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Miden travels to Tinos island! Kinono_1_Tinos Art Gathering
Miden participates at Kinono_1_Tinos Art Gathering, presenting a selection of videoworks in the main art exhibition (August 12-23, Elementary School, Arnados, Tinos island, selected by Gioula Papadopoulou & Margarita Stavraki) and 2 more videoart programs (In Wonderland, curated by Nikos Podias, and SIX, curated by Gioula Papadopoulou) which will be screened on August 16, 20:00, Meeting Point, Chora Tinou. Setting visual arts as its main focus, but also incorporating music, dance, theatre and cinema, Kinono is realized for the first time this year in 6 different locations in Tinos island, aiming to create a live interactive platform of communication among artists, locals and visitors. In
collaboration with the Festival of Drama, the Greek Film Centre, Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), festival Miden, local authorities and academics, the program of Kinono includes exhibitions, talks, workshops, concerts, short film screenings, videoart, theatre and dance performances. Miden will present videoworks from the following artists at the main exhibition of Kinono (August 12-23): Anton Hecht, Christoph Oertli, Anna Macdonald & Paul Rogers, Miloushka Bokma Info on the main art exhibition & full list of participant artists can be found here: http://www.kinono.org/en/fri-12-august/ Also, the following artists participate in the special screening event on August 16: In Wonderland: Yuliya Lanina, Carla Chan, Natalie Plaskura, Kirill Savateev, Isabel Perez del Pulgar, Rick Niebe, Mauricio Sanhueza, Daniel Moshel, Maria Korporal, Stephanie Winter SIX: Mary Zygouri, Thanasis Tsimpinis, Petros Koublis, Manolis Iliakis, Martha Zoupa, Katerina Athanasopoulou Info and the complete program of Miden screenings here: http://www.kinono.org/en/tue16-august/ More info and the complete program of Kinono events can be found on the official website of Kinono: www.kinono.org
Program – Miden screenings at Kinono, August 16, Meeting Point - Chora Tinou, 20:00 In wonderland [61 min] Curated by Nikos Podias
A land of wonders where ingrained rules have ceased to exist. A whole world which can simultaneously be dreamy and real, romantic and tough, beautiful and ugly. This is the land where butterflies have a human face, fear gets confused with charm, time can be stopped, mirrors distort our image, there is always a secret hidden in the woods, the beginning and the end tangle, cats fly high, excess is considered little, myths get involved with fairytales and good fights evil like a sensitive robot fights a giant octopus. 1. Yuliya Lanina, Theme and Variations, USA 2013, 10.28
2. Carla Chan, black moves, Germany 2016, 2.35 3. Natalie Plaskura, Faint, Germany 2014, 5.58 4. Kirill Savateev, Д, Russia 2016, 2.17 5. Isabel Perez del Pulgar, Opus III Desespoir du singe, France 2015, 8.10 6. Rick Niebe, Mannequin, Italy 2016, 8.52 7. Mauricio Sanhueza, Nyan Cat (Psycho Cat), Peru 2015, 1.54 8. Daniel Moshel, MeTube 2: August Sings Carmina Burana, Austria 2016, 5.42 9. Maria Korporal, Give us back our shadows, Germany 2014, 6.46 10. Stephanie Winter, Tristes Deserts - A Robot’s Tale, Austria 2015, 8.18
SIX [47 min] Curated by Gioula Papadopoulou
The program presents a selection of works by 6 Greek artists, who have collaborated with Miden in the past few years. The program was initially presented at Strangloscope festival in Brazil, in a special event with screenings directly on the sand surface of Joakina dunes, near Florianopolis. The common element of the selected works is the symbolic and poetic narrative. 1. Mary Zygouri, Zoopoetics | Zoopolitics, Greece/Italy 2007-10, 7.50 2. Thanasis Tsimpinis, DUST, Greece 2014, 7.45 3. Petros Koublis, In Limbo, Greece 2011, 8.16 4. Manolis Iliakis, IN BETWEEN, Greece 2008, 7.42 5. Martha Zoupa, Metapoiesis, Greece 2012, 9.13 6. Katerina Athanasopoulou, Apodemy, Greece/UK 2012, 5.08
_____________ Kinono main art exhibition (August 12-23, Elementary School, Arnados, Tinos)
Miden also presents 4 videoworks at the main art exhibition of Kinono (selected by Gioula Papadopoulou and Margarita Stavraki): 1. Anton Hecht, Happiness is a free harmonica, UK 2014, 4.21 2. Christoph Oertli, Ethiopian Run, Switzerland 2015, 14.18 3. Anna Macdonald & Paul Rogers, I will not hope, I cannot bear it, UK 2013, 7.29 4. Miloushka Bokma, Cycles, Netherlands 2015, 6.54 With Greek verb Kinono (share, participate) functioning as main theme, 15 visual artists will present in the school of Arnados paintings, sculptures, video art, performances and an interactive digital game in a Virtual Reality environment. The four performances will be realized and presented during the opening of the exhibition on 12/8 between 21.00 and 24.00.The talks of Kinono_1 in the village of Arnados will be held within the frame of the fine arts exhibition. Elementary School _ Arnados Village Curator: Christos Artemis Opening: 12/8, 20:00 Duration: 12/8 – 23/8 visiting hours: 18:30 – 22:30 free entrance
_____________ One of the earliest specialized video-art festivals in Greece, Festival Miden is an independent organization for the exploration and promotion of video art. Founded by an independent group of Greek artists in 2005 in Kalamata, it seeks to stimulate the creation of original video art, to help spread it and develop relevant research. Through collaborations and exhanges 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 and a communication hub between artists, organizations, festivals and art spaces around the world. (*Miden means “zero” in Greek) Art direction: Gioula Papadopoulou & Margarita Stavraki Info: www.festivalmiden.gr || www.facebook.com/festivalmiden e-mail: festivalmiden@gmail.com