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Half Real by Point Supreme Architects

Greek firm Point Supreme Architects have completed an installation for a gallery in Athens that is a half-size replica of the room in which it sits.

Half Real by Point Supreme Architects

Two visual artists, a performance artist and a musician created work to be experienced in both the existing room and its miniature version.

Half Real by Point Supreme Architects

Photographs are by Yannis Drakoulidis.

Half Real by Point Supreme Architects

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Half Real by Point Supreme Architects

For installation and performance piece Point Supreme Architects replicated the exhibition gallery space from blue foam at half its size; visitors simultaneously experience the space and its replica, the gallery and its model.

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The space and its exhibit coincide. Like Alice in Wonderland people appear normal in the former and gigantic in the latter.

Half Real by Point Supreme Architects

The architects provided the artists with the half scaled construction to work on.

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Each artist’s intervention engages with the actual gallery space but also its miniature version.

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Every action takes on a double meaning. It is impossible to tell the actual scale of any action or thing.

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The piece is made of standard blue foam insulation panels.

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Status: realized
Program: collaborative art installation and performance
Location: 6 D.O.G.S, Athens, Greece
Collaborators: Konstantinos Dagritzikos (curator), Maria Georgoula (visual artist), Nikos Sepetzoglou (visual artist), Tasos Stamou (music), Aggeliki Hatzi (performance artist/choreography)
Team: Konstantinos Pantazis, Marianna Rentzou, Beth Hughes, Alkmini Petraki, Konstantina Papanikolaou, Maria Vlagoidou, Tasos Govatsos, Katerina Grigoropoulou
Photographs: Yannis Drakoulidis and Point Supreme Architects
Year: 2010


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