Nurturing Artistic Research - Thursday 26th September, 10am

Nurturing Artistic Reseach is hosted by:
- Georgios Papadopoulos, PhD [SiC] Athens
- Zafos Xagoraris, PhD Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA)

Giorgos Papadopoulos:
The motivation behind the hybrid, one-day colloquium Nurturing Artistic Research scheduled for the 26th of September at [ SiC ] Space for International Cooperation Athens is to support and enhance existing networks active in the field of artistic research by bringing together a diverse group of folks who work in the cultural sector as researchers, educators, facilitators, and/or producers.

The event will provide a platform for in-depth discussions, fostering an exchange of ideas and experiences among academics, practicing artists, and cultural professionals. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the multifaceted nature of artistic research, examining how collaborative networks can be established and sustained to support creative endeavours.

Our exchange will reflect on existing relationships and tools that support our collaborative efforts as well as the sustainability of our shared enterprise on artistic research.
The hybrid format, combining in-person and virtual participation, ensures a wide-reaching and inclusive dialogue, enabling attendees from different geographical locations to contribute and benefit from the collective expertise. Ultimately, this colloquium aspires to make visible existing connections and collaborations, to strengthen our formal and informal infrastructures for artistic research, promoting a deeper understanding of its value and potential within the cultural sector.

Participants will leave with actionable insights, new connections, and a renewed commitment to advancing artistic research through robust networks, effective processes, and sustainable funding solutions.

A number of institutions including the Athens School of Fine Arts, HfK - Bremen, HfBK Dresden, Merz Academy Stuttgart, die angewande - Vienna are participating in the network of institutions that participate in this collaborative project and we are welcoming more partners from Greece and internationally.

About Zafos Xagoraris PhD (Athens, 1963): he has studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with an Alexander S. Onassis Foundation scholarship. His Ph.D. was about the construction of miracles by Hero of Alexandria (Department of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens).
He has presented various personal exhibitions while his work is consisted by drawings, obstructing devices of visual or other signals and public installations of sound amplification mechanisms.
Xagoraris has participated in exhibitions such as the 58th Venice Biennale, Greek Pavilion, “Mr. Stigl”, 2019, ‘Have we met? Dialogues on Memory and Desire”, Stamps Gallery, Ann Arbor, 2018, Documenta 14, Kassel and Athens, 2017, Politiche della Natura, Fondazione Zimei, Pescara, 2016, 4th Athens Biennial, 2013, Sotto Quale Cielo, Museo Riso, Palermo, 2011, ETICO_F, Termini Imerese, 2010. Also, Manifesta 7, Rovereto, 2008, 1st Bienal Fin del Mundo, Ushuaia, 2007, 1st Thessaloniki Biennale, 2007 and the 27th Sao Paulo Bienal, 2006.
He was one of the curators of the Greek Pavilion of the 9th Venice Biennale of architecture (2004) and the 2nd Athens Biennial (2009), while he has presented the outdoor installations: “Downhill Classroom”, Benaki Museum, Athens, 2015 and “The Performance”, NEON city project, Athens, 2016.

About Giorgos Papadopoulos PhD: Giorgos Vilém Flusser Residency 2012, Georgios Papadopoulos initiated the following project: Iconographies of the Drachma.
Speculation on the Symbolic Value; the idea for the residency and also for the Drachma Project is to reflect on the meaning of visual and non-verbal representations of economic and social interaction. The question of aesthetics and of art is obviously related. The intention is to address and interrupt affective investments in the dominant social ideology, in consumption and production, and this intention has led to experiment not only with theory, but also with negotiating a contested space between image and word, between language and art. Banknotes provide a pre-eminent example of such an 'inter-mediation'. Georgios Papadopoulos and a couple of visiting artists will trace the process of national identity-building from the viewpoint provided by the visual representations within the currency, while questioning how economic value and political power are articulated and communicated in currency.

This event is on invitation only, if you would like to participate and/or to contribute, please send a short Bio before Wednesday 25th September to Giorgos Papadopoulos via E: info@sic-athens.org

Image Credit: Fragment of ‘Spaces and Surfaces’. Photo: Arnas Anskaitis. From Michelkevičė, L. and Michelkevičius, V. (2019). Atlas of Diagrammatic Imagination: Maps in Research, Art and Education. Vilnius Academy of Arts Press.