Aegeanale
Athens International Airport
July 4th to October 30th 2013
Aegeanale is an international art and culture platform established in 2012 that welcomes artists and visitors from all over the world to a summer of discovery and inspiration to the majestic Aegean Sea.
Its fundamental goals is to highlight the Aegean as region of inspiration, creativity and intercultural dialogue as also to map once more, the archipelago as a complex of destinations with cultural interest.
Aegeanale’s program is constructed upon two different focus points:
The first focus point concerns a series of international artistic projects from the contemporary art scene, which travels in several locations of the Aegean Sea, constructing tourist routes of cultural interest.
The second focus point concerns a visual arts residency program in several islands of the Aegean, transforming the region to a unique “open-air gallery”.
Aegeanale’s program for 2013, includes a series of projects from all disciplines of contemporary art in different destinations of the Aegean aiming to create for travelers cultural routes and paths.
Aegean Experienced at the Athens International Airport
Aegeanale’s main communication event for 2013 is “Aegean Experienced”, a photography and video art exhibition which is a joint collaboration of Aegeanale and the Athens International Airport.
The exhibition showcases via the unique personal taste and aesthetics of seven artists the Greek archipelago as a field of inspiration and creativity. The outcome of this attempt leads to a multiperspectival narration where the Aegean “stars” as a destination, as a place of residence, as a concept, as a feeling.
The exhibition hosts 15 images from the works “Mare Liberum” by Yiorgis Yerolymbos, “Caravan Project” and “Blind Fisherman” by Thekla Malamou and Stratis Vogiatzis, “Caldera” by Dimitris Kleanthis, “Salt” by Costas Masseras and “Aegeanscapes” by Socrates Baltagiannis, as also a video trilogy from the “Living Postcards” series by Emmanouil Papadopoulos, curated by Stella Pekiaridi.
The exhibition will be available on public display daily on a 24hour basis, until October 30th of 2013, in airport’s special “Art & Culture” exhibition space located at the Arrivals level (entrance 1).