Myrto Xanthopoulou in the second part of the F.A.R. (Floor Area Ratio) program

10.05.21 @ 00:00

3 137

Within the framework of the second part of the F.A.R. (Floor Area Ratio) program, 3 137’s glass facade hosts a new installation by artist Myrto Xanthopoulou.

Her work titled The Opposite of Falling covers 3 137’s windows. It is a grid made of masking tape and scotch tape; a composition of shapes and text. The materials used are secondary – familiar and ordinary, opaque but light-permeable. Light penetrates them and thus the work is transformed throughout the day. The tapes are both connections and borders, they frame and delete. The work is a comment on light, certainties and permeability, footnotes or endnotes.

Myrto Xanthopoulou’s installation is placed next to the existing interventions presented by Can Altay, Diohandi, Zoe Giambouldaki, and Kostis Velonis as part of the first installment of the F.A.R. program. Thus, the presence and coexistence of these works transforms 3 137’s outdoor space into an informal public exhibition space.

F.A.R. (Floor Area Ratio) maps the economic, cultural, and residential changes that have been taking place in the city, while giving prominence to multiple narratives and images of both the past and the future of Athens. A reference point as well as a source of inspiration, the city of Athens becomes a field of action hosting a series of artistic interventions in its public space. These interventions mainly aim at provoking the public’s imagination, while also prompting unexpected encounters with the residents of the city; consequently, these interventions aim to reveal the conceptual bonds between the material world that surrounds us and the economic models that (re)structure it.

F.A.R. (Floor Area Ratio) Part II was made possible with the support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and SportsOutset Contemporary Art Fund Greece, and Mécène / Mycenae (the membership scheme of 3 137).

 

F.A.R. PART II

The Opposite of Falling

A work by

Myrto Xanthopoulou

May 10 – June 10, 2021

3 137, window display

(Visible 24/7)

Myrto Xanthopoulou is a visual arts SNF ARTWORKS Fellow.