Cut Here
Installation | Photography | Sound | Video
Collaboration: Constantinos Papadoukas | Maria Paschalidou
ElectroMedia Works 08: Industrial Space: “APOTHIKI” Factory(6 Lamias & Peiraios St., near Praktiker, Tavros)
Cut Here is an in-situ installation created with the collaboration of two artists. It will be presented at ElectroMedia Works 08 Festival. The installation draws its ideas from the “APOTHIKI” factory which provides the main physical site for the festival. The factory is still in operation and produces rubber.
Recording the stages of the assembling line of the above mentioned factory and working on the notions of repetition, consistency and the automation of the machinery, the artists cooperated in order to create one piece of work.
Collaboration - Installation Ingredients
-- Visual and Sound Documentations of the factory
-- Visual and Sound Digital Manipulations
2 video projections
1 photo projection
1 construction
200 meters gauze
40 meters 2 mm wire cable
12 tensioners
24 metallic hooks
3 projectors
3 ceiling supports for projectors
1 laptop-notebook
1 5.1 surround speakers
2 car speakers
10 meters cable
5 audio jacks
Constantinos Papadoukas (b. Athens, Greece, 1979), studied Sculpture in the United Kingdom at Loughborough University School of Art & Design (BA, 1996). He attained a MA in Sculpture at Wimbledon School of Art where he worked as an assistant in the Research Department. After completing his MA, he worked as a part time lecturer – teacher assistant at Loughborough University School of Art & Design. His teaching experience continues until today.
His interests include Interior & Exterior Design as well as Jewelry. Samples of his work include internet café Gamers Arena and hair salon East Side Studios. His work can be found in F. Kyriakopoulou and A. Penrose private collections as well as in public spaces, such as, Lincoln School of Technology and Loughborough University School of Art. His jewelry constructions can be found in the Benaki Museum as well as in various exhibition galleries. His sculpture and installation work has been presented in numerous group projects and exhibitions, among others; Blind Date #12 (Thision Lofts, December 2007), Visibility (September 2007), DATAVEILLANCE(P37 Art Gallery, September2006 - solo show), Carte Blanche (Booze Cooperativa, May 2004), Atopo (Goethe Institute, September 2003), Young Artists (Texnopolis, October 2002), Young Creators 5th Meeting (Nees Morfes Gallery, April 2002), A6 Show (Lewisham Arthouse Gallery London, December 2001).
His most recent work revolves around notions of surveillance, monitoring, control and categorization. He aims to familiarize the audience with the above notions, whilst his latest works comment on the de-humanization via the controlling authority.
Maria Paschalidou was born in Athens, Greece in 1966. In 1999 she moved to Chicago, U.S. to attain an MFA (Photography, Digital Imaging and Digital Video; Columbia College Chicago, January 2005). She also studied Photography (Focus School of Photography, Video and New Technologies; Athens, 1991-93) and Economics (BA, Macedonian University of Economics; Thessaloniki, 1984-90).
Her artwork has been presented in numerous exhibitions and projects in Europe, U.S., Canada, Switzerland, Albania, Russia, China and Australia. Among others: ΤheworldoneminutesBeijing 2008, Beijing Today Art Museum (Beijing, June 2008) – Strange Screen 6, Thessaloniki Cinema Museum (2007) - Public Screen, Parallel Program: 1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art (2007) - Nuit Blanche Toronto 06 (Canada 2006) - 2nd International Biennial for Contemporary Art (Shumen, Bulgaria 2006) - When the Other appears on the Scene, National Gallery of Arts (Tirana 2006) - Blind Date #12, PALCO (Athens 2006) - Aliens of Extraordinary Ability, The University of Chicago (Chicago 2005) - ArtExpo International Video Art Festival (Bari 2005) - International Digital Art Award 2005 (Melbourne 2005) - She - Snap, Schopf Gallery On Lake (Chicago 2004) - ΤοΆλλοΣώμα, Ίδρυμα Ευγενίδου (Athens 2004) - Digital Dumbo 2002, D.U.M.B.O Arts Center (New York 2002) - Self-Portraits, Thessaloniki Center of Photography; Thessaloniki Cultural Capital of Europe (1997) - 9ηPHOTOSYNKYRIA (Thessaloniki 1996) – Photography Center of Athens (1992).
She curated the international juried exhibition Ekecheiria (Schopf Gallery on Lake; Chicago, June - August 2004 – in cooperation with the Office of the Consul for Educational Affairs at the Consulate General of Greece) and co-curated The Art of Artist Statement international invitational exhibition (Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center; Chicago, February 18-April 2, 2005 - The City Arts Grants of Chicago, The Illinois Arts Council). In Athens, she curated the Visibility, amulti-media public art performance of artists and academics in the Street Market of Attiki Square (Athens, September 2007). She has been Visiting Lecturer for the Directed Visions class (Professor of Photography Barbara Kasten; Chicago, U.S., March 2005) and Professor’s Assistant to Advanced Digital Imaging class (Professor of Digital Imaging and video: Peter Thompson, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, U.S., 2002-03).
Her artwork based on ‘visual’ metaphors and fabrications of invented spaces, ephemeral constructions, conditions and performances, concerns the interactions and transformations of the Self in its contact with theurban, cultural and technological environment. She currently lives in Athens where she teaches Digital Imaging and Video.
