ÊÙÍÓÔÁÍÔÉÍÏÓ ÂÁÂÕËÏÕÓÁÊÇÓ | KONSTANTINOS VAVILOUSSAKIS
ÉÁÍÏÕÁÑIÏÓ | JANUARY 2008
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«Äåí ðñÝðåé íá êïéôÜìå ïýôå ôá ðñÜãìáôá ïýôå ôá ðñüóùðá. ÐñÝðåé íá êïéôÜìå ìïíÜ÷á ôïõò êáèñÝöôåò.
Ãéáôß ïé êáèñÝöôåò äå ìáò äåß÷íïõí ðáñÜ ìÜóêåò». ¼óêáñ ÏõÜéëíô
Óôïí áðáôçëü äéôôü êüóìï ôùí ìïñöþí ôïõ
Êùíóôáíôßíïõ ÂáâõëïõóÜêç, üðïõ üëá åßíáé
éêáíÜ íá óõìâïýí, åêôõëßóóïíôáé éóôïñßåò
áëëáãÞò ñüëùí, ðñïóùðåßùí, ôáõôüôçôáò.
Åðé÷åéñåßôáé ìéá ðáñÝìâáóç óôç ñïÞ ôùí
áëëüêïôùí ðñïóùðéêþí äéçãÞóåùí, åêåß üðïõ
ðñáãìáôéêïß êáé öáíôáóôéêïß ÷áñáêôÞñåò
óõíïìéëïýí êáé óõíõðÜñ÷ïõí, åêåß üðïõ ç
áðüóôáóç ìåôáîý æþïõ êáé áíèñþðïõ
åêìçäåíßæåôáé Þ êáôáñãåßôáé. Ôï ãëõêüðéêñï
÷éïýìïñ, êåíôñéêü ÷áñáêôçñéóôéêü óôï Ýñãï
ôïõ êáëëéôÝ÷íç, óõíéóôÜ êáôáëõôéêü üðëï êáôÜ ôçò ïîýìùñçò ðñáãìáôéêüôçôáò, âáóéêü
óõóôáôéêü áíôï÷Þò êáé áíï÷Þò óôçí Üíéóá
ìïéñáóìÝíç æùÞ ìáò· ðáíïðëßá ôùí åðéèõìéþí
êáé ôùí ðáñåêêëéíüíôùí ïíåßñùí, ðõîßäá óôçí ôñéóäéÜóôáôç öáýëç èåáôñéêÞ óêçíÞ ìáò.
Ï Êùíóôáíôßíïò ÂáâõëïõóÜêçò öëåñôÜñåé ìå ôïí åñùôéóìü êáé ôï ãêñïôÝóêï, ôç ñåõóôüôçôá êáé ôçí åôåñüôçôá, ôçí áíùíõìßá êáé ôçí áðüêñõøç, õéïèåôåß êþäéêåò ìÝóùí ôå÷íïëïãßáò,óå
áöáéñåôéêü öüíôï êáé á÷ñïíéêÜ åäÜöç, áðïëáìâÜíïíôáò ôç äõóïßùíç åêäï÷Þ ôçò
óýã÷ñïíçò æùãñáöéêÞò ôÝ÷íçò. Óêçíïèåôåß, óõíèÝôåé, áíáìïñöþíåé, áíáôñÝðåé, áðïðñïóáíáôïëßæåé, äéáêùìùäåß, ïñáìáôßæåôáé, äå öëõáñåß êáé, êõñßùò, åðéìÝíåé. Ðñüêåéôáé
ãéá Ýíáí êáëëéôÝ÷íç åêöñáóôÞ ôçò ðéï
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ðñáãìáôéêüôçôáò. ÁöïñÜ ìéá éäéáßôåñç ìïñöÞ æùãñáöéêÞò, ïé êþäéêåò ôçò ïðïßáò äåí åßíáé áðüëõôá áðïóáöçíéóìÝíïé äéüôé âñßóêïíôáé óå åîÝëéîç. Ï èåáôÞò èá ìðïñïýóå åí äõíÜìåé íá ðáñÝìâåé, íá åíåñãïðïéÞóåé áíôéêåßìåíá, íá áëëÜîåé èÝóç óôéò ìÜóêåò ôùí ðñïóþðùí, íá áíáôñÝîåé óôï ðáñåëèüí, íá ðñï÷ùñÞóåé óôï
ìÝëëïí, íá áðïìïíþóåé ôéò öùíÝò ôùí ÷áñáêôÞñùí, áí õðÜñ÷ïõí, íá äéáìïñöþóåé ôéò ôáõôüôçôåò, ôá öýëá, ôéò éäéüôçôåò, óå
ðáãùìÝíï Þ êõêëéêü ÷ñüíï, üðùò óå Ýíá video game matrix áéóèçôéêÞò.
Born in Chios, Greece in 1970
Lives and works in Athens, Greece
studies:
2001Magazine production and design course, Central Saint Martins, London, England
1995Graduate of the Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
awards:
20021st prize, !EVGE 2002 graphic design & illustration awards, [CD cover design]
solo exhibitions:
2008visard, Thanassis Frissiras Gallery, Athens, Greece
group exhibitions:
2007optica, Gijon International Festival of Video Art, Gijon, Spain the post cinema experience, d/Art/07 festival, Sydney, Australia mapping [Europe], Muse,e de la Publicite,, Louvre, Paris, France pocket films festival, Lux Box Gallerie, Rennes, France pocket films festival, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France mapping [Europe], Melina Mercouri Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece corpus 1, Switch on, Athens, Greece
2006fresh ground 2, Thanassis Frissiras Gallery, Athens, Greece anthropography ÉÉÉ, Frissiras museum, Athens, Greece
2005Frissiras Museum collection, Frisia Museum, Spanbroek, Holland 2o European painting award, Frissiras museum, Athens, Greece fresh ground, Thanassis Frissiras Gallery, Athens, Greece invisibles, 10th international comic festival, Technopolis, Athens, Greece
I see-half century of greek graphic designers, Benaki museum, Piraeus str., Athens, Greece festival miden, Amfeia’s square, Kalamata, Greece
2004in our image after our likeness, Frissiras museum, Athens, Greece
2003we all people, video screening, Fournos Art and Technology centre, Athens, Greece
2002open art, Lithography of Piraeus str., Athens, Greece
2001new images, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece de-globalizing / re-globalizing, Mediaterra 01 festival, Lavrion, Sofia, Belgrade, Maribor, Frankfurt the transitional body, e-phos festival, Photography Centre of Athens, Athens, Greece
2000Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece
2000 tins, Lithography of Piraeus str., Athens, Greece the work to be bought by metro, Cheap Art Space, Athens, Greece ad days, Technopolis, Athens, Greece
1998art and technology festival, Ileana Tounda gallery, Athens, Greece
unofficial language, Artist Building, Athens, Greece
cheap art ‘98, Mylos, Thessaloniki, Epikentro gallery, Athens, Greece
1997a sneak-reader photo, National Book Centre, Athens, Greece
1996graduates ‘95, National Gallery, Athens, Greece
art Heineken 4, Melina Mercouri Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
cheap art 96, cheap art Gallery, Athens, Greece
bazzart ‘96, Monohoros gallery, Athens, Greece
1995art Heineken 3, Melina Mercouri Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece pan Hellenic photography competition, Melina Mercouri Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
collections:
Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece
Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
Musee de la Publicite, Louvre, Paris, France