Video Art Miden: A panorama of international contemporary video art at the exhibition space “ToPikap Kato” in Thessaloniki
Thursday 11 and Friday 12 June 2026 (18:00-22:00 h)
ToPikap Kato, Olympou 57, Thessaloniki - Free entrance
Video Art Miden collaborates with the exhibition space ToPikap Kato in Thessaloniki (GR), presenting a panorama of international contemporary video art on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 June 2026 (18:00-22:00 h), with 110 artists from all over the world participating in this tribute. Thematic sections curated by the Video Art Miden team will be screened, which explore contemporary trends, pursuits and issues of our time, such as artificial intelligence, history, memory, war, relentless productivity, personal experience, poetic storytelling, physical movement and expression, the wandering of the gaze and travel, the perception of a world (or worlds) in transition. Selections from invited festivals and groups will also be screened, specifically from the International Multidisciplinary Dare Dance Festival, which will present a selection of videodance works, Visualcontainer, which will present the collection of Italian video art “Panoramica*25”, and the international collective of women video artists FemLink-Art, which will present a thematic project entitled “Magic”. Students from the 2nd Painting Studio of the School of Visual and Applied Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will also participate, in a screening program entitled “Emerging Frequencies”.
The screening program brings together many different versions and approaches to the contemporary world and the current human condition. Many renowned video artists participate, while at the same time fresh and youthful perspectives emerge, directed towards an exploration of the future, often dystopian and suffocating, in which however the sensitivity, empathy, critical humor and existential concerns that unite people throughout time set the tone and provide a note of optimism in an increasingly dark and cruel era, which tests human limits and crushes the vision of a utopia. It is obvious that the works express an era where parallel worlds meet and where art and artists open a substantial dialogue on critical issues, both on a conceptual and aesthetic, as well as on an existential and social level.
More specifically, the two-day program includes the following screening sections:
Thursday 11 June (18:00-22:00):
1. EXTRACT PRODUCE PERFORM 2. Curated by: Sofia Grigoriadou. Artists: Esteban Rosales, Holly Veselka, Zsuzsanna Spilák, Andrew Frangella, Jaleh Nesari, Lingxiang Wu, Suhan Lalettayin. Duration: 44 min.
2. Narrative poetry. Curated by: Margarita Stavraki. Artists: Bishoy Adel, Anna Schlechter, Eugenia Grammenou, Loreto Leonvendagar Hurtado, Torpeng Chua-oon, Magdalena Łakoma, Maita Chatziioannidou & Danai Tezapsidou & Io Le Moller, Nara Beibit, Marina Shaltout. Duration: 48 min.
3. International Multidisciplinary Dare Dance Festival. Curated by: Artemis Manakou, Antonis Bertos, Vangelis Papaevangeliou. Artists: Antonis Bertos & Vangelis Papaevangeliou, Pablo Soto, EXIS - Inclusive Dance Company, Vangelis Papaevangeliou & Sabina Andrea Allen, Vasilis Mavrianos & Sophia Pouchtou, Vangelis Papaevangeliou & Artemis Manakou. Duration: 37 min.
4. Decoding the codes. Curated by: Olga Papadopoulou & Gioula Papadopoulou. Artists: Jimena Aguilar, Yichu Li, Chi Kiu So, Ong Kian Peng, peqpez, Michael Spahr, Guilherme Peters & Matias Mariani & Roberto Winter, Maria Bernardi. Duration: 51 min.
5. Emerging Frequencies. Video works by students of the 2nd Painting Studio of the School of Visual & Applied Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Teaching staff: Vally Nomidou (Director of the 2nd Painting Studio), Sotiris Panousakis, Gioula Papadopoulou, Tatiana Altini. Students: Vicky Panakia, Katerina Petrakou, Kyveli, Maria Skylogianni, Prodromos Charitidis, Christina Hasekidou, Tete, Magda Ousli. Duration: 21 min.
6. FemLink-Art Collective: Magic. Artists: Alessandra Arnò, Cagdas Kahriman, Fatima Mazmouz, Christie Widiarto, Véronique Sapin, Yue Liang, C. M. Judge, Félicité Codjo, Heejeong Jeong, Anna van Breest Smallenburg, Alena Kupcikova, Helena Martin Franco, Kerry Baldry, Surekha, Rachida Azdaou, Tanya Akhmetgalieva, Nicoletta Stalder, Angie Bonino, Lucy Azubuike, Maria de Alba, Tanja Koistila, Katya Nikonorova, Irina Gabiani, Angelika Rinnhofer. Duration: 47 min.
Friday 12 June (18:00-22:00):
1. Visualcontainer: Panoramica*25. Curated by: Alessandra Arnò. Artists: Citron/Lunardi, Lorenzo Papanti, Nicola Bertoglio, Marco Gentilini & Veronica Orrù, Plurale (Leonardo Avesani/ Chiara Ventura), Atefeh Khas, Massimiliano Marianni, Gianni Barelli, Francesca Longo, Cosimo Iannunzio. Duration: 65 min.
2. Unstable Horizons: bodies, images and worlds in transition. Curated by: Tatiana Altini. Artists: Luca Lee, MohammadAli Famori, Maria Korporal, Daniele Grosso, Jacopo Mattia Alegiani & Edoardo Cicchetti, Anastasia Prodromaki, Krista Steinke & Sherman Finch, Maeva Badaire, John Mosher, Teresa Leung, Gerald Trimmel. Duration: 50 min.
3. Hide and seek 1. Curated by: Martha Zoupa. Artists: Sofia Damala, Yana Gukun, Yiannis Pappas, Thomas Bennett, Alice Indi Ryne, Nadja Elpida Murze & Anastasia Shirmanova, Anna Kafarova, Angela Christlieb & Christian Dautresme. Duration: 41 min.
4. Memories/Histories аnd а Recipe. Curated by: Sofia Grigoriadou. Artists: Yanzhen Huang, Adam Taufiq Suharto, Justin Enrico Legaspi, Robert Minassian, Joana Claude, Daniela Lucato, Özlem Köse, Harmeet Singh Rahal, Jose Luis Benavides, David de Rozas. Duration: 48 min.
5. A-broad. Curated by: Olga Papadopoulou. Artists: Amir Komeli & Vida Kashani, Vlad Tretiak, Tiffany Carbonneau, Susanne Wiegner, Katina Bitsicas & Scott McMahon, Marcin Wojciechowski, Ethann Néon, Nenad Nedeljkov, Saman Haghighivand, Kent Tate. Duration: 45 min.
Art direction: Gioula Papadopoulou & Olga Papadopoulou
More info and complete screening program at www.festivalmiden.gr