SPYROS VERYKIOS
International exhibition / project · 2018

Cosmonauts of Inner Space

All curatorship

The project brought together Greek, Belgian and international artists, scientists and researchers across a wide range of media, including interactive installation, artificial intelligence, painting, sculpture, video and performance.

Conceived and curated by Spyros Verykios, Cosmonauts of Inner Space unfolded across Athens, Brussels and Tokyo. The Brussels presentation was curated by Ilia Katsaridou, who also contributed the theoretical framework and exhibition text. Taking Fantastic Voyage as an initial trigger, the project focused on explorations of the human interior and the shifting relationship between microcosm and macrocosm, inner and outer space, artistic and scientific research.

Curator / project conception
Spyros Verykios
Brussels curator
Ilia Katsaridou
Theoretical framework & exhibition text
Ilia Katsaridou
Cities
Athens · Brussels · Tokyo
Year
2018

Project

The exhibition examined the dialectical relationship between inner and outer space, microcosm and macrocosm, private and social experience, and the different means used to approach these fields.

Rather than defining “inner space” narrowly, the project invited artistic, scientific and theoretical approaches spanning biology, philosophy, psychology, sociology, technology and spatial research.

Artists & participants

Manolis Angelakis / tindAngelos AntonopoulosNikos ArvanitisZacharias ArvanitisIsidora AvraamDimitris BaboulisEmmanouil BitsakisManos ChrisovergisRory O’ConnorMarios FournarisKyriaki GoniIoanna GoumaJuliano KaglisAntonis KapnisisApostolos KarakatsanisGeorge KazazisThanos KlonarisKiki KolympariPanayiotis LamprouVarvara LiakounakouMaria MavropoulouChristos MichaelidesTassos MisourasVassilis PapatsaroychasMarios PavlouStefanos RokosGeorge TourlasGiorgos TserionisSpyros VerykiosHadassah EmmerichMikael GrocLuna HaertjensYoungjae LihSIBYLHarlinde De MolChantal PollierMaria Veronica Aris ZlatarPerformative Environments in the Arts Research Laboratory (PEARL)

Athens

Works documented in the Athens section of the original archive.

Manolis Angelakis / tind — Eternal Gaze2018 · Silkscreen print on paper · 40 × 40 cm
Angelos Antonopoulos — Self-Cosmonauts2018 · Mixed technique (wood, metal, polyurethane, polystyrene, acrylic) · 185 × 130 × 60 cm
Nikos Arvanitis — Happy Encounter2018 · Audio play and 3D-printed object · 7 × 15 cm
Zacharias Arvanitis — Untitled2013 · Engraving-monoprint · 80 × 108 cm
Isidora Avraam — Puberty2018 · Watercolour · 21 × 26 cm
Dimitris Baboulis — Vulva in Psychedelia2018 · India ink on paper · 40 × 40 cm
Emmanouil Bitsakis — Peace at Home2003–2014 · Oil and acrylic on canvas · 40 × 40 cm
Manos Chrisovergis — Untitled2018 · Photograph · 60 × 60 cm
Rory O’Connor — The Usual Mess2016 · Print and ink drawing on paper · 28 × 32 cm
Marios Fournaris — Humanoid Perception2018 · Digital collage / archival print on paper · 66 × 47 cm
Kyriaki Goni — Counting Craters on the Moon. A Deep Dream2018 · Mixed-media installation · dimensions variable
Ioanna Gouma — Untitled2007 · Mixed technique, drawing and collage on Japanese paper · 65 × 95 cm
Juliano Kaglis — Judgment Night2018 · Oil on canvas · 40 × 40 cm
Antonis Kapnisis — The Mountain2018 · Acrylic on wood · 28 × 38 cm
Apostolos Karakatsanis — Untitled2018 · Acrylic on canvas · 100 × 150 cm
George Kazazis — Breathe In – Breathe Out2018 · Oil on canvas · 40 × 60 cm
Thanos Klonaris — The Sublimation of Torque2018 · Inkjet print on archival matte paper · 40 × 40 cm
Kiki Kolympari — The Good and the Bad Thief2018 · Acrylic on wood · 60 × 50 cm
Panayiotis Lamprou — Avato Geraniou2009 · Photography · 85 × 85 cm
Varvara Liakounakou — Untitled2018 · Oil and oil pastel on canvas · 71.5 × 56 cm
Maria Mavropoulou — Portrait of iPhone 6s2018 · Photograph printed on light box · 60 × 40 cm
Christos Michaelides — Order and Formation Is the Key to Understand Their History2018 · Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard · 40 × 40 cm
Tassos Misouras — Untitled2018 · Mixed-media installation · approx. 180 × 130 × 45 cm
Vassilis Papatsaroychas — The Scientist in Front of the Stitches of Thought2018 · Indian ink on handmade paper · 40 × 63 cm
Marios Pavlou — Guided2018 · Video · duration 8 min
Stefanos Rokos — Fantastic Voyage, 6.00 pm2018 · Mixed media on paper · 40 × 40 cm
George Tourlas — Greater Wing2018 · Digital drawing / digital print on paper · 40 × 40 cm
Giorgos Tserionis — Hidden in Common View #22017 · Wood, clay, iron, enamel paint · 110 × 110 cm
Spyros Verykios — Reflecting Skin2018 · Oil on canvas · 40 × 23 cm

Brussels

Works documented in the Brussels section of the original archive.

Hadassah Emmerich — Red Legs2018 · Ink, oil and printing ink on paper · 40 × 40 cm
Mikael Groc — Anxiolitic Barbecue2017 · Oil and spray paint on canvas · 200 × 150 cm
Luna Haertjens — Stone Green2018 · Tetra Pak etching and watercolour on Zerkall paper · 21 × 30 cm
Youngjae Lih — Unseen2018 · Video projection, artist-made device, drawing, map and artist essay · dimensions variable
SIBYLWork details unavailable
Harlinde De Mol — Installation2018 · Installation · 400 × 250 cm
Chantal Pollier — Erratic 12017 · Belgian black marble “Noir de Mazy” · with stand 35 × 29.5 × 24 cm
Maria Veronica Aris ZlatarWork details unavailable

Tokyo

Magnetic Dance / PEARL documentation from the Tokyo section.

Iannis Zannos — Magnetic DanceTokyo · 2018
Iannis Zannos — Magnetic DanceTokyo · 2018