art fields (painting, sculpture, photography, collage) of  “To Pikap Community“. To Pikap is one of the best cafe-bars in Thessaloniki an Olympou Street near the Roman Forum area. It also has a record store, holds mini radio concerts, has an online radio station and in a few words is a great place for art creation and presentation. I participated with my photograph “When the party’s over”. Duration of the exhibition: 3 March 2020 – 17 March 2020 Curators: …

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Workshop on photobooks with Moritz Neumüller

Last week I found my self in Athens at Onassis Foundation (Στέγη Γραμμάτων και Τεχνών), where I followed the workshop of Moritz Neumüller about photobooks, (self-)publishing and visual narratives. People who also followed the workshop were photographers who were working on their projects, so we saw each other’s work and we had very interesting discussions and commenting about them. We also had a look at many photobooks that were published this year and took a lot inspiration by looking through them. Moritz was very friendly and helpful and we had interesting conversations about the art world today, the boom of the photobook, …

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Participation at ‘Postcards from Home’ net

I am really happy that I have participated at ‘Postcards from home’ artistic community creating my own postcard about about what home means to me and presenting some of my pictures of ‘Homes Sweet Homes’ at the instagram page of this network. “Postcards from home” is an international artistic community that uses the concept of home as a stimulus for reflection and creation and brings together local communities, refugees and artists to reflect, create and share a postcard on the idea of HOME.  At a time when migration is a daily event globally, we are returning to the concept of home, and …

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Solo exhibition at Month of Photography in Livadeia

Στα πλαίσια του  Μήνα Φωτογραφίας 2019, που διοργάνωσε η Φωτογραφική Λέσχη Λειβαδιάς, παρουσιάστηκαν για πρώτη φορά φωτογραφίες μου από τη σειρά “We Could Be Heroes” στον Νερόμυλο Λιβαδειάς από τις 4/5 έως τις 10/5. Ο Γιάννης Λεμονής, πρόεδρος της ΦΛΛ, μίλησε για την έκθεση αλλά και για τις δράσεις που διοργανώνει η Λέσχη, ενώ και η sterea news έγραψε για τον Μήνα Φωτογραφίας Παρακάτω, παρουσιάζονται φωτογραφίες από την έκθεση (©Γιάννης Λεμονής / Μαρία Βόγγλη) όπως και ένα βίντεο από την προετοιμασία (©Μία Λάμπρου). Ταυτόχρονα, δουλεύω αυτό το υλικό και σε μορφή βιβλίου. Περισσότερα νέα για το dummy…προσεχώς!       …

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