Kafeneon Day 13

Busy day in kafeneon.. the last day of the show Beautiful Like an American .. the most coffee ive served to date! I HAVE ADDED A DONATION BUTTON TO THE RIGHT FOR MY KAFENEON CATALOGUE I WILL PRODUCE… YOUR HELP IS APPRECIATED…so lets begin with fellow Fulbrighter archeologist Matthew.. showing his appreciation for another fine FREE cup of Greek Coffee.. YUMMThen these lovely people came to see the show.. they didnt want coffee though… the girl came for the opening and stayed the whole night.. a true fan!some more visitors who dont drink coffee.. i had to convince them to have their photo taken.. so we agreed for the enthusiastic backside photo. Kostas brought some friends to see the show before he took down his pieceThey enjoyed show… and enjoyed the coffee…then in came more.. for a last minute viewing and free coffee… this guys name is Pavlos.. he showed me an amazing project he and a bunch of people did in a soon to be demolished house.. here is the link… CLICK HERE and his friend.. Vaso.. and this guy Yianni.. came a day to early for Lecture #3 but was able to see the show and enjoy his coffee.. here he is doing a great De Niro impersonation…”You talking to me?” and then.. the crew showed up to de-install… Stelios is ready! Dafni wrapping up her sculpture with some help… i made a bunch of coffees for the crew and then took some final picts of this great cast of characters and artists… thanks for participating guys.. OK DAFNI no more picts.. fine! Thanks again.. dont miss the next show opening this Friday the 21st of March 8:30

ik houd van je maar ik verdien je niet

SHOW #2: ik houd van je maar ik verdien je niet – a semi-fictional obsessive description of an illusory relationship – An Installation by Eva Michalaki. Opening Friday March 21 8:30 pm (viewing hours Sat-Sun 4-8pm) Mon-Tues (12-8pm) DONT MISS A MINUTE!

Kafeneon Day 12

Well.. the show Beautiful Like an American is still up and im serving coffee during gallery hours and my first visitor to enjoy the show is Anna, showing a perfectly made cup of Greek Coffee. Stelios and Toula came by for some time today here is Stelios with another amazing cup of Free Greek Coffee This is Aliki.. she had a perfectly poured cup of water.. and enjoyed the show she heard about through a friend Stelios decided to make a great pasta lunch that we all enjoyed thoroughly.. well done SteliosAnd the final visitors of the day Xenia, Olga and Dimitris

Thanks for coming ‘yall…sorry Olga couldnt resist adding this one!

BEAUTIFUL LIKE AN AMERICAN

as promised images from the show which closes today! Ill start from the front and work my way back. This is a little bronze sculpture by Nikos Tranos another view of the front space  one of my pieces… I found the foam tile with the sticker of Christ on it..  Another one by me “white cube” made from the fallen tiles found in the kafeneon and reinstalled on the wall View looking back int he front spaceThese great rubber masks are makde by Dimitris Antonioua fantastic drawing by Sifis Likakis  a sticker installation on the mirror by Margarita Bofiliou shows the American Singing Canary In the second room we find Stelios, Dionysis, Dafni, and ToulaFantastic drawings by Stelios Karamanolis (pencil on paper)Forground is a sculpture by Dafni Barbageorgopoulouand hanging above a great piece “Basket Full of Farts” by Dionysis Kavallieratos (courtesy of the artist and The Breeder)another shot of “Basket Full of Farts”And a beautiful 9 piece mixed media drawing by Tula PloumiWalking into the back room (the kitchen) we find an impromptu installation created by the group during installFurther in.. in the pantry is an installation by Kostas Roussakis Video in the installation with a Hendrix song playing in the backgroundHuh?? lets take a look..Super great… Playmobile ghostStill part of the installation by  Kostas Roussakis Hand made knives by the guy in the video and Armenian friend of Kostas Back into the second room looking left past Dafnis sculpture is another one of my pieces consisting of broken glass found in the space an old school light projectorfake snow and spray paint on the mirrorAnother view of the “Glass Mountain”and finally back in to the spaceI disected a little rotating light thingy i found in a Chinese store and installed it behind the sticker that existed on the door in kafeneonAnd thats it Folks.. Show #1 Beautiful Like an American Stay tuned for show number two opening this Friday the 21st featuring an installation by Eva Michalaki  See you there! 

LECTURE #3 : MAIN DETAILS & HILARIOUS UPDATES FROM FREETOWN

DONT MISS IT AN EPIC LECTURE featuring Into the Pill and Anthea Zervos.

This WEDNESDAY MARCH 19th 8pm general strike that day so carpool and leave early. wine and some snacks as always will be provided.

Kafeneon Day 10/11

Well kafeneon is open for the show this weekend I had a few visitors through word of mouth and one who came to the show came back for a closer look! These lovely folks came by saturday evening… we enjoyed some wine and a great conversation.

i think she is saying KAFENEON F’N ROCKS!

And this is Tereza she came by for the closer look we had a great talk about the space, the art scene everything really…and just when she asked what kind of people come by kafeneon in this part of town this man came in.. he enjoyed the show and was really impressed with the artistic mind. stay tuned.. im shooting the work in the space today and will post it soon!

BEAUTIFUL LIKE AN AMERICAN

So.. install is done.. No sleep and well.. what a great showing. Very thankful for all who showed up.. and show up they did this is about 9pm half hour after the doors opened. The show will be open Saturday and Sunday 4-8 and Monday and Tuesday 12-8..DONT MISS IT! the show was well received… wine.. art.. conversation.. wine… artist Dionysis Kavallieratos    I promised Stephanos i would put him in the blog.  People spilling onto the sidewalk I like this one.  all smiles at kafeneon  Not sure if this guy was an art aficionado or just here for the wine.. lets just say hes the only one who came in.. filled up a bottle and left..but hey..  decent wine.. opening went on.. and on.. and on.. this is about midnight…this is me… people enjoying one of my pieces..me and Stelios with one of his drawings       OK OK no more pictures.. Thanks to all for coming.. Check back soon for proper images of the work.. 

kafeneon Day 9

SO.. coffee on hold for a day of install. I pulled an allnighter trying to install a giant foam cube. Went to bed at 6:30.. jack hammers started at 6:45.. up at 9.. yikes. Got down to kafeneon to see what i had done (well actually to see if it had fallen)… I think they built the Pyramids this way. Check out the sweet scaffolding. Bought myself some Life.. i needed it. and alas.. it worked.. anyway I was soon joined by Stelios and Toula.. great people couldnt have done the show without them. Here we are enjoying lunch sorry about the picture my point and shoot is having focus issues. Install went well… some cleaning.. some drilling.. some painting…etc.. here is some of the crew… hard at work… really though And another with Stelios and finally no install would be complete without…

kafeneon Day 8

Got a lot of work done today! Getting ready for the show.. So other than answering a few passers’ by questions. I think a few of them will come to the show. Not much coffee served today…. other than the 2 cups i made myself… Ryan and Nicole left, it was fun having them here Ryan took my photo in front of kafeneon. Maybe a reason I had no takers on the coffee was that i was drilling holes in the wall and taking apart electronics. not sure.. does it sound all warm and kafe like? Personally i like my coffee with chunks of wall in it. Anyway here are some images from that….. and im out.. stay posted for the show images!electronics some glass and a hole in the wall.. now occupied by a motor.

LeCTURE #2 : BALLET and the BEAST!

WOW.. what can i say. An amazing night of lectures at kafeneon. A great showing and great fun! Complete with Wine and …Muffins.. Super classy!

The Crowd.. getting ready o Rumblllleeee.

Hector aka “Hector Guerrero” (not mexican) enters to screams, whoops and chants.. a raucous crowd

Hector spoke (in greek) about the finer points of professional wrestling.. like flaming tables…

…how to properly apply a “figure four”…

…the importance of an entrance… pyrotechnics… classic pro wrestling icons.. pretty much everything, including…

Why not to talk on your cell phone during someones lecture

unbeknown to the crowd Hector had a friend start instigating at the end of the lecture.. which turned into a supercharged impromptu match.

complete with a “three count”

Following the Ballet with Violence… Giulia Renzi a ballet dancer since the age of 4 gave a passionate and informative lecture on ballet, contemporary dance, and contemporary ballet. She was amazing… she was just talking and striking poses.. i think without knowing.

With the help of the crowd, Giulia shows us the classic basic positions in ballet

Second Position (i think)

Giulia showed some clips from contemporary dance and distinguished it from classical Ballet

And then showed us an amazing example of Contemporary Ballet

And a classic Curtain Call from the evenings performers/lecturers