From the 12th of March to the 22nd of April 2025
Happy days aren’t over
Curated by Gioula Papadopoulou & Olga Papadopoulou
Artists: Isabelle Nouzha, Belgium – Juyi Mao, USA 2020 – Manuela Morgaine, France – Michael Mersereau, USA – Albert Merino, France – Captain Fiffy, Austria / Germany – Victoria Holdt, Switzerland – Sim Hahahah, USA.
A world surreal but simultaneously real, where the absurd becomes normality and dystopia is confronted with the means of imagination and the (sometimes bitter) humour.
VIDEOLIST
Isabelle Nouzha, The land of milk & honey, Belgium 2022, 11.16
Juyi Mao, Home, USA 2020, 3.32
Manuela Morgaine, War is in the air, France 2022, 2.24
Michael Mersereau, Ameri-Paranoia, USA 2022, 2.07
Albert Merino, El món sublunar, France 2022, 10.00
Captain Fiffy, Wassermusik (Water Music), Austria / Germany 2022, 8.04
Victoria Holdt, HOMAGE TO JUDY, Switzerland 2021, 1.39
Sim Hahahah, Watching U Watching Me, USA 2022, 2.00
Video Art Miden is an independent organization for the exploration and promotion of video art. Founded by an independent group of Greek artists in Kalamata in 2005 (initiated by Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Gioula Papadopoulou and Margarita Stavraki), it has been one of the earliest specialized video-art festivals in Greece and builded an international festival identity, presenting an annual video art festival for a decade. Since 2015, Miden continues its work on a biennial basis, changing its form to a more flexible and broadened event programming in Greece and abroad, setting as basic aims to stimulate the creation of original video art, to help spread it and develop relevant networks and research.
Through collaborations and exchanges with major international festivals and organizations, it has been recognized as one of the most successful and interesting video art platforms internationally and as an important cultural exchange point for Greek and international video art. It also provides an alternative meeting point for emerging and established artists in Greece and a communication hub between artists, organizations, festivals and art spaces around the world.
Miden screening programs have traveled in many cities of Greece and all over the world, and they are hosted by significant festivals, museums and institutions globally.
(*Miden means “zero” in Greek)
Art direction: Gioula Papadopoulou & Olga Papadopoulou
Curatorial team: Maria Bourika, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Danny Kargas, Gioula Papadopoulou, Olga Papadopoulou, Nikos Podias, Margarita Stavraki, Martha Zoupa