The Eugenides Foundation presents the exhibition Utopia, suggesting a companion in the dream, works by the internationally renowned artist Costas Varotsost. The theme underlaying is the project Genesis, which was created specifically for the Eugenides Foundation. The work is dedicated to celebrating 2009 as Year of Astronomy and will permanently adorn the formal entrance to the planetarium on the Avenue.
The exhibition is curated by Art Historian Mrs. Harris Kanellopoulos, and creators of digital entertainment Utopia are:
Panayiotis Simopoulos: Writer-Director, John Cotton: Writer-Animation and Anastasios K. Katsaris: Music-Sound Design.
Costas Varotsos was born in Athens in 1955. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Rome and the School of Architecture of Pescara. He has participated in the Sao Paulo Biennale (1987) and the Venice Biennale (1993, 1995 and 1999).
His works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, and many facilities were created in situ and are in public places in Greece and abroad (Italy, Switzerland, USA, etc.). Is Professor of Architecture at the Aristotle University since 1999. He has received awards and honors, most recently the award Segno d Oro (2007) for all his work and artistic offer in Italy. >
Invited by the Eugenides Foundation, Costas Varotsos presents Utopia, an exhibition that attempts a poetic reading of our celestial sphere. His installations, arranged across the foundation’s ground floor, along a short route that begins at the entrance and leads up to the open-air atrium, are inspired both by what we already know about the laws of the Universe and what still remains a mystery. In this utopian journey from sky to earth, natural materials and poles of energy combine in works that attempt to describe cosmic structures and to underline the laws governing the evolution of the universe, their particular logic and validity.
The opening of UTOPIA, will be held Monday, December 7, 2009, by Mr. Kostas Hatzidakis, Paleo Faliro Mayor in the presence of guests and representatives of intellectual, artistic and political world. Especially for the opening day and in honor of the Costas Varotsos, Eugenides Foundation created and will present the digital representation Utopia inspired by all the work of the artist as well as special edition / album.
The exhibition is curated by Art Historian Mrs. Harris Kanellopoulos, and creators of digital entertainment Utopia are:
Panayiotis Simopoulos: Writer-Director, John Cotton: Writer-Animation and Anastasios K. Katsaris: Music-Sound Design.
Costas Varotsos was born in Athens in 1955. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Rome and the School of Architecture of Pescara. He has participated in the Sao Paulo Biennale (1987) and the Venice Biennale (1993, 1995 and 1999).
His works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, and many facilities were created in situ and are in public places in Greece and abroad (Italy, Switzerland, USA, etc.). Is Professor of Architecture at the Aristotle University since 1999. He has received awards and honors, most recently the award Segno d Oro (2007) for all his work and artistic offer in Italy.
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