Demosthenes Agrafiotis
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Translated from the Greek by Angelos Sakkis.
Demosthenes Agrafiotis is active in the fields of poetry/painting/photography/intermedia/ installations and their interactions, with books of poetry and essays, and exhibitions of photography, paintings, drawings and installations, in both Greece and abroad. He has a special interest for the relations between art and new technologies, for multimedia or intermedia projects and also for performances.
His essays are dedicated to analysis of different forms of art as cultural phenomenon. He has participated in different type of artistic activities: publications, small press initiatives and mail - art / alternative - action art projects.
His anthology-formatted magazine ‘Clinamen’ (1980-90), co-published by Erato Publications in Athens (1991-94), has been active for over a decade as an amalgam of Greek poetry and art with work from Europe, Asia and America. 7 artists books were published based on 'Clinamen' (1980-1995). After 1996, ‘Clinamen’ is centered on production of artists books (18). 'Clinamen' on the web (2001-).
www.dagrafiotis.com
www.crisiology.org
www.lensculture.com/demosthenes-agrafiotis
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what letter leads to the white what letter denies the color what letter poses the problem what letter exercises moderation what letter traverses poetry what letter betrays the language what letter fits the prophesy what letter locks-up the place of divination what letter facilitates the dissolution what letter implies power what letter entrenches the occasion what letter drives the correlations what letter collapses before the question what letter shuts the mouth what letter heals through writing what letter provokes the invisible what letter assists gods and semi-gods what letter still insists for reciprocity what letter goes “poof” and “gaah” what letter recognizes the nightingales of Delphi what letter misses the landscapes and the sunshine what letter stays afloat with nothing what letter declares internationalism a farce what letter does the hand-sign what letter imposes a noon siesta what letter makes flatlands unbearable what letter is responsible for the failure of the poem what letter is suitable for sucking up to authority what letter leads to grooming the mustache what letter accommodates blinding what letter cultivates exception what letter specifies difference what letter is responsible for rhyming what letter goes well with sour faces what letter keeps the rhythm what letter relieves boundaries from their boundaries what letter gives in to cleanliness what letter promotes the illusion of sufficiency what letter cements a friendship what letter is becoming to the absence of sadness what letter prevents the promotion of the poet what letter brings back calmness to the other sea what letter conjugates betrayal what letter does not turn into fireworks what letter renders poetic justice what letter avoids airports what letter refuses to become an allusion what letter spews out all identifications what letter is confused with its usage what letter prepares its escape to meaning what letter prostitutes its combinations what letter gets mixed up with references what letter is charged for the value of its use what letter (Delphi, 03/21/2001 Lisbon, 06/21-25/2001 Rome, 06/26/2001)
Translated from the Greek by Angelos Sakkis.
Demosthenes Agrafiotis is active in the fields of poetry/painting/photography/intermedia/ installations and their interactions, with books of poetry and essays, and exhibitions of photography, paintings, drawings and installations, in both Greece and abroad. He has a special interest for the relations between art and new technologies, for multimedia or intermedia projects and also for performances.
His essays are dedicated to analysis of different forms of art as cultural phenomenon. He has participated in different type of artistic activities: publications, small press initiatives and mail - art / alternative - action art projects.
His anthology-formatted magazine ‘Clinamen’ (1980-90), co-published by Erato Publications in Athens (1991-94), has been active for over a decade as an amalgam of Greek poetry and art with work from Europe, Asia and America. 7 artists books were published based on 'Clinamen' (1980-1995). After 1996, ‘Clinamen’ is centered on production of artists books (18). 'Clinamen' on the web (2001-).
www.dagrafiotis.com
www.crisiology.org
www.lensculture.com/demosthenes-agrafiotis
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