Vassilis Vlastaras is a visual artist and lecturer at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Born in Argos, Greece. Lives and works in Athens, Greece. He started his studies in Instituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia and photography in AKTO Athens. Then he studied graphic design and animation in T.E.I. of Athens, Film direction in the faculty of cinema E. Chatzikos of Athens and painting in Athens School of Fine Arts. Continued his studies acquiring M.Sc. Interactive Multimedia in the University of Westminster of London and mfa in the architectural faculty of Athens titled: Planning-Space-Culture. He creates large-scale site-specific installations and he experiments with various media in painting, drawing, photography, video, real time video and sound performances and computer interactive installations. He has been a member of Platformes since 2002, a collective of art professionals ranking from visual artists to musicians and film makers in Athens. He has taken part in many exhibition projects, solo and group shows in Greece and abroad.

Saturday, October 02, 2010

mycobacterium tuberculosis project

in the exchibition "The Sotiria project" - Memory and disease in visual arts discourse

The Mycobacterium Tuberculosis collective invites you to the archive presentation taking place at the “Sotiria” Hospital in Athens. The installation runs until the 10th of October, 2010. During the course of the archive presentation, there will be a series of performances and events.
The Mycobacterium Tuberculosis collective explores the different aspects of the historical record and collective memory through a contemporary experience at the Sotiria hospital. Taking into account the history of the hospital, the Collective has worked on the production of a new audio-visual archive that oscillates between the limits of memory and the contradictions of the historical narrative.

Participating:
Adamis Michalis, Aggeliki Avgitidou, Antonis Stoantzikis,Argyrou Michalis, Caesar Vrettos, Christina Spanou, Dimitra Politi, Dimitris Rentoumis, Elena Prifti, Fanis Vlastaras, Fotini Kalle, Katerina Gkoutziouli, Maria Glyka, Polianna Vlati, Victoria Karvouni, Vassilis Vlastaras.

Opening hours: Tuesday – Friday: 11:00 – 14:00 & 19:00 – 22:00
Saturday – Sunday: 11:00 – 14:00
Sotiria: Athens General Hospital for Lung Diseases
Address: 152, Mesogeion av.
Information: tel. 210 7751489, 2107751489, and 210 7472902-4, www.culturenow.gr
Metro station: Katehaki

GET CONNECTED - MONDAY 7-7-08 - Spilioti Projects

Live interactive multimedia video installation Artists’ chat

http://artistschat.blogspot.com/

με τους Calypso Larah, zogr, Lolita, Plus.ma, urfurshlaag, df, vita_vita, msaz, aloma, df412, miss genie και πολλούς άλλους καλλιτέχνες και bloggers σε ένα ζωντανό, γιγάντιο ,chat που θα προβάλλεται ζωντανά από την μεγάλη οθόνη στο αίθριο του Bacaro.

μπορείτε να παρακολουθήσετε τα εγκαίνια του “Connected” ζωντανά από το:

http://www.mogulus.com/mrtaper

Εγκαίνια:Δευτέρα 7-7-08
Spilioti Projects:Σοφοκλέους 1
21:00 μέχρι αργά

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY 26th April-24th May 2008

Kenny Schachter ROVE gallery, Lincoln House33-34 Hoxton Square, London.
www.rovetv.net

Sonia Almeida, Thorbiorn Andersen, Annabel Emson, Elinor Evans, Maria Glyka, Nick Goss, Gereon Krebber,
Carali McCall
, Mathew Murphy, Vassilis Vlastaras
Architecturally curated by:
DaeWha Kang, Annabel Emson