Leaving Utopia - Untitled 01
Collection:UAL Art Collection
Date: 2013
Artist: Nikolas Ventourakis (Greek)
Dimensions:
102 x 122cm
Medium: Photographic C-type print mounted on Dibond
Object number: UAC 781
DescriptionNikolas studied MA Photography at Central Saint Martins. He says:
'I created a visual narrative as a reaction to the social crisis in Greece and to an extent Europe. I use photography to create a document of a fluctuating and hostile environment, in which past rules are overturned and new realities reveal themselves. The work records a newly discovered continent that is Europe of the 21st century, where billboards advertise new and brighter lives, and the people are offered a multitude of dystopian futures. This is the establishing shot of the series. It depicts a viewpoint of Athens, that is not including the Parthenon or the sea in the frame'.
'I created a visual narrative as a reaction to the social crisis in Greece and to an extent Europe. I use photography to create a document of a fluctuating and hostile environment, in which past rules are overturned and new realities reveal themselves. The work records a newly discovered continent that is Europe of the 21st century, where billboards advertise new and brighter lives, and the people are offered a multitude of dystopian futures. This is the establishing shot of the series. It depicts a viewpoint of Athens, that is not including the Parthenon or the sea in the frame'.