Vasilis Zarifopoulos — They Told Me I Have the F29 Disease but I am Afraid of Flights
15.03 — 14.04.25
RUN
A common symptom of mental illness is when you
have the strong hallucination that somebody is
chasing you, also combined with the long distance
walks as a form of therapy. This painting is about a
symptom but also autobiographical after an incident
when I was shot with an airgun by a stranger.
A common symptom of mental illness is when you
have the strong hallucination that somebody is
chasing you, also combined with the long distance
walks as a form of therapy. This painting is about a
symptom but also autobiographical after an incident
when I was shot with an airgun by a stranger.
F29
Unspecified psychosis, defined with the F29 code
in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
F29 is also the model of a failed Fighter Jet that
was later used by NASA. Doppel meaning or code
speaking was also a symptom when I experience a
crisis
Unspecified psychosis, defined with the F29 code
in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
F29 is also the model of a failed Fighter Jet that
was later used by NASA. Doppel meaning or code
speaking was also a symptom when I experience a
crisis
PAIN
Four years ago when my doctor changed my
medication, I experienced a mental health crisis and
the Exploding Head Syndrome, which is actually a
sleep disorder. It is a harmless condition, however,
I could hear sounds, which worried me a lot. During
the sleepless nights, I began searching for similar
sounds online. I found a video with the sound of a
dying star. It was exactly the same. The nurofen logo
has also a double meaning, not only as a corrupted
pharma industry but also as a painkiller and graphic
about a dying star.
Four years ago when my doctor changed my
medication, I experienced a mental health crisis and
the Exploding Head Syndrome, which is actually a
sleep disorder. It is a harmless condition, however,
I could hear sounds, which worried me a lot. During
the sleepless nights, I began searching for similar
sounds online. I found a video with the sound of a
dying star. It was exactly the same. The nurofen logo
has also a double meaning, not only as a corrupted
pharma industry but also as a painkiller and graphic
about a dying star.
Vasilis Zarifopoulos, born in 1983, is an Athens-based artist. He is a graduate of the University of Aegean (2006) and holds a Master's degree from Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (2013), where he studied under Rita McBride. His artistic practice is diverse, encompassing various processes and concepts, often with an autobiographical context. He is particularly interested in communication design and contemporary social issues.
Vasilis actively seeks collaborations that combine curating and art-making, aiming to blur the lines between the two practices. He is interested in creating situations that allow him to study relationships and their social context. He has collaborated with numerous institutions and creative thinkers, and his work has been exhibited in various art venues, including Plex, Knead, Opening Gallery, One Minute Space, Caribic Care, Home Cooking, Sub Rosa, Arcade Gallery, Queer Thoughts, Villa Empain (Resident 2017), Showroom Mama, PAN, Parkhaus, MACBA, Malkasten, and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.
Additionally, Vasilis has worked for Ergo Collective, Life Sport, the Public Program of Documenta 14, Kunsthalle Athena, and NEON projects with Whitechapel Gallery, Tino Sehgal, Marina Abramovic, and Asad Raza. He was awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by Artworks in 2021 and has contributed to various publications.
Artist profile: @zarifopoulos
Photos by Frank Holbein
Vasilis actively seeks collaborations that combine curating and art-making, aiming to blur the lines between the two practices. He is interested in creating situations that allow him to study relationships and their social context. He has collaborated with numerous institutions and creative thinkers, and his work has been exhibited in various art venues, including Plex, Knead, Opening Gallery, One Minute Space, Caribic Care, Home Cooking, Sub Rosa, Arcade Gallery, Queer Thoughts, Villa Empain (Resident 2017), Showroom Mama, PAN, Parkhaus, MACBA, Malkasten, and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.
Additionally, Vasilis has worked for Ergo Collective, Life Sport, the Public Program of Documenta 14, Kunsthalle Athena, and NEON projects with Whitechapel Gallery, Tino Sehgal, Marina Abramovic, and Asad Raza. He was awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by Artworks in 2021 and has contributed to various publications.
Artist profile: @zarifopoulos
Photos by Frank Holbein
