Rhizome | Dr Eugenia Fratzeskou

BIO

Dr Eugenia Fratzeskou
BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting, MA Fine Art: Drawing, PhD Site Specific Digital Art

London-based artist, researcher, writer, editor, critic, educator (b. Athens, 1979). Pioneering types of site-specific art and drawing have been the outcomes of Eugenia’s research leadership of international interdisciplinary projects since 2000. Lecturing MA Architecture at University of Westminster and Architectural Association School of Architecture, London. Contributions include: Polypolis_Athens by SARCHA, at the British Council’s International Architecture & Design Showcase 2012, the official entry of Greece in the London Festival of Architecture, Cultural Olympiad 2012 (under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece in London. SARCHA strategic partners: International Law and Theory Center, Westminster University, Urban Design MArch programme, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL), and the one that preceded it SARCHA’s Polypolis_Gerani 2012, with the Mayor of Athens in the role of the Polypolis Athens Mayor– Youth in Action EU program, Athens, Greece 9/6/2012 (under the auspices of the Municipality of Athens,Athina 9.84FM and the support of General Secretariat for Youth, National Youth Foundation, European Commission, Education & Culture), Urban Transcripts 2010: Athens (exhibitor) & Urban Transcripts 2011: Rome (workshop tutor, curatorial committee & project review committee member), Urban Transcripts 2012: London (Programme Committee & Jury Member), ISEA2010 Ruhr Conference, ISEA2011 Istanbul (Conference & Jury Member), ISEA2012 Albuquerque (Jury member), 53rd & 50th Venice Biennale, Leonardo ISAST/MIT, Digicult (Author & Editorial Board Member), Le Journal Spéciale Z (Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris/Bruil & van de Staaij), Unbuilt 2008 (Athens Byzantine & Christian Museum/SARCHA), AIAS, CADISE, CADE, AHRC Fine Art Collaborative Doctoral Training, Journal of Fine & Studio Art, work presented at Tate Britain, MARCEL, NY DigitalSalon, Marks in Space, 2004 (with L.Gillick etc.), TRACEY, Not-TV/UCL, Gallery K, Mall Galleries, ING, London. Awards of Excellence by the Greek Government and University of the Arts London. Selected memberships: SARCHA Associate, Architectural Humanities Research Association, Drawing Research Network. Recent monographs available from Amazon & other major booksellers worldwide.

RHIZOME ACTIVITIES

DISCUSSION

Posted on Fri Aug 24, 2012

NEW PUBLICATIONS

The latest monograph by Dr Eugenia Fratzeskou:

Interstitiality in Contemporary Art & Architecture: An Inter-passage from Delineating to Unfolding the Boundaries of Space, LAP – Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012 (ISBN: 978-3-8383-7501-4)

and other monographs by the author can be ordered on morebooks.de, amazon & other major booksellers worldwide.

Abstract

The present study offers an investigation into the notion of interstitial space and its creative exploration in architecture and site-specific art, realized through digital technology. Based on cosmology, Quantum Physics and information theory, instead of being perceived as a ‘ground zero’, space is evolving and heterogeneous as it comprises of multiple interacting layers of virtuality and reality. Contemporary site-specific art is marked by a growing interest in exploring emerging interstitial spaces including transitional and unsettling in-between spaces, the emergence of which, deeply challenges spatial and disciplinary boundaries. Such an investigation includes a creative exploration of the possible inter-relationships between various types of reality and the dynamic and unsettling points of intersection enabling various kinds of exchange between those realities. The emphasis is placed on the ways in which, potential interstitial spaces can be creatively revealed through various modes of innovative spatial intervention such as mixed realities, parallel sites, inter-spaces, infra-spaces.

Visit: http://drawingtheinvisible.wordpress.com/resources/ for more details

OPPORTUNITY

Posted on Tue May 29, 2012

London Festival of Architecture 2012 International Showcase: SARCHA Polypolis Athens, a mindset-shifting Board Game

Deadline:

Fri Jun 22, 2012 17:55

Location:

LONDON, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

In the rapidly deteriorating Athens centre, players are assigned life-roles; Immersed in an urban environment of economic recession, illegality, city-phobia & rising violence the Athenians (Greeks and immigrants, shop owners, unemployed, land owners, investors, inhabitants, entrepreneurs, intellectuals, etc.) enter into an agonising and agonistic STRUGGLE to reset the city’s human, physical and natural resources. The players keep reflecting and ACTING UPON ‘REAL’ CITY CONDITIONS, and watch the outcome of their decisions unfold on the game board. The Athenians of the Polypolis social game STAND UP TO THE CHALLENGE of the crisis and have the power to TRANSFORM the materiality of their city.

BE ONE OF THEM!

- Book to play (23 Jun 2012, 15:00 – 17:00) at www.polypolis.sarcha.gr

- Registration of attendance at the official London Festival of Architecture, Cultural Olympiad 2012 page: http://www.lfa2012.org/events/view/international-showcase-greece-polypolis-athens-become-an-athenian-and-experience-a-city-in-crisis-232

Strategic Partners of SARCHA in the UK: International Law and Theory Center, Westminster University, Urban Design MArch programme, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL

The event is under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece in London

Information on SARCHA: http://www.sarcha.gr/About.aspx

http://www.lfa2012.org/events/view/international-showcase-greece-polypolis-athens-become-an-athenian-and-experience-a-city-in-crisis-232

DISCUSSION

Posted on Wed May 30, 2012

Open Call for Participation - SARCHA Polypolis Athens Board Game (London Festival of Architecture, Cultural Olympiad 2012, 23 June)

London Festival of Architecture, Cultural Olympiad 2012 – International Showcase, Greece

SARCHA POLYPOLIS Athens, a mindset-shifting Board Game

In the rapidly deteriorating Athens centre, players are assigned life-roles; immersed in an urban environment of economic recession, illegality, city-phobia and rising violence, the Athenians (Greeks and immigrants, shop owners, unemployed, land owners, investors, inhabitants, entrepreneurs, intellectuals, etc.) enter into an agonising and agonistic struggle to reset the city’s human, physical and natural resources. The players keep reflecting and acting upon 'real' city conditions, and watch the outcome of their decisions unfold on the game board. The Athenians of the Polypolis social game stand up to the challenge of the crisis and have the power to TRANSFORM the materiality of their city.

BE ONE OF THEM!

Book to play at www.polypolis.sarcha.gr (23 June, 15.00–17.00, Jeremy Bentham Room, Wilkins Building, Main Quadrangle, UCL, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Registration of attendance at the official London Festival of Architecture, Cultural Olympiad 2012: http://www.lfa2012.org/events/view/international-showcase-greece-polypolis-athens-become-an-athenian-and-experience-a-city-in-crisis-232

Strategic Partners of SARCHA in the UK: International Law and Theory Centre,University of Westminster; Urban Design MArch programme, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL

The event is under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece in London

Read more information on SARCHA: http://www.sarcha.gr/About.aspx

Dr Eugenia Fratzeskou
SARCHA Associate
http://www.sarcha.gr/ViewAssociate.aspx?associateID=134

DISCUSSION

Posted on Wed Feb 15, 2012

Drawing the Invisible Blog

The Drawing the Invisible Blog functions as a digital platform for promoting a series of past and forthcoming international activities and projects, developing an online forum, facilitating the announcements of its members activities, and supporting the dissemination of the relevant resources including research material and publications.

You are cordially invited to register and collaborate with us towards the development of future events and publications with a special focus on contemporary architecture, emergent types of spatial practice & research, digital site-specific art & drawing and many other fields stemming from the intersection of art, science, technology and philosophy.

Background:

Rome City & Urban Superbia: Drawing the Invisible workshop unit took place in Rome during 13 – 17 December 2011, as part of the Urban Transcripts 2011: Rome, the accidental city international workshop on the city.

Drawing the Invisible workshop unit was developed and led by Dr Eugenia Fratzeskou (also a Curatorial Committee & Project Review Committee Member) as the guest tutor responsible for the development of the creative methodologies of urban research, exploration, analysis, and design (including the workshop phases planning), together with Dr Claudia Faraone as the host tutor responsible for the thematic framework (Superbia/Pride) of the workshop, and for organising and conducting the one-day urban exploration of Rome. The workshop was academically accredited by Universita degli Studi Roma Tre. Workshop participants included an international group of students with a background in architecture, urban planning, digital media and other fields.

Drawing the Invisible has enabled the creation of new drawing methods and tools that are of relevance not only to architectural design, but also, to other kinds of spatial practice and research. The drawing methods that have been devised, are operative as they have enabled a critical and analytical mapping of the urban environment that has inspired and made realisable the development of highly rich and stimulating modes of ‘interpretation’ and ‘intervention’ into the city at a macro as well as a micro scale.

Drawing the Invisible is currently expanded further as an independent initiative and a dedicated blog has been created for this purpose.

http://drawingtheinvisible.wordpress.com/

OPPORTUNITY

Posted on Sun Nov 20, 2011

Urban Transcripts 2011: Rome, the accidental city - International Workshop

Deadline:

Wed Nov 30, 2011 09:30

Location:

Rome, Italy

You are cordially invited to participate in 'Drawing the Invisible' Workshop Unit by Dr Eugenia Fratzeskou & Dr Claudia Faraone.

The Unit is part of Urban Transcripts 2011, Rome, the accidental city international workshop on the city, Rome 13-17 December 2011

The workshop is open to students and professionals in the arts, architecture, geography, planning, the social sciences, and related disciplines, the Urban Transcripts 2011 international workshop on the city will pursue a cross-disciplinary investigation of the city of Rome and aim to respond to a number of actual problematics. Complemented with a programme of urban explorations, seminars, lectures and social events, the workshop brings together an international team of tutors with a breadth of professional experiences, academic interests, and artistic practices.

Download the full programme of the workshop at http://www.urbantranscripts.org/documents/UT2011_04_workshop_programme.pdf
Register using the registration form available at http://www.urbantranscripts.org/documents/UT2011_05_workshop_registration_form.pdf
For further information contact us at workshop@urbantranscripts.org

The workshop is a part of the "Urban Transcripts 2011, Rome, the accidental city" series of events.

Keep updated at http://www.facebook.com/urbantranscripts

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"Urban Transcripts 2011, Rome, the accidental city" is an Urban Transcripts initiative in partnership with: con il contributo del Dipartimento di Studi Urbani, Università degli Studi Roma Tre / con il contributo della Provincia di Roma / con il patrocinio del Municipio Roma XI / con il sostegno dell' Urban Center Roma XI / con il sostegno della Facoltà di Architettura, Università degli Studi Roma Tre / con il sostegno di ESC Atelier

Dr Eugenia Fratzeskou
Workshop Tutor & Project Review Committee Member

http://www.urbantranscripts.org/documents/UT2011_04_workshop_programme.pdf

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