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Atopos Unlocked: Occupy Atopos #DavidMarinos


29OCT14-26NOV14

Atopos Unlocked is the new program of Atopos cvc presented in its neoclassical building on 72 Salaminos st, Metaxourgeio. Occupy Atopos launches with the participation of Greek-Ukrainian artist David Marinos.

During this new program, Atopos introduces Unlocked, its new research focusing on the depiction of the nude body and how it is captured by the new generation of artists of Tumblr and social media. The outcome of this research will be presented in a special publication in 2015, in collaboration with la Gaîté lyrique, Paris.

A key part of the new Atopos Unlocked program is a form of an Open Studio called Occupy Atopos. Through a series of special monthly visits, artists participating in the Unlocked project, will occupy Atopos’ Open Studio creating original artworks. Visitors will have the opportunity to witness and explore the research stages of Unlocked, whereas portfolios and projects of the participating artists will be showcased.

Occupy Atopos launches with the participation of Greek-Ukrainian artist David Marinos.

David Marinos was born in 1998 and discovered his passion for visual arts, collage and photography at an early age. Key elements of his work are his interest in colour, form, classicism and the human body through a process of personalisation, always resulting in the same unique, fresh and dynamic outcome. Marinos might only be sixteen years old, but his continuously evolving work, his digital presence and his activity in various fields are impressive: he has been the founder of Lucent Kids, a collective of young artists, and he has launched his own line of clothing titled Icey.

David Marinos will be the first resident of the Atopos Open Studio. The teen artist will live and work in the headquarters of Atopos in downtown Athens for a week in an attempt to explore and unfold all aspects of his cutting-edge digital vision. During his residency Marinos will produce original artworks that will form part of the Unlocked project. The creative outcome of his occupation will be exhibited and be open to the public exclusively on Wednesdays till November 19th.

During the Atopos Unlocked project, Atopos will also open its archives for the public to see rare paper dresses as part of a presentation that will change on a frequent basis. Visitors will be able to explore Paper Fashion collection that includes paper creations by Issey Miyake, Helmut Lang, Maison Martin Margiela, Walter Van Beirendonck and Hussein Chalayan, disposable paper dresses of the 60s, Japanese kimonos of the Edo period, the Campell Soup dress after Andy Warhol, the Lisa Dress by Robert Wilson, the Yellow Pages dress by Howard Hodgkin and more.

Additionally, a number of works of the Mon Petit Chou project will be exhibited for the first time. Key pieces by the first two ‘Choux’, British designer Craig Green and French art critic and artist Clo’e Floirat will be part of Atopos Unlocked.

Read more: ATOPOS Contemporary Visual Culture

Last modified onMonday, 08 December 2014 05:39
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