An Erratic Storm: Reaching Out to the Infinite
Alkinois
January 26–February 23, 2024
Alkinois
January 26–February 23, 2024
An Erratic Storm: Reaching Out to the Infinite is concerned with the shudder and veneration produced by an encounter with what exceeds human scale. The experience overwhelms the ego and confronts the individual with their own physical powerlessness.
Across the exhibition, works are positioned to produce moments of pause and confrontation. Paired forms establish visual correspondences that verge on figuration, while sound and moving image punctuate the space intermittently, introducing rhythm and interruption rather than narrative continuity. Large-scale painted surfaces occupy the space with dense textures and shifting tonal fields.
The placement of other works plays with weight, balance and proximity. Sculptural elements span hollowed forms, metallic structures, and suspended or freestanding objects, some wall-mounted and others floor-bound. These works mimic industrial components yet remain unstable in both scale and function. Similarly, same-sized photographic prints are installed at different heights, disrupting familiar hierarchies of display. Elevated fabric surfaces appear displaced or withheld from direct use, registering as skins or imprints of the architecture itself rather than static images, absorbing light and distance.
These encounters return the viewer to what cannot be commanded or contained. In this sense, the contemporary sublime does not elevate. It disorients.
Curated by: Dinos Chatzirafailidis
Participating artists: Manolis D. Lemos, Maria Mavropoulou, Petros Moris, Pauline Pastry, Mercedes Pimiento
Installation photography: Stathis Mamalakis
Visual identity: Eleni Kaskoura
Press: Artforum Critics' Pick (February 2024)
Media Partner: CURRENT Athens
Alkinois | 6, Alkinois Street, Athens, Greece 118 52
Across the exhibition, works are positioned to produce moments of pause and confrontation. Paired forms establish visual correspondences that verge on figuration, while sound and moving image punctuate the space intermittently, introducing rhythm and interruption rather than narrative continuity. Large-scale painted surfaces occupy the space with dense textures and shifting tonal fields.
The placement of other works plays with weight, balance and proximity. Sculptural elements span hollowed forms, metallic structures, and suspended or freestanding objects, some wall-mounted and others floor-bound. These works mimic industrial components yet remain unstable in both scale and function. Similarly, same-sized photographic prints are installed at different heights, disrupting familiar hierarchies of display. Elevated fabric surfaces appear displaced or withheld from direct use, registering as skins or imprints of the architecture itself rather than static images, absorbing light and distance.
These encounters return the viewer to what cannot be commanded or contained. In this sense, the contemporary sublime does not elevate. It disorients.
Curated by: Dinos Chatzirafailidis
Participating artists: Manolis D. Lemos, Maria Mavropoulou, Petros Moris, Pauline Pastry, Mercedes Pimiento
Installation photography: Stathis Mamalakis
Visual identity: Eleni Kaskoura
Press: Artforum Critics' Pick (February 2024)
Media Partner: CURRENT Athens
Alkinois | 6, Alkinois Street, Athens, Greece 118 52