25 November 2009

the magical realism of Iannis Nikou

a very interesting exhibition ended today in Technopolis - Gazi. the artist, Iannis Nikou. his paintings big, beautiful, impressive, with subjects from mythology, history, religion. walking along the walls and looking at the paintings was like if you had stepped into another world for a while. a controversial world. a world full of sound, energy and passion. a world full of calmness and silence. a world full of light even if that light was mostly a ‘dark’ one. mystery, pain, pleasure, lust, good, evil, seduction, choices, catharsis… human nature.

Prometheus Bound
Iannis Nikou 2008 mythology - historical cycle
the passage of Acheron
Iannis Nikou 2005 mythology - historical cycle
Incubus
Iannis Nikou 2003 allegorical - paganistic cycle
the fall of Lucifer
Iannis Nikou 2007
the fall of Lucifer - detail
Iannis Nikou 2007
the fall of Lucifer - detail
Iannis Nikou 2007
the red apple
Iannis Nikou 2007 - transfigurations

21 November 2009

from dusk till dawn

good cult movie but in this case from 1:00 am actually till dawn.
can’t sleep… hmmm what's best to do than plant myself in front of the tv. well… lets see… old serials broadcasted for the 100th time = not one I like. travel series = nice but I'm not in the mood. music channels = not always a good choice. thriller = yeah!!! middle budget, kinda splatter, vampire Hollywood movie, with cute leading actor. at last! a shallow movie, exactly what I was looking for. best choice… or maybe not…

the scenery dark. small Alaskan town, freezing co... co... cold. the girl, don’t like her, Melissa George. the leading actor is way better, Josh Hartnett, plus he is ho... ho... hot. I should be acting next to him instead of her. the co – actors, nothing special but their acting was ok. some action. the stunts quite good for the budget of the movie. make up and special effects, ok too. the story, predictable. you knew what it was going to happen in each scene. nothing unexpected, so not that scary after all. not that scary… not that sc… shit! what the fuck was that?! no! no! don’t go over there you fool! it’s behind the door! yack! too much blood. geez they are too fast… run run! what’s that scary voice?! where is it come from?! don’t understand… oh! its my voice. shut up and go and make some tea.
not that scary… right!
of course when it was over, I had to follow the 4 ‘must do’ rules after a scary movie.
1. check the rooms. hold a pan or something in case of emergency.
2. don’t look in the mirror. there will definitely be someone or...
    something behind you.
3. leave a light on… or two… or all.
4. watch silly things afterwards on tv.

I ended to fall asleep with two lamps and the tv on, after I watched telemarketing ads for at least 1 hour. hair extensions… don’t need them, incredible grater… hmmm I should get one, special juice diet that gives you a killer body in 7 days… definitely should get that, face cream which turns you into a supermodel after just one use… wowww what’s the number, I am calling right now!

thank God when I opened my eyes it was a beautiful sunny day. sun the best remedy for nerves… and against vampires, not for zombies unfortunately… way much scary I should mention.
sun is shining, birds are singing along with the cars, the aroma of the roses and the garbage truck. nice, nice, niiice.
I think I’ll go out for a walk. well, I am going…









15 November 2009

some music therapy

bad mood. friday night out. some music therapy.
to begin with, classical tunes.

Athens Concert Hall. the Athens State Orchestra performed works of R. Strauss, J. Brahms, F. Schubert. violin soloist, Danae Papamatheaou - Matschke. orchestra conductor, Stefanos Tsialis. hands moving bringing instruments to life. sit back and listen. visions and thoughts. ma che melodia, ma che virtuoses, ma che bello uo… ehmmm… oups… well ok. it was nice.

to continue with, rock strings.













Stauros Tou Notou. Eleonora Zouganeli – Dimos Anastasiadis. beautiful, talented singers with good voices accompanied by very very good musicians. all of them. Andreas Mouzakis - drums, Costas Gagastathis - bass, Giorgos Tsiboukis - electric guitar, Mati Palaiologos - keyboard, Dimitris Karagiannis - saxophone, Tigran Sargsian - woodwinds. Giorgos Tsiboukis though, the guitar player, was more than good, he was awesome. he was living it! music run through his veins! bravo!

the musical journey had apart from the artists’ own songs, songs from Alkinoos Ioannidis till Kraounakis and Amy Winehouse. it was very nice.

so what we have is: classical, rock, jazz, entexno music + talented artists + good friends = best dope for bad mood

13 November 2009

my first photo shoot


when I grow up I want to be a marine biologist, a director, an executive chef, a graffiti artist, a choreographer, Mercury's runner Faith Connors, ... and I reeeally want to be a photographer.

hmmm... when I grow up ?! wake up! I am grown up! in fact I am too old and nothing from the above... damn.

well, this morning I had my first photo shoot. experimented on black and white. forgot all my teacher was saying 3 weeks now about diaphragm, shutter speed, depth of field and other UFOs (Unknown Foto Options… ha ha). I was the worst photographer ever. a camera? what the heck of extraterrestrial technology is that?

my muse. gorgeous A.
after four hours, lots of badly focused pics and half roll of film surely destroyed , we got bored and went for a hot chocolate.

remember:
pay more attention in photography class.
be better prepared.
buy some milk.






11 November 2009

I just escaped...