It will take place from October 12 to 20, 2024 at the Old Electric of Paphos – What those interested need to know
The Petridio Foundation is issuing an open invitation for participation in the group exhibition entitled Reflections of a Community, which will take place from October 12 to 20, 2024 at the Old Electric Station of Paphos. Yiannis Sakellis and Kyriakos Margaritis have undertaken the Coordination and Curation of the Exhibition. The organizer is the Petrideo Foundation and the supporter is the Municipality of Paphos.
According to an announcement by the Petrideo Foundation, the invitation concerns professional artists (graduates or not) born or residing in Paphos.
According to the rationale of the curators for the group exhibition Reflections of a Community, artists are urged to an in-depth investigation of community life in Paphos, in all its individual elements: Identity/otherness, mentalities, multiplicity and difference, local feeling, public and private sphere, public and personal experience.
As stated, by way of explanation, the artists are invited to reflect on the concept of place and lifestyle in Paphos, and to present the visual imprint of their research, far beyond the usual representations of the city, attempting a narrative and symbolic rendering of place through its various reflections (reflections), as they themselves employ and creatively transcribe them into the work of art.
The objective of the exhibition, it is added, is not the presentation of a series of external images from Paphos, but the dynamic mapping of the community as an internal and mental landscape and an in progress assembly of this condition through the snapshots that the artists will present.
It is also pointed out that the group character of the exhibition takes on dimensions of synergy, and there is a shared tour of the narrative web of the Paphian community, a web that is woven and highlighted by the artists themselves, with the works as signposts and signals/threads.
The curators aspire to thus construct a living and open archive, which will aggregate all the stories, marking a new, grand narrative about the community identity and experience of Paphos, with visual artists in the role of narrator and interpreter.
< p>Artists who wish to participate in the exhibition are invited to fill out the form/application found in the link below
https://forms.gle/DDSnFQJYvMRvVNJp9
By < strong>completion of the form the following will be requested:
1. High resolution photos (min 300dpi) of the works (up to 3 works) with the following information: Title/Dimensions/Technique/Year of creation of the work.
2. Short biography of the artist in Greek and English (up to 200 words).
3. Project rationale.
Please note that the application deadline ends on September 3, 2024.
The selected artists will be notified by e-mail until September 17 2024. The delivery of the selected works to Palea Electriki is the responsibility of the artists, as well as their receipt the next day, after the end of the exhibition.
< p>It is also noted that there are no restrictions for the technique (painting, drawing, engraving, photography, installation, etc.) nor for the dimensions of the project – which will however be taken into account in relation to the area of the Old Electricity.
Applications sent after the deadline will not be considered.
Information: [email protected]/99478162 (Yiannis Sakellis).
