ΠΡΟΚΑΤ

ΠΡΟΚΑΤ = Prokat = Prefab. 

Abbreviation of Greek word prokataskevasmenos = prefabricate

at_Hellenic American Union

In 1913, four years before creating his infamous Fountain, Marcel Duchamp presented the "Bicycle Wheel", his first ready-made work of art. Ready-mades essentially challenged conventional notions about visual arts as manual labor and originality of creation were no longer prerequisites for the production of works of art. On the occasion of 100 years since the premiere of "Bicycle Wheel", the “Research group of artists for the first ready-made century” attempts to reexamine the applications and various manifestations of the ready-made in 21st century art. [ info ]

The “Research group of artists for the first ready-made century” is comprised of: Andreas Vousouras, Apostolos Zerdevas, Irini Karayannopoulou, Babis Karalis, Maria Lianou, Iliodora Margellou, Thanasis Moutsopoulos, Kamilo Nollas, Konstantinos Patsios, Panos Skouloudis, and Giorgos Tserionis.

LOL

TAF presented the exhibition LOL which discussed issues related to contemporary linguistic conventions as well as the ways in which electronic media have acted in forming everyday communication.

LOL means «lots of laughter» and constitutes an abbreviation of «laugh out loud». At the same time, it is a common element of Internet slang. Additional interpretations of LOL are offered by previous communication forms, including letter-writing in which LOL was used to denote «lots of luck» or «lots of love». The explanations of abbreviations mark manifestly the conditions, the expectations and the content of each era.

The exhibition LOL is the first undertaking of group Provo Principles for which all the artists have produced new works of art, exploring the conditions of the current social environment in Greece and encouraging the expansion of the sarcastic artistic thinking.

Participants

Giorgos Karagiorgos, Konstantinos Patsios, Nikos Sepetzoglou, Giorgos Tserionis

Curating: Provo Principles