contemporary art
Athens digital short film festival
Athens Digital Short Film Festival is currently taking place with many participations. Today (April 26) the events of the festival will held in Thessaloniki at cultural center “Alexandros”ethnikis aminis str .1 at 20.00pm. Entrance is free for the audience.The Athens digital short film Festival, while progressing the idea of digital cinema, concludes fiction films, documentaries, […]
Deutsche Bank Macht Kunst
Translation of this text in german. Berlin could not afford an art hall for contemporary art, now the Deutsche Bank makes one here. And under the slogan Macht Kunst (Make Art) called for delivering pictures to them, to be all shown for 24 hours. At the end of the 18th Century, in the course of […]
Berlin: Datacide twelve release party and conference
The new conference and party of Datacide next week in Berlin. More info at datacide.c8.com DATACIDE 12 RELEASE PARTY & CONFERENCE in the spaces of subversiv e.v. Brunnenstrasse 7, Berlin-Mitte October 20th The new issue will be available for the first time at the event! Party starts at 11pm with live sets & DJ’s: Xanopticon […]
Between crisis and creative escapism. The techno and electronic scene in Athens
my article for the German newspaper Jungle world. You can read the german translation online here It was almost 17 years ago, when the news for the rave explosion in the UK and elsewhere arrived in Athens. Well nigh from the first moment, the new subculture has spread widely in the city. Many years in […]
Review: Preview Berlin Art Fair
no time for big essays, as usual, but let me share some notes about the event that we announced to you. Benedikt Braun reminded me of something i heard about last week, the principle in modern architecture to design a house according to a fridge. Femke Dekkers had some twisted new perspectives on the production […]
Lost in the great white silence
A report/article taken from the blog of ION from Athens. This is Athens in the times of the crisis, or better to say there is an other Athens in the times of the crisis as well Several years back a friend of mine, that happens to be a film historian, handed me a dozen of […]
News from near Athens “Laiki techno panigyris festival”
“Since the ancient Greek music and outdoor celebrations, till industrial zones and illegal techno parties in warehouses, people serve the same need. The need for celebration, communication and happiness” These words are taken from the website of the Laiki techno panigyris organizers laikitechnopanigyris.com. A techno event who will held near Athens (about two hours or […]
48 hours festival in Neukölln
Many of you know that some of us at the moment, we are somehow based in Neukölln Berlin.Around our neighbourhood, a mesmerising annual festival of contemporary art is taking place today and for the next days, called 48 in Neukölln festival. A variety of projects and free cultural events for the whole weekend might be a […]
mindpirates celebrate the artist and musician Lionel Williams Let the Sun Shine In — The Berlin Sessions 22 – 28 January 2012
a press release sent at our email by the organizers. Even if we are a bit late (we apologises)Im posting bellow the whole press release and reviews as well as the upcoming sessions Berlin, January. Cold … wet … dark … isolation. And a whole lot of nothing going on. One either grins and bears the temporary depression or […]
Featured artists: Markoira
Today at the shituationist institute blog, we feature one of our friends, contributor on this blog named Markoira recently based in Athens (after living in London for many years). As interdisciplinary artist has always something different to get involved in. Markoira (a.k.a Maria Konstantines Araka) is a video and performance artist initially trained as an […]
Rustie debut album out next month
I read the news on the warp website and i cant hide my excitment. Rustie one of my favorite artists so far is releasing his debut album next month( October 10th) on warp records (well known to all of you) label. Dubstep vibes , much of artistic potential and great vocals (rather British style) , […]
featured artists and a brief review on Ion – Low Land (ft. Freddie F.)
You may remember the text with a recent discussion between me and drofnothing concerning the urban art and electronic music subculture in Athens , Berlin and beyond. I constantly keep reading the blog of Ion , one of the artists i mentioned in that debate as a good reference as well as the remaining inspiration […]
