Kostis Velonis
Mount the Air
Past
26 November 2015 – 16 January 2016
11 Haritos Street, Kolonaki
Kalfayan Galleries (11 Haritos Street, Kolonaki, Athens) present the solo show of Kostis Velonis titled “Mount the Air”. The opening of the exhibition will take place on Thursday, 26 November, from 20.00 to 22.00.
The sculptures and performative environments of Kostis Velonis refer to the ways in which the adverse conditions of the economy influence interpersonal relationships. If uncertain working conditions negate the stability of the home environment and accelerate the ephemeral co-existence with objects, how does sculpture describe these relationships?
Velonis uses cheap furniture that one finds in precarious workers’ apartments. At the same time he makes DIY structures in which he communicates the sense of urgency. The “activist architecture” in the show “Mount the Air”, investigates the permanence of social structures as well as questioning their role and form. The design of objects that function outside the context of privacy refers directly to the provisional and impromptu constructions that are used in demonstrations, public speeches and protests.
Artists
Kostis Velonis
Kostis Velonis lives and works in Athens. He holds an MRes in Humanities and Cultural Studies from London Consortium (Birkbeck College, ICA, AA, Tate). He studied Arts Plastiques/ Esthétiques at Université Paris 8 (D.E.A) and earned his PhD from the Department of Architecture, N.T.U.A University of Athens.
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