Fertile Ground program launched an open call for artists in October 2021 for site-specific artworks proposals, related to the history of the area and to the people who worked and live there.
COMM'ON and our partner in Lipasmata Park, KDVM II Keratsiniou-Drapetsonas, designed and implemented an open call for artists and artistic teams for the design and production of a large scale site-specific artwork in October 2021.
The proposed artworks referred:
a. to the history of the former industrial area of Lipasmata and to the people who worked there
b. to the social and cultural history of the surrounding area.
We filed:
16 proposals
Evaluation process
The evaluation of the 16 proposals had 2 phases:
Phase #1 | Evaluation Committee
At the first phase of the evaluation a 5 member committee short listed 2 works that in November 2021 continued to phase two and the public vote.
Members of the Committee:
Aris Kalantidis / Professor of Place Management and Director of the Institute of Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Eleni Kyramariou / Historian, Commissioned Researcher for the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation
Kostas Bassanos / Artist, Associate Professor at the School of Fine Art of the University of Ioannina, Greece
Maria Korkidi / Director of cultural, sports and education department of Keratsini-Drapetsona Municipality
Gagin Altounian / Painter, Sculptor
*for full bios visit www.gonimoedafos.gr
Phase #2 | Public Vote
The 2 short-listed proposals were open for the public vote (29 Nov - 20 Dec 2021).
Visitors of Lipasmata Park were invited to vote between the 2 short-listed proposals:
a. "Eikona sou eimai koinonia kai sou moiazo" (free translation: "Society I am your image and I look like you" - artist: Thodoris Prodromidis
b. "Bridge" - artist: Artemis Papageorgiou
2.026 people voted in total
1.024 visitors voted for "Eikona sou eimai koinonia kai sou moiazo" by the artist Thodoris Prodromidis
* The production and installation of the artwork will take place during spring 2022
** You can follow the program www.gonimoedafos.gr
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