CURRENT Athens is an online platform for the non-hierarchical promotion of contemporary art.
ABSTRACTICO is a series of screenings aimed at raising awareness of experimental animation. These works often push the boundaries of the fine arts, so the screenings will not be held in traditional ways or venues.
The first Abstractico event will take place at the Okay initiative Space. 9 experimental animated films will be screened.
Andriana Mila - Day after Day
"Day after day" is a thinking process about our lives and the way they pass in front of our eyes like a dream and a sweet memory. The video was an attempt to visualize the first part, a poem, of the artist's thesis, which referred to deeper thoughts and feelings during her studies in the city of florina. In the video, a reference is made to parts of the poem written by her. "life is meant to be a forgotten memory", as artist's personal belief, in a more poetic interpretation of the connection that memory has with our everyday life and dreams.
Chaerin Im - Eyes and Horns
The transformation of the over masculine minotaur, inspired by picasso's print series 'vollard suite', leads to the destruction of boundaries of sexes.
Katerina Magarini - The whale bus
Whale bus is a short episode, slice of life, of a post-apocalyptic athens, where the sea level has reached such a point that only the few highest points of the basin can now be seen. The episode explores the relationships of the creatures that now inhabit it, showing how they navigate between the remaining islands, relying on sympoeitic systems.
Marcell Mostoha - Avant
Artistic beginnings repeat. one hand is the same hand, but the other becomes an ear. Unexpectedly, the process is heard: it sounds clearer than the shapes that catch the eye.
Maria Moutafidou - 010101000 01101111 01110000 01101001 01100001
A blend of 3d scanned flora, automatic and non automatic software, water screens and clicking leaves. A visual collaboration of nature and machine.
Max Litvinov - L'HYDRE D'OR
His first year one minute film at l'école de la Poudrière.
Melinda Kádár - The Wellspring and the Tower
The lifecycle of an otherworldly ecosystem, as it passes through states of harmony and chaos in a constant effort to maintain equilibrium.
Milly Yencken - The Eastern Rain
If the rain were to fall indoors, but never out doors ...where do we begin to look for shelter?
Theodora Jacobs - Villa Fatique
A look from the building watches from the upper window the city below, lulled by its steps and beat. in a continuous motion, they get tired but one doesn't go to sleep. when does the city stop?