The First and Last and Always Psiloritis Biennale (Tribute)

Curated by: Stamatios Schizakis

If a biennale takes place on the top of a mountain, where there is no one to visit it, can it still be appealing? The First, Last and Always Psiloritis Biennale began as an effort to poetically liberate from the institutional framework of work, as an exercise of curatorial and artistic self-sufficiency, as a humorous critique of exhibitional conventions and above all, as an experimental platform for the contemporary culture of the countryside, the spatial and temporal framework for the conception, design and possible implementation of artworks that confront the human soul with nature. Each venture is recorded and imprinted on self-publications of a small number of copies. The biennale attempts, through small but targeted actions at different times, to synthesize a large-scale exhibition set up spread out in the space and time of Psiloritis.

Artist Bio

Stamatios Schizakis studied History and Theory of Art and Photography at Derby University and 20th Century Art History at Goldsmiths, University of London. Since 2005 he has been working at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as an art historian and curator. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Sunderland.

STAMATIS SCHIZAKIS - BIENALEΡένα Παπασπύρου_Κρησίλα 5, 2018
Krisila 5
Rena Papaspirou
Photography
2018
STAMATIS SCHIZAKIS - BIENNALE - Παναγιώτης Λουκάς - Μαλβίνα Παναγιωτίδη_Ελάσσονες κατσικοθεότητες, 2017(λεπτομέρεια)
Minor Goatgods
Panagiotis Loukas & Malvina Panagiotidi
Photography
2017
STAMATIS SCHIZAKIS - BIENNALE - Φοίβη Γιαννίση_ΠΡ ΠΡ ΠΡ ΠΡ ΦΡ ΦΡΦΡΦΡ ΚΚΚΚ ΧΕΙΧΕΙΧΕΙ ΤΣΟ ΤΡΤΡΤΡΤΡ ΓΙΕΧΕΧΕΧΕ, 2019
PR PR PR PR FR FRFRFR ΚΚΚΚ ΧΕΙΧΕΙΧΕΙ ΤSΟ ΤRΤRΤRΤR GΙΕΧΕΧΕΧΕ
Phoebe Yiannisi
Photography
2019