Instantaneous Geometries

Printing workshops with the participation of school students and other visitors, by Katerina Stefanidaki and Zafos Xagoraris.

A series of desks and school chairs accommodate the participants, who have at their disposal a large number of magnetic geometric surfaces of different sizes and shapes. These magnetic shapes are composed on metal plates, in order to create ephemeral printing matrices. The matrices are then inked and printed on paper, producing original images. The papers are hung in a row to dry, and at the end those who participate are able to take the prints home with them. Some of the compositions will be used to create a documentation print in limited, numbered copies.

Katerina Stefanidaki is a graduate with honors from the Athens School of Fine Arts. Apart from the three solo exhibitions at Zoumboulakis Gallery, she has presented a series of group exhibitions, while she has also been involved in large-scale sculpture, creating landscapes in public space. Furthermore, the design and construction of objects that are activated in artistic installations or participatory actions is part of her artistic practice. In 2021-22 she participated in the exhibition "Denunziation!", at the ACC art center in Weimar. While in spring 2024, she created the work "Presse Mobile", and organized in collaboration with Zafos Xagoraris and the Galerie Françoise Heitsch, on-site educational workshops at the historical school Freinet, in Vence, France.

Zafos Xagoraris' artwork includes drawings, sound installations or reconstructions focusing on details of historic events. He has participated in exhibitions, such as the 58th Venice Biennale, documenta14 (Athens and Kassel), the 4th Athens Biennale, Manifesta 7, the 1st Thessaloniki Biennale and the 27th São Paulo Biennial. During his stay at Maison d'Artistes, Francoise Heitsch, St. Raphael, organized together with Katerina Stefanidaki the outdoor workshop "Presse Mobile", at the historic Freinet School, in Vence. Zafos Xagoraris holds a Master's degree in Visual Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while his PhD thesis (School of Architecture, NTUA) refers to the construction of miracles by Hero of Alexandria. He is a Professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts.