The following interview is by our contributing writer and artist, Natalia Almonte with artist Anna Parisi.
Chasing the Unseen: In Conversation with Despina Konstantinides
We were recently able to (socially-distanced) meet with NY-based Despina Konstantinides for an interview! We are beyond excited for the opportunity to represent Konstantinides on peri-Tēchnes and to share this interview with you all here.
Long-Distance Chat with Photographer Chrissa Markos
We had the chance to speak with Chrissa Markos, a Massachusetts- based artist who works primarily with photography and print. Read below to learn more about Markos’ fascinating artistic practice that also draws deep connections with literature and cinema!
Artist Feature: Spyros Procopiou
On the occasion of featuring works by Spyros Procopiou, we spoke with the artist about his drawing practice. Below you can read the artist feature where you will learn all about his creative process and what his work is all about!
On Recent News of Appropriation and Re-use of Byzantine World Heritage Monuments
As a platform dedicated to the arts and to advocating for the value of cultural production and history, we felt the need to make an open statement on the recent change in status of two Byzantine Wold Heritage monuments, and specify that what we address is only in relation to these unwarranted changes on behalf of governmental officials.
Courtesy of a Pandemic: Chronicles of an Exhibition Installed Indefinitely by Natalia Almonte
Natalia Almonte with Nicole Economides, curated WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU at the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries of Parsons School of Design in New York before the pandemic brought about strict quarantine measures.
Read below for Natalia’s review of the effects of the pandemic on their exhibition that has been indefinitely extended!
Some Thoughts on Back to Athens 7, July 1 – 4, 2020, by Nicole Economides
This year’s Back to Athens art festival baring the title, “μetaΑθήνα / pόστΑθενς,” presents eleven curatorial projects and over 100 artists and curators that worked around the concept of “contemporary Athens.” Artists and curators alike, from the domestic and international art scene came together to present perspectives of the “new reality” in light of the pandemic and the contemporary socioeconomic circumstances.
Read on for Nicole Economides’ review of this year’s Back to Athens fair.
Thoughts on “Vida Americana” at The Whitney by Jennifer Contreras
About the author:In light of the quarantine-imposed limitations in art seeing, we will seek to bring you closer to exhibitions now out of reach by way of thoughtful reviews.Our guest contributor Jennifer Contreras who reviews two major exhibitions in New York that suffered the consequences of coinciding with a global pandemic. Jen is a New […]
Artist Feature: Lilena Marinou
This week we are also hosting an Artist Feature where we highlight filmmaker and photographer, Lilena Marinou.
Click here to read the full article, insights from the artist, and view samples of her work.
Beyond Photography: Interview with Anthoula Lelekidis
Anthoula Lelekidis is a first-generation Greek-American lens-based artist who works with photography, photographic collage, and mixed media who practices in New York. Her work navigates themes of personal memory, loss, migration, and the inability to create new memories.
We had the opportunity to interview Lelekidis. Read the full discussion below!