Angelo Plessas
Extropic Optimisms
December 17, 2015–December 31, 2016The Breeder, Athens
The Breeder ♟ presents Angelo Plessas’ in situ neon installation ☮ Extropic Optimisms ☯ at the façade of the ◰ gallery ♜ on Iasonos st, as part of The Breeder Skin project that is taken on by a different ◩ artist every year ∞
◘ Extropic Optimisms refers ◐ to symbols ♆ inspired from the iconography of Ancient Greece ☗ and ⟒ Mesopotamia ♝ but also from the familiarized symbols ↺ of internet culture ☈. In today’s hyper-connected ✆ reality ☌ a new ⚗ techno-paganist iconography is emerging and is spreading mainly through ✄ copy paste Unicode characters and Emoticons _ .
▣ Extropic Optimisms is ☘ a spontaneous narration of human ₪ history ✍ It consists of anthropomorphic ꂧ figures ☻ flying creatures, animals ♞ symbols relating to primitive phenomena like birth ⚲ fertility ✿ catharsis ☨ but also more contemporary experiences like connectivity ♺ communication ⟿ physical rebirth ☍ and creativity ✍
✔ Extropic Optimisms is an energy ☯ symbol, a talisman that attracts positive vibes ◈ cyber and non. It will bring us new friends ⚢ on instagram and facebook, it will discourage hackers ☢ multiple our likes ♥ and retweets ⇲ and will exorcize ☥ bad connections.
♚ Angelo Plessas (Greek ⚑ Italian) lives and works in ✈ Athens. He is the founder and curator of The ☽ Eternal Internet Brother/Sisterhood ⚧ , a collaborative annual residency/ summit/ ⛺ project realized in different parts ☀ of the world. Plessas is the winner of the DESTE Prize ♟ 2015. His work ⪽ Ethereal Sunrise ☥ was especially commissioned by the Onassis Foundation ♜ in Athens and is currently on view at the ☗ Onassis Cultural Center in Athens. ☶ Plessas has presented his work ▣ in a number of exhibitions ↂ which among others include: “Deste Prize 2015” ☙ Museum of Cycladic Art ꒺ Athens (2015), “Mirage Machines” solo exhibition at The Breeder, Athens, (2015) ꒗ ”Supersuperstudio” ♆ PAC Milano curated by Andreas Angelidakis, Vittorio Pizzigoni and Valter Scelsi, (2015) ♨ “Food” curated by Adelina von Furstenberg in MuCEM, Marseille (2014) ❒ “Scenes d’ Europe” curated by Florence Derieux and Antoine Marchand, Frac Champagne-Ardenne (2013) ☘ Frieze Projects curated by Nicola Lees, Frieze London (2013) ☁ The Twilight of the Idols ❢ Every Website is a Monument, Cell Projects, London (2012) ⑄ “A Rock and a hard place”, 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale, curated by Paolo Colombo, Mahita Ebu and Marina Fokidis (2011) ♫ “The Angelo Foundation School of Music” ☊ curated by Stamatis Schizakis at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (2011) ▲ “Spendid Isolation”, 3rd Athens Biennale, curated by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz (2009) ⚕ The Angelo Foundation Headquarters (with ⚣ Andreas Angelidakis), curated by Maria Ines Rodriguez, Jeu De Paume, Paris (2009)⌚ “In Present Tense”, ⩈ National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (2007).
