Exhibition “Future Tense. Works from the collections of MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art”

MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections (TIF-Helexpo premises)

22 June – 08 October 2023

Themes such as technology, science, memory and time, through the perspective of Greek and artists from abroad and organised in sections such as the flow of time, the new, the unknown, the imaginative, the dreamlike and the new materials are presented in the exhibition entitled "Future Tense. Works from the collections of MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art", from 22 June until 08 October 2023. at MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki. The Future continues and functions as a key theme in this particular exhibition, alongside the Inspire Project 2023, which is exhibited in the same space, and gives the occasion for a re-investigation of works in the Museum's permanent collections.

The exhibition approaches and highlights the artistic community's constant search for inspiration directed at the human invention of the concept of the Future.

The artworks in the Museum's collections are revealed in the future and continue to emerge over time, either through technology, or through exhibitions, publications and research. These interventions explore the multi-layered narratives and hidden aspects of our socio-material history. Using the visual language of the present and speculating about the possibilities for the future, memories of the past are recalled, exposed and reinterpreted.

Works from the permanent collections of Xydis, Apergis and Iolas "participate" in the exhibition, with special signage that unite them with the theme of the Future, creating a unified tour for the visitor.

Artists

Periklis Alkidis, Efi Amanatidou, Stephen Antonakos, Lena Athanasopoulou, Franck Bragigand, Anton Cetin, Pantelis Chandris, Vivetta Christouli,  Chryssa, Costa Coulentianos, Lydia Dambassina, Ingo Duennebier, Electros (Babis Vekris), Vasso Gavaisse, Apostolos Georgiou, Aris Georgiou, Jerzy Grabowski, Davos Hanich, Francisco Infante – Nonna Goriunova, Nikos Kessanlis, Alain Kirili, James Lane, Michael Lasuchin, Erwan Mahéo, Miltos Manetas, Thanasis Manousis, Stefanos Michaelides, Ioannis Monogios, Katinka Niederstrasse, Xavier Noiret – Thomé, Wolfgang Oppermann, Ilias Papailiakis, Nausica Pastra, Aris Prodromidis, Azat Sargsyan, Danae Stratou, Nakis Tastsioglou, George Touyas, Costis (Triandafyllou), Vasilis Vassilakakis, Anastasios Veloudis, Xanthippos Vyssios, Zafos Xagoraris, Pantelis Xagoraris, Yioula Xatzigeorgiou, Nikos Yiannopoulos, Cris Gianakos, Yang Yongliang, Opy Zouni.

Curation

Theodore Markoglou, art historian-curator MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art

Katerina Syroglou, art historian-curator MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art Curator

Architectural and graphic design

Loopo Studio