“Quieter than Silence_In Between Spaces”
Η Βένια Δημητρακοπούλου συμμετέχει στην έκθεση “Quieter than Silence_In Between Spaces”, σε επιμέλεια Βενετίας Καπερνέκας στη Νέα Υόρκη. Η έκθεση βασίζεται στο βιβλίο “In praise of shadows” (1937) του Ιάπωνα συγγραφέα Jun’ichirō Tanizaki.
«Βρίσκουμε την ομορφιά όχι στο ίδιο το αντικείμενο, αλλά στα μοτίβα των σκιών, το φως και το σκοτάδι, που δημιουργεί το ένα αντικείμενο απέναντι στο άλλο… Αν δεν υπήρχαν οι σκιές, δεν θα υπήρχε ομορφιά…»
14/11-16/12 2021 (ιδιωτική κατοικία: lower Manhattan, Νέα Υόρκη)
(η ακριβής διεύθυνση θα γίνει γνωστή μέσω μέιλ μετά το κλείσιμο ραντεβού)
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες για την έκθεση:
Module V Exhibition, New York
“Quieter than Silence_ The Space Between”
curated by Venetia Kapernekas
Nov 14-Dec 16, 2021 (private residence location: New York CIty, lower Manhattan)
(exact address will be given by rsvp/book by apt via email thru the Initiatives invitation)
”We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates… Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.
At the heart of this philosophy is a fundamental cultural polarity. Unlike the Western conception of beauty — a stylized fantasy constructed by airbrushing reality into a narrow and illusory ideal of perfection — the zenith of Japanese aesthetics is deeply rooted in the glorious imperfection of the present moment and its relationship to the realities of the past.”
The quality that we call beauty … must always grow from the realities of life, and our ancestors, forced to live in dark rooms, presently came to discover beauty in shadows, ultimately to guide shadows toward beauty’s ends.
Since Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, we’ve seen shadows as a metaphor for the illusory and wicked aspects of life, for that which we must eradicate in order to illuminate the truth and inherent goodness of existence. And yet we forget that the darkness they cast evidences the light — palpable proof without which we might not appreciate or even notice the radiance itself.
Participating Artists:
Ashley Keeper (Studio: Brooklyn, New York – Tulum, Mexico)
Renate Aller (Studio: New York)
Steven Antonakos (Estate, Studio: New York)
Hope Atherton (Studio: Harlem, New York)
Agnes Barley (Studio: New York)
Venia Dimitrakopoulou (Studio: Athens & Aegina Island, Greece)
Shirine Gill (Studio: New York)
Everett Kennedy Brown (Sudio: Kyoto, Japan)
Michelle Yi Martin (Studio: San Francisco, California)
Edward Ruscha (Private, Collection, New York)
A.V Ryan (Studio: Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York)
Constanza Camila Kramer Grafias (Studio: Munich, Germany)
Alexandros Tzannis (Studio: Athens, Greece)
Panos Tsagaris (Studio: Brooklyn, New York)
Peter Wayne Lewis (OASIS Studio, Massachusetts University of Art & Design, Professor EMERITUS)
Karin Weisman (Studio: Long Island & Bridgehampton, New York)
https://www.venetiainitiatives.com/upcoming-modules/quieter-than-silence-upcoming