Group show curated by Nadja Argyropoulou and The Callas, FAMILY BUSINESS 520 West 21 Street, New York, NY 10011
Artists Lakis and Aris Ionas -The Callas, Family member / curator Nadja Argyropoulou and a group of artists and art works are the fearless voyagers of the dematerialization / rematerialization project LUSTLANDS (a family noir under the sun: the N.Y. rematerialization), hosted at Family Business from January 24, 2013 to February 16, 2013.
The project appears in N.Y. after originating, as LUSTLANDS (a family noir under the sun and other experiences), for one day (23 June 2012), in a family farm, situated at the area of Thermissia in Argolida and the South of Greece.
Months after being just an energy pattern—due to the serious European crisis that affected all related circuits―Lustlands is reconverted into matter that matters; thanks to Family Business and the valuable energy source ever known as Lust and found in abundance at the much condemned South.
Lust, enchantment (sagéne) as has been investigated by the cooperating project members, has been first transferred to the Greek province, exactly where it is rumored that, because of the crisis and the ever impending ‘Drachmaggedon’, everything and everyone will return.
Nostalgia for the oddities and clichés of the small home towns, desire, ecstasis, black humor, the aimless midsummer days of childhood, ‘friendship’ as a ‘family noir’ of adult life, the shimmering sun and it’s strange light, a ‘museum of the intimate’ installed in the wet yards and among the flower pots and olive trees of vacation houses, the concept of stasis, the ethics of failure, malfunctioning and the paradox of objective chance: all of the above (and hopefully more) has shaped LUSTLANDS. The wild and remote lands, suggested by the project’s title, may be those of Lust or even those of Last but are definitely part of the commons and as such are accessible to all.
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