The Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Vasilis Alexandrou, entitled Πολιτικά νωθρό / Politically rekt as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations.
The exhibition focuses on the concept of political correctness, a concept whose overuse ultimately leads to the silencing of expression and is often manipulated as misdirection. Moreover, the title, which is a pun, sums up the political inertia and widespread complacency of citizens.
The exhibition will present a large part of the artist's research from the last four years. His research focuses on the how the recent pandemic and lockdown have introduced society into a new digital age, but also how society is being manipulated in a post-pandemic era without fully realizing the significance of these processes. The event will take place at MOMus- Experimental Center for the Arts, Thessaloniki, April 25 –May 12, 2024. The exhibition is curated by Eirini Papakonstantinou, art historian and curator.
Time: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 10:00-18:00,Thursday 12:00-20:00
Opening: 25 April
Entrance: Free
The exhibition presents the final results of the practice-based doctoral thesis of Vasilis Alexandrou, conducted at the Ionian University, Department of Audio and Visual Arts, entitled "Political Art in the Digital Age". The research project was supported by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.) in the framework of the "3rd Call for PhD Candidates" (Scholarship Number: 5369)
Supervising Professor: Angelos Floros Assistant Professor, Department of Audio and Visual Arts
Short CV:
Vasilis Alexandrou was born in 1990 in Thessaloniki Greece, where he lives and works. He graduated with honors from the School of Fine Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2014. In 2019 he completed a Master Degree on Interactive Installation and New Media in art, at the School of Audio and Visual Arts, Ionian University. Since March 2020 he has been a PhD candidate at the School of Audio and Visual Arts, Ionian University pursuing a practice-based PhD research titled "Political Art in Digital Age" for which he has been awarded a scholarship by H.F.R.I., Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation.
Vasilis has created two permanent works for public space and he has displayed his work in seven solo exhibitions and in more than 70 group shows. In 2020, he was awarded the ARTWORKS at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship Program. At the academic level, he has taught courses, seminars and workshops at Universities in Greece, such as the School of Sound and Visual Arts of the Ionian University, the Department of Culture, Creative Media and Industries of the University of Thessaly and the Department of Visual and Applied Arts of the School of Fine Arts Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
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