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EPISKEPTES - Artists Residency Program by Kimonos Art CenterΕΠΙΣΚΕΠΤΕΣ "Visitors" is a residency program hosted by Kimonos Art Center in Paphos, since 2021. This edition 2024 welcomed the artists: Simon Whetham (Old Media Artist), Socrates Petrakis (Visual Artist) and Olya Zarapina (Extended Photography).Each of the artists, plus co-founding members Charalambos Margaritis and Yiannis Sakellis (Program Curator), discuss the long term achievements and goals of this residency program, while the artists give their perspective on how this experience shapes their work.Documentarion: Charalambos CharalambousSponsored by: The Deputy-Ministry of CultureSupported by: Petrideion Foundation, PaphosProduced by: Kimonos Art Center - © 2025 -
επισκέπτης (ο): [episképtis]
Visitor, guest, caller - a person visiting a person or place, especially socially or as a tourist.
2024
EPISKEPTES - Artists Residency Program by Kimonos Art Center
ΕΠΙΣΚΕΠΤΕΣ "Visitors" is a residency program hosted by Kimonos Art Center in Paphos, since 2021.
This edition 2024 welcomed the artists: Simon Whetham (Old Media Artist), Socrates Petrakis (Visual Artist) and Olya Zarapina (Extended Photography).
Each of the artists, plus co-founding members Charalambos Margaritis and Yiannis Sakellis (Program Curator), discuss the long term achievements and goals of this residency program, while the artists give their perspective on how this experience shapes their work.
Documentarion: Charalambos Charalambous
Sponsored by: The Deputy-Ministry of Culture
Supported by: Petrideion Foundation, Paphos
Produced by: Kimonos Art Center
© 2025
Since 2005 Simon Whetham has worked with sonic activity. He often uses environmental sound, employing a variety of methods and techniques in order to obtain often unnoticed and obscured sonic phenomena. He also explores ways of creating physical traces of sound and transforming energy forms.
Whetham performs and exhibits internationally, has received a large number of commissions and awards, has many published composed works and regularly collaborates with other artists. In addition his practice covers giving active listening, field recording and technology repurposing workshops.
Residency period: December 2024
Socrates Petrakis was born in Patras, Greece, and studied painting and fine arts in Italy. In his work he draws inspiration from classical Greek sculpture, yet he merges this historical influence with a contemporary approach that intertwines both expressionistic and naturalistic elements.
Petrakis reimagines the human form, portraying his subjects as ghostly, fragmented figures suspended between worlds. These beings seem lost or confused, embodying the struggles of modern existence in a world devoid of poetry and idealism. Through his use of fragmented lines, Petrakis symbolically breaks his figures into thousands of pieces, reflecting the disintegration of their heroic essence in the face of reality.
His art creates a dialogue between the past and present, with each figure evoking the grandeur of ancient statuary while confronting the challenges of the human condition today. The tension between their fragmented nature and their inherent heroism invites viewers to contemplate the fragile state of identity, legacy, and survival in an ever-shifting, unpoetic world
Residency period: January 2025
Olya Zarapina was born in Kyiv, Ukraine and currently lives and works in Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal, Québec, Canada. She holds a Bachelors in Visual Communications Design from the University of Alberta and a Masters in Visual and Media Arts from Université du Québec à Montréal. Her site-specific photo-filmic installations are a reflection on the places where they are made; their cultural, political and economic states; and the attitudes and lifestyles of their inhabitants and have been carried out throughout North America and Europe.
Residency period: February 2025
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