www.thelossproject.net
 
The
web site www.thelossproject.net is launching on 26
February 2006. There one can find the draft drawings and texts of the
participating artists from Greece and abroad on the theme of loss, texts by
theorists coming from various fields, the curated archive documenting the
meetings of the ‘work group’, as well as an interactive blog, where the visitor
can deposit his/her own loss.
 
The
‘work group’ consists of: Alexander
Apostolides, Adonis Volanakis, Andriani Ventouri, Maria Konti, Maria Nymfiadi,
and Lea Petrou.
Other
participants are: David
Benforado,
Maria
Georgilaki,
Stefi
Jungling,
Georgina
Kakoudaki,
Polina
Kosmadaki,
Dafni
Lianantonaki,
Miranda Lopatkin, Tasos
Madamopoulos, Grigoris Maniadakis, Francesco
Moretti,
Iri
Rocha
da
Cruz,
Dimitris
Skalkotos,
Heidi
Stokes,
Thanos
Zissis
Archive
curator:
Irene Gerogianni
Web
design:
mona.exists
 
In the
spring of 2004, following the initiative of artist Maria Konti, a first
invitation is sent out to artists from Greece and abroad, regarding the
submission of a draft drawing – and not a finished
work – as well as a
text written by the participant himself/herself on the theme of loss. Under the
general title draft drawing, a number of drawings and
texts by artists of various nationalities is
gathered, while a
series of meetings between a group of Greek artists that take part in the
project
- also known as the
‘work group’ – begins, in view of exchanging ideas on the subject of loss,
but
also attempting to
give a shape to the archive that has been put together.
 
In turn,
these meetings are recorded (on video, tapes, notes, photos etc.) and form a
second archive, where the process of arranging and developing the material is
documented. Every now and then, new members join the group, while others leave.
In November 2004 a decision is made as to presenting the project online, the
creative and practical part of which is taken up by web designers mona.exists.
The project, having taken a new turn, is renamed the loss project ~
a draft drawing. By extending the
invitation to
non-artists, the
archive is supplemented with participations by theorists from various fields. In
May 2005 the ‘work group’ artists reply positively to the challenge of
‘exposing’ themselves by having their meetings’ archive curated and presented as
part of the web site, with the intention of projecting the process through which
the loss project was given shape.
 
 
For
more information please contact: info@thelossproject.net