Tag Archives: Eleni Zervou

Cloaking Nature, Covering Sound: Cornelius Cardew’s “Daisy Chain Rite” at the Stoa Poikile

9th October 2017documenta 14, Minus Plato TodayCornelius Cardew, Crates, Cynicism, Dafni Krazoudi, documenta 14, Eleni Zervou, Hipparchia, Mattin, Pierre Bal-Blanc, Scratch Orchestra, Social Dissonance, Stoa Poikile, Stoicism, Zeno of CitiumMinus Plato

Cornelius Cardew and the Scratch Orchestra were vital presences at documenta 14. In Kassel, the score of the composer’s Treatise was not only displayed in the Neue Galerie, but also reproduced on the glass windows of Documenta-Halle, while there were concerts of Cardew’s Thälmann Variations and We Sing For The Future!, on September 8th (I missed it […]

Exit through the Trojan Horse

17th September 2017documenta 14, Minus Plato TodayASFA, Athens, Contemporary Art Showcase Athens, Eleni Zervou, Gregoery Scholette, James Washington-Simbouras, KMMN, Lucy Lippard, Rick Lowe, Trojan HorseMinus Plato

Today is the last day of documenta 14 and rather than retracing my steps over what happened between Athens and Kassel since April, instead I want to look to the future, specifically to an ongoing project that I first encountered in the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) and then again in an exhibition organized […]