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Alexandros Papamarkou: February 2015
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Sunday, 15 February 2015. Raft Blues (2015), Invitation to the Blues, PuntWG, Amsterdam. From origin the Juke Joint is an informal happening where music, dance, jokes and tales, food and drinks, and occasionally some gambling were present. Especially in the 19th century it was run and visited by afro-americans in the south-east of the US. It was an alternative for the, only whites allowed places. They were mostly situated on crossings at the periphery of the city or located deep in the woods.
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Alexandros Papamarkou: May 2013
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Friday, 10 May 2013. TOMORROW PERFORMANCE IN THE VONDELPARK. TOMORROW IS MY PERFORMANCE IN THE VONDELPARK! DUE TO WEATHER CIRCUMSTANCES THINGS MIGHT BE A BIT DIFFERENT THEN MY INDETERMINATIONS WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNED. SO I WILL ACT UPON THE GIVEN SITUATION. BUT STARTING AT VONDELBUNKER AN HOUR LATER AROUND 17:30. Posted by Alexandros Papamarkou. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Alexandros Papamarkou: "An ode to bear" (2013) Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria
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Monday, 30 December 2013. An ode to bear" (2013) Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria. In about the end of the summer, during my stay with family in the village Daskot in Bulgaria, I made a lot of walks into the hills. There I found a certain type of reed or cane growing in the fields. From one of these reeds I made a flute. I can imagine that inhabitants would pick a certain space in a cave for its specific acoustic quality and determine by there own choice of aesthetics what instrument worked best in that space.
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Alexandros Papamarkou: May 2014
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Thursday, 29 May 2014. La Fortuna" (2014), Jonas en de Walvis, St. Josephkerk, Amsterdam. La Fortuna was a video installation during the exhibition made by François Dey and me. But it is more then just a video work or sculpture. It is visualisation, an echo, of the actions we did in the church which resulted into this video work. The installation was made with found materials from in and around the church. Which my son watches occasionally. Posted by Alexandros Papamarkou. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Alexandros Papamarkou: Blue Duvet at Post Norma's Adobe Climax - Coalescence Party (2015)
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Friday, 17 April 2015. Blue Duvet at Post Norma's Adobe Climax - Coalescence Party (2015). Last weekend François Dey and I made a performance at Post Norma. It is a squat-art space initiative run by Sandberg Institute students. Explained in a few words, their project is about blurring the borders between the daily and art. Here is a home-made video clip,. Music: Blue Duvet (Live performance). Video: home video footage (recorded without any music played). And below another videoclip made by François Dey,.
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Alexandros Papamarkou: "Raft as a Shelter" (2014/15) Amsterdam
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Thursday, 22 January 2015. Raft as a Shelter" (2014/15) Amsterdam. Of course the Netherlands has a long term relationship with water. I imagine how nomadic people (from around 8000 - 5000 BC) where living in this geographical area in coherence with the seasons, climate and the tides. This raft life could be seen as a continuation of this relationship with water. Due to financial reasons and ethical principals, I wanted to use exclusively recycled materials. So from the beginning of the summer (2014) ...
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Alexandros Papamarkou: "Staying and walking along the Priessnitz" (2014), springhouse art residency, Dresden, Germany
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Tuesday, 8 July 2014. Staying and walking along the Priessnitz" (2014), springhouse art residency, Dresden, Germany. This year's springhouse residency took place in an office building from the GDR times. The building was used as planning office for design and industrial architecture. Now there are different offices located in the building. The work turned into symbolic play situations in which we chose a location along the Priessnitz, made a hut/shelter, looked for snails/slugs, had stick races in the wa...
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Alexandros Papamarkou: Exhibitions
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2015 - Raft Blues, Invitation to the Blues, PuntWG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2014 - Walking and staying alongside the Priessnitz in the Dresden Heath, springhouse art residency,. 2014 - la Fortuna, Jonas en de Walvis, St. Jospeph Church, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2014 - Labour, Jonas en de Walvis, St. Joseph Church, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2013 - Groepsexpositie: Couchsurfers and A-Boys, Jabu Arnell's home, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2012 - System of Order, GUM Studios, Torino, Italy.
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Alexandros Papamarkou: March 2014
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Monday, 3 March 2014. Labour" (2014), Jonas en de Walvis, St. Josephkerk, Amsterdam. Labour (2014), birth pool, birth ease ball, plastic hose, surface transducer, small amplifier, audio player and incense. On the same day as my second child was born I received an email by artist Terry Vreeburg asking to participate in this exhibition. It made sense to transfer the experience of the birth of my daughter into a work at the church. A few days later I started reading the book Psychoanalysis and Religion.
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Alexandros Papamarkou: Raft Blues (2015), Invitation to the Blues, PuntWG, Amsterdam
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Sunday, 15 February 2015. Raft Blues (2015), Invitation to the Blues, PuntWG, Amsterdam. From origin the Juke Joint is an informal happening where music, dance, jokes and tales, food and drinks, and occasionally some gambling were present. Especially in the 19th century it was run and visited by afro-americans in the south-east of the US. It was an alternative for the, only whites allowed places. They were mostly situated on crossings at the periphery of the city or located deep in the woods.
