BYOB ATHENS at Kunsthalle Athena

Last Saturday  I invited 33 artists to bring their own beamer

and present any work they choose at Kunsthalle Athena. 
Read below the press release
(still from Rafael Rozendaal's work, Ioanna Myrka, 
Makis Faros, Irini Karayiannopoulou)

(still from Andreas Angelidakis, Emil Zile, Theo Michael)

works from ALEXANDROS PSYCHOULIS
ALIKI PANAGIOTOPOULOU
ANDREAS ANGELIDAKIS

BILLY RENNEKAMP
DIMITRIS FOUTRIS
DIMITRIS PAPADATOS
DIONISIS KAVALLIERATOS
EFTIHIS PATSOURAKIS

Participating artists Petros Moris, Theodoros D. Giannakis, Billy Rennekamp and a friend

still from Pantelis Pantelopoulos work

EMILE ZILE
IRINI KARAYANNOPOULOU
IOANNA MYRKA
GEORGIA SAGRI
KATERINA KANA
KOSTIS VELONIS

 Petros Morris'  and Pegy Zali's works

LAKIS & ARIS IONAS/THE CALLAS
MAI UEDA
MAKIS FAROS
MANO PLIZZI
MARIA PAPADIMITRIOU
NATASHA PAPADOPOULOU
PANTELIS PANTELOPOULOS
PEGY ZALI
PETROS MORIS

Dimitris Papadatos and Mano Plizzi performing

POKA-YIO
RAFAËL ROZENDAAL (BYOB inventor)
SIFIS LYKAKIS
SPIROS HADJIDJANOS
THE ERASERS

Billy Rennekamp's work

THEO MICHAEL
THEODOROS D GIANNAKIS
THIS IS AMATEUR
VASSILIS PATMIOS KAROUK

Katerina Kana and Marina Fokidis

works by Spiros Hadjijanos (top) and This is Amateur (bottom)

works by Katerina Kana, Dimitris Foutris, Alexandros Psichoulis and the Callas
using the work of Yorgos Stamkopoulos as a canvas

A video by Sifis Likakis and Dionisis Kavallieratos

Kostis Velonis, Mara Desipri, Nikolas Georgiou, Andreas Angelidakis

Kostas Tsioukas, Stathis Panagoulis with Spiros Pliatsikas

Mary and Stathis Mitropoulos

Georgina is a star

The view from the Erasers


Κunsthalle Athena has the honour to host “Bring your own beamer” (BYOB) event, an “exemplary” and crucial gesture supporting creative expression in a period of financial, social and cultural crisis.

“Bring your own beamer” (BYOB) exhibition comprises an edition of a broader set of events organised by different artists in different cities every time. In every occasion the organisers choose the participating artists with the aim to experiment and discover “what will occur in site when it is filled with moving light”.  In this opportunity I chose a selection of mainly Athens-based artists who work with video and moving image. BYOB aims to bring together local and international art communities in an open format project.

In this special evening, under the acronym BYOB (a symbolic reference to bring your own booze parties), artists are invited to bring their own beamer and present any work they choose in any place they desire to. It is a case of “presenting” moving images and performances in a DIY context, expected to evolve organically in progress of the evening. Therefore, a significant aspect of BYOB’s concept is to be realized without the financial support of any third parties beyond the immediate participants.

The first BYOB event was held with great success in Büro Friedrich, Berlin with the initiative of BYOB inventor Rafaël Rozendaal.  BYOB makes its second worldwide appearance in Kunsthalle Athena. All the artists will attend the event, even those who are not based in Athens, so you are welcomed to contact them.

We believe that such an unrestricted field of expression can surprise even the most demanding audience!