Xenofon Bitsikas
Xenofon Bitsikas is an artist, Professor (Painting) at the School of Fine Arts University of Ioannina.
His field of research and academic curriculum is centered at questions of systems-mechanisms-tools used for structuring space with a specific side interest on matters of new media and hybrid design in public space.
He has published papers in congress proceedings and reviews and collaborates in research with Greek (DUThrace, ASFA, Hellenic Open University) and European (UCMadrid) universities.
ARTISTIC ACTIVITY http://xbitsikas.wix.com/xenofonbitsikas
In his artwork investigates the intermediate space, the in-between; the concept of the limit and interface and its relation to the spectator's perception. His work was awarded and has been exhibited in Greece and Europe. Works of his have been acquired by the National Gallery of Greece, the Fundació Ynglada Guillot Real Academia de Bellas Artes San Jordi in Barcelona, the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, the Spyropoulos Museum, the Vorres Museum, the Frissiras Museum.
His field of research and academic curriculum is centered at questions of systems-mechanisms-tools used for structuring space with a specific side interest on matters of new media and hybrid design in public space.
He has published papers in congress proceedings and reviews and collaborates in research with Greek (DUThrace, ASFA, Hellenic Open University) and European (UCMadrid) universities.
ARTISTIC ACTIVITY http://xbitsikas.wix.com/xenofonbitsikas
In his artwork investigates the intermediate space, the in-between; the concept of the limit and interface and its relation to the spectator's perception. His work was awarded and has been exhibited in Greece and Europe. Works of his have been acquired by the National Gallery of Greece, the Fundació Ynglada Guillot Real Academia de Bellas Artes San Jordi in Barcelona, the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, the Spyropoulos Museum, the Vorres Museum, the Frissiras Museum.
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The image behind the image, the picture in the picture, the space that unfolds behind the rice-paper and, in addition, the positioning of the spectator are crucial matters in his work. The structure of the image in layers in space and its shifting capacity, depending on the spectator’s position, providing the picture with a active character that calls upon the spectator to move, to get closer so that the second level may disappear and appears the first one, dissolved up to then, level. The work becomes a space that is activated through the spectator, who is no longer placed passively in front of it but, instead, functions as a dynamic agent activating the intermediate, the unfolding, in-between spaces
The spectator obtains a central position, as it is he, who activates these parallel secret worlds, which remain at a second level, at the darkness, until the spectator’s movement reveals, illuminates the other dimension, until he discloses the dilatation of the limit. The spectator becomes a participant, the esthetical distance is reconsidered; the first level provokes the spectator to come closer and, finally, it incorporates him, it swallows him and as for the second level it can only be accessed and revealed to him through elements that interfere, mediate.
The superimposition of multiple levels, the existence of elements witch belong to more than one systems of reference, the interconexion and the mutation of the forms, create nets and finally fluid space with intense activity, and reforms the role of the observer. In this particular perception of space contribute two important agents: the light and the air (that interval between the transparent layers) witch provoke refractions, reflexions, optical pauses and finally ambiguous space relations and delay to the reading of the space organizations. The spectator obtains a central role, as it is he, who with his movement activates different visions, vision in paralaxis, reveals other dimensions.
Papers by Xenofon Bitsikas
The image behind the image, the picture in the picture, the space that unfolds behind the rice-paper and, in addition, the positioning of the spectator are crucial matters in his work. The structure of the image in layers in space and its shifting capacity, depending on the spectator’s position, providing the picture with a active character that calls upon the spectator to move, to get closer so that the second level may disappear and appears the first one, dissolved up to then, level. The work becomes a space that is activated through the spectator, who is no longer placed passively in front of it but, instead, functions as a dynamic agent activating the intermediate, the unfolding, in-between spaces
The spectator obtains a central position, as it is he, who activates these parallel secret worlds, which remain at a second level, at the darkness, until the spectator’s movement reveals, illuminates the other dimension, until he discloses the dilatation of the limit. The spectator becomes a participant, the esthetical distance is reconsidered; the first level provokes the spectator to come closer and, finally, it incorporates him, it swallows him and as for the second level it can only be accessed and revealed to him through elements that interfere, mediate.
The superimposition of multiple levels, the existence of elements witch belong to more than one systems of reference, the interconexion and the mutation of the forms, create nets and finally fluid space with intense activity, and reforms the role of the observer. In this particular perception of space contribute two important agents: the light and the air (that interval between the transparent layers) witch provoke refractions, reflexions, optical pauses and finally ambiguous space relations and delay to the reading of the space organizations. The spectator obtains a central role, as it is he, who with his movement activates different visions, vision in paralaxis, reveals other dimensions.
Authors: Joan Robledo Palop, Xenofon Bitsikas. Ed. Fundación Chirivella Soriano, Valencia
176 Pages, Published 2009
ISBN-13: 978-84-482-5159-8, ISBN: 84-482-5159-8
http://www.consorciomuseos.gva.es/pub11_004.asp?doc=23