Every “Utopia” is always closely related to an optimistic, idealistic, almost impossible and unattainable perfection which, nevertheless, traditionally leads to something feasible and realistic. It could have been either a eutopia or a dystopia, but ours is definitely an utopia because having retreated from a temporal and spatial reality that is not good enough for us, we create our own utopia: the “Utopia” of Art, with the only constants being our Cameras and Light. A Utopia where artists vanish into their own creations, consumed by an obsession in an urban landscape miniature; in a worn out materiality that changes every moment into something new.
The exhibition shows artworks in different Levels thus fostering the illusion of our “Utopia’s” dialectic spirit.
Floor I: Images that depict the urban landscape: a landscape that we create and which recreate us within our own “Utopia” (Entry- level photography classes).
Floor IV: Images that reflect the past and the present making the trek side by side, in an unrefined setting of randomly laying rooms. The photography game is now entirely in your hands for you to discover the symbolic meaning of life in the abandoned places of an “Utopia” whose geography constantly changes (Advanced class II). There is also for you to discover the manifestation of The Subjective as variant effigies of the contemporary personal illusion of “Utopia” (Advanced class I).
Parallel Activities at METApolis
June 22, 23 & 24 │Photo Bazaar
METApolis and Médecins du Monde hold a photography bazaar in order to raise funds for Médecins du Monde efforts. However, this is also a great opportunity for Photography funs to attend the exhibition titled “Utopia”.
June 27th , 6:30pm-9:00pm │ D800/D800E & D4 Nikon
When Technology meets Art
METApolis and Nikon Selective Distributors “Geramas” offer METApolis members and Photography funs a great opportunity to attend a “Touch & Try” display of professional Nikon Cameras, D800/800Ε & D4.
June 29th, 30th & July 1st │Photo Projection Nights
Friday, June 29th 9:00pm – 11:00pm │I Love Athens
Our Group’s new friends present us how they have personally experienced and loved our City all over again.
Saturday, June 30th 9:00pm-11:00pm │ A) Create Digital Collages, B) Monde Uganda
For “PHOTOAlites” the journey goes on for another year with two presentations. In the first part, we are introduced to David Hockney’s influence and to a journey through the unknown paths of Digital Collage, under the tutor’s, Th. Veronikis, guidance. In the second part, three members of our Group present their trip to our village in Uganda.
Sunday July 1st 9:00pm – 11:00pm │A play between sequential “meta” (post) and the “co-referential meta”.
In the third part of presentations, METApolis’ friends, who are with us for the second year , present us their transformation attempt and their first personal experimentation.
A dialogue-game among 20 quest and picture lovers.
METApolis Photo Group
Photo Group METApolis was formed in 2009 by Giannis Giannakopoulos and Kostas Kourtidis. The Group seeks its own evolution of the city, as well as all the bits and pieces that make up itself and its reflection, METApolis. Level I consists of aspiring photographers who have just taken up and they are discovering creative Photography. Level II consists of artists, perennial amateurs, who have been working as a group for the past few years and have been experimenting and discovering aspects of photography under the guidance of their Masters. METApolis is a play between sequential “meta” (post) and “co-referential meta”, it is a journey through numerous “clicks” capturing moments… memories (past), illusions (present), dreams (future) in parallel times. METApolis is us…
Utopia: Photo Exhibition by “METApolis” Photo Group
Exhibition’s Opening: Friday, June 22nd , 2012, 8:00pm, 48-50 Aiolou street, Athens
Duration of the exhibition: June 22nd – July 1st, 2012
Exhibition Operating Hours:
Weekdays: 5:00pm-10:00pm
Weekends: 12:00pm-9:00pm
Admission: Free
Exhibition’s Curators: Yiannis Yiannakopoulos, Kostas Kourtidis
The exhibition is held under the auspices of Médecins du Monde
Information: info@metapolis.gr, Tel: 0030-210.32.53.550
url: www.metapolis.gr
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