Silent Space Stand Still

Exhibitions,

Talks

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Dani Gal, Dumitrescu’s Dream, 2012/2010, 2 synchronized HD films, colour, sound, 28′ 54 loop, dimensions variable, exhibition view, courtesy the artist
Dani Gal, Dumitrescu’s Dream, 2012/2010, 2 synchronized HD films, colour, sound, 28′ 54 loop, di
Athanasios Argianas, Branching Music (Under the trees above you), performance view, 2013, courtesy the artist and OnStellarRays, NY
Athanasios Argianas, A Sequencer (Yellow on Grey), 2013, courtesy the artist and OnStellarRays, NY
Tarek Atoui, The Metastable Circuit, performance view, 2013, courtesy the artist
Tarek Atoui, The Metastable Circuit, performance view, 2013, courtesy the artist
Tarek Atoui, The Metastable Circuit, performance view, 2013, courtesy the artist
Cevdet Erek, Same to Different, performance view, 2013, courtesy the artist
Cevdet Erek, Same to Different, performance view, 2013, courtesy the artist
Cevdet Erek, Same to Different performance, 2013, courtesy the artist
Cevdet Erek, Same to Different, 2013, exhibition view, courtesy the artist
Cevdet Erek, Same to Different, 2013, exhibition view, courtesy the artist
Dani Gal, Dumitrescu’s Dream, 2012/2010, 2 synchronized HD films, colour, sound, 28′ 54 loop, dimensions variable, exhibition view, courtesy the artist
Dani Gal, Dumitrescu’s Dream, 2012/2010, 2 synchronized HD films, colour, sound, 28′ 54 loop, dimensions variable, exhibition view, courtesy the artist
Dani Gal, Dumitrescu’s Dream, 2012/2010, 2 synchronized HD films, colour, sound, 28′ 54 loop, di
Athanasios Argianas, Branching Music (Under the trees above you), performance view, 2013, courtesy the artist and OnStellarRays, NY
Athanasios Argianas, A Sequencer (Yellow on Grey), 2013, courtesy the artist and OnStellarRays, NY
Tarek Atoui, The Metastable Circuit, performance view, 2013, courtesy the artist
Tarek Atoui, The Metastable Circuit, performance view, 2013, courtesy the artist
Tarek Atoui, The Metastable Circuit, performance view, 2013, courtesy the artist
Cevdet Erek, Same to Different, performance view, 2013, courtesy the artist
Cevdet Erek, Same to Different, performance view, 2013, courtesy the artist
Cevdet Erek, Same to Different performance, 2013, courtesy the artist
Cevdet Erek, Same to Different, 2013, exhibition view, courtesy the artist
Cevdet Erek, Same to Different, 2013, exhibition view, courtesy the artist

Contributors

Athanasios Argianas, Tarek Atoui, Cevdet Erek, Dani Gal

Curated by:

Maria-Thalia Carras & Sofia Tournikioti

Dates:

29.03.13-27.04.13

Address:

Tzisdaraki Mosque, Museum of Greek Folk Art, Monastiraki Square, Athens

Silent Space Stand Still is an exhibition exploring the use of sound in a mosque in central Athens that has long been silent.

A series of sound interventions will take place in the Tzisdaraki mosque in Monastiraki Square over the period of a month. Four artists who use the medium of sound in their work will give a performance, a talk or make some sort of live presentation inside or around the mosque. Following on from each performance, a work of theirs which includes elements of sound will be housed in the mosque for a week.

The exhibition will function as a series of solo presentations which in turn constitute an exhibition unit with its internal rhythms, exclamation marks, pauses and, finally, full stop.

Silent Space Stand Still aims to generate a dialogue with the space, the mosque being experienced anew through contemporary works of art. In particular, the exhibition will reintegrate sound into a space originally built for that medium, an echo of the building’s original architectural purpose.

Silent Space Stand Still will explore how sound can activate and frame physical space through a variety of strategies like rhythm, percussion, pitch, the use of voice and other instruments, the sampling of sounds and digital synthesis. Through a series of gestures and interventions the exhibition will suggest an architecture of sound that can resonate through the site, and its history, touching the people inside it.

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