The exhibition "Suspension of litanies" at ViZ Laboratory for Visual Culture supported by Onassis Foundation
ViZ Laboratory for Visual Culture, presents it's new exhibition titled "The suspension of litanies" by Yvette Granata, Shana Moulton and NEOZOON as part of the program Public Hazards supported by the Onassis Foundation.
The Pink Tower
In August 2020, after a period of haziness, the Greek government announced the suspension of litanies and seasonal fests. The global pandemic necessitated the termination of those, traditional and modern, spheres that uphold the spiritual economies of large populations. The ongoing shrinking of communal spheres of cultural exercise, such as nightlife, religion, and popular sections of the culture industry (sports, tourism), subserved the surge of new, vernacular, and private practices of esoteric escapade, meditation, healing, and salvation. Recent research suggests that the digital diffusion of religion and spirituality reached new heights during the covid-19 pandemic. The temporal withdrawal of traditional authority, in combination with the fast digitization of time and space and the transformation of sensorial and corporeal experiences, benefits the more alternative and syncretic currents of contemporary spirituality. This show offers visibility to the premonitions, anxieties, and clandenstine yearnings haunting the, monitored yet abandoned, quarantined self.
In Shana Moulton’s "The Pink Tower", domestic life becomes a sacred riddle. In this prophetic work, produced a few months prior to the lockdown, isolation takes the form of a vicious circle of self-healing, impending failure and dismemberment. In Shana Moulton’s work, “home” is a sacrificial tower. Her post-digital canvas rethinks techniques of early illusionist cinema, designing an imaginarium that caters for the materialization of ulterior agonies.
The Pink Tower
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Opening: 16 September 2020, 19:30
Duration: 16 September to 16 October 2020
Visiting hours: Tuesday to Friday, 18:00 – 21:00
The show is part of the Public Hazards program, initiated by ViZ Laboratory for Visual Culture. The program investigates recent transformations of the idea of the public in the post-social media era of generalized alert, sanitary policies, and fear of contagion.
At the entrance and throughout the exhibition, it is obligatory to use a protective mask and keep the required social distances. The location fully follows the safety measurements, according to the National Organization of Public Health.ViZ – Laboratory for Visual Culture is an initiative of Athens School of Fine Art’s Labs 11 & 12, powered by Onassis Foundation and the City of Athens Development and Destination Management Agency.