‘Beyond Fear’

Fear is an experience that reminds us that we are animals.

Adrenaline flows through our bodies, our hearts pound and sweat pours from our foreheads when we feel a threat to our well-being. The neural science and biochemistry behind it all is complex, but the net result is very simple: fear helps us survive.

Zygmunt Bauman in his book ‘Liquid Fear’ analyzes the widespread penetration of fear into modern Western life and its consequences. Ulrich Beck’s theories on the risk and insecurities generated by accelerating social and technological change are along the same lines. In such an era, characterized by uncertainty and lack of trust in social structures and relationships, the individual is now faced with complex issues that he is unable to understand, let alone manage.

No longer able to slow down the pace of change, or even predict its direction, individuals focus their attention on things they feel they can control.
Avoiding sun exposure, avoiding contact with bacteria, eating fatty foods, using biometrics, ‘protecting’ themselves by using cameras, fortifying themselves in gated communities are illustrative examples. In other words, fear has shifted from the realm of existential safety to the realm of self-protection.

The exhibition ‘Beyond Fear’ explores the context and the ways in which this displacement takes place, which eighteen artists living and producing work in Athens and Tinos will attempt to capture.
Tinos is a place that seemingly protects its inhabitants from the dangers of urban life. Life here falls short of the anxiety that runs through an urban landscape and the ‘other’ person is not necessarily a threat. Or is it not? Does fear exist here too, while the human body, social bonds, security and technology are simply perceived differently?
The aim of the exhibition is to be an encounter between geographically differentiated experiences of the same experience and to form the basis for a dialogue between the art scene of Athens and Tinos.

Participants:

Anna Gonzalez Noguchi
Baratto Mouravas
Byron Kalomamas
Christina Mot
Dimitris Tampakis
Evangelia Niarhou
Hypercomf
James Fuller
Jeremy Lacombe
Konstantinos Doumpenidis
Konstantinos Lianos
Leuteris Naftis
Mariana Kolliri
Niki Danai Chania
Orionas Marangozian
Rihardos Foskolos
Serapis
Vangelis Hatzis
Yannis Sklavounos
Yannis Voulgaris

Place: Cultural Foundation of Tinos island, 1st floor, Chora Tinos

Duration: 15-30 July 2023

Exhibition opening: 15 July 2023, 20:00.

Opening hours of the exhibition:

Monday, Wednesday & Thursday: 9:00 – 14:30

Friday– Sunday: 10:00 – 14:00 & 19:00 – 21:30