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Last December, Eleni Bagaki, Nicolas Cilins, Manolis D. Lemos, Katerina Komianou, Louiza Ntourou, and Eleni Tomadaki shared dreams they experienced or imagined through primarily new, silent, moving image works; projected in a night-long loop in Vatsaxi street. These private experiences will be presented again publicly over three nights, from Tuesday, January 28 until Thursday, January 30, from 21:00 to midnight. 

In the video collage Marni 25, Athens (2024), Eleni Bagaki voyeuristically looks into her neighboring apartments while scenes from a long-forgotten Hollywood film she found in a rubbish bin, play in the background. Atmospheric images of an open yet empty bar nearby where desire is often transactional are accompanied by Nicolas Cilins’s own reflections in Billboard for S (2024). Dreaming in black and white, Katerina Komianou captures the dramatic scene where Thiseaus saves Ipodamia from a drunken centaur as depicted on the statue on Victoria Square, in her Super-8 film Arpagi [Abduction, 2024]. A dream turns into a nightmare as birds that fly free across the clear blue sky turn into fighter aircrafts that throw bombs in Strip Silence (2024) by Louiza Ntourou. Ιn Vague Expressions (2020), Manolis D. Lemos mediates a mental fog, or a so-called clouding of consciousness, through AI-generated continually morphing abstract landscapes. These landscapes are juxtaposed with Eleni Tomadaki’s hand-drawn animations that delve into the dynamics of touch and distance, exploring how identity is shaped through conformity and external expectations, in Touch (2024). 

Alongside the silent moving image works, in this second project iteration, the mediation of dreams is also explored through sound. After all, dreams are not inherently soundless; they can include auditory elements that feel vivid, contributing to the overall sensory experience of the dream. Composer, cellist, pianist, and artist Viki Steiri will mediate her own dreams through a live performance of cello on Wednesday, January 29, at 21:00, on Vatsaxi Street. 

The project approaches this often-quiet street as a scenography where personal explorations of unconscious experiences become embedded with the urban landscape. By bringing together mediations on diverse feelings and mental states each artist privately had, in close physical proximity to one another, the project develops a subjective and limited mapping of the present moment in this area of the city through the reflections of some people living in it. 

Silent Night continues a series of artistic interventions curated by Panos Fourtoulakis that have taken place at 6 Vatsaxi Street over the past two years, responding to the street’s context and its surrounding area. The project explores the ever-evolving landscape of the Athens city center, the ways artists engage with public spaces, and the interplay between private and public identities and environments. 

At the same time, it marks the beginning of a collaboration between Panos Fourtoulakis and 3 137 as part of its 2024–2025 artistic program. The Where Time Becomes a Loop project, curated by Panos Fourtoulakis, will delve deeper into these themes, focusing on artists’ moving image practices – experiments in a medium that has been underrepresented over the years in the Greek art scene. 

3 137 invites Panos Fourtoulakis to curate its 2024–2025 artistic program, using its infrastructure, resources, and network. This invitation marks a new chapter in the history of the organization, which celebrates its 13 years of operation in 2025, and aims to highlight issues related to artistic creation, the ecosystem of contemporary art, and labor in the cultural sector in Greece. 

Credits 

Artists: Eleni Bagaki, Nicolas Cilins, Manolis D. Lemos, Katerina Komianou, Louiza Ntourou, Viki Steiri, Eleni Tomadaki 

Curated by: Panos Fourtoulakis 

Production: Kosmas Nikolaou 

Copy Editing: EG Figure of Speech (Eleanna Papathanasiadi, Geli Mademli) 

Communication: Fotini Barka 

Photo Documentation: Nefeli Papaioannou 

Event Support: Athinodoros Chatzipanagiotou 

Supporters 

The Where Time Becomes a Loop artistic program is realized with the financial support and is held under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, as well as with the support of NEON Organization for Culture and Development. The production of the Silent Night screening series is supported by Onassis AiR. 

October is here, and we are very happy to invite you to our booth at the Athens Art Book Fair from the 4th till the 6th of October, and on Sunday the 6th, to join us at Eleusina for a cooking adventure for young visitors at the workshop Tandoor – Boulangerie – Bakery.

Visit our joint table with the Office of Hydrocommons at the Athens Art Book Fair and support our program by purchasing our publication After the Explosion, You Still Hear the Light. This publication compiles material gathered through an extensive process of collective research. Especially for the occasion of the Athens Art Book Fair, we have reprinted the previously out-of-print publication Around Labour, Art, and the Auratic Condition (This is not a Love Song).

ATHENS ART BOOK FAIR Event Details:

Location: Stoa Tristrato, with entrances at Stadiou 29, Aristidou 6, and Dragatsaniou 6 (Athens 105 59).
Nearest Metro Stations: Panepistimio (3-minute walk) and Omonoia (5-minute walk).
Opening Hours:
Friday (04.10): 17:00–21:00
Saturday (05.10) & Sunday (06.10): 13:00–21:00

Website: www.athensartbookfair.gr

Tandoor – Boulangerie – Bakery: A workshop with 3 137 on Sunday 06.10

What do children eat in bakeries in other parts of the world? What is bread called in different languages? How do they make it? When do they eat it? What do they serve it with? We invite children to become bakers and join the first children’s bakery of Elefsina. Imagination, tasting skills, and a desire to travel are required!
In the workshop, children will be divided into groups and create different bread recipes inspired by places near and far across the world. We will dress up, travel with our minds, and cook with our hearts!

Location: Oasis – Former Campsite, Filikis Eterias & Krhtis, 192 00 Elefsina
Ages: 8–11 years old
Time slots: 16:00–17:00 and 17:30–18:30
To register, please fill in this form: Jotform

Drawing on an extensive exploration of bread through an imagined journey across the Mediterranean, the TAVROS team, in collaboration with Kostantia Manthou, have completed a publication filled with original stories, essays, myths, and beliefs about the most essential food in our region – and beyond. Before the official release of the publication, they invite the team of the 3 137 artist-run space to Elefsina, the place that inspired much of this research process, to lead a children’s workshop centered around bread as part of the 2nd Ecoculture Festival by 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture. This workshop aims to reconnect us with bread, a fundamental source of sustenance, in an effort to prompt us to revisit the roots of survival that are often overlooked.