XYZ: 2011

X&Y CURATE! Seminars - Winter 2011/2012

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X&Y (Xenia Kalpaktsoglou & Poka-Yio), the co-founders of the Athens Biennial, are presenting a series of seminars on curating, in AKTO College of Art and Design from December 2011 to January 2012.
The seminars cover a range of material on contemporary curating. They are held in Greek. More info here.

XYZ OUTLET #23: Nicolas Vass // Re-constructing Hasil: a performance by The Hasil Adkins Traditional Ensemble // Tuesday 6 December

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XYZ OUTLET #23: Nicolas Vass // Re-constructing Hasil: a performance by The Hasil Adkins Traditional Ensemble // Tuesday 6 December // 20:00 - 21:00

XYZ Outlet continues, “DRY: No drinks, no party, just an art quickie”. On Tuesday 6 December we are presenting, in conjunction with the 3rd Athens Biennale 2011 MONODROME, Nicolas Vass’ work Re-constructing Hasil: a performance by The Hasil Adkins Traditional Ensemble.

XYZ Outlet will be open to the public for one hour only, as always, between 20:00 and 21:00.

About Re-constructing Hasil: a performance by The Hasil Adkins Traditional Ensemble.

Re-constructing Hasil is a tribute to Hasil Adkins (193? – 2005), a one man band who began performing in the Southern USA in the 1950s. Born in West Virginia during the Great Depression, Adkins’ performance style, where all instruments and vocals are played by him alone, is based on a mistake he made as a young boy when he thought that the music he heard on the radio was performed by a lone musician. The motif of people traveling across the U.S. carrying their very few worldly possessions on their back, characteristic of the Depression period as narrated in books like Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, recurs in Adkins’ self-schooled, self-made and self-reliant form of musical performance. Arms, legs, vocal melodies, harmonies, beats, guitar riffs and harmonica croons emerge energetically from the performance of a single man.

XYZ OUTLET #22: Yiorgos Tzirtzilakis and a Group of tutors and students from the Architecture Department of the University of Thessaly // DE HOMINIS APPARATUS // Tuesday 22 November

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XYZ OUTLET #22: Yiorgos Tzirtzilakis and a Group of tutors and students from the Architecture Department of the University of Thessaly // DE HOMINIS APPARATUS // Tuesday 22 November // 20:00 - 21:00

XYZ Outlet continues, “DRY: No drinks, no party, just an art quickie”. On Tuesday 22 November we are presenting, in conjunction with the 3rd Athens Biennale 2011 MONODROME, the performance DE HOMINIS APPARATUS by Yiorgos Tzirtzilakis and a group of tutors and students from the Architecture Department of the University of Thessaly, at XYZ Outlet #22.

XYZ Outlet will be open to the public for one hour only, as always, between 20:00 and 21:00.

About DE HOMINIS APPARATUS

The structure of the performance DE HOMINIS APPARATUS, by the group of the Architecture School of the University of Thessaly, is a type of a labyrinth with no ‘outside’, where each person’s narratives and research start from a different concept each time (such as Dispositif, Eco-nomy, Biopolitics, Sovereignty, Desecration, Law, Body, Knowledge, Desire,Fear, Dignity, Subject, Object, Thing, Disaster etc, concepts described by Giorgio Agamben) , to be led back into the same centre, the Apparatus. During the performance a type of an archive will be compiled from online resources and a printer will become the “nightmare of documentation”.

XYZ Outlet #21: Giorgos Papadopoulos // Book presentation: Notes Towards A Critique of Money //

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XYZ OUTLET #21: Giorgos Papadopoulos // Book presentation: Notes Towards A Critique of Money // Tuesday 8 November

XYZ Outlet continues, “DRY: No drinks, no party, just an art quickie”. On Tuesday 8 November we are presenting, in conjunction with the 3rd Athens Biennale 2011 MONODROME, Giorgos Papadopoulos’ first book Notes Towards A Critique of Money.

XYZ Outlet will be open to the public for one hour only, as always, between 20:00 and 21:00.
About the presentation of Notes Towards A Critique of Money
The presentation of the book Notes Towards a Critique of Money constitutes the first in a cycle of four talks moderated by Giorgos Papadopoulos, examining the subject of social economy and alternative exchange systems (Local Exchange Trading Systems – LETS) both as viable alternatives of goods and services distribution and as political actions of resistance to the logic of the “free” market and monetary relationships. The other three talks will be presented as sessions of The Public School in Athens (http://thepublicschoolinathens.net/), part of the projec Word of Mouth, curated by KERNEL, and currently showing in MONODROME.

XYZ OUTLET #20: Panayiotis Koulouras | Im-pressions

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XYZ OUTLET #20: Panayiotis Koulouras | Im-pressions | Tuesday October 25th from 20:00 to 21:00 strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio, 104 36, Athens

XYZ Outlet continues, “DRY: No drinks, no party, just an art quickie”. On Tuesday 25 October we are presenting, and in parallel with the 3rd Athens Biennale 2011 MONODROME, the installation Im-pressions by Panayiotis Koulouras.

XYZ Outlet will be open to the public for one hour only, as always, between 20:00 and 21:00.

During September and October XYZ Outlet’s projects are presented within the framework of the international contemporary art platform ReMap 3.

XYZ OUTLET #19: Lakis and Aris Ionas / The Callas | “WALKING IN THE DARK / LOOKING FOR YOUR TOY”

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XYZ OUTLET #19: Lakis and Aris Ionas / The Callas | “WALKING IN THE DARK / LOOKING FOR YOUR TOY” | Tuesday October 11th from 20:00 to 21:00 strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio, 104 36, Athens

XYZ Outlet continues, “DRY: No drinks, no party, just an art quickie”. On Tuesday 11 October we are presenting “WALKING IN THE DARK / LOOKING FOR YOUR TOY” by Lakis and Aris Ionas / The Callas. XYZ Outlet will be open to the public for one hour only, as always, between 20:00 and 21:00.

During September and October XYZ Outlet’s projects are presented within the framework of the international contemporary art platform ReMap 3.

About “WALKING IN THE DARK / LOOKING FOR YOUR TOY”

Lakis and Aris Ionas / The Callas will present at XYZ Outlet “WALKING IN THE DARK / LOOKING FOR YOUR TOY” *. Photographs, objects and small sculptures comprise remnants of a punk, sacred route connecting two spaces, XYZ Outlet and ATOPOS CVC.

XYZ Outlet #18: KERNEL | Index of Potential

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XYZ Outlet #18: KERNEL | Index of Potential | Tuesday September 27th from 20:00 to 21:00 strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio, 104 36, Athens

XYZ Outlet continues, “DRY: No drinks, no party, just an art quickie”. On Tuesday 27 September we are presenting Index of Potential by the curatorial project KERNEL.

XYZ Outlet will be open to the public for one hour only, as always, between 20:00 and 21:00.

The Index of Potential is an open, online collection of texts that function as theoretical or practical tools, related to ways of distribution, access and management of information of any kind, as a cultural product. Anyone can access the information and contribute.

XYZ Outlet | Poka-Yio | Bordello Nacional | Curated by Marina Vranopoulou

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XYZ Outlet : Poka-Yio | Bordello Nacional | Curated by Marina Vranopoulou | 12/9 - 30/10 | Iassonos 47, Metaxourgeio, 104 36, Athens

ΧΥΖ Outlet
Poka-Yio: Bordello Nacional
Curated by: Marina Vranopoulou

On the occasion of ReMap 3, XYZ Outlet presents Bordello Nacional, an exhibition by Poka-Yio plus invited guests. The exhibition will be open between 12/9 - 30/10 at 47 Iassonos Street, Metaxourgeio.

XYZ Outlet #17: Georgia Sagri | Antigone Model

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XYZ Outlet #17: Georgia Sagri | Antigone Model | Tuesday September 13th from 20:00 to 21:00 strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio, 104 36, Athens

XYZ Outlet re-opens and continues, “DRY: No drinks, no party, just an art quickie”. On Tuesday 13 September we are presenting the performance
Antigone Model by Georgia Sagri.

XYZ Outlet will be open to the public for one hour only, as always, between 20:00 and 21:00.

XYZ Outlet #16: Jimmy Efthimiou & Orizontas Gegonoton (Event Horizon) // "Eros or Nothing"

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XYZ Outlet #16: Jimmy Efthimiou & Orizontas Gegonoton | Eros or Nothing | Tuesday July 16th from 20:00 to 21:00 strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio, 104 36, Athens

XYZ Outlet continues, “DRY: No drinks, no party, just an art quickie”. For the last XYZ Outlet of the summer on Tuesday 26 July we are presenting the intervention “Eros or Nothing” by Athens-based artist Jimmy Efthimiou of the collective Orizontas Gegonoton (Event Horizon).

XYZ Outlet will be open to the public for one hour only, as always, between 20:00 and 21:00.

XYZ Outlet #15: Andreas Angelidakis//The Building that went to the Mountain (Demo of a study for a dying building)- A talk

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XYZ Outlet #15: Andreas Angelidakis | The Building that went to the Mountain (Demo of a study for a dying building)- A talk | Tuesday July 12th from 20:00 to 21:00 strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio

On Tuesday July 12th we are presenting the talk The Building that went to the Mountain (Demo of a study for a dying building) about the Casino Mont Parnes (located on Mount Parnitha, 30km north of Athens) , based on an idea, and organised by architect Andreas Angelidakis. The talk will include the artist Kostis Velonis and the architects Agapi Proimou, Memos Phillipides, Giorgos Tzirtzilakis and Aristide Antonas.

XYZ Outlet #14: Elisavet Kapogianni // Are you enjoying an intercontinental life?

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XYZ Outlet #14: Elisavet Kapogianni | Are you enjoying an intercontinental life? | Tuesday June 28th from 20:00 to 21:00 strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio

On Tuesday June 28th XYZ Outlet presents the installation Are you enjoying an intercontinental life? by Athens- based fashion designer Elisavet Kapogianni.

Are you enjoying an intercontinental life? aspires to create an immersive environment, highlighting the dark side of fashion; a side we consciously or unconsciously ignore. The title of the work itself poses a sarcastic question to both the workers and the consumers of the contemporary world, making the work’s intentions clear from the outset.

XYZ Outlet #13: YELP danceco.//no end, then/parergon 2

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XYZ Outlet #13: YELP danceco. | no end, then/parergon 2 | Tuesday June 14th, 2011 from 20.00 to 21.00, strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio

On Tuesday June 14th, XYZ Outlet presents the performance no end,then/parergon 2 by Athens- based dance company YELP danceco.

XYZ Outlet #12: HOPE//I WANT TO HEAR NEW WAR

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XYZ Outlet #12: HOPE | I WANT TO HEAR NEW WAR | Tuesday May 31st, 2011 from 20.00 to 21.00, strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio

On Tuesday May 31st, XYZ Outlet presents the performance I WANT TO HEAR NEW WAR by Athens- based artist HOPE.

XYZ Outlet #11: Irini Karayannopoulou & XYSM Live

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XYZ Outlet #11: Irini Karayannopoulou & XYSM Live | Tuesday May 17th, 2011 from 20.00 to 21.00, strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio

On Tuesday May 17th, we are presenting a live performance by Athens-based artist Irini Karayannopoulou and music band XYSM.

XYZ Outlet will be open to the public for one hour only, as always, between 20:00 and 21:00.

Can image become sonified? Can sound become visualised?

XYZ Outlet #10: Stelios Karamanolis & Toula Ploumis // "The Collection"

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XYZ Outlet #10: Stelios Karamanolis & Toula Ploumis | "The Collection" | Tuesday May 3rd, 2011 from 20.00 to 21.00, strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio

On Tuesday May 3rd, we are presenting the project-group exhibition, "The Collection", by Greek artists Stelios Karamanolis and Toula Ploumis.

XYZ Outlet will be open to the public for one hour only, as always, between 20:00 and 21:00.

About the project

"The Collection", is both a project and a group exhibition showcasing paintings, photographs, engravings and sculptures by twenty one artists. Since 2002 Stelios Karamanolis and Toula Ploumis decided to place works they had acquired through exchanges with fellow artists or as gifts under the umbrella of a collection –one still growing.

XYZ Outlet #9: Ciprian Mureşan

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XYZ Outlet #9: Ciprian Mureşan | Tuesday April 12, 2011, from 20.00 to 21.00, strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio

On Tuesday April 12th, XYZ Outlet presents the animation film Garbage (2007) and the video Dog Luv (2009) by Romanian artist Ciprian Mureşan.

XYZ Outlet will be open to the public for one hour only, as always, between 20:00 and 21:00. Dog Luv (duration 30:56’) will be screened twice while Garbage (duration 0:51’) will be shown on a loop.

XYZ Outlet #8: George - Icaros Babassakis | DDD [Debord Dérive Détournement]: Guy Debord and the City as a Playground

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XYZ Outlet #8: George - Icaros Babassakis | Tuesday March 29, 2011, from 20.00 to 21.00, strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio

For its 8th edition XYZ Outlet is presenting the talk/event DDD [Debord Dérive Détournement]: Guy Debord and the City as a Playground by Greek poet and writer George - Icaros Babassakis.

XYZ Outlet #7: Panayiotis Loukas | "D'ailleurs, c'est toujours les autres qui meurent"

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XYZ Outlet #7: Panayiotis Loukas | "D'ailleurs, c'est toujours les autres qui meurent" | Tuesday 15 March|8pm| Perdika 8 & Achilleos, Metaxourgeio

For its 7th edition XYZ Outlet is presenting the installation "D'ailleurs, c'est toujours les autres qui meurent" by Greek artist Panayiotis Loukas.

XYZ Outlet will be open to the public for one hour only between 20:00 and 21:00.

Arthur C. Clarke once wrote that behind every living person stand thirty deceased, as this is the ratio between the dead and the living.

XYZ Outlet #6: Harald Thys & Jos de Gruyter | "Ten Weyngaert"

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XYZ Outlet #6: “Ten Weyngaert" | A video by Harald Thys & Jos de Gruyter, 2007 (Duration: 20 min) | Tuesday 1 March, three screenings at 20.00, 20.20 & 20:40 | Perdika 8 & Achilleos, Metaxourgeio

For its 6th outing, XYZ Outlet is presenting the video Ten Weyngaert by Belgian artists Harald Thys & Jos de Gruyter.

Ten Weyngaert (2007) - “vineyard” in archaic Flemish - is the name of a community/youth centre in Brussels. The video presents the everyday bureaucracy and microcosm of the centre - a would-be utopian and creative haven gone a bit wrong - transposing it into a world ruled by a spider, with robots as intermediaries between the minute monarch and its subjects. Odd situations and hilarity ensue, in a tragicomic, allegorical study of group psychology and dynamics, especially when under pressure.

XYZ: CURATE!

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XYZ: CURATE! | Organized by ΑΚΤΟ | Duration: 20 hours, Spring 2011 (March 3rd - April 7th)| Information & Registrations on the AKTO website

XYZ are repeating last year's successful series of seminars on curating, in AKTO college of art and design. The seminars cover a range of material on contemporary curating. They are held in Greek. More info here.

XYZ Outlet #5: Mavros Kyklos

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XYZ Outlet #5: Mavros Kyklos | Tuesday February 15, 2011, from 20.00 to 21.00, strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio

The Black Circle: an answer to a misguided comrade.

The Black Circle is the most genuine expression of the N.A. ideology in Greece. As a group of determined autonomists, we fight against the bourgeois state apparatus that compiles Greek parliamentary life. For more than two years, our networks fight against the onslaught of globalization with a single cause: to restore comradery and national autonomy.

XYZ Outlet #4: Yiorgos Veltsos - Talk

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XYZ Outlet #4: Yiorgos Veltsos - Talk | Tuesday February 1st 2011, from 20.00 to 21.00, strictly | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio

For its fourth instalment XYZ Outlet is delighted to present a talk by Yiorgos Veltsos, on intellectuals, sexuality and a "gay becoming" in Greece.

XYZ Outlet #3: Panayiotis Lamprou - Photos from "Untitled History"

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XYZ Outlet #3: Panayiotis Lamprou - Photos from "Untitled History" | Tuesday January 18th 2011, from 20.00 to 21.00 | Perdika 8 & Achileos, Metaxourgeio

1 – What is normal?

0 – Normal is the expression.

XYZ are proud to present photographs from “Untitled History" by Panayiotis Lamprou, in an installation that reacts to the peculiar space of XYZ Outlet, baring the traces of previous actions. Six images are juxtaposed, hinting, sometimes sensitively and sometimes unflinchingly, at exclusion and humanitarianism, the “filter” of logic and the language of emotion.

XYZ Outlet will remain open to the public strictly for one hour, between 20.00 and 21.00.