This year's Back to Athens 2020 under the title " μetaΑθήνα / pόστΑθενς" will present 11 curatorial exhibitions and individual artistic proposals with the participation of 100 artists and curators from Greece and abroad. It will be a unique post-lockdown meeting, during which Greek and International artists will reconnect in physical presence, in the face and the circumstances of a new reality.
Back to Athens was first introduced at the beginning of the crisis in 2012, and to this day unfolds the concerns and expectations of artists and the public that take place within the Athenian landscape. The aim of the event is to study and document the new reality of our times as it is given through the curatorial concepts and the artwork; a source that will most likely provide conclusions for the near future.
From July 1 to July 4, Back to Athens 2020 will take place in the monumental 1950s building of 48-50 Aiolou street, within its distinctive rooms that once served as small offices and workshops for local businesses. Artists, members of the art community and art lovers will meet again this year, taking in consideration protective health measures and obligations commanded by the present conditions.
The building of Aiolou 48-50 is courtesy of Zoia. Back to Athens 2020 is organized by APART Art Research and Applications, CHEAPART, Athens Intersection Cultural Program, and is under the Auspices of the Municipality of Athens, the Austrian Embassy in Athens and the Ministry of Culture of Austria, with the support of the F.O.T.A. (Friends of Trigono Athens). Interviews with participating artists and curators will be presented in collaboration with Ta Nea tis Technis (the Greek Art Newspaper).
Since the first edition of Back to Athens, the festival has been active within the wider area of Kotzia Square in Athens (2012-2014), at the historic square of Exarchia district (2016 – 2017), and the Athens Commercial Triangle in 2018.

 

Back to Athens 2020

 

Sausaging on / Weiterwurschteln / sinehizo na pilatevo / συνεχίζω να πιλατεύω
Curated by: Christian Rupp co-curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos
Artists: Pablo Chiereghin-δεν είναι παρόν, Julius Deutschbauer, Aldo Giannotti, Christian Rupp, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Anna Khodorkovskaya, Babis Karalis.
Performances: Julius Deutschbauer, Anna Khodorkovskaya

 

New ritual society
Curated by: Katerina Nikolaou
Artists: Maria Varela, Eirini Vlavianou, Myrto Vratsanou, Yiannis Vogdanis, George Petsikopoulos, Lily Hassioti, Alexia Psaradeli

 

BACK TO BASICS: The Alphabet
Fragment of an ongoing performance project
Concept, research, dramaturgy & choreography: Antonis Liveropoulos
Assistant: Adonis Vais Costumes: Magda Kaloriti
Curated by: Ingo Starz

 

>RAUMSTATION
Curated by: Pablo Chiereghin
Artists: Andrea Heyer, Peter Kraus, Miriam Laussegger, Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva.

 

Always Forever
Phoenix Athens
Curated by: Dimitri Yin, Christina Makri
Artists: Ileana Arnaoutou, Anna Fafaliou, Dimitri Yin, Lee Wells

 

IF IT SOUNDS LIKE BACON YOU’RE DOING IT RIGHT
A-DASH
Curated by: Noemi Niederhauser (A-Dash member)
Artists: Campus Novel, Theo Prodromidis, Sigurður Atli Sigurðsson and Leifur Ýmir Eyjólfsson, Chrysanthi Koumianaki & Fanis Kafantaris, Talc Design Studio, Benjamin Cohen, Kristin Rúnarsdóttir, Ben Callaghan & Mica Warren, Jennifer Niederhauser-Schlup.

 

Habitat
Curated by: Ioli Katsarou
Artists: Ioli Katsarou, Vasiliki Koukou, Alexandros Douras, Elpida Frageskidou

 

Beast on a diet
Curated by: Nina Kotamanidou, Eleftheria Alexandri
Artists: Vangelis Agnantopoulos, Eleftheria Alexandri, Stavros Valkanis, Andromachi Giannopoulou, Patricia-Eugenia Deliyannis, Tati Douvana, Eleni Glinou, Nina Kotamanidou, Chryssa Lambracopoulou, Dorina Malliou, Fryni Mouzakitou, Michail Parlamas, Christos Ponis, Gm Touliatou, Vassilis Fiorentzakis.

 

Sandbox House
Curated by: Galini Lazani
Assistant curator: Aias Christofis
Artists: Manolis Baboussis, Pythagoras Chatziandreou, Petros Efstathiadis, Anna Fafaliou, Ismene King, Nikolaos Komiotis, Alexios Papazacharias, Dimitris Polychroniadis, Zoe Sklepa, Giorgos Tserionis, Katerina Zacharopoulou.

 

Man: Between Power and Fragility
Curated by: Stratis Pantazis
Artists: Paolo Incarnato, Thalia Kerouli, Dimitris Skourogiannis, Evangelia Topa

 

Living in Tutorian times
Back Space
Artwork by: Eleanna Balesi
Curator: Katerina Botsari

 

Breaths Independent artists
Curated by: Fotini Kapiris
Artists: Dimosthenis Bogiatzis, Pirro Caridha, Thomas Diotis, Nicole Economides, Marion Fischer, Sotiris Fokeas, Vasilis Galanis, Dimitris Kontodimos, Marilena Kranioti, Kostas Lales, Natalia Manta, Kleopatra Tsali, Panagiotis Voulgaris

 

Volume
Soundinstallation by: Robert Mathy
Curated by: Johannes Rips

 

Back to Athens 2020
48-50 Aiolou str., 105 60 Athens
Back to Athens 7 Curatorial team: Georg Georgakopoulos, Fotini Kapiris, Christian Rupp

 

Opening day: Wednesday, July 1, 16:00 -22:00
Visiting hours:
Thursday 2.07, Friday 3.07, 16:00 – 21:00
Saturday 4.07, 12:00 – 21:00

 

The event will take place taking into account all public health protection measures, in the context of avoiding the spread of coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2).

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