True Lies & Shhhhh… // 2-day screenings at “ToPikap”, Thessaloniki
In a two-day screening event, Video Art Miden presents 2 video art sections at ToPikap in Thessaloniki (GR): “True lies” curated by Nikos Podias on Friday, June 2 and “Shhhhh… #1” curated by Martha Zoupa on Saturday, June 3, 2023.
The videos have been selected from the recent international open call of Video Art Miden and include works by artists from 15 countries.
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 Ladislas Derr, 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
- Irini Folerou, Reframing Family, Greece 2022, 3.51
- Alexei Dmitriev, Stock, Germany-Russia 2022, 5.00
- Bruno Pavić, The Message, Croatia 2022, 1.03
- Łukasz Horbów, They lie, We lie, Poland 2021, 1.03
- Jun-Yuan Hong, Gap/Seam, Taiwan 2021, 14.30
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?
- Fenia Kotsopoulou, 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
- Jil Guyon, Lament, USA 2017, 1.28
- Nirmal Raja, Thread in open waters, USA 2017, 5.00
- Yoel Peled, Grandma Carmela, Israel 2021, 2.41
- Marina Fomenko, Saida (At the Edge of Oblivion), Russia 2021, 6.49
- Julija Tioli, NO REVERB, Italy 2023, 2.16
- Pedro Milagres, Deep Breath, Brasil 2022, 4.04
- Bárbara Serafim, Dripping, Brasil 2021, 2.10
Exhibition space and screening hours: To Pikap Kato (57, Olympou str, Thessaloniki), 18:00-23:00.
The program of each day will be screened in a loop.
Free entrance.