α2525, Athens in S.F. is based on 13 short stories written by 10 Greek sci-fi authors, who were specifically commissioned to provide them imagining the future of Athens. It is a film project that was subsequently created to address the questions, images and ideas presented in the utopian or dystopian scenarios of the authors. In the form of an omnibus documentary, which makes use of interviews, videos and drawings, the film evokes the writers' visions and hypotheses regarding the city's future in different time periods. The project touches upon several issues such as: climate change; possible epidemics; the application of augmented reality in public space; the fusion of cities through virtual reality; the uncontrollable dissemination of fake news; religious fanaticism; a future society based on collectivity; a new autocratic plan of global development; technologies that are beyond man's control or trigger global geopolitical shifts. The film is accompanied by the published stories on which it is based.
α 2525, Athens in S.F
Additional Info
- Author(s): Lina Theodorou
- Year(s): 2017
- Project team: Lina Theodorou with Vasso Christou, Michalis Manolios, Ioanna Bourazopoulou, Hepheaestion Christopoulos, Costas Charitos, Stamatis Stamatopoulos, Titika Bourka, Yiannis Papadopoulos, Dimitris Fyssas, Teti Theodorou and Kelly Theodorokapoulou (Writers); Ioannis Savvidis (drawings); Dimitris Arvanitis, Katerina Oikonomakou, Giorgos Katsavos, Antonia Katsavou (collaborators)
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Bio:
Lina Theodorou lives between Berlin and Athens, working primarily through video and installations. She studied at the School of Graphic Arts and Creative Studies, Athens; the School of Fine Arts of Athens; and the School of Fine Arts, Hague, The Netherlands (Sculpture and Multimedia). She has participated in shows at Bozar, center for fine arts, Brussels; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens; EMAF, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany; Deste Foundation, Athens; Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria; Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany; Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki; 8th International Istanbul Biennial; 6th ev+a Limerick Biennial, Ireland; 53rd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany; 11th International Architecture Exhibition Venice Biennial; Impakt festival, Utrecht; State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki; Benaki Museum, Athens; Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens; Nieuwe Vide Artspace, Haarlem, The Netherlands; Museo di Roma in Travestere, Rome; Biennial of the Moving Image, Buenos Aires; Museumsquartier, Vienna.
- Link: www.linatheodorou.com