Art Installation Links Contemporary Culture and the Historical and Archaeological Heritage of Athens
NEONÂ is a nonprofit organization that works to bring contemporary culture closer to everyone.Â
NEON is a nonprofit organization that works to bring contemporary culture closer to everyone. The Theater of Disappearance is a site specific, outdoor and indoor installation by Argentinian artist Adrian Villar Rojas in Greece, at the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), located on the archaeological site of the Hill of the Nymphs. Built in 1846, the National Observatory is the first scientific research institution in Greece and consolidates nearly two centuries of astronomy since Greek independence in 1832. This is a project curated by Elina Kountouri, that forms part of NEON?s work to establish a link between contemporary culture and the historical and archaeological heritage of Athens.
© Panos Kokkinias, Courtesy NEON
Today, almost 170 years later, this commission sees Villar Rojas negotiating with an archaeological site for the first time as he radically alters both the indoor and outdoor space of the National Observatory, occupying an area of 4,500 square meters. The whole site undergoes a complete transformation ? architectural, horticultural and emotional.
© Panos Kokkinias, Courtesy NEON
© Panos Kokkinias, Courtesy NEON
Through this site-specific intervention in Athens Villar Rojas asks, ?what does it mean to have the soil beneath our feet"? Villar Rojas says: ?I come from Argentina, where essentially soil is a means ...
NEON is a nonprofit organization that works to bring contemporary culture closer to everyone. The Theater of Disappearance is a site specific, outdoor and indoor installation by Argentinian artist Adrian Villar Rojas in Greece, at the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), located on the archaeological site of the Hill of the Nymphs. Built in 1846, the National Observatory is the first scientific research institution in Greece and consolidates nearly two centuries of astronomy since Greek independence in 1832. This is a project curated by Elina Kountouri, that forms part of NEON?s work to establish a link between contemporary culture and the historical and archaeological heritage of Athens.
© Panos Kokkinias, Courtesy NEON
Today, almost 170 years later, this commission sees Villar Rojas negotiating with an archaeological site for the first time as he radically alters both the indoor and outdoor space of the National Observatory, occupying an area of 4,500 square meters. The whole site undergoes a complete transformation ? architectural, horticultural and emotional.
© Panos Kokkinias, Courtesy NEON
© Panos Kokkinias, Courtesy NEON
Through this site-specific intervention in Athens Villar Rojas asks, ?what does it mean to have the soil beneath our feet"? Villar Rojas says: ?I come from Argentina, where essentially soil is a means ...
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