Monthly Archives: February 2015
South remembers: Southern Comforts. Tropical Baroque, Pirate Thinking by Octavio Zaya
Written on February 12, 2015 at 2:00 pm, by Eleanna Papathanasiadi
Southern Comforts: Tropical Baroque, Pirate Thinking by Octavio Zaya Who Defines Who We Are? Evening just refused to fall, the sun’s beating on the asphalt and the metalwork brought on a nauseous vertigo. The dark glasses, hankies daubed with cologne on people’s heads, the improvised defence measures, to avoid a burning reflection or a
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South remembers: X & Y
Written on February 10, 2015 at 2:00 pm, by Eleanna Papathanasiadi
by X & Y Not for nothing do we speak of “naked” poverty. The worst, the most dreadful aspect of such exposure, which gained currency under the law of necessity but which nevertheless reveals only a thousandth part of what remains hidden, is not pity or the equally grim sense of his own impassivity
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South remembers: EURO by Superflex
Written on February 8, 2015 at 2:00 pm, by Eleanna Papathanasiadi
EURO by Superflex Euro, a billboard depicting a manipulated euro coin—a symbol of the European currency devoid of actual value. The work was made for the billboard exhibition Show Off presented at Point Centre for Contemporary Art, Cyprus.
South remembers: Is the North Really Going South? Or, to Put It in Other Words: What the Hell is Going On in Europe?
Written on February 3, 2015 at 2:00 pm, by Eleanna Papathanasiadi
Is the North Really Going South? Or, to Put It in Other Words: What the Hell is Going On in Europe? Here is the response to your question: “This is a typical Euro-centric, or white people’s, perspective. There was a show that closed here in Berlin, as you know, called Former West. A nice idea that
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