Athanasios Argianas, Consonants As Noise (foam consonants), 2013 (detail). Copper plated sea sponges and steel (Installation view at Aanant & Zoo, Berlin) Photo credit: Jan Brockhaus. COurtesy the artist and On Stellar Rays, NY
Athanasios Argianas
A Sequencer*
2 November – 15 December 2013
at On Stellar Rays, New York
Athanasios Argianas’s work occupies a space between mediums: sculptures become scripts for performances, or arrangements for songwriting, or vice versa. Although his works are often based on translations — or transcriptions — of aural, visual, or textual layers, the systems he creates are open and intuitive, stemming from a genuine curiosity for experimentation rather than a predetermined, result-oriented idea. Accordingly, this exhibition is conceived as a play on indeterminacy, contingency, and the attempt to let the work be shaped by situations beyond the artist’s control.
Two sculptural video installations set the tone. One is A Sequencer (Yellow on Grey), and the other Branching Music (Under The Trees, Above You). The first is a rather percussive piece, albeit sparsely so; the second is a more melodic, humming piece — again sounding in intervals, yet allowing periods of silence. The two function in tandem, resembling an expanded idea of a musical composition that unfolds during the show and in the gallery… [read the full text here]
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Athanasios Argianas, Consonants As Noise (foam consonants), 2013 (detail). Copper plated sea sponges and steel (Installation view at Aanant & Zoo, Berlin) Photo credit: Jan Brockhaus. COurtesy the artist and On Stellar Rays, NY
Athanasios Argianas, A Sequencer (Yellow on Grey), 2013. HD video (Video still). COurtesy the artist and On Stellar Rays, NY
Branching Music (Under The Trees, Above You), 2013. Live performance for slide projector, screen and theremin. Approx. 15 mins. (Performance view at Tzisdaraki Mosque, Athens) Courtesy the artist and On Stellar Rays, NY