With a great interest in creating experiences that "annoy" the viewer on both empirical and intellectual levels, Leandros attempts an interaction between the audience and his work, much like a brazen fly that disturbs a host-subject and challenges it into action. Through his installations he invites viewers to delve into the intricacies of human consciousness, offering insights into the complex workings of the human mind and the interconnectedness of our experiences. Incorporating the concept of ‘’prosthetic memory’’ in his artistic research, he transforms memories into sensory experiences, emphasizing empathy and solidarity. He interpolates materials such as marble and glass, clay and iron, video art, the eternal and the contemporary, critiquing the relation between deification and the nobility of matter and technology, and evoking the irreversibility of Error as honest reflection of human fallibility. Leandros creates spaces connecting everyday elements and dystopian atmospheres for a face-to-face confrontation with our own vulnerabilities. His study aims to unlock new perspectives and deepen our understanding of the intricacies of human perception and the role of art in shaping mans consciousness and the world.
Leandros is the co-founder of Xώma collective
Languages : Greek (Native), English (C1), German (B1)
Marios Leandros Basteas was born in 1992 in Athens, Greece
Languages : Greek (Native), English (C1), German (B1)
Marios Leandros Basteas was born in 1992 in Athens, Greece
Current Work
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Cymatics and acoustics
Exploring the physics of sound and vibration in the Universität der Künste Berlin. Xώma Collective & P. Akrap, are prototyping with Faraday waves and frequencies through a series of experimental sound sculptures and their research on standing waves and wave patterns.
- Social media management - Content Creation @ TRANSMODERNA
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3d Paxos Biennale - Manifesto of Memory
Premiering ‘’Phosphene’’ A short movie about memories that linger like ghostly whispers, seeking permanence in an ever-changing world…memories we try to wash away.
Education
2016 – 2021 Integrated Master of Visual and Applied Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Major in Sculpture (graduate with honors)
2011 - 2015 University of Peloponnese Department of Informatics & Telecommunications( not acquire diploma)
2004 Erasmios Greek German School (Primary School)
Selfportrait, digital art, 2019
Work Experience
Video Editing - Social Media Management - Content Creation
Transmoderna (2023 - 2024)
Sculpture
Livemarbel traditional marble sculpture 2017 -2020
Special effects & custom design
Endynamei Ensemble (collective of artists with and without disabilities), Horse in Love/The Absurdity of Love - Ερωτευμένα Άλογα 2018 - still on tour
Art teaching
B-East Sprachschule Berlin Pankow 2022
Curation & Web Design
Circle1 Gallery Berlin, 2021-2022 (Erasmus+ internship)
Art and applied arts curriculum
Children’s Municipal Development Center (KDAP) Municipality of Ampelokipi Menemeni, 2019
MH&P Das Keilrahmen Werk 2022 - 2023
Radical Artistic Action
Sociopolitical artistic action – activism as member of collectives & teams, since 2012
Participations
2019 4th Conference Cultural and Creative Industries: trends and developments in research and policy , Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sport
2019 Sculpture Workshop @ Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Nature and art, Make nature with clay, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sport
2020 Ex Libris, School of Visual and Applied Arts AUTH, Print Making Studio Yannadakis Emmanuel
2021 Zine Without a Crown – Zine vol.3
Exhibitions
Selected
2024 Second Chance ‘’Alone - Together’’ - Dafni Psychiatric Hospital
2024 3d Paxos Biennale - Manifesto of Memory
2024 XENOS @ Alte Münze part of CTM - Transmediale Vorspiel (curator + artist)
2023 eleusis - Mystery 56 4th Cuture 2030 Meeting @ARKOPOLIS
2023 100 Jahre Flughafen Tempelhof @ Tempelhof Airport
2023 Generations @ Zwitschermaschine &SoundsAbout / part of CTM Vorspiel
2022 -2023 Beton Fuchs – Ausstellung und Publikumspreis (3rd place)
2021 Inspire Project ‘’DOMA’’ From Plato’s Cave to modern ‘’reality’’ @MOMus
2020 - 2021 The disPLAY Project - Art to Change Neighborhoods
2020 Uncharted Places – Αχαρτογράφητοι Τόποι, Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki
2019 Σ(χ)ήματα στο χώρο, Papatzikou Art Gallery
2019 216th Concealment – D. Alithinos
2019 <<Το ταξίδι – The Journey>> @Athens International Airport – Exhibition Area “Art & Environment ” Departures Level (Entrance No.3),@National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation – Culture Center of Athens @oThe Box, Mavili Square
2019 Bridges Festival - Resouvenir
2018 4th parthenώn film festival
2018 3xxx, French Institute of Thessaloniki
© 2021 Marios Leandros Basteas