Opening on Wednesday, November 27th at 8pm
Paula Veidenbauma & Diāna Mikāne —
Wish Upon a Shooting star
27.11 — 27.12
Sat+Sun 5-8pm
Paula Veidenbauma (@paulaveidenbauma) (b. 1997, Latvia) is working on the meeting points between art, architecture, urbanism, and theatre. These encounters often encompass situated artistic practice, curatorial work, research, and writing. She often explores observed paradoxes as alliances with material properties through sculptural dramaturgies. The ongoing theory-grounded practice gravitates toward themes surrounding the politics of real estate, institutional practices, feminist phenomenology, and performing arts as a critical practice. Based in Vienna, Austria.
Diāna Mikāne (@m1aana) (b. 1996, Latvia) works at the intersections of curatorial and art practices, currently operating between Riga, and other satellite locations. Through curatorial projects that are both theoretically grounded and engaged with contemporary artistic practice, Diāna engages in a dialogue about the politics of space, memory-making and identity construction, often grounded in narratives and identity struggles rooted in a post-socialist space, merged with speculative future imaginaries.
Together, they form an artist duo, gel office, (@gel.office) that works at the intersection of art, performance, and architecture, practising art-making, curating, facilitation, and research.
Production artist: Katariin Mudist (@katariin.mudist) (b. 1994, Estonia) is an artist, whose practice delves into the multifaceted nature of humanity within social contexts.
She explores the intersection of visual and material-based art, her work often incorporates humour and irony to critique societal norms, focusing on themes of performativity, value, and materiality.
‘Wish Upon a Shooting Star derives from city megaproject showrooms. Coming from Riga, another periphery of the European Union, and sharing the same time zone with Athens, gel fabricates an upcoming gentrified poodle invasion in the middle of mixed-use urban development potentialities.’
Opening hours:
27.11 — 27.12
Sat+Sun 3-6pm
+ by appointmentPast exhibitions
Olympia Antoniadis (b. 1994) grew up in South Australia and is the third generation of Greek immigrants who migrated to Australia in the late 50s. She is currently based in Melbourne, working on Wurundjeri land. Her most recent works uncover her personal experience with existential themes and the transient nature of memory. She is interested in conscious and unconscious states of mind and the symbolism and materiality of psychological spaces and mental narratives.
Olympia completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the Victorian College of Arts (2015) and holds a Masters of Art Therapy from La Trobe University (2023). Olympia has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia. This is her first time exhibiting in Greece and internationally.
@olympia.antoniadis
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Olympia completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the Victorian College of Arts (2015) and holds a Masters of Art Therapy from La Trobe University (2023). Olympia has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia. This is her first time exhibiting in Greece and internationally.
@olympia.antoniadis
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Clare Aimée, artist and massage therapist, presents an ongoing project in which she offers massage for exchange. For three days, she will turn Living Room into a massage studio where you are invited to make an appointment. Instead of monetary transactions, other forms of trade are encouraged.
A consideration contingent upon the other, together we decide on what feels fair for the both of us. The agreed upon reciprocities will be on display at the opening, Saturday 18th of May at 8pm.
Clare Aimée (b. 1992 on lək̓ʷəŋən territory, Vancouver Island) is a Canadian artist that has been working in Iceland for the last 8 years. She graduated with a BA degreee in Fine Arts from the Icelandic University of the Arts in 2020 and went on academic exchange at The Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 2019, Czech Republic.
The project was partially funded by @samband_isl_mynd_sim
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A consideration contingent upon the other, together we decide on what feels fair for the both of us. The agreed upon reciprocities will be on display at the opening, Saturday 18th of May at 8pm.
Clare Aimée (b. 1992 on lək̓ʷəŋən territory, Vancouver Island) is a Canadian artist that has been working in Iceland for the last 8 years. She graduated with a BA degreee in Fine Arts from the Icelandic University of the Arts in 2020 and went on academic exchange at The Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 2019, Czech Republic.
The project was partially funded by @samband_isl_mynd_sim
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Eva Ísleifs was born in 1982 in Reykjavik, Iceland. She received her BA-degree in Fine Arts from the Icelandic University of the Arts in 2008 and her MFA-degree in Sculpture from Edinburgh College of Art.
Eva’s works have been exhibited in many places across Europe. Recent exhibitions are the solo exhibition, ‘The Earth is my Bed’ in Kling&Bang and ‘HIC SVNT DRACONES’ in Gallerí Kverk in Reykjavik, Iceland and ‘Getting out of Zola’ in MEME in Athens, Greece. Eva also curated ‘HEAD to HEAD’ which took place in Athens in 2021 in collaboration with Kling&Bang and will take place in Reykjavik in 2024. She also curated the biennale Staðir/Places 2013 in collaboration with Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir and Becky Forsythe.
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Eva’s works have been exhibited in many places across Europe. Recent exhibitions are the solo exhibition, ‘The Earth is my Bed’ in Kling&Bang and ‘HIC SVNT DRACONES’ in Gallerí Kverk in Reykjavik, Iceland and ‘Getting out of Zola’ in MEME in Athens, Greece. Eva also curated ‘HEAD to HEAD’ which took place in Athens in 2021 in collaboration with Kling&Bang and will take place in Reykjavik in 2024. She also curated the biennale Staðir/Places 2013 in collaboration with Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir and Becky Forsythe.
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