KONMARK

Friday, August 21, 2020

Selected publications (books, journals, magazines, catalogues etc)

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Work in progress (collages, paintings, photomontages, research, poetry)

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Monocle

http://www.monocleread.gr/2020/08/19/kwnstantinos-markogiannis-tragikwmwdia/

Sunday, August 16, 2020

Konmark Fine Art Photography, Collages, Visual Poetry, Digital Art, Mixed Media Art, Paintings

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Thursday, August 13, 2020

PHOTOPOETRY (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

SOCIAL UNREST

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

(Jiddu Krishnamurti)

Images by Kon Markogiannis and text by Spyridon Kaprinis.

http://www.crisiology.org/el/socialunrest/

https://www.facebook.com/www.intellectum.org/photos/a.10150571732661994/10156035269596994/?type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157533521311944&set=a.10151899182841944&type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photometria.photofestival/photos/a.1135909239946042/1171991843004448/?type=3&theater

“The global articulation of urban social movements that flourished in the wake of the financial crisis and the ensuing austerity measures constitute one of the defining features of what you consider to be new forms of urban activism.” [01]

-Joana Mayer in conversation with Margit Mayer

Social Unrest is a visual study that consists of photographs that act as an oscilloscope of contemporary societal developments. Today's pessimistic reality is mirrored in blurred, black and white palimpsests created by urban wall posters. Dark human figures, insurrectional texts, black flags and crosses create a wallpaper of existential anxiety and underlying social unrest.

The almost kaleidoscopic visual density of the posters reflects the various contrasting psychogeographical elements of a city that must be kept in constant vigilance prepared for the next protest or uprising. Torn and wrinkled, once crisp and clean, these posters are signs of a people's transition from a state of hope and optimism to a murky atmosphere of despair and social tumult.

Through the images of this visual study one can distinguish a substantial "nostalgia for what has been lost", as well as a basic need for "building a different kind of urban experience" [02]. If someone compares the superficiality of today's postmodern capitalist way of life with the "visual assault" these street posters seem to unleash, they will immediately realize that this is what the photographer wishes to achieve: a "visual incision" in our collective unconscious.

References:

01. “Cities in the making: social movements, neoliberal urbanism and critical practices.” A conversation with Margit Mayer [2015]. https://lisbonconsortium.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/margit-mayer_cities-in-the-making.pdf

02. Harvey, D.“ The Right To The City.”

https://davidharvey.org/media/righttothecity.pdf

Sunday, August 9, 2020

The Covid Files

During the coronavirus epidemic I was confined to my

house-studio in Thessaloniki, Greece. The quarantine

proved to be very fruitful and creative for me. I began

creating daily photo collages depicting various moods

and emotions such as introspection, frustration, inner anguish and

isolation. I guess sometimes we need a kind of shock to remove

us from our comfort zone and awaken our latent creative

powers.

Several of the images were chosen to be exhibited at the

FotoLimo Festival (27 September 2020) and the Photography

Museum of Thessaloniki (October-January 2020). The work

was also featured in the PandeMIA: Future Under Construction

Project, the MoMus Resilience Project, the Art Instead Project,

the Curarta Project and publications such as Clavoardiendo , Περί ου,

Παρέμβαση and Θεσσαλονικέων Πόλις.

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Work in progress...

Monday, July 20, 2020

VISUAL POETRY (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Friday, July 17, 2020

Selected exhibitions

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Caliban literary magazine

Divine Decay 14 featured in a text written by architect Miguel Royo (Caliban literary magazine).

https://revistacaliban.net/instruções-para-iniciar-o-dia-6de7e6fc6629

https://www.facebook.com/caliban.pt

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΣ (ΤΕΥΧΟΣ 72)

Έργο του Κωνσταντίνου Μαρκογιάννη στο άρθρο "Going Through" της Θούλης Μισιρλόγλου (Αν. Διευθύντρια MOMus-Πειραματικού Κέντρου Τεχνών) παρουσιάζεται στο περιοδικό "Θεσσαλονικέων Πόλις" (τριμηνιαία έκδοση της Πολιτιστικής Εταιρείας Επιχειρηματιών Βορείου Ελλάδος).

https://www.peebe.gr/20chronia/going-digital/