Catalogue > Un extrait vidéo au hasard

Stefanos Tsivopoulos

Amnesialand

Vidéo | 16mm | couleur et n&b | 24:0 | Grèce, Pays-Bas | 2010

Deep in the future the massive Event that by definition cannot be remembered separates the Revolution from its history. A man, historical agent of the future socialist authority, believes he has found evidence of the Event`s origins in 20th century The Union. The post-industrial wasteland The Union previewed Earth`s future before it happened. So too, the Man believes, it previewed, and glimpsed the Event, and proved its true nature. The event was Metallic. Amnesialand is the whole world. Our inability to remember the past mirrors their inability to see their future.

Stefanos Tsivopoulos (b. 1973) lives and works in Amsterdam. He participated in international art residencies such as the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Amsterdam, Netherlands; Platform Garanti Istanbul, Turkey; IASPIS Stockholm, Sweden; and ISCP NY, USA. Recent solo shows include The Blind Image, ISCP NY, USA; Amnesialand, Heidelberg Kunstverrein, Germany; The Real The Story The Storyteller Smart Project Space Amsterdam, Netherlands; Lost Monument, Art Forum Berlin, Germany. Group shows include The Rest is History, Manifesta 8 Murcia, Spain; On Morality-Act III, Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Nethrlands; One Giant Leap, BFI Southbank London, UK; Practicing Memory, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy; And the moral of the story is... APEXART New York, USA; Hors Pistes-Un Autre Mouvement des Images, Centre Pompidou Paris, France; Monitoring, Friedericianum Kunstverein Kassel, Germany; Destroy Athens, 1st Athens Biennale, Athens, Greece, In Present Tense, Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens. He is recipient of the Golden Cube Award at the 25th edition of the Kasseller Documentary Film Festival in Kassel Germany for his film Untitled (The Remake). He was shortlisted for the 4th edition of the DESTE Prize for Contemporary Art, Athens Greece and the 7th edition of the "Future of Europe" Award.