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The Athenian Art Scene has had a continuous evolution during the last fifteen years. Led by the artists themselves, self-organized and DIY, the art scene became an icebreaker for the upcoming, inhuman, tidal wave of city transformation. Athens is now adorned by dozens of independent initiatives and art spaces, a façade that draws even more artists, theorists and…developers. At the same time this scene has no sustainability. The stream of fresh air has already turned into a bloating of gases.
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Poka-Yio is an artist, curator and professor of art at the Athens School of Fine Arts. He is also a strategic consultant and a coach.
He has a diploma in Painting and an MA in Digital Arts from the Athens School of Fine Arts. He is co-founder and director of the Athens Biennale. He has been the co-founder and director of A-Station, Athens Center for Contemporary Art until 2004. He has exhibited his works, staged his performances, and curated shows in Greece and internationally.
Poka-Yio’s diverse artistic practice comprises of painting, performances, theater, films, and curating. His main work thematic and key narrative is the perpetual oscillation between Attraction and Aversion at the era of the Culture of Desire.