PHOTODOTES: the making of

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photodotes: collect - transfer - diffuse

PHOTODOTES

PHOTODOTES, a ‘machinic’ installation, explores the manipulation of natural and artificial light in space, architectured to perform in 3 stages: collecting, transferring and emitting light. The experimentation discusses phenomena related to lack of light, like the lack of vitamin D, depression, women’s cycle patterns irregularities, and work separation from exterior conditions. By augmenting the individual and collective perceptual mechanism, PHOTODOTES emphasizes how light’s relation to energy and the survival leads to well-being of people.

*PHOTODOTES is the plural form of the greek: φωτοδότης = giver of light, luminary

Project credits:
Design: Zenovia Toloudi
Research: Zenovia Toloudi, Ute Meta Bauer (MIT Art, Culture, and Technology), George Toloudis
Construction: Zenovia Toloudi, George Toloudis, Panagiotis Stamboulidis @ Stamboulidis Panagiotis Workshop in Alexandroupolis, Greece
Gallery Installation: Zenovia Toloudi, Dominic Tschoepe, Dimitris Papanikolaou
Special thanks to: Maria Toloudi, Yannis Stratakis, Theodoros Koukos, Marrikka Trotter, Jonathan Santos, Evelyn Rytz

The Garden Lab

Join us for the opening reception of the GARDEN LAB! Thursday, January 26, from 6:30 - 7:30pm
Meet the Artists-in-Residence (Caitlin Berrigan, Andi Sutton, and Zenovia Toloudi) and learn about their projects.





"When I go into the garden with a spade, and dig a bed, I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson


The Garden Lab, an experimental project for the 2012 spring semester in the Brant Gallery. The aim for this initiative is to create a garden space and platform where all students and the community-at-large can engage in an open conversation about art, design, food, community, and the environment. The project examines these topics and concerns in experimental and investigative ways, while proposing creative and sustainable solutions and possibilities.

This initiative is not only to enrich students’ learning experience, but also to facilitate a collaborative milieu of growth and creativity. Through workshops, visiting artist projects, lectures and events students will be introduced to a variety of interdisciplinary practices to broaden the learning, making and understanding of art and design. Students will have an opportunity to participate in how-to grow, consume and forage for food in an enjoyable and sustainable practice. Through sharing and gardening, we hope to inspire students to play an active role as “citizen artists”.

This project is supported in part by Sustainable MassArt: Art and Design at the Intersection of the Environment, Social Justice, and Health, and the Studio Foundation Sustainability Committee. It is directed by Jonathan Santos and Evelyn Rydz.

Many Thanks to: Paul Dobbs, Rachel Resnik, Yamilah A Kenny, Christian H Restrepo, Scarlett Hoey, Lisa Tung, Darci Hanna, Gamalia Pharms, Kyle Brock, David Tames, Jamieson Wicks, Howie Larosee and Jane Marsching

Garden Lab: January 18 – May 7, 2012
Brant Gallery: South Hall, 3rd floor
Hours: Monday- Friday: 9:00 AM -6:30 PM
Contact: brantgallery@massart.edu
Online Resource: MassArt Library + Garden Lab
Accommodation: If you need a disability-related accommodation for a MassArt-sponsored event on campus, email Mercedes Evans at mercedes.evans@massart.edu at least two weeks prior to the program date.

More information at Brant Gallery at MassArt (click here)

+GardenLab

Starting today and up until May 7th, my work will be exhibited at Brant Gallery at Mass Art in the exhibition Garden Lab, curated by Jonathan Santos and Evelyn Rytz.

happy 2012!

The photo was taken at Panagiotis Stamboulidis workshop in Alexandroupolis, Greece where I was preparing my installation for Brant Gallery together with gtroza. Photos are coming! Stay tuned!

the oldest...

...building in paris:

theatrum constructum

hammocks, baskets, sheds and other craft

port preservation

patina

patina is a word I first learnt from my grandpa. since then i love discovering it around. it was interesting to advice a student doing thesis on material decomposition, weathering, and abandoned structures lately.

patina (via Merriam-Webster dictionary)
pa·ti·na noun \pə-ˈtē-nə, ˈpa-tə-nə\
plural pa·ti·nas or pa·ti·nae

Definition of PATINA
1
a : a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color
b : a surface appearance of something grown beautiful especially with age or use
2
: an appearance or aura that is derived from association, habit, or established character
3
: a superficial covering or exterior

Origin of PATINA
Italian, from Latin, shallow dish — more at paten
First Known Use: 1748

patina (via urban dictionary):
The term that antique appraisers and collectors use to describe rust or age on an old object to try to increase its value.

summer accessories

artwork found at OTE, in Thessaloniki, Greece

blue spots

white cover

tanner fountain

morning garden in

growing

The series of photos is taken during the period I was writing my dissertation. These beans stay alive only until its end. Now they are here to represent the process of preparing my installation for the Garden Lab exhibition that will take place between January to June at Mass Art. Stay tuned!