I am pleased to announce my participation in the group exhibition "Silence, Voice, Resonance" curated by Paris Capralos.
The exhibition will be held in physical form in Athens at Chili Art Gallery (Dimofontos 13-15, Thissio, Athens) from 13 to 22 February 2025 and online, in collaboration with ARTgrID (https://artgrid.gr).
As noted in the curatorial text:
Silence, as the absence of sound, is not a void but a canvas of concepts and emotions. The French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, in his work “The Visible and the Invisible,” highlights silence as a prerequisite for voice, arguing that perception is formed through pauses and the disruption of continuous flow. Similarly, Axel Honneth’s theory of social recognition, in his work “The Struggle for Recognition: The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts,” emphasizes silence as a form of denial of communication, which can function either oppressively or liberatingly.
From a psychological perspective, Carl Jung, in his theory of the shadow, suggests that silence confronts us with the unconscious, triggering internal quests. Voice, in turn, becomes the means of asserting existence, as examined by Hannah Arendt in “The Human Condition,” where public voice constitutes an element of action and self-realization. Resonance, whether emotional or social, bridges silence and voice, making both inseparable from human experience and communication.
