Calendars:Networked Media Calendar/Networked Media Calendar/31-10-2022 -Event 1
LB2: 12:00 - 17:30 Gallery installation thematic with Stefanos Tsivopoulos: session 1 of a 6-day thematic - day1: in the large project space
In this seminar, we will expand on the field of video installation and investigate contemporary methodologies and practices that shed light on the intricacies between space, moving images, and the public. The seminar uses three distinct areas of inquiry: 1. A series of lectures on contemporary video installation followed by group discussions and analysis, 2. A workshop that aims to create a model for a video installation during seminar 3. A series of group critics and in-depth discussions on your upcoming thesis project.
Students will learn to translate and incorporate various artistic methodologies in a video installation. We will also study the contemporary practices of video art and filmmaking through screenings of video art, interviews, and installation works by seminal contemporary video artists.
Monday, October 31: Video Installation
11h -12h: Presentation of S. Tsivopoulos's works.
Possible screening: Journey to a land otherwise known (2011, 23 mins), The Labyrinth (2018, 19 mins), Black Sun (2016, 43 mins), followed by a Q&A.
12h-15h: Students' Presentation.
The students will present the following: 1. Introduce their practice, key topics, and methodologies. 2. Within the workshop's framework, students will present one of their existing video works (or WIP) as a starting point to (re) imagine, develop, make sketches and eventually build a model for a video installation. 3. Present and analyze the works of three contemporary video artists that use video Installation as a primary component of their work.
15h -1730h: First session: Video installation
Lens-based practices and video installation. We will look into seminal video installations by contemporary video artists, discuss the methods and intentions of these artists, the politics of display, and finally, the necessitation of space and image concerning the public. Reference artists include Bill Viola, Joan Jonas, Pipiloti Rist, John Akomfrah, Natalie Djurberg, Isaak Julien, Omer Fast, Mika Rottenberg, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Anri Sala, Ryan Trecartin, Fiona Tan, Pierre Huyghe, Wandelien van Oldenborgh, Erik van Lieshout, Jeremy Deller, Forensic Architecture, Hito Steyerl. 1730h - 18h: Closing remarks. At the end of each session, we will take a moment to reflect on the day's work and discuss any questions.
Stefanos Tsivopoulos is an interdisciplinary artist, flimmaker, educator, and organizer, who exhibited extensively in art institutions and flm-festivals including the 1st Athens Biennial; 2nd CAFAM Biennial Beijing; Manifesta 8, Spain; 6th Thessaloniki Biennial; 2nd Xinjiang Biennale; 6th Fotobiennale Mannheim; 4th Riga Quadrennial; and dOCUMENTA 14, Kassel. Group shows include the High Line Art, New York; MAXXI, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome; MoMUS, State Museum Thessaloniki; The 8th Floor, New York; Bellas Artes Projects Manila; MuCEM, Marseille; Tate Modern, London; MACBA, Barcelona; M KHA, Antwerp; BAK, Utrecht; Kunsthaus Zurich; Kunstinstituut Mellly, Rotterdam. He represented Greece at the 55th Venice Biennial with History Zero a three part film and an archive.
Tsivopoulos teaches at the BFA and MFA Fine Arts program of The New School - Parsons (2017-). He's the founder and co-director of the Artists for Artists (AfA) a non-proft educational organization.