The exhibition But So It Goes examines the unavoidable progression of life. It spans across four days, exploring scenarios of confusion, despair, realisation, and farewell. Each day, the exhibition features a new combination of a physical artwork, a video on a screen, and a projection on a wall. This consistent format in presenting the total of twelve works activates a dialogue between the various media, signifying the gradual dematerialisation of the art object.
Day 1: 29.02.2024, 19:00-22.00
Sasha Streshna
Happy End, 2024
Maria Michailidou
Spellbound, 2008
Luca Bolognesi
Pinocchio, 2007
Rebecca Jansson, Embrace, 2023, pencil on paper, paint on wall, dimensions variable (detail)
Day 2: 01.03.2023, 19:00-22.00
Rebecca Jansson
Embrace, 2023
Runo Lagomarsino
Brenner Merry Go Round, 2017
Maddie Leach
The World Leaving, 2003
Maddie Leach, The World Leaving, 2003, video, colour, sound, 12 minutes, 34 seconds
Kevin Malcolm, Reunion, 2024, photographic print on paper, 17.6×26.4 cm
Day 3: 02.03.2023, 19:00-22.00
Kevin Malcolm
Reunion, 2024
Marco Noris
Innocence Somehow Triumphs, 2013
Patricia Morosan
Re/Turn (When Holding Hands), 2017
Day 4: 03.03.2023, 19:00-22.00
Orestis Mavroudis
Note on Death 5, 2020
Hanna Abrahamsson
Blommor är sårbara, liksom människor (Flowers are vulnerable, as people are), 2018
John Smith
The Kiss, 1999
Hanna Abrahamsson, Blommor är sårbara, liksom människor (Flowers are vulnerable, as people are), 2018, video, colour, mute, 6 minutes, 30 seconds
John Smith, The Kiss, 1999, 16 mm film transferred to video, colour, sound, 5 minutes (collaboration with Ian Bourn)
BUT SO IT GOES with Hanna Abrahamsson, Luca Bolognesi, Rebecca Jansson, Runo Lagomarsino, Maddie Leach, Kevin Malcolm, Orestis Mavroudis, Maria Michailidou, Patricia Morosan, Marco Noris, John Smith, Sasha Streshna
Exhibition period: 29.02.2024-03.03.2024, 19:00-22:00
Address and Contact:
CLOSING SOON
Egiidon 31, 118 53 Athens
www.closingsoon.gr
CLOSING SOON is an artist-run space dedicated to minimum production. It hosts exhibitions that align with the principles of the economy of means, focusing on alteration and displacement of pre-existing objects, images, and texts. CLOSING SOON is open to works that are characterized by the use of minimal resources, environmentally conscious materials, and socially responsible production methods. Through a variety of media, including collages, installations, interventions, sculptures, and videos, it aims to explore the feasibility of creating with the fewest resources possible, taking a critical stance toward the means employed in the production and presentation of an artwork. This working method minimizes the production costs and storage needs, and it can be seen as a pragmatic as well as a conceptual response to the overproduction of objects and images.
The purpose of the main exhibition program is to support artists presenting their first solo shows in Athens, challenging them to reduce their research to its most essential dimension and treat the exhibition space as a field of experimentation. Using diverse exhibition and screening formats, the intention is to merge young, underrepresented, as well as established artists with a variety of backgrounds and nationalities. CLOSING SOON runs on a self-financed basis, and when possible, the production materials are sourced through arrangements and agreements made between the team of CLOSING SOON and a network of friends and collaborators. CLOSING SOON is often supported by in-kind contributions, and the goal is to provide the exchange of goods and services and avoid any acquisition outside of this economy. CLOSING SOON was founded in 2019 by Orestis Mavroudis.
