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From self-portrait to selfie

Directing ourselves

Dates

Prices

45 €

Location

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Friday
Time
17:30-20:30
Venue
Onassis Stegi

Information

Cost

45 € (for all five workshops in the cycle)

Reservation and more info:
T: 213 017 8002
Email: education@onassis.org

Addressed to

Teenagers 13-17 years old

You must already know how to take a selfie. But do you know how to take an ‘anti-selfie’? In this workshop, we talk about…ourselves. Or rather, we talk about our own image—a favorite subject for many great painters in the history of Art. What were they looking for? What are we looking for?

Photo: Stavros Petropoulos

Ever since the Renaissance, artists—all of us, by now— have been experimenting with their own image. You may have tried taking a picture of yourself, even if you never posted it on social media. What do we get through the process and how do selfies work in today’s pop culture?

We will be talking about this, and much more, at this workshop; for example, what does it mean to direct oneself, choosing this or that particular expression or moment? It’s a question that has fascinated many great visual artists in the history of Art.

We will be playing with our own image through presentations, computer applications, apps, photographs, paintings and collages; we will even create an…anti-selfie!

Plus, we will talk about issues of privacy and personal data, but also about social media algorithms so that you get to know their secrets.

Credit

  • Visual artist & researcher

    Kyriaki Goni