Maria Paschalidou (c) 2006


2007 "Visibility" Visibility is an art project, which explores the dynamics of communication between artists and audiences in the public space. In this project, the participating artists and academics worked both collectively and individually so as to create not only a physical but also a quasi-virtual environment in which the presence/visibility of the artists, of the art product as well as that of the audiences is under negotiation. Since November 2006, the participants have been working on the production of a joint DVD/art product. Copies of the DVD were exchanged with any products and/or goods people were willing to offer, during the public act/performance, which took place on September 29, 2007 in the Street Market of Attiki Square (Athens, Greece). The public performance, the conversations and dialogues between the artists and the people in the market, were video recorded and broadcast live both in the exhibition space (CHEAP ART Gallery: September 29 - October 1, 2007) and on the Internet (live streaming). Visibility is carried into effect on two parallel levels. On the first level, the project addresses the issue of our artists' visibility along with that of our art work. We move away from the "familiar, safe, art environment" of a typical exhibition space so as to meet broader and possibly less known audiences. Our objective is to negotiate our visibility and redefine our role within the frame of an urban environment where daily activities occur. On the second level a particular neighborhood of the city of Athens comes on the scene. The overcrowded area of Attiki Square, in which populations, cultures, customs and commercial products are mixed, plays its own part in the game of visibility versus invisibility. The project Visibility aims to explore the terrain of public art through artistic experimentation, differentiated art practices, collaboration and performative acts. Visit the Visibility web site. 2006 "New Technologies in Art: Conceptual Approaches and Art Paradigms" Sonic Arts & Technologies Forum 2006; Thessaloniki International Fair (Pavilion 8), Programming Interactive Environments Workshop, Iannis Zannos, Ionian University; Thessaloniki, Greece, Sep. 28 - Oct. 1, 2006 2005 "'The Art of Artist Statement' exhibition in Chicago" (Feb. 18, 2005-Apr. 2, 2005) A multi-level investigation of how people respond to the 'artist statement'; Artistic Inquiry and the Role of the Artist in Academe workshop. Organized by the co-curators of the "Proximities: Artists' Statements and Their Works" exhibition at Kamloops Art Gallery, Will Garrett-Petts, Associate Professor, English & Modern Languages, Thompson Rivers University and Rachel Nash, Assistant Professor, English & Modern Languages, Thompson Rivers University. British Columbia, Canada, November 23 - 26, 2005. [The same essay was presented in Greek language, in Athens, Greece, at the Contemporary Art Magazine Gap & Gazon Rouge Gallery (cafe Futura, March 2, 2006) and the Herakleidon Museum (April 3, 2006) under the titles "The Politics of Representation of the artist discourse: The Art of Artist Statement" and "The Art of Artist Statement: A discussion on artist statements", respectively] "'Disturbed' Audiences" Early Adopters, Report on art audiences; Project by Adelheid Mers, http://adelheidmers.org/earlyadopters/PM.htm, Chicago, U.S., September 15- October 27, 2005 "The Art of Artist Statement" and "Obsessive Compulsive Logorrhea" The Art of Artist Statement exhibition catalogue, Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center; Chicago, U.S., February 2005, co-written with Georgia Kotretsos (curatorial essays) "Fictions" Presentation of the video at Alien Communities: Displacement and Isolation, "Aliens of Extraordinary ability" Symposium on Immigration, Alienation, Otherness and Contemporary Art; Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, The Biological Sciences Learning Center, Artists' Lectures, The University of Chicago, May 13, 2005 2004 "Ekecheiria: Fragmented Moments of Truce" Ekecheiria exhibition catalogue, The Federation of Hellenic American Organizations of Illinois ENOSIS, the World Council of Hellenes Abroad, North & South America Region, the Chicago-Athens Committee of the Chicago Sister Cities International Program in cooperation with the Consulate General of Greece in Chicago, Office for Educational Affairs; Chicago, U.S., June 2004 (curatorial essay) "Ritualizing Global Statements: Claude Cahun as Buddha and Yasumasa Morimura as Mona Lisa" M.F.A. Thesis, Photography Department, Columbia College Chicago, September 2004; Columbia College Chicago Library 2001 "Mike Kelley's and Annette Messager's stuffed toys and animals" Photography Department, Columbia College Chicago, Spring 2001

2007

"Visibility"

Visibility is an art project, which explores the dynamics of communication between artists and audiences in the public space.

In this project, the participating artists and academics worked both collectively and individually so as to create not only a physical but also a quasi-virtual environment in which the presence/visibility of the artists, of the art product as well as that of the audiences is under negotiation.

Since November 2006, the participants have been working on the production of a joint DVD/art product. Copies of the DVD were exchanged with any products and/or goods people were willing to offer, during the public act/performance, which took place on September 29, 2007 in the Street Market of Attiki Square (Athens, Greece). The public performance, the conversations and dialogues between the artists and the people in the market, were video recorded and broadcast live both in the exhibition space (CHEAP ART Gallery: September 29 - October 1, 2007) and on the Internet (live streaming).

Visibility is carried into effect on two parallel levels.

On the first level, the project addresses the issue of our artists' visibility along with that of our art work. We move away from the "familiar, safe, art environment" of a typical exhibition space so as to meet broader and possibly less known audiences. Our objective is to negotiate our visibility and redefine our role within the frame of an urban environment where daily activities occur.

On the second level a particular neighborhood of the city of Athens comes on the scene. The overcrowded area of Attiki Square, in which populations, cultures, customs and commercial products are mixed, plays its own part in the game of visibility versus invisibility.

The project Visibility aims to explore the terrain of public art through artistic experimentation, differentiated art practices, collaboration and performative acts.

Visit the Visibility web site.

2006

"New Technologies in Art: Conceptual Approaches and Art Paradigms"
Sonic Arts & Technologies Forum 2006; Thessaloniki International Fair (Pavilion 8), Programming Interactive Environments Workshop, Iannis Zannos, Ionian University; Thessaloniki, Greece, Sep. 28 - Oct. 1, 2006

2005

"'The Art of Artist Statement' exhibition in Chicago"
(Feb. 18, 2005-Apr. 2, 2005)
A multi-level investigation of how people respond to the 'artist statement'; Artistic Inquiry and the Role of the Artist in Academe workshop. Organized by the co-curators of the "Proximities: Artists' Statements and Their Works" exhibition at Kamloops Art Gallery, Will Garrett-Petts, Associate Professor, English & Modern Languages, Thompson Rivers University and Rachel Nash, Assistant Professor, English & Modern Languages, Thompson Rivers University. British Columbia, Canada, November 23 - 26, 2005. [The same essay was presented in Greek language, in Athens, Greece, at the Contemporary Art Magazine Gap & Gazon Rouge Gallery (cafe Futura, March 2, 2006) and the Herakleidon Museum (April 3, 2006) under the titles "The Politics of Representation of the artist discourse: The Art of Artist Statement" and "The Art of Artist Statement: A discussion on artist statements", respectively]

"'Disturbed' Audiences"
Early Adopters, Report on art audiences; Project by Adelheid Mers, http://adelheidmers.org/earlyadopters/PM.htm, Chicago, U.S., September 15- October 27, 2005

"The Art of Artist Statement" and "Obsessive Compulsive Logorrhea"
The Art of Artist Statement exhibition catalogue, Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center; Chicago, U.S., February 2005, co-written with Georgia Kotretsos (curatorial essays)

"Fictions"
Presentation of the video at Alien Communities: Displacement and Isolation, "Aliens of Extraordinary ability" Symposium on Immigration, Alienation, Otherness and Contemporary Art; Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, The Biological Sciences Learning Center, Artists' Lectures, The University of Chicago, May 13, 2005

2004

"Ekecheiria: Fragmented Moments of Truce"
Ekecheiria exhibition catalogue, The Federation of Hellenic American Organizations of Illinois ENOSIS, the World Council of Hellenes Abroad, North & South America Region, the Chicago-Athens Committee of the Chicago Sister Cities International Program in cooperation with the Consulate General of Greece in Chicago, Office for Educational Affairs; Chicago, U.S., June 2004 (curatorial essay)

"Ritualizing Global Statements: Claude Cahun as Buddha and Yasumasa Morimura as Mona Lisa"
M.F.A. Thesis, Photography Department, Columbia College Chicago, September 2004; Columbia College Chicago Library

2001

"Mike Kelley's and Annette Messager's stuffed toys and animals"
Photography Department, Columbia College Chicago, Spring 2001